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Shame on you! Just when you thought undead cinema had seen it all. From nights and days and lands and dawns, with rage, returns and even raves if you think you ve seen every manner of battle against the forces of the walking dead, think again. And prepare yourself for the ultimate in titillating terror...it s Zombies vs. Strippers!
Writer Anthony Giordano and Director Jason Murphy might not have titled their film Zombies vs. Strippers but no-matter, the poster art declares that plot point in no uncertain terms. Actually, the films working title was Crack Whore Zombies which misses the none-to-subtle joy of the current moniker, but provides a useful descriptive for the genesis of the productions cannibal cast.
So, what s in a name? Well, in this case it s all pretty damn obvious...Brain-munching, bloodlusting, zombie bastards!
It s a real case of girls gone wild when a prostitute turns ravenous after scoring some contaminated crack and starts chomping hookers and johns by the boat-load. Before long it s a barrage of flesh-feasting madness outside the local gentleman s club. Holed up inside, a trio of sexy strippers Dakota (FHM model Jessica Barton), Dallas (Former Mrs. Oahu Lyanna Tumaneng) and Harley (Hollie Winnard from TV s Beauty and the Geek) along with an assorted cast of characters are forced to not only deal with each other, but also the growing zombie contingent smashing against their barricaded doors.
In the wake of SHAUN OF THE DEAD, the independent horror scene has certainly seen its fair share of Zomedies . Most of these ill-conceived projects suffer the same humiliation as Harley s character in the film: On the event of her first dance of the night, the painfully unprepared Harley is pelted with quarters from an old man in the audience. Impossible to catch loose change in mid-flight, eventually one of the quarters simply sticks to Harley s exposed chest.
This laugh-out-loud moment in the film very nearly defines the problem that exists within the sub-genre. Most of the guys making these types of movies are so caught-up with the comedy that they neglect the horror and wind up tossing joke-after-joke up on the screen, hoping like hell that something will stick. Giordano and Murphy also whip a few too many jokes in periodically too short a succession. But, overall the tone is spot-on, and more importantly, funny to boot making ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES! still sanguinary, and more in tone with the cheekier genre elements that made John Gulager s FEAST such a festive feral romp.
Look...I ve seen a lot of the so called new breed of zombie-comedy and I can tell you that rarely do filmmakers pull it off. Horror-comedy seems to be the de facto stomping ground for Indie filmmakers. The box office failure of films like SLITHER and BEHIND THE MASK only proves prescient for the future of the sub-genre. But, if more low-budget mavericks like the crew behind ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES! could keep putting out quality product like this, than perhaps those of us who see the humor in hacked off limbs might start to turn the tide. ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES! ZOMBIES! might not be the best the genre has to offer but in a category where far too many first-time feature filmmakers fail to hit the mark, Anthony Giordano, Jason Murphy and their bevy of beauties manage to give us an entertaining movie despite increasingly bleak odds.
Score: 7 / 10
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The movie takes place around a gentleman's club right at the closing. As one would figure, the film's characters are either bouncers or exotic dancers. With a few setup scenes, we are brought to understand that an amoral scientist at a private/government facility has a connection with a small time suburban drug dealer. The dealer, a swarmy overweight man, steals some experimental drugs while the scientist retrieves a fix for the man. Eventually the dealer hooks up with a streetwalker and shares the experimental drug with her resulting in the beginning of a zombie outbreak (in the likes of 28 Days Later). Since the streetwalker and her friends hang out waiting for johns at the gentleman's club, the epicenter of the outbreak is the parking lot of the club itself. So far, so good, right?
Well, this film could have been great for its genre. Unfortunately it takes itself for what it is rather than trying to play out as a true horror or true exploitation film. I'm as big a fan of horror comedy as anyone but the issue here is that there were too many characters that were true caricatures and obviously written to be that. In most horror-comedies, the main protagonists are unaware that they are in such a film (i.e. Shaun of the Dead, Evil Dead 2, Feast, Dance of the Dead, etc.). Here, however, we get a few characters that just don't work (specifically the pimp character and his main girlfriend). As a result, we get a fun and entertaining film but ultimately a film that unrealized its potential. Being a zombie stripper film, one would think that their would be a lot of blood and boobs. Unfortunately, that isn't the case. The gore will satisfy the B&B crowd but the boobs are few for such a film.
All in all, the film gets 3 stars. There were a few standout performances especially Jessica Barton and many of the actors in smaller roles (such as the drug dealer, the main streetwalker, the DJ, and the scientist). The screenplay was worthy with constant zombie and guts action, and the film had good set pieces. The unrealized potential of the film, however, is unfortunate since this film could have been a cult classic; a true blood-and-boobs classic. Instead, we only get a popcorn film to enjoy.
The DVD deserves mention as a standout. The extras and documentaries were great. The people behind this film, the writer and director, have great futures ahead of them. And don't forget the cameo by Tiffany Shepis in a pre-credit five minute scene at the beginning of the film. As always, she was great.
I was terrifed going into this film... sure if I hated it I could tell them that I hadn't watched it yet... but I wanted so badly for them to have made a good movie.
And they did - well, good movie if you are a B-movie Zombie fan. ZZZ is a strict B movie, filled with sub par acting, questionable sfx, and low production quality. Where this movie excels is in it's fun factor. So some junkie drug dealer steals some glowing crystals from a bio lab mistaking them for crack... then it ends up in the hands of a pack of crackwhores hanging out near the den of their arch-nemesis, the strippers. Of course strippers and whores don't get along, so when the hoes turn man-eating zombie, it's up to the strippers and their flavor of the week boyfriends to try to defeat them.
What surprised me most was how well thought out the script actually was - if you can get past the poor execution, they really did have a pretty decent script. Since many of the bit parts were played by one of my favorite sketch comedy troupes (doodiehumor) there were plenty of laughs involved. I wasn't going to review this because I was afraid I would love it just for seeing all of their faces (it's been too long) but my husband who has never met any of these people before had to pause the movie twice because he was laughing so hard. (Once was a line in the diner, and the second was in the club with the pimp). The best actors were our main hero who played an excellent deadpan normal guy, The Bouncer, and I've wavered back and forth on the pimp. At first I hated him, but by the end of the film he had really grown on me.
Do I recommend this film to everyone? NO! But I do recommend it to B movie Zombie fans. There are boobies but not as many as you would expect given the setting, and there is plenty of blood and gore, in all shapes and colors, both good and bad.
In the end I would summarize this as an excellent group popcorn and beer flick for everyone to laugh and enjoy provided you have low expectations on production value and acting.
I'm serious! Will they seriously just put anything on film and thrust it onto a DVD and shove it into a bargain bin at Best Buy... Read more
