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A group of strippers, two hookers, a bouncer, and a pimp run in to a
strip club after hours. The start of a funny joke? It's the premise for
"Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!" a surprisingly well made and entertaining
horror comedy considering the miniscule budget that it works on from the
minute one. Notice how the strip club is the same exterior as the ice
rink from the prologue. But who cares? "Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!" is a
classic grind house throwback that features a group of mismatched
survivors and malcontents going up against an endless horde of the
walking dead. After a scummy drug dealer steals experimental chemicals
from a local laboratory seeking a new high, he accidentally unleashes
the new "drug" on his hookers who become zombies and begin spreading
their infection along the city. Holed up in the Grind House strip club
after hours and faced with no options, they have to figure out how to
outwit the hordes of the walking dead while trying not to turn on one
another. "Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!" is trash first and foremost, a
movie so ridiculous and absurd that it manages to defy logic as a simple
B horror movie, but once you shed all pre-existent grasping of common
sense with characters, you'll have a lot of fun with the characters, all
of whom are oddly well drawn out and explored, including pimp Johnny.
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Anthony Headen may not be the
best actor, but as Johnny he seems to have fun and is often
hilarious as the backhanded pimp who is so reliant on his
pimp hand he even extinguishes zombies in the same method.
And you have to appreciate the character Harley's sub-plot
as her primary motive for getting home is to be with her
baby daughter as she fights her way through the walking dead
with her valiant brother who plays surrogate father while
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Mainly, though, the
film is about hot women fighting zombies and hot women becoming zombies,
while the inept men who enter their path are either lovelorn or consumed
by their ravenous monstrous form. Jason Murphy's "Zombies! Zombies!
Zombies!" has a lot going for it comically with moments of pure hilarity
(including the different hues of blood and nut munching sequence) and
works well as a zombie film that channels "Dawn of the Dead" on some
occasions with some nods to Romero and its own sense of terror that
works even in the confines of its miniscule budget. Director Murphy's
attempts to channel the grindhouse motif is successful and really serves
to add a sense of excitement to the Strippers vs. Zombies throw down
that soon ensues when Harley realizes she either gets home to her mom
and daughter, or risks becoming one of the pack.
Director Jason
Murphy's ode to ass kicking strippers fighting the walking dead is a
pure shameless B movie monster and one that uses its small budget to
create a damn fine piece of grindhouse fare that works well on all
levels with three dimensional characters, and gory action trash cinema
fans can appreciate.
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