Reipu Zonbi, Lust For The Dead

Zombies are sick o' brains.

Think of three words: Nudity, Gore & Violence. Do they get along? sure they do! Do people get sick and tired of films based on those three words? Nope, Not yet, never! Japanese film maker Naoyuki Tomomatsu is a well known character who has spent most of his career directing films under the "Pink movie" category. A Pink film, for the Japanese is the equivalent for us non Asians, of the exploitation, sexploitation & softcore films. Tomomatsu's career goes back a long way (the early 90's) but his most important films were made in the 21st century (Chikan Densha, Female Prisoner Ayaka and Maid-Droid) Nevertheless his name became important once he filmed Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies in 2001. The film was considered as a comeback to the classic gory zombie  genre.

Reipu Zonbi, AKA Rape Zombie is a 2012 film that depicts the aftermath of a nuclear explosion that contaminated Tokyo. The film had its name changed for international releases as Lust Of The Dead(maybe due to "rape" being a highly censorable word)

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 news are spreading and girls are too!

Schoolgirls and machine guns.

The main characters meanwhile are four female "survivors" who are holed up in a shrine. The main character, the badass, is played by Asami(Rina Aikawa), 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.

Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead is more or less a Japanese remake of the Troma film 'The Taint' but with more rape and guns and Japanese girls. I think it is needless to say but this film is not for everyone its an erotic exploitation horror film about rapist zombies full of sexual violence and nudity, only for those who can handle seeing a lot of messed up stuff. The girls in this film are very attractive sadly the only time you see them nude is when they are being raped which isn't the best way to see them. The acting is decent along with the writing and effects some of the effects are pretty good then at other times there is super fake CGI blood and visual effects. The effects are still pretty good its kinda like the effects in 'Ichi the Killer' good and bad but still cool. The camera-work and lighting are kinda OK you know shaky cam at times and a bit of lens flair here and there. The film has a very Vampire girl vs Frankenstein girl look and vibe to it, violence, gore, nudity, sex, schoolgirls. And apparently this film was so popular in japan that it had a sequel and another sequel that came out last year another that came out this year and another that is planed to come out this year. so yea watching at least one sequel.

I'm gonna cut your dick you zombie perv!

Double decapitation IYKWIM.

On the gore meter from one to ten one being something like 'The Corpse Grinders' and ten being something like 'Braindead' this film is a 5/10 lots of gun violence, sexual violence, a beheading, zombie violence and blood. Compared to his previous films (specially with Stacy) the amount of graphic violence has been heavily toned down perhaps to appeal to wider audiences (as a matter of act this film is very popular outside of Japan)  

Rape Zombie did so well that the next year (2013) Tomomatsu not only released the sequel but also the sequel of the sequel (!) and guess what? last year there were two more sequels! So we're talking about five movies about zombies who rape! boy that escalated quickly. However, the original 2012 film being reviewed today is by far the best out of the franchise. Despite not being a very original idea, the plot delivers and people like it the way it is. Maybe you wouldn't watch it with the wrong people though (but you're connoisseurs so you already know that) Those who have a sense of appeal for the nude japanese woman body may be interested too. 

These make a pink movie.

Japanese Nudity.

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 franchise, but this one was pretty fun. 

Here's the movie trailer: