Notes I m having a bit of difficulty getting Wikipedia reliable sources to expand this article An actress Jessica Custodio posted notes about a day of filming on her myspace blog at blog myspace com index cfm fuseaction blog view friendID 85760344 blogID 254780801 but blog myspace com is on the Wikimedia spam blacklist so I can t put it in External links The producer Angela Lee sent me a lot of information in an email but well that s not strictly Wikipedia verifiable in the sense of being posted somewhere I ll post it here on the talk page Presumably more will be written about the film as it gets closer to release From Angela Lee Since Zombie Strippers is a political satire The Writer Director Jay Lee who s also my brother and I always hoped we get released in 2008 during the election year Jay wrote directed shot and is editing this film and a team of visual effects artists are working on shots as soon as Jay s finished a scene in order for us to be ready by October for the big genre festivals and conventions Here s a little background on the film Use or ignore any of it as you see fit It s based on Eugene Ionesco s classic French Existential play Rhinoceros We sold the film on the title alone Jay s first film went to Sundance in 2002 and after that he was having trouble getting green lit on a second film because his work was considered too intellectual so we came up with the stupidest title we could think of Once we got the green light then Jay was faced with the challenge of writing a script that wouldn t ruin his career as a serious filmmaker Hence the French Existential twist I ve attached the treatment to the film for your information and below is a director s statement that was given to the publicist at Playboy when they asked him why he cast Jenna in the lead role Feel free to contact me with any more questions As for the picture I took it with a camera that belonged to Penny Drake the actress We discussed it and would both prefer to release it with no rights reserved since we re much more interested in the publicity it could garner than photo credit There are more behind the scenes pictures on her site at under reel footage There s a link to view the whole album on the left underneath the picture of her as a zombie She said any of the pictures in her album can be used If you d like a picture of Robert Englund without Penny in it I can get one from one of the other cast or crew members He was really really nice and easy going and posed for pictures all day long Director s statement about Jenna Jameson We live in a time of blatant brutal and deadly hypocrisy Sex scandals run rampant in the conservative political and religious leadership Wars are raged nations bombed bibles are thumped with roaring hatred and intolerance and yet accusatory fingers are aimed at music and movies Reason and fact are being ignored all in the name of a faith that looms ever so ominously over all of our lives When it comes to the sexual retrograde of this country the facts are still undeniable since the readily availability of pornography in the home thanks to the internet sex crimes in this country are down more than 40 And yet the hypocrisy of this country rages even louder lashing out even stronger against the evils of the sex industry all in the name decency and morality So what is morality To put millions of women at risk merely to satisfy one s own self serving sense of decency Does being a good American now mean living in denial and ignorance like our current administration It is possible that this arena holds the key to turning the tides on our moral retrograde And it is Jenna Jameson that stands in the forefront of this debate as crusader scapegoat spokesperson hero and villain all wrapped up in one We wanted to make a film with a message disguised under the facade of a horror comedy We wanted to throw the hypocrisies of our time in the face of mainstream America And to do that we d need some pretty strong allies We d need a strong political and social voice that was also a star an icon that could make the film popular enough to attract an audience big enough for our message to be heard loud enough to make a difference It was obvious who that person was Jenna Jameson And knowing of her desire to move into the world of horror movies we created a story accordingly and then attempted the impossible To make a fil