Reipu zonbi: Lust of the dead

If you think that this one was bad, just remember.... THEY MADE 4 MORE OF THESE!!! They have to get better right? RIIIIIGHHT?????? I mean that have to have been populare in japan since they made 5 of theswe movies. I will take the plunge so the rest of you do not hoave to suffer and watch the next 4. No guarntee I will still be alive after i make it though All 5 but hell hasn't frozen over yet.

Also if they do them in the butt, and you know do their thing, does that kill them? Or in the mouth?

The wors part of this movie is the dang camera shaking alkl over the place. Oh and the terrive makeup and cornsyrup blood!

This movie is a Japanese gift that takes iconic elements of their culture and presents them in the most economical way possible. Although we have situations that stimulate the viewer, the story itself leaves a lot to be desired. It reminds me of the worst Andrea Bianchi. The film has many weaknesses: it does not disgust, it does not disturb, it barely entertains in a small portion of its short duration. In the hands of someone more capable this movie would have been wonderful. It was not the case.

Truth be told, I have gotten really tired of zombie movies. The exceptions though are the serious and arty ones like the French "Les Revenants" OR, conversely, the ones like this that are completely exploitative and cheerfully offensive, but also make "Shaun of the Dead" look like a serious drama in comparison. This is not an actual "zombie porn" film, thank god. It doesn't have interminable scenes of the old "in-out" to turn on weirdos with bizarre zombie fetishes while boring the hell out of anybody else. This is a lot more fun, and really the kind of film that could ONLY be made in Japan.

Due to some weird phenomenon, males everywhere are turning "toxic". They start bleeding from their eyes and start raping every female they see. The females have to band together to fight off ravenous hordes of "rape zombies", who have highly poisonous semen to boot, and can only be killed by castration or a gun blast to the genitals. The funniest scenes involve female soldiers forming firing squads to execute "toxic males", who are bound and dressed in bulls-eye underwear so they know exactly where to shoot. The castration and genital blasting jokes wouldn't offend anyone in America, but many people would take the rape scenes way too seriously. Hordes of male "rape zombies" penetrate females who all conveniently have their silicone-enhanced breasts exposed and bouncing around, and of course they eventually end up enjoying the experience, at least before the poison semen does them in. But if you don't let your PC panties get in a bunch, you'll realize these "rape scenes" are every bit as ridiculous and funny as the firing-squad scenes.

The main characters meanwhile are four female "survivors" who are holed up in a shrine. The main character, the badass, is played by Asami, who is often called a "porn star", but seems to mostly appear in low-budget sexploitation fare like this as opposed to out-and-out "AV" (adult videos). There are also a pair of lesbians, who have a long scene together--it's NOT true all the nudity in this involves rape. Then there's a very sexy and mature-looking "schoolgirl" (who's even less believable as a genuine schoolgirl then is anything else in this movie). She's so horny for a (non-toxic) man she decides to seduce the young priest of the Shinto shrine, who is seemingly immune to the virus since he has taken a vow chastity. The result of this schoolgirl seduction is pretty predictable, but also very sexy.

Generally though, this movie goes for entertainment value first with the masturbation appeal only secondary. I wouldn't call it a "pink" film exactly , but it's much closer to that than it is to actual porn (It's what in other countries used to be known as "sexploitation"--films that definitely USE sex, but aren't NOTHING BUT sex). I don't know if I'll watch the rest of the "trilogy", but this one was pretty fun.

Within the last couple of years there has been a massive flood of these blood-drenched and gory movies to make it out of Japan. They are known (and loved) for their extreme violence, amounts of blood, absurdity and for just being downright campy. I will say that "Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead" ("Reipu Zonbi: Lust of the Dead") was a rather stale and boring addition to this rather unique genre of Japanese movies.

Whereas most others are just blunt trauma to your face with the levels of violence, bloodshed and oddities, then "Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead" was just one step away from being soft core porn. And yeah, of course, there is an audience for that as well. But enough is enough.

The story in "Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead" is about a strange phenomena that turns men into rapists and after awhile they turn into zombie rapists. And women all over the world are in dire peril.

That was basically it, the entire movie wrapped up in a short summary. The storyline is entertaining enough in its oddity and absurdity. But it can only carry the movie so far, because there is little else to keep the movie afloat. That is, unless you are into soft core Japanese pornography and really awful zombie make-up.

The acting in the movie was as you'd expect from a movie with the title "Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead". So don't get your hopes up here.

Personally I think that director Naoyuki Tomomatsu was spending a little too much time filming staged rape scenes with poor-looking zombies, instead of focusing on establishing a proper movie.

There are two sequels to "Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead" that I am familiar with, as I found them on Amazon. But at the outrageous price they are set and after having seen the train wreck that is "Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead", then I will call it quits here and not invest in further installments to this low budget sleaze-fest.

This film begins with a woman by the name of "Kanae" (Asami) doing housework when her husband comes home and proceeds to physically assault and rape her. To that extent, in a moment of sheer panic, she grabs some scissors that have fallen on the floor and kills him. Meanwhile, news reports begin surfacing about multiple rapes occurring on the streets of Tokyo and the rest of Japan. The scene then shifts to a young woman named "Momoko" (Saya Kobayashi) being raped by a doctor while she had been hospitalized for an injury. Hearing her screams, a nurse by the name of "Nozomi" (Alice Ozawa) rushes in and kills the doctor before leading her to a place of refuge. To their surprise, when they finally arrive, they are immediately accosted by Kanae and another woman named "Tamae" (Yui Aikawa) who insist that, since Momoko had been raped, she must be killed before this virus has a chance to cause harm to them. Fortunately, Nozomi forcefully rejects that notion by threatening to kill one of them unless they put down their weapons. From that point on, the four of them remain in their secluded refuge until they can decide what to do next. Now, as one might expect from a movie of this type, this film consists of a number of graphic scenes filled with sex, violence and gore. That said, viewer discretion is strongly advised. I should also note that there is also a great amount of satire toward Japanese cultural issues as well. Be that as it may, although I wasn't generally impressed with this movie, I must say that I was extremely disappointed with the ending and I have rated this film accordingly. Below average.