5.1 | / 10 |
Users | 3.6 | |
Reviewer | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
The world's most famous adult film star, Jenna Jameson stars in this thrilling zombie adventure. 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. They're not just strippers...They're Zombie Strippers !!
Starring: Robert Englund, Jenna Jameson, Roxy Saint, Penny Vital, Whitney AndersonHorror | 100% |
Thriller | 49% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Portuguese: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Cantonese, Indonesian, Korean
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
BD-Live
Region free
Movie | 1.5 | |
Video | 2.0 | |
Audio | 2.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
I could just eat you alive!
One cannot blame Zombie Strippers for giving it the old college try. The film's title alone
was probably enough to get the project green-lit, as studios, financiers, even potential actors and
actresses likely saw the potential for a campy, but obviously Z-grade, horror picture. After all,
zombie lovers are a rabid segment of movie fan-dom, and no self-respecting Dead-head
would pass
up the opportunity to shell out an hour's wage on the film at theaters, or now, on Blu-ray.
Zombie Strippers definitely knows its place, and never once does the film take itself
seriously, and puts all the elements in place for that Z-movie camp-fest it promises to be.
Unfortunately, it also fails to accomplish even that goal, instead becoming a dreadfully dull,
repetitive, and spiritless picture with props, effects, dialogue, and acting that are superficially
appropriate for a Z-grade classic, but the conglomeration of elements simply never gels into any sort
of likable, whimsically fun low budget zombie film.
This movie is so totally going to be better than 'Dawn of the Dead!'
Zombie Strippers dances up a storm on Blu-ray -- but it may get booed off the stage. Presented in 1080p high definition and framed at 2.35:1, the transfer shows its low budget, shot-on-video roots, and the results are not impressive. Like the quality of the film, the video has that made for television look, a look shared by Otis, for example. The film takes on a vomit-like color scheme, with sour greens and yellows dominating the palette. Black levels are rather poor, looking more gray or even blue than true black in most every scene. Noise is not present in abundance, but the darker corners of the film will see their fair share. The film does nothing more than capture its subjects and pick up on the make-up and general look of whatever the camera is pointed at. Forget strong detail or colors. It's all bland and boring, and makes for particularly uninteresting high definition source material.
Zombie Strippers takes a bite out of Blu-ray with a lossless Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack. Dialogue is a bit tinny and sometimes hard to hear. The music spreads out across the front channels, but lacks much of a presence. Surrounds work throughout the picture, trying to create just the right atmosphere at Club Rhino, or filling the soundstage with gunfire during the film's bookends, but the key word is "trying." Both sound lifeless, canned, and generic, befitting the low budget nature of the film. The sound is never terrible, but it is certainly never upper tier. The subwoofer is allowed to rattle a few times, but never all that deeply. Zombie Strippers presents listeners with a wholly underwhelming listen, one that satisfactorily moves the story along but never stands out as impressive or even average.
Zombie Strippers arrives on Blu-ray with a few supplemental features for fans to devour. A commentary track with writer/director Jay Lee and actors Jenna Jameson, Robert Englund, and Joey Medina is first. The track is fairly standard, lighthearted but also offering some serious discussions into various aspects of the process of making this film. From casting to dancing zombies, the participants enjoy reminiscing and sharing their thoughts on the film. Factoid Track is a basic pop-up trivia track that runs the length of the film and offers insights into various aspects of the movie and presents other information deemed pertinent to the film. Next are 20 deleted scenes (480p, 39:30) with optional commentary by Lee and Englund. The Champagne Room: Behind the Scenes of 'Zombie Strippers' (480p, 7:53) features the cast and crew discussing their involvement in and enthusiasm for the film, the origins of the film and the characters, the political under- and overtones of the film, and more. The Dressing Room: How to Glam a Zombie (480p, 4:50) is a brief examination of the film's make-up effects. Also included are 1080p trailers for Resident Evil: Degeneration, The Fall, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, Lakeview Terrace, Hancock, Casino Royale, Felon, 88 Minutes, Pineapple Express, You Don't Mess With the Zohan, and The House Bunny. This disc is also BD-Live (Blu-ray profile 2.0) enabled, allowing viewers to visit Sony's standard page with trailers, a FAQ, and the opportunity to register this disc and participate in Sony's rewards program.
Zombie Strippers is a film that may have worked better with a somewhat larger budget, a slightly more serious tone while retaining the tongue-in-cheek mentality, a more coherent script, actors who understood the nature of the material, and better, more consistent gore. Perhaps more than anything, it was the film's lame computer-generated gore that proved to be its own worst enemy. There is low budget, and then there is Zombie Strippers. The other fatal flaw is its repetitious second act. As it is, Zombie Strippers is a major letdown, a movie with fine potential but one that clearly fails to provide campy fun and instead veers straight off a cliff and into downright bad movie country. Sony's Blu-ray release of Zombie Strippers is fairly poor, but the film's original elements seem more to blame than anything else. The film's HD video transfer is particularly ugly in appearance, and the soundtrack is mundane at best. Sony has provided a solid selection of supplemental materials to round out this offering. Zombie Strippers is a movie that banks on nothing more than its title and the presence of a horror icon and an adult film star to sell tickets. In that regard, it shouldn't really come as any surprise that the film lacks not only in substance, but fails to even be worthy of the title "cult classic." Nevertheless, the film will likely find a following on home video and do brisk business at the rental houses, but this is a film that will soon be forgotten to time.
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