Stacy (film)

Stacy
Directed by	Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Written by	Chisato Oogawara (screenplay) Kenji Otsuki (novel)
Release date(s)	2001
Running time	80 minutes
Language	Japanese

Stacy (ステーシー, 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 Otsuki (大槻 ケンヂ) directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu, in which teenage girls turn into zombies.

Plot summary

In the near future, the entire world is struck with a bizarre malady which affects every girl between the ages of 15 and 17 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)

• Norman England - Jeff
• Tomoka Hayashi - Nozomi
• Yukijiro Hotaru
• Natsuki Katō - Eiko
• Shirô Misawa
• Masayoshi Nogami - Father
• Toshinori Omi - Shibukawa
• Kenji Otsuki
• Hinako Saeki
• Youji Tanaka - Rokuyama
• Donbei Tsuchihira
• Yasutaka Tsutsui - Dr. Inugami Sukekiyo
• Shungicu Uchida

Soundtrack

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

External links

• Stacy at the Internet Movie Database
• Stacy at AllRovi
• DVD Review at The Sins of Cinema