Porno Holocaust

Porno Holocaust
Film poster
Directed by	Joe D'Amato
Written by	George Eastman
Starring	Annj Goren Dirce Funari Mark Shannon George Eastman
Cinematography	Joe D'Amato
Edited by	Ornella Micheli
Music by	Nico Fidenco
Production company	Kristal Film
Distributed by	Kristal Film
Release date	February 9, 1981 (1981-02-09) (Italy)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Porno Holocaust is a 1981 Italian pornographic horror film directed by Joe D'Amato, and written by George Eastman.

Plot

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, Professor Keller goes for a swim, and is drowned by the monster, which then rapes and kills Keller's 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 beat 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 Annie finds a journal. The book reveals the creature was once Antoine Domoduro, one of the island's original inhabitants who became stranded on it with his wife and daughter during the 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 escape the island with Benoit's boat, which the two celebrate their victory in by having sex.

Cast

• George Eastman as Professor Lemuan
• Dirce Funari as Doctor Simone Keller
• Annj Goren as Countess Dorcin de Saint Jacques
• Mark Shannon as Captain Hardy
• Joe D'Amato as Benoit
• Lucia Ramirez as Doctor Annie Darmon

Production

Porno Holocaust was filmed concurrently with three other films: in Santo Domingo, Papaya, Hard Sensation, and Erotic Nights of the Living Dead and as such the films shared numerous actors, locations and story elements, as well as reusing footage and outtakes from the other films.

Reception

In his book Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960-1980, assistant professor Danny Shipka of Louisiana State University gave both Porno Holocaust and Erotic Night of the Living Dead negative reviews, criticizing the acting, gore, and sex scenes, and concluding that the merging of "hard-core sex and extreme violence is disturbing".

DVD Talk gave the film two stars, and wrote "As a pornographic film, while quite explicit, Porno Holocaust sucks. As a horror film, Porno Holocaust sucks even more. But as a curiosity item, it's interesting and the movie does contain some bizarro moments of unintentional hilarity if you can get past the sex scenes that bombard you every five minutes or so. The explicit content isn't so much arousing as it is... curious, and the tepid smatterings of blood and guts here and there make it even more so."

External links

• Porno Holocaust at IMDb
• Porno Holocaust at the Internet Adult Film Database