Lollipop Chainsaw review: Silly, sexy… stuck in the past

Candy-coated Grindhouse from Grasshopper’s mental auteur.
Suda 51’s desperately demented hack-and-slash opens with a jailbait cheerleader splayed on her bed. We’re treated to some morning aerobics, then the blue-eyed, perky-arsed Juliet Starling throws on a San Romero High uniform – one of many winks – and to a throbbing soundtrack introduces the game’s key points: a boyfriend she adores ("If he broke up with me, I’d just die!") a family of promiscuous pigtailed siblings, and a love of noisily sucking lollipops. Titillation is Suda’s aim, but aside from big tits and chainsaws, the game is one massive turn-off.

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