Cringe: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Enjoyment: ⭐⭐
It seemed like a normal day of booty shaking for Babezilla until the evil tweaker pimps’ scheme to hypnotize the women of the internet into being their whores accidentally turned them into the ravenous Zombie Whorde! Babezilla to the rescue!
Introduction#
Babezilla vs the Zombie Whorde is a 2022 horror comedy written and directed by Andrew J Chambers. It features Stephanie Love as Babezilla, supported by a small cast of mostly unknown talent. It clocks in at almost exactly an hour, and as you probably guessed, is very low budget. Judging from the cover art, synopsis, and on-screen warning, Babezilla is going to be about as dumb as it gets.
I’ve seen one or two other things from Andrew J Chambers, and they all have a similar warning text, which ends with Fuck the MPAA, something I can get behind. For those unaware, The MPAA is an organization which provides certification for American films, assigning them a rating which is meant to indicate what audiences they are suitable for. On paper, this is a valuable service, but you don’t have to look far to see how corrupt and distorted the system is. Anyway, since Babezilla doesn’t have any sort of rating, I’ll just say this film (and associated review) are not suitable for persons under 18.
Plot#
Zombie Whorde opens with a pole dancing / booty shaking credits sequence by Babezilla. It’s a bit more explicit than you might see from MPAA-blessed films, and to their credit, looks like it was filmed in an actual strip club. Aside from that, it’s nothing special, serving the purpose of informing viewers of the titillations that await.
After the credits, we’re introduced to the Babezilla’s villains, the so-called “tweaker pimps”. These two dudes are basically an exaggerated, satirical take on American backcountry rednecks. The main guy is in the middle of making super meth, which evidently contains nutmeg, among other things. Apparently once women have some of this super meth, they become sex workers, which benefits the villains. Okay then.
Cut between the scenes of meth creation is Babezilla just hanging at her house, evidently home from stripping for the day. In her free time, she enjoys deepthroating popsicles and bananas, as well as doing yoga. This whole bit is honestly pretty gratuitous, and I’m not going to bother including screenshots here. If you’re the type of person who enjoys stuff like this, you’ll just have to watch it.
Meanwhile, the tweaker pimps have finished their super meth and distributed it, but there is a problem. Too much nutmeg! All the ladies who’ve imbibed it turn into zombie whores. How does this differ from a regular zombie, you might ask. Well, when they transform their clothes change into stripper garb. That’s it, really. And with that, we have a problem for Babezilla, who gets suited up to battle the evil zombie whorde!
Review#
Babezilla is a low budget horror film with a very niche audience. It definitely has it’s moments, but overall it could have been better. The biggest issue is that most the film’s runtime is padding, with only a few minutes of Babezilla taking on the Zombie Whorde, which was disappointing. On the other hand, I think Stephanie Love did well in her role, and I’m happy to see she’ll be returning in the upcoming Babezilla vs the Cyber Skanks: Rise of MechaBabezilla.
Ultimately, Babezilla vs the Zombie Whorde was a disappointment, but I did find some bits of entertaining. For example, Babezilla has her own theme song, which sounds exactly like a transformers jingle from back in the day. The special effects when the zombies are being blasted are also delightfully stupid.
Cringe 4/5: Ignoring the low budget, the film has a dumb premise that is not presented competently. Some viewers might also find certain depictions in the film to be offensive.
Enjoyment 2/5: There’s some fun to be had here, if you can look past the film’s shortcomings.
Recommended Audience: Genre fans only.