So…. What’s an October without Zombies? Lots and lots of Zombies? That question always keeps this lil’ Catgirl awake at night, and if you are regular readers here at the ol’ Litterbox then I just know such ponderings must occupy most of your waking moments too. Well worry no more, for our next Halloween themed review takes us back to the Land of the Rising Sun for more crazy Zombie bashing action, in “Zombie Self Defense Force”, just out on Region 1 English subbed DVD this last week.

Synopsis….? Naturally, and it goes something like this: “They thought it was an ordinary day in the Japanese countryside – a day of sightseeing for tourists, photo shoots for a pop-star model and her crew, routing training for a squad of JSDF soldiers, treachery for an adulterous couple and sudden murder for gangsters. Everything changes, though, when a UFO crashes and releases some form of strange radiation. Confusion turns to sheer terror and the grim, blood-soaked will to survive when the dead rise and attack the living in a mindless cannibalistic frenzy! Soon, the soldiers and a handful of civilians are holed up in a secluded hotel, surrounded by the zombie hordes. There are other dark secrets at work, though. One of the soldiers, Yuri, is having sudden, painful flashbacks to a mysterious operating room, and there’s that spooky legend about the ghostly, ultra-patriotic Japanese soldier from WWII lurking in a local cave…”

So it’s the Japanese army versus the Living Dead eh? Well dang it, I just know you are gonna wanna find out if they can outfight Japanese schoolgirls on this subject so lets all “Read On”, shall we?

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