"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 sentencefinally 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.
How can a title like that not sell?
Well,once the laughter dies down after reading that title,you realize there's a movie to go along with it,and that's the problem.
It's hard to screw up a film like "Zombie Strippers',but the filmmakers do a very good job of doing just that.
Many other viewers have noted the film's synoposis(Did you really NEED one?),so I'll just critique the film.
The film has an identity crisis,not quite sure if it's outrageous horror comedy or softcore porn,and never do the two meet together in an appropiate manner.
The major problems are:
The filmmakers try to make a political statement with this film,never realizing that politics have no place in a film called "Zombie Strippers".
Most of the humor is outdated,trendy,"Bush-bashing",the kind you see on college campuses,and it is pretty stale already.
The humorous idea of strippers who become better strippers as zombies is funny,but never comes off(Just why DO the guys in the film find rotting corpses sexy,is beyond me...it's NEVER explained).
The comic action suffers because it has NO believability.
I understand this is a comedy,but for most good comedy(and horror) to work,there has to be some root in reality.
The special forces team in the film is just corny and lame,and ultimately,characterless.
The guns they are using are OBVIOUSLY phony,and that's something of a distraction as well.
Most of the cast is painfully unfunny,even though veterans like Robert Englund,clearly try.
There is NO main character,or audience identification figure,either,which makes the experiance even more bizarre.
How about the T and A?
The girls are all generally attractive and well built,but nudity isn't as frequent as one would expect as this film follows the hollywood rules of "good girls don't take off there clothes",and that hurts that large portion of the audience.Only really a third(or less) of the chicks actually show anything...and mainly as corpses!
It also probally dosen't help either that it's just GROSS to see Jenna Jameson and company as NUDE,rotting corpses.
The blood and gore is mainly lame CGI,so gorehounds will probally be disapointed there as well.
On another hand,the zombie makeups are pretty good,and there clearly a few homages to the works of Tom Savini.
A few laughs are on hand,but to really appreciate this film would take a high level of inebriation...and I mean ALOT of booze,guys!
For the frat boys,this film may be a pleasant diversion.
For horror fans,you've seen funnier,bloodier and sexier.
For skin fans....eh.Okay.Nothing great.
Overall,nothing to highly reccomend,could have been alot better,really.
But what the hell did I expect with a film called "Zombie Strippers',anyway?
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Oh lordy, lordy. What can I say. I expected T&A and the girls were definitely hot when they were alive, but how on earth can someone like dead, smelly, rotting stripper zombies. I know, I know, it's a parody. Robert Englund has come a long way. I like him but not so much in this movie. I thought he could have had a better part in it all. Anywho, what do you expect from a movie called "Zombie Strippers?"Read Best Reviews of Zombie Strippers (+ BD Live) (2008) Here
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?Want Zombie Strippers (+ BD Live) (2008) Discount?
I don't even know where to start; this movie is just bad. It made no sense from beginning to end. I think the director was going for the worse movie of the year award. Who thinks up such non-sense? I only watched it because it was free on Amazon with Prime membership. Amazon really does need to do better with the free movie choices. If this is what I have to watch as a Prime member I'd rather be regular.Save 60% Off
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