Zombie Strippers Movie Review By Michael Jodoin 
A team of marines is sent in to destroy the zombies created in a secret laboratory, but one of the marines named is bitten and escapes. The infected marine ends up in an underground strip club. The marine then dies and awakens as a zombie. He bites one of the strippers, Kat (porn star Jenna Jameson), infecting her, but being infected turns her into a zombie super stripper. The crowd goes wild throwing more money than ever at her. One by one the other strippers become infected and they too turn into super strippers, making a small fortune for club owner Ian Essko (Robert Englund aka Freddie Kruger). With that the stage is set for the ensuing mayhem that is a zombie movie. But not quite. From production values to performances, this movie is so wrong, on so many levels that I don't even know where to begin. This movie was so far over the top I almost got a nosebleed from the altitude. I have a huge number of zombie movies in my collection and I've watched some of my favorites dozens of times. This isn't destined to be one of them. Written and Directed by Jay Lee who was also the Director of Photography and Editor, “Zombie Strippers” is pretty much a one man attempt to take low budget horror to an even lower level. As for the performances I can only say that I don't believe anyone else on the planet could have portrayed the sleazy club owner better than Robert Englund and the decision to cast Jenna Jameson in the role of Kat was almost a no brainer. Only a true porn star could pull off the pool ball scene with such aplomb. So here's my problem. I had a moderate amount of fun watching it. My wife, not so much. The question is 'why did I have fun.' It wasn't because I love zombie movies. It wasn't because I like the gore . It wasn't because of all the naked and half naked women. OK, I lied. The zombies, gore and women, sans apparel, as well as some very humorous lines made it worth a watch. Once. What I suggest is that you get three or four of your friends to chip in and buy the dvd so you don't feel ridiculous for spending just your money on it. Watch it, then seal it in a tupperware container and put it on the closet shelf under the box full of christmas presents from your Aunt Edna that you're not crazy about, but you just can't bring yourself to throw out. You never know, you may want to make a movie one day and you'll need some reference on how not to. That said, Happy Viewing and we can all hope they don't make the sequel, “Zombie Hookers.” |
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