Stripperland

Schlock Horror

Cheezyflicks Productions

R1 DVD

This film is an unashamed parody of Zombieland (2009), pinching the plot of Zombieland and bits of Star Wars and heavens know what else. That’s one of the points of parody, though – if you are parodying something then it helps if your audience knows what it is. Zombieland was a reasonable bit of schlock but Stripperland takes it to extremes.

“When there’s no more room on the pole, strippers will walk the earth” we are warned portentiously.

The strippers in the United States (and there seems to be an awful lot of them) have been infected with a zombie virus by an evil scientist. Our small group of heroes (tough guy, nerd, tough girl and uninfected stripper in disguise) decide to take a road trip across the United States to a west coast sanctuary. Why is safety always on the other side of the country? Along the way they must brave starving homicidal stripper zombies who are fast running out of food.

Fortunately the strippers are brainless bimbos. In the traditional style, they have trouble opening car doors or chasing people as they totter along in their high heeled shoes. In the presence of suitable rap or dance music they will immediately forget what they were doing and start dancing.

"They won't eat me, because they have to stop and strip".

The acting is OK if a little wooden. There are some nice cameo pieces from Scream Queen Linnea Quigley as Grambo, Jennifer Loomis and a bloodstained Lloyd Kaufman as the young nerd’s father, hamming it up for all he’s worth.

All in all, the film is pure schlock and therefore great entertainment. Best enjoyed with mates and beer.

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