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Zombie Strippers (Special Edition)

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I suppose if you were really expecting something of great meaning with brilliant performances, brilliant script and cinematic genius, you'll be quite dissapointed. However, you just bought a ticket (or the DVD) for ZOMBIE STRIPPERS, come on! You know what you're getting into and moreover, you KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. You're going to get it.

The movie takes itself just serious enough not to gloss over what fans are expecting and to take the time to justify the crazy stuff that happens. JJ holds her own and really couldn't have been better cast, so there's no feeling that this is some vehicle for her to be in a 'legit' movie.

It's funny, deliberately offensive, sexy, crazy, gorey and all that. My wife saw it with me (who would normally NEVER be interested in either gore or the extensive nudity) and had a great time. By the way, the nudity is in the context of the strip club -- there really isn't any sex in this movie at all, except Zombies biting parts you'd rather they leave alone...

I grew up on low budget horror flicks of the 70s and 80s and over the years it's just not the same anymore. There's just something about these newer low budget horror flicks that are just overall rather bad. While there are some truly great low budget horror movies being produced it just seems like there are much more that are terrible.

Nowadays there are so many methods to shoot on besides film and movies are being produced on very low budgets that may not have been possible as little as 10-years ago. So due to that a lot of people who shouldn't be making films are now getting the chance. With a name like Zombie Strippers you know what you're getting into. A lot of movies coming out these days that aim for cult fans are kinda bad; when I say bad I mean they aren't enjoyable and lack compared to the movies they are homage's to.

Zombie Strippers on the other hand gets it right; again with a title like Zombie Strippers right off the bat you know what you are getting. It's kinda hard to mess a movie like this up. I think most horror fans like zombie movies and honestly who doesn't love strippers? So you get the best of both worlds. Zombie Strippers is schlock horror and never tries to be more than that, which is something that plagues a lot of movies like this these days.

The screenplay by Jay Lee is simply entertaining; the script isn't gonna win any awards and I don't think anyone is watching this movie for the screenplay. The goal was simple; entertain and that's exactly what it does. Jay Lee also directs and he actually works well with his limited budget. Where other filmmakers fail he succeeds. Bottom line is this; Zombie Strippers isn't a movie you watch to learn how to craft a film. I don't mean that as a knock against Jay Lee, like his script as director he aims to simply entertain and he does that.

He isn't trying to make one of the all time greats he isn't taking this concept and trying to play it straight. He's making a silly horror/comedy and that's it. The budget was quite low and I'll give Jay Lee a lot of credit for what he pulled off. Working on a budget this low isn't easy and he manages it well. A lot of filmmakers really fail with these kinds of movies, but Jay Lee knows what the audience wants and delivers that.

You know what I hate? Movies that have strippers, but yet they're never naked. What's up with that? Thankfully there's a whole lot of nudity. There's some zombie action early on, but after that the next 30-minutes are mostly spent with some very hot women getting naked. Due to that you'll never be bored with the lack of zombies. After the zombies come into play it's pretty much the same scene over and over again, stripper becomes a zombie, strips and kills someone, but yet it never loses the fun factor. Who knew strippers becoming zombies enhances their stripping skills.

Believe it or not the gore isn't bad. There's a lot of really bad CGI, but surprisingly enough there's some decent CGI and the practical F/X actually don't look bad at all. The movie would have been better off with more practical F/X, but for a really low budget flick the F/X don't look bad at all for the most part.

Some people have commented on the acting, but my question is what were you expecting? Did you really think there would be Oscar worthy performances? I think it's safe to say none of the actors will have Oscars in their futures, but they all put in the performances they were meant to. The performances are fun and never meant to be taken seriously; the actors get that and never try and be serious. Who knew Jenna Jameson could put in such a fun performances? Robert Englund also puts in a fun performance, but it's Joey Medina as Paco that steals the show.

Ultimate Fighter Tito Ortiz has a really funny cameo as a bouncer at the strip club. I'm not into ultimate fighting I'm more of a boxing fan, but I'm quite aware of Tito Ortiz and once the first zombie attack happens he's the first to haul out of there.

When it comes to Zombie Strippers you'll either hate it and think it's a travesty of filmmaking or you'll be entertained. Zombie Strippers isn't one of the greats, but it does serve as a fun time. It's got hot women, hot women naked and some gore. While not the perfect cult flick it's a damn good time.

