Product Details

• Actors: Forrest J. Ackerman
• Directors: Forrest J. Ackerman
• Format: Color, Full length, Full Screen, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: June 25, 1999
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000K3B3
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #341,174 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superlative Production Quality Augments Twisting Plotline, August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Nudist Colony of the Dead [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A must see! No wonder this flick got an honorable mention at Sundance

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Singing, Dancing and Avenging from Beyond the Grave!, September 19, 2000

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Steve Miller - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nudist Colony of the Dead [VHS] (VHS Tape)

'Nudist Colony of the Dead' is one of the funniest low-budget movies I've seen that was intended to be funny. Solidly in the B-movie range, it nonetheless features a number of A-list laughs!

The film is at once a parody of slasher-movies, zombie movies, musicals, and preachy After School Special-type programmes. It opens with one of the funniest courtroom scenes I've seen... the final battle between a group of nudists and a group of Christians who want their nudist colony shut down. The nudists lose the battle... and rather than put on clothes and move elsewhere they choose to commit ritual suicide. Years later, the Christians have turned the camp into a Bible retreat for troubled youth, but "accidents" keep happening there, as the dead nudists rise to take gory revenge with each visit. And all the killing and maiming is framed by pithy little songs! The "twist-ending" required from this kind of horror film is also pretty cute, all things considered.

There isn't any particularly noteworthy singing or acting talent on display by any of the performers in the film, but the lyrics are so hilarious that it doesn't really matter. (The theme song is dippy but still very funny and it sets the tone for the film that follows.) Some of the zombie antics are also pretty darn funny, such as the scene where they kill a girl by pouring cement down her throat... after putting ear muffs on her sleeping companion so as to not wake her. However, there are some pacing problems--the film sags in the middle (nearly as bad as those on the crusty old nudist who casts the curse that causes the deceased to rise), and they're bad enough to make me knock off a Star.

All in all, a worthwhile film, but somewhat lacking. If you're not seeing anything else that interests you and you believe you have a bizarre sense of humour, check this film out.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thescaryone13, January 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Nudist Colony of the Dead [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The church wins a judge's ruling over the nudists on how the land will be used in the future.They are nude before the judge.The nudists make a pact to haunt the land and commit suicide.47 coincidental deaths happen on the land in the following years.A van load of church goers come to camp out and to discover God.The singing dancing dead nudists refuse to have their land occupied by others.They rise from the grave to add to the 47.The crew sings their plan for survival.The very naive church goers who came to camp out soon lay in pieces all over the place. If you liked THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW this is along the same lines, One to watch inebriated with friends. I found it quite amusing.