Zombie Town
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Zombie Town |
| Original title | Chopper Chicks in Zombietown |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK No youth approval |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dan Hoskins |
| script | Dan Hoskins |
| production |
Nancy Paloian Maria Snyder |
| music | Daniel May |
| camera | Tom Fraser |
| cut | WHERE Garrett |
| occupation | |
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Zombie Town (Original: Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town ) is an American low-budget - horror comedy , which under the direction of Dan Hoskins for the New York independent label Troma Entertainment and Chelsea Partners originated. The direct-to-video production was released in the United States on May 10, 1991, and the German DVD release date was August 11, 2005.
Zombie Town is one of the early works of actor Billy Bob Thornton , who plays the horned ex-husband of a biker in a small supporting role. Furthermore, also acts in the 1980s as a VJ for the music channel MTV active Martha Quinn with.
action
The location of the action is the 128-soul desert town of Zariah in the US state of Nevada . The local undertaker Willum, an unscrupulous and mad scientist, is involved in criminal activities together with his short assistant Bob. With the help of his henchman, the gravedigger decimates the unsuspecting inhabitants of the sleepy town in order to turn the unburied corpses into so-called " zombies ". These reanimated creatures are then used for forced labor in the nearby tunnel of a mine, where they have to dig for radioactive material under inhumane conditions. For normal people, this activity harbors considerable health risks. These bizarre activities are top secret and are not noticed by the residents of the village, although the population is steadily decreasing.
This changes when a little schoolboy finds secret access to the mine by chance and, driven by adventurous curiosity, opens the barely secured door to the tunnel. This careless discovery costs him his life, he becomes the first victim of the enslaved undead , who break out of their hiding place and trudge inexorably towards Zariah.
Almost at the same time, the eight-headed female biker gang Cycle Sluts , some of whom were split by internal disputes, stopped in the community in search of “meat”. The motorcycle hooligans led by the lesbian Rox spark the interest of Willum, who from then on tries to enslave the newcomers - which he only succeeds with with the instinctual Lucile. The other "sluts" enjoy themselves undisturbed in the village and seduce some prudish men, which inevitably leads to conflicts with the residents. Discrepancies arise in the gang, which intensify when the red-haired Dede is visited by her horned ex-husband Donny. There is an open break with the rest of the rather cold-feeling gang members. A few moments later, the six remaining dropouts are driven out of the city by the annoyed population. Dede escapes this fate, initially stays in the community and feverishly searches for the missing Lucile, who she finds with the disturbed Willum. In his house she witnesses Willum's experiments with the bodies of the dead.
Meanwhile, the escaped zombies overrun the desert place greedily for human flesh and decimate the living people. Dede, whose ex-husband Donny also blessed the time, rejoins her battle-hardened companions. The rocker brides, unloved by the population, help the remaining residents as the deadly threat posed by the zombies increases. They are supported by Willums' ex-boyfriend, Bob, and a busload of blind students. The Cycle Sluts manage to control the host of the living dead, but after the completely mad Willum has grouped "his" undead, Dede plans to completely exterminate the beings. With meat she lures those monsters into a church prepared with dynamite, which she detonates using a previously attached explosive charge. At the end of the film, the zombies are all but a few individuals. The six surviving cycle sluts travel the next day with three male admirers and lots of cash to the nearest town. They say goodbye to the few remaining residents of the former mining town.
Awards
- 1991: Winner of the Special Jury Awards for Director Dan Hoskins
- 1991: Nomination in the category " Best Picture " for director Dan Hoskins
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a "ridiculous horror comedy" that mixed "supposed irony, bad taste and absolute nonsense" .
Web links
- Zombie Town in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Zombie Town in the online movie database