Zombie Strippers! (2008)

In the not too distant future a secret government re-animation chemo-virus gets released into conservative Sartre, Nebraska and lands in an underground strip club. As the virus begins to ... See full summary »

Director:

Jay Lee

Writer:

Jay Lee

Stars:

Jenna Jameson, Robert Englund, Roxy Saint

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jenna Jameson	...	Kat
Robert Englund	...	Ian
Roxy Saint	...	Lilith
Penny Drake	...	Sox
Whitney Anderson	...	Gaia
Jennifer Holland	...	Jessy
Shamron Moore	...	Jeannie
Jeannette Sousa	...	Berenge
Carmit Levité	...	Blavatski (as Carmit Levite)
Johnny Hawkes	...	Davis (as Johnny D. Hawkes)
Brad Milne	...	Chushfeld
Zak Kilberg	...	Byrdflough
Jen Alex	...	Ryker (as Jen Alex Gonzalez)
Jessica Custodio	...	Kwan
Laura Sabbia	...	Sassy Sue (as Laura Bach)

Storyline

In the not too distant future a secret government re-animation chemo-virus gets released into conservative Sartre, Nebraska and lands in an underground strip club. As the virus begins to spread, turning the strippers into "Super Zombie Strippers" the girls struggle with whether or not to conform to the new "fad" even if it means there's no turning back.

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Plot Keywords:

stripper | virus | strip club | zombie | future | 

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Taglines:

Live Dead Nudes

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and gore, sexuality/nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official MySpace Official site [jp]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

Zombie Strippers

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stage 6 Films, Larande Productions, Scream HQ

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Blavatski was specifically written for Carmit Levité.

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Goofs

When a stripper zombie is shooting balls, it hits a sign with 'Live Strippers Tonight'. the 'Live' is broken, but in the next scene, its still working, then broken again, then working again.

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Quotes

Sox: How's it feel... death?
Lillith: It feels like snow and stars.
Gaia: Aw, that's pretty!
Lillith: I remember once lying in the snow under a clear blanket of stars, there were so many stars... You couldn't comprehend what it was like. That vast un-knowable void. But now I understand it. I feel I'm a part of it, that infinite nothingness... I wanna strip. Who's on? Fuck it, I'm gonna dance.

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Connections

Referenced in Scream 4 (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Bad Guy"
Performed and Written by Roxy Saint
Published by Star Blue Music (ASACAP)
Courtesy of Star Blue

User Reviews

Not 'ha ha bad,' just 'bad'

When it comes to B movies, there are three main types. There's the actual B movies, which are funny or enjoyable for their exploitative and campy nature. Then there's the well-done B movie homages, like Grindhouse or Big Trouble in Little China. Then, there are movies like "Zombie Strippers!", which try to be funny by being intentionally bad, but miss the mark so much that they turn out to just be awful.

The barely comprehensible plot of this movie involves a team of Marines that are sent in to eradicate a zombie outbreak in a lab, but due to a mishap a zombie makes it to a nearby strip club, where he infects the lead stripper (played by Jenna Jameson). The rest of the movie basically alternates between gruesome zombie violence and stripper titties. This will amuse 12-year-old boys, maybe, but if you've seen violence or nudity before then there's nothing special here.

None of this in principle makes a bad B-movie...what really makes Zombie Strippers suck is the writing. The "social commentary" mentioned in other IMDb reviews consists mostly of terrible, unfunny Bush/Cheney jokes, which, if you've been living in or even hearing about America at some time during the last 8 years, you will have heard over 9000 times already. The dialog attempts to be over the top and clever but is just hackneyed and stupid, in a way that's not B-movieish but just plain bad. The only genuine laugh (i.e. not with my friends about how awful the movie was) was from a joke about Mexican stereotypes that just kept going until it finally hit funny, but other than that I was bored and irritated most of the time.

In closing, if you're one of those people that automatically showers praise on over-the-top or "shocking" movies without thinking about it at all (search your feelings, you know it to be true!), then you will probably like this movie. I had a good time watching it because I was with a bunch of friends in an otherwise empty theater, but the enjoyment was of the admittedly shallow "Oh ho ho look at us young fellows out watching a terrible movie god this film is awful aren't we cool" variety. As far as a movie goes, "Zombie Strippers!" tries to be a "good" B-movie and, in doing so badly, relinquishes all B-movie cred it might have gotten and lands squarely in the realm of awful.

1/10