Big Tits Zombie [DVD]

No zombies for the first half hour and no tits for the first hour! Not actually that much of a problem unless you were actually expecting either.

A closer translation for the title would be "Strippers Vs Zombies" and this is more indicative of the film as a whole. The strippers get bumped off one-by-one (fully clothed) until the last reel.

As it goes, a fairly standard Japanese gore flick with the normal problems that entails - the blood is plentifull, the explosions so fake they make Fingerbobs look realistic.

If you can get it for the price of a rental then do so, otherwise add it to your wish list. My star rating is based on the fact that I paid less than £[] for my copy.

This by now infamous Japanese film is mindless fun from start to finish, as we see a group of down on their luck dancing girls fight off the living dead in this film which takes it's cues from Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead, The Ring, and anything else inbetween in this mismash of genres based on a popular Japanese manga (interestingly, it's more popular with females in Japan, and some of the zombies in the film are actual fans who wanted to dress up - this was revealed in the making of doco).

It is mindless in places, definitely cheap, but there is a lovely tongue in cheek irony to the humour in the film, that is in addition to the cheapness of the gore, the beauty of the actresses, and the usual offbeat wackiness that Asian cinema is renowned for - that sets it apart from other Japanese zombie comedies.

This movie is not as bloody nor as erotic as it could be by any stretch of my imagination, but that's a minor gripe, as it is fun if you know how to switch your mind off and turn into a zombie yourself for a little over an hour.

It has moments which are unique so far as I know in zombie cinema - but die hard zombie film fans who don't like comic horror will not enjoy this, even for the appearances of the (if you'll excuse the pun) delicious Sola Aoi, fiesty Risa Kasumi or the gorgeously Gothic/Lolita doll Mari Sakurai as the leads in the film.

For people who like fun, wacky horror, zombies, and a soundtrack that sounds like it escaped from a Quentin Tarantino film done in Japanese, then BTZ is the film for you.

The DVD comes with both the 2D and 3D versions of the film on the disc (single sided), has 2 pairs of 3D glasses, and for those of you who can play PAL films outside of the UK (not sure about region 3 or so - but I'm a region 4 user as I'm in Australia, and it works fine on my player no worries).

Sorry to the Americans and other folks who use NTSC, but you'd probably have to find a region 1 copy, if there is one to view it.

Besides the making of, there's a photo gallery, trailers for both BTZ and some other films on the Terracotta label, a link to Terracotta Distribution and a plug for their film festival of Asian cinema which is held in London.

Stylish blood and gorefest full of humour and kickin sound track
tounge in cheeck fun filled way to pass the time but the Tits are not as big as you would think