Delta Delta Die!

THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME. b-movie goddesses julie strain and brinke stevens together for the first time ever. seeing these two was better than seeing deniro and pacino meet up in michael mann's HEAT years ago! is the plot good? you bet. it's about a sorority of cannibal girls! now if that's not a b-movie i don't know what is. i liked the script, the acting, the humor, the visual style...everything. definitely one of the best indies i've seen in a while. and believe me i've seen a lot. devin hamilton's earlier film BLEED was great, but debbie rochon totally made that film for me. with DELTA DELTA DIE, you get the whole enchilada. fans of HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS should definitely not miss this one. blood, nudity, great dialogue, and possibly julie strain's greatest role yet.

If you indescriminatly like nudity then you'll love this movie. But if you don't really want to see nasty old boobs, then perhaps this movie isn't for you. Of course I rented this film based on part the lovely and talented Tiffany Shepis was in it, and she doesn't disappoint.

If you like bad horror movies with really bad acting and sets, and utterly terrible cinematography then this movie is for you. Despite that this is not the worst horror movie out there. There is some nice nudity sure, but wow does this movie get weird. Sorority cannibals led by a weird house mother, need I say more? Well apparently I do in order to have ten full lines for a review, there hopefully that is enough.

I bought this film in Blockbusters for a pound thinking "This looks awful, I bet it will be really funny!" How wrong I was.

If you want to watch a B movie with tits and arse watch 'Showgirls,' Delta Detla Die has the thinest of plots with weak acting from all but a few great actresses who must have been down on their luck when they agreed to do this film.

The script is weak and at best there are one or two witty lines of dialogue. The idea that a sorority who eats the flesh of men was pretty good, unfortunately it lacks commitment on the script. Would have been better with maybe a slightly larger budget, some different casting and a script reworking.

Thankfully the movie doesn't take itself too seriously or it would have been far worse.

After his debut with the mediocre albeit original "Bleed", director Devin Hamilton makes a different move in "Delta Delta Die!"; a campy hybrid between Nudie Cuties and the modern style of horror. Like a light version of Joe D'Amato's sleaze classics, "Delta Delta Die!" delivers a fair share of good Sexploitation; however, and unlike D'Amato masterpieces, the tone set here is more of mindless fun as the movie has a lot of comedy (both intentional and unintentional).

The movie starts with a sale by the girls of the Delta Delta Pi sorority house. Apparently, their food is so good and they are the richest and most popular sorority house on campus. However, we soon discover that the main ingredient of their success, is that the food they make is done with human flesh. Julie Strain is Marilyn Fitch, the sexy leader of this house where girls learn to lure and cook nearby boys. Joseph Dain is Tobias, a nerdy student who is decided to stop this bloody business but is not aware that the Delta Delta girls hide a secret that has kept them safe for 20 years.

Julie Strain never has been this good, and it seems that she was truly enjoying the making of this movie. Her character is like a sexed up evil clone of Gilmore Girls' Lorelai, with witty one-liners and a bad attitude. She plays the role of evil mastermind with joy and her over-the-top performance fits the movie perfectly.

Brinke Stevens is also good in her role as a former member of the sorority who comes to help young Tobias, but it seems that her character was not as developed as the rest. However, her presence in the film, as well as Strain's, feels like passing the torch to a new generation of Scream Queens, as the Delta Delta girls are lead by Tiffany Shepis, who is one of the best (and sexiest) actress in b-movies these days.

In fact, Shepis owns the screen not only with her beauty, but also with her talent, and it seems that she can make a believable character no matter how cheesy or campy the script is. Richar Myers and Lizzie Strain complete the team, and there is also good performances by Katie Adams and Julia Marchese as the young versions of Julie Strain and Brinke Stevens respectively. The whole film is like a feast of B-Movie Queens, obviously, lots of nudity included.

While the movie is definitely cheap in the production values, it feels like a serious improvement over the at times dull "Bleed". Devin Hamilton just goes for the fun and keeps the trashy feeling this sexploitational comedy delivers. It's good to see a movie that doesn't takes itself too seriously (one of the main problems in most B-movies) and even makes fun of itself.

Of course this movie is not a serious horror, and of course this is nothing more than a cheap Nudie Cutie; however, "Delta Delta Die!" never tries to be more than that and it succeeds delivering campy mindless entertainment in better ways than most big budget comedies out there. I would just die for a Delta Delta Pie! 6/10

These Shadow Entertainment films are definitely good for one thing...

... your own "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" party.

The story revolves around the "most prestigious" sorority on campus -- Delta Delta Pi. The "Pi Girls" have a secret, though: they systemically murder scores of hunky muscle-studs and bake them into pies! Since the pies sell better than any high-school candy sale ever could -- and are oh-so-low in carbs (this is SoCal) -- why not do it?

Unfortunately, a meddlesome student named Tobias is on to the Pi Girls! But why oh why won't his University dean (there's only one) not take his claims seriously? And what has happened to his best friend? And why the hell is a 40-year-old woman still living in a sorority house? Tobias's meddlesome questions are posing a problem to the Pi Girls way of life, and he must be stopped.

This movie is BAD. And when I mean bad, it's like falling down in front of a bicycle, into a steaming pile of dog crap, while raining(!), and then you're struck by lightening and paralyzed for life.

It is that bad.

Take note of the "Dean's Office" -- aka, someone's parents' den in their SoCal home. I know my campus' administrative facilities have excessive interior windows, pink, wood-paneled walls, and a backyard lying outside. Priceless!

Of course, when I purchased this film, I didn't know that I was buying a soft-core porn. This isn't B-rate horror -- this is C-rate soft-core porn with some sadism thrown in. There is an obligatory strip poker scene, a "sexy lap dance!" that lasts at least 10 minutes too long, and you get to see some huge 40-year-old lady knockers at least 7 times.

But despite all of the bad: bad script, horrid acting, atrocious sets, lighting, and effects -- this movie is perfect for a dorm-room party. Your friends will die laughing at lines like "THE PENIS IS FILLED WITH GERMS AND SPERM!" and "HUHN-UHN!!! NO YOU DIDN'T!!!" and the crazy amounts of forced sexuality. It's a movie to knock, not to enjoy.

Oh, and the DVD is loaded with a slew of hilarious extras, although they are sometimes raunchy, disgusting, and -- even somewhat depressing. I'm a gay man, and I really didn't need to see 40 year old Julie Strain run around for 15 minutes with all sorts of (really bad) dungeon paraphernalia only to see her put the handle of a potato masher...

... well, we'll stop there. You can also see extended cuts of all of the "murder/seduction" scenes with Julie Strain, and they are disturbing. I didn't know if these hunky muscled twenty-somethings were really excited about Strain's dirty talk, but I think they were. My friends and I were in stitches.

And then there's a 20 minute video with Strain and one of the Pi girls at their (real) home which only made me feel more trashy than usual. It made my life seem like an A+ endeavor by comparison.

Bottom line: hilarious movie, hilarious extras, albeit there is sick, middle-aged-on-young sexuality, pointless and fake "gore," and acting that came straight out of a high school drama class.

Check out "Birth Rite" if you want more bad acting/plot/gore, less sexuality.