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the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and his next release, The Slaughter, won a dozen awards on the festival circuit and was picked up by Lionsgate for distribution. His career continued to rise with the release of Zombie Strippers! “We’re going for broke with this,” said McKeever. “We’re not getting any younger. We’re not that old, but we don’t have that newness appeal anymore. We’re all kind of established in our work life and the movies have always taken a back seat while we worked out our professional careers. Now it’s time to go for the jugular. We want this movie to be