Chopper Chicks in Zombietown

June 30, 2005

Rated: R Runtime: 86 min Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Other than the fact that it’s one of Billy Bob Thornton’s earliest movies, I really didn’t know much about Chopper Chicks in Zombietown before I saw it. The awesome title promised both girls riding motorcycles and zombies, and it’s from Troma, so I figured it was worth adding to my Netflix queue.

Chopper Chicks in Zombietown The movie opens with a motorcycle gang (The Cycle Sluts) riding into a small town looking for a hot meal before hitting the road again. Turns out Dede (Rose) used to live in that small town, and her estranged husband Tommy (Thornton) wants her to stay. This upsets the leader of the gang, Rox (Carlen), and she causes a scene at a local bar. The townsfolk gather with guns and pitchforks and threaten to execute The Cycle Sluts.

Meanwhile, the local undertaker (Don Calfa), along with his trusty dwarf, has been reanimating the dead bodies that come through his funeral home and keeping them in an abandoned mine shaft outside of town. In a shocking turn of events, the zombies escape and shuffle into town. The zombies have their own theme song, which is very reminiscent of the fun Goblin soundtrack from the original Dawn of the Dead.

Well, the townsfolk don’t want to kill the zombies since they’re the reanimated corpses of their loved ones. So instead of executing The Cycle Sluts, they beg them to stay and take care of their flesh-eating relatives. Can Dede and Rox put their differences aside and lead The Cycle Sluts to victory over the walking dead?

This movie really should be much better than it is. The zombies are a little too comedic to be taken seriously, but not comedic enough to be funny. The gore is pretty tame for a zombie movie. As for the Chopper Chicks, they wear entirely too much clothing. A Troma movie without nudity is not a good thing.

On the plus side, you’ve got the hot girls riding motorcycles, guns, explosions, burning buildings and a dwarf getting tortured. Chopper Chicks in Zombietown is a fun way to spend 86 minutes, but it fails to live up to the potential its title promises.

Posted by Chris Terranova | Filed Under 3 Stars, Billy Bob Thornton, Catherine Carlen, Comedy, DVD, Horror, Jamie Rose, Lewis Arquette, Martha Quinn, R