Monday, September 27, 2010

ZOMBIE STRIPPERS!

Zombie Strippers Movie Review 

The United States Government has released a virus turning people into zombies. A soldier becomes infected, stumbles into a strip club, and infects a stripper, who infects other strippers, turning them into, yes, zombie strippers. For as bad as the plot sounds, the movie is even worse. There are a couple moments here and there that are interesting but most of the film is stripper turns into zombie, dances, kills one of the clientele, turns another stripper into a zombie, she dances, kills somebody, etc. The dialogue is awful, the acting even worse (a few people may recognize singer Roxy Saint as one of the strippers), and the special effects are horrible (especially anything CGI). There are a couple death scenes that are mildly interesting, and Robert Englund (A Nightmare On Elm Street series) is pretty awesome as the greedy club owner, but as for anything else positive about this movie, not much can be said.

His reaction when offered this role?

I understand they were trying to make a comedic B-movie here. The problem is that it is not funny (at all) and instead of coming off as homage to B-movies, it is just a really bad movie--Englund deserves so much better. I can only recommend this movie for Englund’s performance, or if you are a fan of Saint and want to see her topless and looking like a zombie. Otherwise, skip it at all costs.

On A Scale Of One To Ten: 3

Zombie Strippers Movie Trailer  

Friday, September 24, 2010

TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (aka INVASION!)

Invasion! Top Of The Food Chain Movie Review

Atomic scientist Dr. Lamonte (Campbell Scott, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, Singles) goes to an isolated town for research. While there he meets some very strange people--some local, some not of this world. Soon, bodies start turning up as Lamonte and the people of the town try to figure out who, or what, is killing and eating the small town denizens. This sci-fi comedy is a spoof of alien/creature features of the 1950’s and it one of the quirkiest films I have ever seen. Scott is absolute gold as the clueless scientist, and Fiona Loewi gives a very strong performance as the dreamy Sandy Fawkes, a girl who falls for Lamonte. Honestly, you could throw everything else in this movie out and it would be worth watching just to see Scott and Loewi.

Our campy couple

However, there is plenty more to enjoy here, from a very witty and, at times, laugh out loud funny script, wonderfully cheesy special effects, and, of course, the aliens. This Canadian movie, known as Invasion! on the U.S. DVD, came out in 2000 and I hate that I never heard of it before now. If you get this movie and understand what they are doing with it (I did), and if you are a fan of 1950’s sci-fi movies (I am), you will probably love this film (as I did).

On A Scale Of One To Ten: 9

Top Of The Food Chain Movie Trailer