Stacy

(2001) **1/2

In this futuristic flick, girls between the ages of 15 and 17 suddenly die after a period of euphoria and reawaken as zombies. They call these teenage flesh eaters "Stacies." According to a renowned scientist the only way to kill one completely is to hack the Stacy into 165 pieces. Hoards of troops are sent out to specifically eliminate Stacies, they are the "Romero Repeat Kill Troops". Other than a Romero member, regular folks are only allowed to kill a Stacy if it is their immediate relative or girlfriend. Ha! Rules to zombie killing, unheard of! Humanity seems to have found a solution to overpopulation. Without young women the species is doomed. After the ground rules are set we meet a young woman named Eiko who is already in the elated state of euphoria. She seeks out a shy puppet maker and asks him to kill her when she changes. We then follow Eiko through to her death which takes a long friggin' time.


This film has the strangest concept of zombies, they have gray faces, dark mascara and stick their tongues out constantly. The film had a lot of promise until they stuck us with the Eiko story. She's majorly annoying. I know she's in a state of euphoria but her constant giggling and the tinkling of this wind chime she's carrying grated on my nerves something awful. The film tries to be both deep and quirky which is a recipe for disaster.


Redeemable qualities include the Bruce Campbell's Right Hand Chainsaw ad. Really funny.


Also, the whacky scientist and his gruesome lab where he experiments on Stacies. No biggie if you miss it but as zombie films go it's at least different and stands out from the crowd. Although I would more likely recommend “Bio-Zombie” as a decent Japanese zombie flick, it's more fun to watch.