Right off the bat, you know from the title that this isn’t going to be a serious, hard sci-fi masterpiece to rival the output of the Holy Nolan and the like. Coming from Down Under, this antipodean schlock picture was filmed during the lockdown and is a patchwork of various sources.
The world is suffering under the COVID-19 outbreak, but worse is to come – for the men at least – as Venus has unleashed their toxic zombie babes to blast the balls of the male earthlings. As conspiracy theories run rife, the invasion continues.
Directed by Gerardo Chierchia and written by David Black, who has previous for this type of Troma-esque no-budget B-movie homage, such as Badass Bunyip. Black also plays a recurring social media character who amusingly has to use different platforms as he keeps getting kicked off them. As a pastiche of low-budget sci-fi of yesteryear, it’s a fun watch and the deliberately cheesy CGI effects add to the giggle factor. It might not go as far as Lloyd Kaufman’s films in the sleaze and titillation, but there are still enough near-the-knuckle moments to please fans of Troma movies. Make no mistake, this is anarchic, don’t-give-a-fudge filmmaking, and you’ll either get it or you won’t.
The story plays out over separately chaptered days, which is handy as it’ll likely be more palatable in smaller chunks rather than going through the two-hour running time.
Toxic Alien Zombie Babes from Outer Space is available to watch on YouTube.
