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Stacy Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Widescreen Audience Rating: Unrated Running Time: 80 minutes Studio: Wea Corp Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-07-22 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 24 Average rating: 3.5 "Gory, Gross, and... Romantic?" I was suprised by this movie. I went in expecting total shlock, and I did get that, but I also got a rather nice movie. The gore is extreme, and the action almost non-stop. And there are zombies. Rather gross looking zombies. But that isn't the main draw to the movie... at least not for me. The main draw was that in all of this gore (which was enjoyable none the less) were characters. And characters who actually were likeable! These people are just that, people. And it shows that one of the greatest powers, that can even raise the dead, is love. Odd for a horror movie, but for some reason it works. And the thing is... it has a happy ending. Suprising I know. Not for everyone, but... if you are in the mood for something diffrent, something odd, than go for this. "original but sometime irritating" For some strange and unexplained reason all girls aged 15 to 17 die. In Japan this tragic event happens during schooltime, so when the girls come back to life as cute-looking but flesh-hungry zombies, they go around in those (to me) sexy uniforms killing and eating people. Since this is a situation most people under 15 and above 17 are not satisfied, the government has founded a special section to deal with the problem. HOT ASIAN ZOMBIE CHICKS! I liked this movie. Although the only problem I had with this film is there is too much lovey dovey rubbish and can get irritating. But what do you expect, it's a Japanese film. The story is desent, the gore is nice, and the chicks in this movie are all hella fine. Get this if you can find it. (lots of zombies) most entertaining part: | the gory stuff! | "gore-fest or bore-fest?" When researching this film I had a hard time finding a trailer to view online, now I know why. This movie reeks, not just of rotting zombie flesh but from the indecipherable plot and slow moving story line. To begin with the zombies are sub-par. Though there is plenty of gore, the stumbling or shuffling zombie walk is excruciating in this movie. Its not like in Romero's film in which the motion of the zombies is somewhat believable. Here it is just painful to watch. Secondly, the story really has little to do with the zombies. There is only one 'rampage' scene in the film and it leaves a lot to be desired. "Stacy" tries to be campy, but succeeds only with extremely poor camera work. The music is absolutely horrendous. It adds nothing to the action, and actually severely detracts from it. The whole thing comes off like a Japanese soap opera that just happens to contain zombie girls. There are countless homage to Evil dead, and the films of Romero, but this thing has more in common with 'Dead Alive" than the dead trilogy. Be warned: This is a VERY Japanese movie! The themes expressed in it can only truly be appreciated by someone who has an intimate understanding of Japanese culture, specifically "Moe". Primarily the movie tries to tackle the fetishsized ideal of the innocent Japanese schoolgirl and its relation to the prurient interests of men, combined with the girl's longing for love. It fails miserably. If you are looking for a Japanese take on the Zombie genre, with some humor, but that has enjoyable zombie action then get "Wild Zero". If you like tons of unneeded gore, combined with poor production values then by all means get "Stacy". "Could have been fun!" I wish I had read befor I orderd this movie, "English Sbutitles" movie was in Japanaes with English Subtitles"!!!!