Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead

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.

Exposure to radiation causes men to turn into zombie rapists, whose victims die from their toxic ejaculate. Four women women try to survive the outbreak, seeking shelter in a Shinto temple.

With such an outrageous title and concept, one might assume that, with Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead, director Naoyuki Tomomatsu is taking an OTT satirical swipe at Japan's obsession with sexual violence. Several scenes inspired by Dawn of the Dead, in which intellectuals and feminists debate the nature of the epidemic, go some way to support the idea. I'm not convinced, though: I'm guessing that the real purpose of the film is to get lots of Japanese girls naked and to throw in some cheap gore effects.

And, boy, are they ever cheap: rubbishy After Effects CGI blood splats (the only way to kill a zombie is to shoot it in the penis!) and rubbery prosthetics abound, with some even worse effects saved for the apocalyptic nuclear aftermath ending, in which North Korea bombs Japan (and a lesbian couple have a baby-no man involved?!?!)

As a zombie film this is a total failure, the shuffling undead (moving slowly because their trousers are round their ankles?) look really cheap; as soft-core titillation, it's a little more successful, with plenty of female nudity (as the zombies get their rape on) and some girl on girl sex to set the pulse racing.

If you enjoy trashy Asian exploitation, Lust of the Dead is just about worth a watch, but it's far from essential. 4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.

*My mistake: there seems to be five of these films so far!

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!

If you enjoy being able to see all the sleaze in your trashy movie then avoid this. Rather than letting the audience see and understand what is happening in this movie the director decided to shake the camera all over the place, zoom in really tight for no reason, and use more cuts than a Transformers movie. The attempt at being ultra-cool and modern is a complete failure.

A zombie movie should at least have good gore. Not here. Horrible make-up and special effects, too fake to be gory digital blood, and some of the worst green screen work mean there's no fun here for fans of zombie violence and gore.

This director was trying to be extreme and controversial but just made an incomprehensible mess that's not fun or interesting and just headache inducing. The only reason anyone could find to watch this is to see some pretty Japanese women in stereotypical Japanese costumes, but there are plenty of places to get that, so avoid this disaster.

Rape Zombie: Lust Of The Dead 1-5.

When women are getting mass raped by a horde of Zombies, the movies have gotta be on some kinda list. Right? Unfortunately, trying to read the frenetically paced subtitles in the opening exposition of the first movie is nearly impossible and overwhelming. Then the movie takes a while before it lives up to it's name; but in the end, it does. It did manage to keep my attention, though. And you've really got to admit, getting raped by Zombies wouldn't be nearly as bad as being eaten alive by Zombies, so really, this is more of a win/win compromise in the whole world of Zombies thing; let's just be honest about that.

Now there has to be a reason they managed to get 5 movies financed, right? From the second movie and on, the producers seem to understand that if you're gonna make promises, don't dally around, just get to it. Seriously, nobody watched this movie hoping for shower scenes. (Or at least I didn't.)

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