Strip Club Massacre (2017) Reviews

• Beware of imitators...

  Howlin Wolf2017-09-05

  The name 'Bob Clark' suckered me into watching this before I realised it was made after he died... but I have no excuse for sticking it out. Suffice to say that this isn't an offering from the legend of cult film that gave us "Black Christmas" and "Porkys", and it's an unfortunate coincidence that this amateur shares the same name... There is one positive, though; if you're an aspiring film-maker struggling to keep the faith, then check it out to boost your morale - if this can get released, then ANYTHING can!

• Strip club airheads in a murderous indie

  Leofwine_draca2017-05-08

  STRIP CLUB MASSACRE is a Z-grade horror movie shot on an indie budget. The whole film takes place in a nightclub populated by female strippers although the nudity is kept to a bare minimum. Plotwise, this feels a little like Verhoeven's SHOWGIRLS, charting the rivalry between various strippers and the way it spirals out of control, although this film has more of an exploitation feel. The tension builds to one of the lamest and most unrealistic torture scenes you'll ever see, featuring eyeball removal and the like. The victim's continued moaning doesn't even vary at this point making it all rather unrealistic. The ending turns into revenge territory but it's so inept that you have to laugh at it. The characters in the film are one-dimensional airheads and the acting is so bad that the actresses are frequently trying not to laugh during line delivery.

• Bad sexploitation

  franklindf2017-05-24

  Yes, this is a sexploitation movie. But pretty much the only thing going for this movie is the attractive female lead. Everything else about the movie is pretty bad, and the acting is about on the level you would find in an average porn movie. I do tend to be pretty forgiving about movies like this because I enjoy sincere efforts to make movies with a low budget. I don't even mind the types of shortcuts this type of film necessitates. But this film is mostly just unsatisfying. At its heart it is a basic revenge tale, a woman defeated by her circumstances who is normally docile but gets forced to her limits and pushed into a situation she no longer can tolerate without answering back. The setup for this plot is tolerable and reasonably well done. But as the plot escalates, some of the tension gets lost and the revenge scenario doesn't really satisfy as a culmination of the frustrations and angst suffered by the main character. The revenge part is almost too clearly spelled out and feels sort of transactional - something was missing, like the raw animal savagery of depravity satiated; that feeling just wasn't there. The film doesn't successfully manage tension, expectations, etc like a good horror movie should.

• no one was paid in this movie

  kaefab2017-05-21

  Wow we are in 2017 i cannot believe movies like this are still being made. It looks like it was shot a la 1990 porno movie, there is no acting in this movie its just people going true dialogues. There is no story, i turned it off after 30 minutes enough was enough for me. Its sad that horror is always the choice for a starting director, i really hope that he who did this movie does not do anymore, he left is mark on a very very very bad movie.

• Terrible all around

  hellakrazed2017-05-21

  Looks like it was shot on a handicam. Everything is bad. Can't even keep the soundtrack at constant volume across scenes. Seriously amateur. I kept waiting for the "massacre" thinking this might save the movie, but I should have just stopped 5 minutes in. It doesn't get better. Some of the girls from the club are from nightmares, not in the way the movie wants. I don't normally leave reviews but there's only 3 and 2 are a 10 star of the same thing copied and obviously fake. Nobody else should have to watch this after checking IMDb.