Zombie Strippers – 3 Stars:
The Machine Girl – 3 1/2 Stars:
Every year my brother throws a party he likes to call Horrorfest. He started the "tradition" in high school. He and his friends would stay up all night watching horror movies. Initially he tried watching real horror movies like "Halloween." They quickly moved away from quality horror movies and went with intentionally bad horror movies. A well made intentionally bad horror movie can be quite fun to watch such as "Feast" or "Hatchet." The majority are just downright too painful to watch such as "Shatter Dead," "Die You Zombie Bastards" or "The Void." Every now and then we accidentally see a good movie such as "Murder Party" or "Behind the Mask." Everything else is soft core porn such as "Pervert" and "The Bare Wench" trilogy.
This year's Horrorfest included the movies "Zombies, Zombies, Zombies," "The Machine Girl," "Pervert," "Dance of the Dead," "Boy Eat Girl," and "Zombie Strippers." I'm not going to review all of these movies. The two movies that stood out in my opinion were "The Machine Girl" and "Zombie Strippers."
"The Machine Girl" also known as "Kataude Mashin Garu" is a Japanese movie about a Japanese school girl whose family is killed by a family of ninjas. In her quest for revenge her hand is cut off and replaced with various weapons. For fans of "Planet Terror," "Kill Bill," "Versus," and Takashi Miike's "Ichi the Killer" you will enjoy this movie. It is a fun and gory ride. I recommend reading the subtitles though, because we listened to the English dubbing and it felt like listening to a cartoon while watching the gory action packed mess.
"Zombie Strippers" stars Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) and porn queen Jenna Jameson. The movie starts out with George W. Bush winning his 4th term as president with VP Schwarzenegger. Bush outlaws public nudity. The US Army tracks down a zombie virus that they think they have contained until one of the infected soldiers sneaks away into an underground strip club run by Robert Englund's germaphobic character. Then we watch Jenna Jameson and other strippers strip for about 10 minutes - maybe longer. Eventually, the infected soldier turns into a zombie and attacks Jenna Jameson while she's on stage dancing and infects her. The zombie form of Jenna Jameson gets back up and continues to strip, but the guys like it more. Robert Englund decides he wants to capitalize on this and make a profit. Jenna Jameson takes a man back for a lap dance, bites his dick off and then he becomes a zombie. Englund locks up all the male zombies and lets Jameson do her thing. Other strippers ask Jenna to infect them and then you've got a bunch of zombie strippers. So really, the title says it all.
With "Night of the Living Dead," George Romero changed the face of zombie movies. Romero changed it again with "Dawn of the Dead." Then the zombie movie rules changed with Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later" and Zack Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead" remake. Now the rules have changed again with "Zombie Strippers." Not really. "Zombie Strippers" is a fun parody of the Romero movies. Romero's movies are famous for the social commentary told within his movies. The social commentary in "Zombie Strippers" is so over the top that I couldn't help but laugh at the homage to Romero. If you are into well done, intentionally bad horror movies, or you're the type of person to watch a movie called "Zombie Strippers," this movie is for you.
BYLINE:
Bob Zerull is a frequent movie and concert goer who talks about his ventures to arenas and theaters more than any person should be allowed to do. Now, he puts them down on paper. Email him your thoughts at: bzerull19@gmail.com.
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