sleeping_gorilla
Now THIS is how you make a movie without a budget! What stands out here is the writing. Every character is in danger and most of them have enough dimension that you care when they die. Time is taken to explain patient zero and the primary victims are people that he / she comes in contact with. A lot of the humor tackles genre tropes. While not the funniest movie I've ever seen, it made me laugh a few times and certainly wasn't painful.Instead of trying to make this a city wide epidemic the movie is filmed in just a few locations, mostly inside and around the strip club. Instead of bad CGI rely on practical effects until the climax (thank you!) The acting ranges from average to good. Most of the dialog is given to the better cast members. The weaker acting comes from the minor characters, who are mostly the eye candy anyway.This isn't meant to be a masterpiece, but it's proof that low budget movies don't have to be awful.
Master Cultist
With alternative titles Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! Or Strippers vs. Zombies, depending on which continent you live, the emphasis here is hardly on subtlety.The plot: A scientific experiment to develop a panacea for cancer goes awry when narcotics are inadvertently mixed with the potent cocktail, resulting in a potion that, instead of curing The Big C, turns those given the stuff into flesh hungry zombies. As the menace spreads, all hope seems lost, the crunching dead seemingly unstoppable. Unstoppable, that is, until they encounter a rather feisty group of strippers who are hellbent on protecting their strip club from the rotting menace.Ridiculous, yes, but deliberately so and actually pulled off with some style. The acting is pretty awful and the special effects laughable, but this has a lot of charm, principally because it is clear that all involved are having a hoot. Let's be honest here, you write and direct a movie called Strippers vs. Zombies, you ain't trying to make the next Shawshank. The intention all along is to make a straight to video exploitation piece and, truthfully, that's just about what they managed.A horror comedy that actually makes you laugh on occasion - a rarity indeed - with a nice line in subversive humour, this is nothing if not enjoyable. True horror devotees only need apply, but if you know what to expect and get off on that sort of thing, you'll enjoy this a lot.
Hazular
ZZZ isn't the worst low budget movie ever made, by a long shot. But that doesn't mean it's good. There's plot holes galore, awful special effects, and a wooden plot line. And who knew blood could be bright pink? The actors, for the most part, actually seem quite competent, and do their best to make this movie entertaining- making the best of a bad situation, as it were. However, the characters have no depth, and as a viewer I didn't really care whether they lived or died. Or got eaten.Overall, I wouldn't recommend actively looking to watch this movie, but if it happens to be on, by all means watch it for a few laughs.
The Major
Okay, okay... For those zombie movie purists appalled by this film, what did you expect with a tag line of "strippers vs. zombies"? Do you read the box BEFORE you rent movies? I'll bet you also pour out a glass of clotted milk after having noticed that it was expired, drink it, and then complain that it was bad.As far a plots go, this movie had a hell of a lot better plot than a lot of classic cult films. The characters were as well developed as you could expect and the actors performed admirably. Poor special effects are to be expected with a plot line like this and I would have been disappointed if the FX were outstanding.This is movie is great for those who appreciate cheesy movies. My final unsolicited advice to those who delight in expressing their distaste would be to RTFB before you rent. In so doing, you will protect your finely honed sensibilities and we won't have to read your whining, mewling reviews.