"They're zombies. They're strippers. They're zombie strippers." Heavy on zombies, heavy on strippers. Do you need to know more? This is an offensive, willfully retarded, insulting, and moronic undead breast-fest that delivers precisely what it promises. The catch is, it's pretty goddamn funny in spite of itself and has some amusing political commentary to boot. If you come in knowing you are going to see Z-grade garbage on an epic scale, you'll have yourself a fun time. If you go in expecting a cerebral horror masterpiece then you're that A-hole that goes to see Kill Bill and then writes to the local newspaper to complain about the horrible and unexpected violence you were subjected to. DIE! True story, by the way.

The film opens with a glimpse at America's possible future under the W Corporation. The only merger more insidious than zombies and strippers: government and big business. But Chief Justice Jenna Bush (shown in her robes giving double metal horns with her tongue hanging out) thinks it's totally awesome. It's a laugh riot that brings to mind films like Idiocracy and definitely sets the tone for the story. And a stupid story it is. With the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, etc. killing Americans in droves, our Commander in Chief decides that re-animating dead soldiers for re-use is the way to go. Because that zombies as biological weapons thing always ends well. The virus ends up in a strip club where we see every nearly every single female character there strip for about 20 minutes straight. Porn legend Jenna Jameson is the first to be infected and rises from her grisly demise with superhuman stripping skills and a bit of a taste for human flesh. Seeing her bloody act driving the crowd wild, some of the other strippers (each an annoying stereotype, but also hot enough to overlook that fact) want in. Soon, the club is doing record business and the zombified patrons/mid-show snacks are building up in the cellar. I'm sure they won't ever wind up getting lose. Never. Yes, this movie is that audacious and dimwitted. Even after the strippers are all rotting and icky the crowd loves them. Even when they start ripping limbs off of patrons to beat each other with they don't notice something is amiss. If you would find this funny, then this is your movie. If not, walk on by.

But the stupid doesn't stop there. There's the janitor, Paco; a deliberately offensive Mexican stereotype with the worst fake mustache I've ever seen. Seeing him kiss the picture of his wife and daughters (all named Maria), or bid his burro (which suddenly appears out of nowhere) goodbye, or reference a famous line from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (you know the one) not once but twice was pretty funny. I mean awful! Just plain awful! I did laugh, though. A lot. As dumb as this movie is, it never becomes unaware of it's inherent stupidity and remembers to make fun of itself. Robert Englund seems to be having the time of his life playing the over-the-top germphobic club owner, Jameson looks really cool with her black contacts in, seeing Tito Ortiz wuss out at the first sign of trouble was worth a snicker or two, and hearing the awful Eastern European woman -the kind who fits "how you say..." into every sentence- finally break down and say "looook into my eyes" in that dumb faux-Romanian accent was great. Also. gore and nudity. Lots and lots of gore and nudity. There's also gore WITH nudity. Mmmmm...gooory nudityyy.

Add a zombie stripper catfight incorporating the old ping-pong shooter trick as a weapon, some ridiculously out of place existential musings, and a crack military unit called Z-Squad (oh look, the Asian chick knows karate!) and you've got a retarded good time on your hands. There is almost 40 minutes of extended and deleted scenes, including the true conclusion to Paco's tale of immigrant stereotypes. A few behind-the-scenes featurettes and a commentary track round out the bonus features. "Zombie Strippers" is the precise definition of stupid fun, guilty pleasure, cheesy sleazy trash, so bad it's good, or whatever you call movies like this. You are either in or out; do not freakin' complain if you don't like it because if that is the case, you had no business being there in the first place. It's zombies. It's strippers. It's "Zombie Strippers" and in it's own way it is gore-geous.

Zombie strippers was actually based on true events. No really. Well, at least the zombie sex scenes were. They were based on my ex-wife, and our wedding night. In fact, she was supposed to be cast in the movie, but when she came in for the audition she scared the zombie extras so bad they had to use real zombies, and you know how expensive they can be. Because the UOD (Union Of the Dead) cuts no deals with the living, and has great benefits. I mean, have you ever seen a zombie with bad teeth?

Looked funny. Looked campy. Figured to be good for a cheap gross-out and a laugh. Wrong.

Needlessly political, RIGHT FROM THE SET-UP in the beginning! Politics should have nothing at all to do with a zombie-stripper movie UNLESS everyone you know in Hollywood hates the President (former), thinks him a fool and a war-monger. ... then it's funny I guess.

