Naked Massacre is an exploitation movie, or more specifically a house-invasion film. Like most of the pictures of this sub-genre, it's pretty disturbing and offensive. But it isn't an ordinary film of this type. For one thing, it's based on a true story about a disturbed man who invaded a nurse's dormitory, killing them one by one over the course of the night. And this is basically the synopsis of the latter half of this film. This material is handled in a fairly traditionally exploitative way, with sexual assault and violence being the order of the day. What sets this film apart from others of its ilk – aside from the basis in reality – is it's setting. Mid-70's Belfast is the backdrop for the narrative. At this time the city was at the height of The Troubles, and it was not a very nice place at all. Bombings and sectarian killings were common-place, while the British Army patrolled the streets. All of this is depicted in the film, adding considerable grimness to the overall atmosphere. It's certainly a very well chosen and unusual locale and is used to great effect.
The film takes an unusually long while to get to the nasty stuff. It spends its first half setting the scene and developing the central character, who is a Vietnam veteran. So the film does throw a lot at its audience and certainly is not quite the mindless slasher film that you could understandably expect with a title like Naked Massacre. It's really an unremittingly downbeat and depressing tale. I'm not sure if it's extreme enough for fans of house-invasion films, but it was disturbing enough for me
The film takes an unusually long while to get to the nasty stuff. It spends its first half setting the scene and developing the central character, who is a Vietnam veteran. So the film does throw a lot at its audience and certainly is not quite the mindless slasher film that you could understandably expect with a title like Naked Massacre. It's really an unremittingly downbeat and depressing tale. I'm not sure if it's extreme enough for fans of house-invasion films, but it was disturbing enough for me