505 Ratings

Orgy of the Dead

United States, 1965

Horror, Fantasy, Erotica

Synopsis

A nudie cutie like no other, in which a pulp author and his wife are stranded in a graveyard and become slaves to the undead, enduring all manner of lascivious dancing. Starring Criswell (Plan 9 From Outer Space, whose Ed Wood wrote the screenplay here), filmed in gloriously garish candy colors.

Orgy of the Dead Directed by Stephen C. Apostolof

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Awards & Festivals

Transilvania International Film Festival

2011

CPH PIX

2012

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Cast & Crew

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What are people saying?

Andrew's rating of the film Orgy of the Dead
Andrew

B-Movie with a ridiculous plot and poor acting yet still has a certain charm. The picture and sound quality is very good for a movie filmed in 1965 and I guess this is due to the remastered work. The movie centers around a couple who crash their car near a cemetery and then features scene after scene of women dancing topless. It is a movie which would never be made in todays pc society. A cult classic
June 30, 2019 20:10
- 3
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Andrew's rating of the film Orgy of the Dead
Andrew

Fog and fetish fill the screen, a scant narrative is wrapped around an evening of burlesque. Kitsch, midnight movie culture and Wood's adorably fumbling dialogue combine all in rich, vivid color and texture. There ain't much to it, but it's shockingly effective.
June 27, 2019 10:14
- 7
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L.F.G.'s rating of the film Orgy of the Dead
L.F.G.

spooky and sexy. not to be missed.
June 11, 2019 05:44
- 1
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Michael H. CLAES's rating of the film Orgy of the Dead
Michael H. CLAES

KITSCH. Beautiful dancers but inept music. Never, in history of famous monsters, costumes of catwoman, the werewolf or the mummy have been so ridiculous. Not to mention the plagiarism of Goldfinger (1964). === De belles danseuses sur 1 musique nulle. Jamais dans l'histoire du cinéma de genre, les costumes de catwoman, du loup-garou ou de la momie n'ont été aussi ridicules. Sans compter le plagiat de Goldfinger (64).
June 29, 2019 12:01
- 2
- 0
Eric Rucker's rating of the film Orgy of the Dead
Eric Rucker

I found the first half stupefyingly funny. And fun. Amazing color. I am baffled that people tolerate and celebrate big studio trash but cannot appreciate the trashy gems like this. Oh yeah, hypocrisy! That’s what this lacks. No wonder people don’t get it.
June 18, 2019 15:30
- 3
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msmichel's rating of the film Orgy of the Dead
msmichel

Why NPR bothered restoring this weak nudie feature is beyond me. Written by Edward D. Wood Jr. That's not a recommendation.
July 01, 2019 13:29
- 1
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Stefan Drees's rating of the film Orgy of the Dead
Stefan Drees

Although it has some funny moments and is restored in an intriguingly good color scheme this is a really silly movie using its "story" as legitimation for one nude dance sequence after the other.
June 30, 2019 16:44
- 8
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Korial's rating of the film Orgy of the Dead
Korial

While, of course, erotic imaginaries are contingent to the era in which it is imagined, today it feels like a weird cringe show. Probably back in the days having semi-nude dancers shaking their graces (for quite some time and without appreciable choreographies) was enough to set the right mood and to engage viewers. Today it looks silly, even naive, uninteresting.
July 01, 2019 13:30
- 6
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