I can see how this was made; how it was funded; and why I never heard of it before I saw a preview with another movie. Funny, the premise isn't mentioned in the preview... I wonder why?

People can say this movie is terrible, but nobody is watching this movie for Academy Award winning acting. No, people (such as myself) watched this movie just for entertainment and of course to see some pretty women with their clothes off. The acting is horrible, the dialogue is laughable, and the story is far-fetched. But again, this movie was made for entertainment purposes. I am a fan of Jenna Jameson and it was nice to see the world has not forgotten her, and that she still looks good. Plus Robert Englund did a good job with the lousy script he was given.

If you want to see some B-rated horror violence and Jenna Jameson with her clothes off (shocker there), then watch the movie. If not, do not keep saying bad things about the flick because you obviously missed the point that the movie was supposed to be cheesy fun.

Grade: A. Naked zombie babes and gallons of blood and gore, all done with humor and panache. Very entertaining and funny, and the battle of the top zombie dancers has to be seen to be believed. Stars Jenna Jameson (who helped teach the other dancers and gamely put on full body zombie make-up), Robert Englund, and Roxy Saint. Zombies; zombie munching; great gore; lots of female nudity; and lots of fantastic sicko stuff.

What can you say about a movie populated with truly blood-thirsty zombies, strippers that turn into zombies and one of them is Jenna Jameson? Don't expect a lot of sparkling dialog but do expect lots of innovative ways to kill zombies !

Certainly not a movie for the kids, the squeamish or the prudish this film is not quite on par with "Planet Terror" but it was almost as much fun as watching Rose McGowan splattering zombies with her M-16/Grenade launching artifical leg. Overall I was quite surprised, the special effects were top notch "Zombie-Rama" quality.

So if you are a fan of camp, 70's style, exploitation, blood and guts fests with the obligatory gratuitous nudity (and who isn't LOL) you won't be disappointed. The take off on the ping pong ball scene from "The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert" alone makes this disc worth the price of admission.

Freddy Krueger himself; Robert Englund and porn star; Jenna Jameson star in this funny horror/comedy about a zombie virus unleashed into a strip club owned by Ian Essko, played by Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund. Jenna Jameson plays Essko's number 1 stripper who gets infected with the virus. This movie has what you want; zombies, blood, gore, strippers and tits. Also starring wrestling champion; Tito Ortiz, Joe Medina, Roxy Saint and all of the other strippers & soldiers. I give this movie a 5 out of 5 rating.

If you have read any of our other reviews in the past you will know we are very partial to good b of any genre. So naturally when we saw the title Zombie Strippers all that was said was oh man I gotta get in on that. Here you have given that of the undead genre, which Sid loves, quite an upgrade by adding a few scantily clad ladies in the mix. Oh did we mention the main stripper is non-other then ultra washed up porn star Jenna Jameson? Yeah awesome! And if that wasn't enough you have Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) as the star of the evening. Just so you know this puppy is a Santa pick of the month.

We start off in the near future as George Bush has been elected for the fourth time to elect Sid's action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger as VP. Man would that be something! Since we have the ultimate 1-2 punch dominating the White House naturally we are at war with about every country possible. Since our soldiers are dying left and right they decide to experiment in order to keep soldiers alive no matter what happens. They create a virus that will reactivate dead tissue to bring the brain back to life. Naturally from here it spreads into a zombie outbreak. Eventually this spills over into an illegal "gentlemen's club." The first stripper to turn zombie is Jenna Jameson, who acts nothing above her typical porno dialogue. However she does get nude several different times to stray from that fact. Jenna infects the other strippers and customers turning the club into an infestation. From here on out all you get is poorly acted hilarious naked zombie madness.

For those of you who don't know, Santa is quite the gentlemen's club enthusiast. Upon seeing the havoc that took place in this tiny club in Nebraska Santa has elected to stay away from the ladies for a while. To sum this up it had early Sid written all over it. Years back we would've seen The Movie Channel content rundown at 1:00 am and said ohhhh yeah! Sitting there with green & yellow Christmas lights aglow (despite it was June)and a pile of snacks with a tall coffee we would have been in our glory. If you are looking for a brainless zombie adventure then you should love Stripper Zombies. We're sure by the title you won't set the bar too high not to enjoy. Obviously from the review you can be sure Sid Would have enjoyed this one long ago.