Porno Holocaust (1981)

Porno Holocaust: Directed by Joe D’Amato. With George Eastman, Dirce Funari, Annj Goren, Mark Shannon. A group of scientists are taken to a secluded island where nuclear weapons testing occurred in 1958, in order to investigate sightings of mutated animals, and allegations of a monster. On the island, overgrown crabs are discovered, and the researchers and their ship’s crew are stalked and spied on by an unseen being. After having sex with his wife, Dr Simone, Professor Keller goes for a swim, and is drowned by the monster, which then rapes and kills his wife. At the main camp, the ship’s two crew members, Pierre and Jacques, go off to collect fruit, and are followed by the beast. Pierre is bludgeoned with a rock, while Jacques is beaten to death with a log. Hearing the two men being attacked, the rest of the expedition goes to investigate. The monster captures Annie and takes her to its cave lair, where she finds a journal. The book reveals the creature was once Antoine Domoduro, one of the island’s original inhabitants. He became stranded there with his wife and daughter during atomic bomb tests, which killed his family and mutated him. The next day, the others discover the bodies of their companions, and that the boat is gone. Captain Hardy goes in search of Annie, and finds Benoit, a reporter who had followed the researchers to the island. Dying due to severe injuries, Benoit tells Hardy that he was attacked by an “ape man” that is holding Annie captive in a nearby cave. Back at the camp, Antoine strangles Professor Lemuan, and kills then rapes Countess de Saint Jacques, leaving Hardy to try and rescue Annie on his own. Hardy finds the cave and frees Annie, but while fleeing the two are confronted by Antoine, whom Hardy shoots in the chest with a speargun. Antoine rips the spear out and tries to attack Hardy with it, but is distracted when Annie calls out his name. Antoine falls to the ground dead, and Hardy and Annie leave the island on Benoit’s boat, on which the two celebrate their escape by having sex.

“Iu0026#39;ve heard a lot about Porno Holocaust and its twin film Erotic Nights Of The Living Dead. Both films are interchangeable and were filmed at the same time on the same location with the same actors changing clothes for each film (and taking them off). If you are expecting the Du0026#39;Amato genius displayed in films like Buio Omega or Death Smiles on Murder, you wonu0026#39;t find it here. Nonetheless this film has a charm that exploitation fans will not be able to resist. Where else will you see hardcore sex mixed with a zombie/monster and his enormous penis that strangles and chokes women to death? Only from Du0026#39;Amato. There is some amount of gore in which many of the men are bludgeoned to death. The film is set on a beautiful tropical island. As far as I know there is no subtitled version, so if you donu0026#39;t speak Italian you wont know what is going on…but who cares right? In all honesty, Gore fans will probably fast forward through the hardcore sex. And if anyone is actually watching this for the sex only, will for sure be offended instantly. I can just imagine modern day porn fans tracing back through Du0026#39;Amatou0026#39;s output and coming across this atrocity! Out of the two I find Erotic Nights Of The Living Dead far superior. But, donu0026#39;t bother watching either if they are cut. Porno Holocaust is extremely low budget as expected. Even the monster looks no where as good as George Eastmanu0026#39;s character in Anthropophagus. The film is worth watching for laughs and to complete your Du0026#39;Amato film quest.”