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Zara & Erika: Summer Beach Party is a dark romantic shock comedy based on Zara And Erika. The movie, created by Michael Mixer Mason, released on July 28, 2023. The plot centers on the Dawsons taking a trip to Los Angeles, meeting up with a famous influencer, and attending various parties and events hoping for their big break. However, intersections with quirky characters, the law, unpredictable events, and drugs threaten their chances. Production began slowly in December 2021 and concluded in July 2023.
Watch the full movie here: https://youtu.be/OfaVEsTcWJg
This film provides examples of:
- Art Shift: Zara's dream is dine with Plotagon, and the scenes in the WB tower are done in Comedy World.
- Ax-Crazy: Annabelle, as well as Zoey's new girlfriend
- Animated Shock Comedy: Plenty of shock humor and random violence, especially in the first half.
- Berserk Button: Destiny flips after Sasha kicks Zara from the reality show, leading her to kill Sasha because she always wanted to "fuck a reality star"
- Bestiality Is Depraved: During the beach party, a man briefly expresses his desire to impregnate a horse before it promptly gets stolen away from him.
- Big Ball of Violence: Zara and Zoey's new girlfriend get into this after the former gets jealous.
- Big Damn Movie: In addition to higher stakes, the movie shows parties and clubbing in a more expansive way than the series
- Big Eater: Diesel and Mindy are this, although Mindy prefers people. Zara falls into this occasionally as well.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Sasha Banks, who has a nice façade but is obsessed with wealth and status to the point of starving children for a few extra bucks.
- Black Comedy Cannibalism: Mindy, Little Bill's girlfriend, continues her habit of eating people with no rhyme or reason
- Bloody Hilarious: Derek exploding into pieces after the witch orgy.
- Call-Back: Kimberly references "Charity Drive" when Sasha openly mistreats a child while taking their picture.
- Cluster F-Bomb: Almost every character indulges in this.
- Cerebus Call-Back: Diesel and Kimberly selling off Zara to Sasha casually is initially played for laughs, but later on, Zara mentions that it seriously hurt her.
- Cerebus Syndrome: The film's tone becomes a lot more dramatic after Zara's trip, but there are still comedic moments.
- Darker and Edgier: Features stronger shock humor than the series, as well as more serious and emotional scenes.
- Depraved Bisexual: Dewey, who subjects the contestants to kinky challenges when he takes over the reality show
- Character Development: Zara becomes more considerate, thoughtful, and patient after a bad trip. In addition, Annabelle shows hints that she cares about the family under her nonchalant behavior.
- Everybody Has Lots of Sex: Not as much as the first movie, but almost every character still falls into this.
- Driven to Suicide: The pilot in the beginning of the film after he is busted for killing someone and being in the mafia, and Zara almost has this moment after her trip
- Lighter and Softer: The movie still has graphic content, however has a more optimistic tone than the first one.
- Romantic Comedy: The scenes with Erika and Dave at his beach house have shades of this.
- Mockumentary: Sasha recording Zara around her nightclub is done in this manner.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Zara only dyes her hair blonde while being "on the run".
- Rapid-Fire Comedy: The film before Zara's bad trip generally has jokes following after another.
- Running Gag: The characters being offered cocaine in various places in LA.
- Zara and Kimberly saying, "Let's run their pockets"
- Satire: The film takes digs at social media/influencer culture, as well as putting one's wealth and image above family.
- Stoners Are Funny: Diesel, Kimberly, and the fitness influencers get stoned while watching B-movies.
- Surreal Humor: Some of Zara's visuals when she's high, such as multiple versions of her flying through Los Angeles.
- Suicide as Comedy: Happens when the pilot hops off the plane and lands right in a kid's birthday cake.
