Nudist Colony of the Dead

This film has always stayed with me, but after having just seen the trailer (er... music video) at movieflix.com, I had to write about it.

I found this and thought it was gonna be an '90s soft-core musical, along the lines of "Beach Blanket Bango," "Cinderella" (1977) and "Cinderella 2000." While the three of those are also party movies, this one falls into another category entirely -- namely the Mark Pirro category. With insane films like "Curse of the Queerwolf," "Buford's Beach Bunnies," and the more mainstream "My Mom's a Werewolf" (which he scripted), Pirro has a style all his own. I'm sort of scared of the other trailer I just saw for his newest film, "Rectuma."

As was pointed out before, it's not gory enough to be horror; not "nudist" enough to be pornographic; not funny enough to be a true comedy. It's a film that was probably fun to make, and it was made to be made fun of. It's brash, offensive and politically incorrect (moreso than the hilariously offensive "Queerwolf")... and it's filled with bad dialog/acting, crazy HALF-naked zombies and songs that you can't get out of your head, no matter how hard you try.

It's not "Citizen Kane," but it is what it is -- and for what it is, I give it a 10. Grab some beer, pop some popcorn and invite all your friends to laugh and sing along with the zombies from the "Nudist Colony of the Dead!"

First off, if you're looking for a lot of nudity, look elsewhere. Some of the women are topless, but that's it, and once they become zombies, they're all grey, and some of them have clothes on (go figure). But I enjoyed this movie; it doesn't take itself too seriously like a lot of other horror movies, so you don't have to sit there and roll your eyes at the amateur attempts to make you gasp in horror. I thought the songs were great (and a lot better than music in most horror movies), including the title theme, the rap (especially the old grandma doing the dance moves), the "I Don't Care" blues song they sing in the van, and "Inky Dinky Doo Dah Morning". The characters are well defined (the drunk girl, the Chinese guy with the accent, the Bible-quoting guy) and it's fun to see them interact with each other.

It's great if you're looking for obscure horror movies to watch and looking for a new one to watch and be entertained by. If that's you, it's a must-see.

One of those films that you need a half-rack or phatty to sit through. But, once the effects from your favorite mind number start to hit you, this one becomes rather enjoyable. Rocky Horror Picture Show wannabe has nudists that killed themselves in a suicide pact come back and terrorize the right-wingers that got the nudist colony shut down.

Most of the nudity is in the opening credits and then that ain't much. For nudists, they sure do wear a lot. Boobies, that's it..Nary a butt shot. Pretty weak. The musical numbers have some crazy lyrics, and the break you get from the poor acting makes them even more enjoyable. A perfect cult movie candidate.

A campy, low budget production with catchy tunes that will have you humming them for days. (Just don't be caught singing "Kill Kill Kill the Zealots" at work.) If you've enjoyed "Dead and Breakfast", you'll have a great time with "Nudist Colony of the Dead". The songs are better and there are more of them. It's truly a musical horror comedy. (Well, we may have to question the horror part - very little blood and guts and no good slashing at all.) Despite the title, don't expect full nudity or even much partial nudity. And there's NO sex.

If you're easily offended or a Born Again Christian, don't get this movie. There are no scared cows in Mark Pirro's world and nearly everyone gets zinged at some point. Let there be no doubt, "bible thumpers" are certainly taken to task (and taken apart as one would expect in any horror movie). It is a social commentary. Pirro uses humor and silliness to push his point home. That said, it doesn't take away from the entertainment value of the film.

I'm....so torn about this movie. Just on the name alone, I knew I had to see it, but I can't honestly say that it was worth my time. On the other hand, I can tell my friends I've seen a movie that they constantly think I'm lying when I talk about it.

It's not good, not by a longshot, but it has a good-natured stupidness that keeps you watching long after you realize you should turn it off and go do something constructive--like write an IMDb review of it.

I can tell you some things I wasn't expecting: this movie being a musical, and the nudist zombies wearing a lot of clothes. I'm glad they did, though, since the Droopy old lady with the knockers down to her knees would've gotten old fast. The death scenes were so bizarre that they defy description, and by and large the most coherent comment I can form about this movie is "WTF?!" Should you see it? Umm.....depends on how much patience you have, or how much beer. There's nothing scary in this movie, and the gore is high school play worthy at best, but you will be stunned that a musical movie about undead nudists killing Christians was ever made, let alone that you're seeing it. It's for bragging rights only, I'd say, and unless you have a warped sense of humor you should avoid it. Even if you have a warped sense of humor, I think you're going to need some help getting through this, so bring some friends or some mind-altering substances.