Delta Delta Die! (2003) Reviews

• Hot Mama Strain & Groove Girl Shepis rock the sorority

  Dr. Gore2003-07-30

  *SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT* The sorority girls of Delta Delta Pi have a problem. Their diet consists of fraternity boys. No vegetables, just meat. House mother Julie Strain wants a big bash planned for the Homecoming. Since bake sales are what they do best, it has been decided that some buff dudes should be rounded up and put in the blender. Brinke Stevens catches a whiff of the plan and decides to give Strain a piece of her mind. It's time for a B-movie scream queen showdown. First, let me state the obvious. This is not a good movie. The acting is embarrassing and the action is lame. The gore is also pathetic. I think a weekend would have been enough time to shoot this B-epic. If this took any longer than two weeks to film, I would be shocked. Is it a good horror film? No. The very concept that this movie could be scary is laughable. Horror is not to be found at this house. HOWEVER, if there's one aspect of B-movies I always appreciate, it's the nudity. "Delta Delta Die" excels in that aspect. It is my duty and privilege to thank them by name. Thank you Julie Strain, Tiffany Shepis, Katie Adams, and Rachel Myers. All the other sorority girls need to leave the DDP's and go hook up with the Lambda Lambda Lambda's. Get lost nerds. Only these four understood that they were in a cannibalistic sorority movie. The movie couldn't do anything else right but film topless women. At least they knew how to do that. Thank God for Julie Strain. Amazon warrior Strain does her topless thing again and all is right with the world. She has never met a bra she didn't want to rip off. Please let it always be so. Tiffany Shepis shows up to get her groove thing on in a strip tease dance. If she wanted to, she could look into stripping full time. She's got the hot moves. I'm not saying that to be insulting. I mean it. HOT. Adams and Myers also get naked. Adams scene is during a flashback and Myers has two rounds of nudity. I'd like to see Myers in some more B-insanity. She's got the bod AND the right B-movie attitude. So as far as nudity, I applaud "Delta Delta Die". Everything else was lame. Brinke Stevens shows up and does NOT get naked. Oh Brinke. Why are you being shy? I have a Haunting Fear we won't be seeing Stevens getting naked again. Strain had to carry the load in this one. No shyness to worry about there.

• Dumb, trashy, profane, exploitative...

  capkronos2003-08-20

  Yet so much fun! I have been waiting a long time for just a silly, funny, trashy, entertaining direct-to-video movie with just the right B-movie attitude... and here it finally is! I must say that this desperate little piece of trash had me in stitches from beginning to end. It reminded me of those glory days in the 80s when Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens were headlining fun minor B flicks like Hollywood CHAINSAW HOOKERS and SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIMEBALL BOWL-O-RAMA. Of course, I grew up on those films watching USA UP ALL NIGHT, so I may be partial to this particular subgenre, but their tone, their campiness and their outrageousness is the current equivalent of the much missed drive-in movie experience of the 1970s. Just turn off your brain, sit back with some junk food, watch the movie and have a good time. Things open at the Delta Delta Pi sorority house. House mother Marilyn Fitch (Julie Strain) and her current stock of four buxom sorority girls decide on the fate of Hannah, who has betrayed the stringent rules of their house. Her crime is so severe that the ladies decide the only appropriate punishment is to lock Hannah in the cellar for an entire month. What act could be so bad to require such cruel treatment? Why eating a penis, of course! Yes, these gals are actually (gasp!) flesheating cannibals. To keep their house thriving, they also sell meat pies and other gourmet treats on the side which, you guessed it, contain human flesh. Meanwhile, a male student named Tobias (Joseph Dain) catches on and enlists the aid of former sorority girl and ex-cannibal Rhonda Cooper (Brinke Stevens) to stop them. The plot is somewhat similar to the seldom-seen horror comedy AUNTIE LEE'S MEAT PIES (starring Karen Black, Michael Berryman, Pat Morita and a google of Playboy Playmates), but this much cheaper videotaped effort (the picture quality is a little dark but tolerable and the sound is alright) goes off in its own enjoyable direction. I don't want to give away too many of the silly gags or the cheesy one-liners, but I would like to talk about the two main reasons this extremely hokey little time-waster is extremely enjoyable when you're in the mood for this type of flick. First off, I've never been a big fan of Julie Strain, but she really delivers the goods in this film, proving that some things just get better with age (and I am not talking about her looks). Though she has aged well (she's 40 now and looks pretty much the same as she did 15 years ago), she finally seems to have a handle on how to deliver an enjoyably campy performance. She's just so enthusiastic here and seems to have had a blast making this film and that sort of energy rubs off directly onto the viewer. Tiffany Shepis, who plays Patrice, also has a leg up on her competition, both in this film and in the currently overloaded parade of up-and-coming Scream Queens. She's easily the best actress in this film (with a very sexy snarl and a confident, somewhat conceited way of delivering her lines) and she nails every laugh. She also proves her acting chops by getting in a bar fight with a couple of trashy hos and seducing two guys in the basement after a game of strip poker, performing a sexy strip to a hilariously bad techno song that repeats "make your body move" ad nauseum. I saw Tiffany in brief parts in some Troma movies and also in TED BUNDY (she's the one who escapes), but I must say, she won me over here and I can't wait to see more of her. In short, those looking for a conventionally "good" horror film should steer clear of DELTA DELTA DIE...Those looking for some sex (with both male and female skin scenes to please just about everyone), cheap gore and just a fun little B-movie should definitely give this one a thumbs up.

• Lots of sexy and campy fun in this flick

  jluis19842006-03-27

  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

• clash of the "b" girl titans

  gonzoriffic2003-08-10

  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.

• B-greatness

  movieman_kev2003-11-21

  Scream queen Julie strain is Marilyn Fitch, a fonding chapter member and den-mother to cannabalistic sorority, Delta Delta Pi. Using the meat of local frat boys in meat-pies (ok, it's not very original, but so what? it's fun). Scream queen Brink Stevens is Rhonda Cooper, fellow founding member who got away from the sorority. But now Rhonda's back and all hell will break lose. This movie is a new guilty pleasure of mine. Nearly everything you want in a good campy B-horror movie is here. Nudity, gore, humor, and a good pace all combine to make a nice experience. Everyone looks like they're having fun & it really shows. Nice twist ending too. My Grade: 3 and a half out of 4 bloody machetes DVD Extras: Commentary with Devin Hamilton, Julie Strain & Brink Stevens; Theatrical trailer; Trailers for "Birth right", "Bleed", "Dark Walker", "Speck", and "Vampire resurrection"; 9 Extended and deleted scenes; bloopers; and "outragious exploits" (extra footage & promo stuff) Easter Eggs: 13 cast auditions hidden in the cast & crew pages