Danny Shipka, author of Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960-1980 gave both Porno Holocaust and Erotic Nights of the Living Dead a negative review, criticising the acting, gore effects and sex scenes, and stated that the merging of "hard-core sex and extreme violence is disturbing"[1] The book Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide described the film as "one of the worst if not the worst Italian zombie movie ever made".[2]