Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies

Stacy (ステーシー, Suteishi, also known as Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies) is a Japanese horror comedy film, released in 2001. It is based on a novel by Kenji Ohtsuki directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu, in which teenage girls turn into zombies.

Stacy
Directed byNaoyuki Tomomatsu
Written byChisato Oogawara (screenplay)
Kenji Otsuki (novel)
Release date
  • August 18, 2001 (2001-08-18)
Running time
80 minutes
LanguageJapanese

Plot summary

In the near future, the entire world is struck with a bizarre malady which affects every girl between the ages of 14 and 16 years old.

Victims first experience a period of giddiness called "Near Death Happiness" ("NDH" or 臨死遊戯状態) before expiring. Within minutes of death the victim rises again as a flesh-eating zombie—a "Stacy". These Stacies run amok until they are cut into pieces in an act called a "Repeat-Kill" (再殺).

The government has organized the poorly trained "Romero Repeat-Kill Troops," who ride around on garbage trucks, ordered to act out the disposal of the Stacies. By law, a Stacy may only be Repeat-Killed by her loved ones or the Romero Repeat Kill Troops.

Through research, it is discovered that a key to the Stacy phenomenon is the "Butterfly Twinkle Powder" (BTP or 蝶羽状輝徽粉) that accumulates on the Stacies' skin.

Cast

(in alphabetical order)

Soundtrack

The music featured in the movie is by Tokusatsu, of which Kenji Otsuki is a member.

Further reading
  • Salvador Murguia (2016). The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 296. ISBN 9781442261679.
  • Colette Balmain (2008). Introduction to Japanese Horror Film. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 121–126. ISBN 9780748630592.
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