''Hard Rock Zombies'' is a 1985 American

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film directed and co-written by

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, and starring E.J. Curse, Geno Andrews, Sam Mann, Mick McMains, Lisa Toothman, Jennifer Coe, Ted Wells, and Jack Bliesener. The film was released by

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on September 1985.

Plot

A heavy-metal band must do a performance to impress a record company scout. They do a concert in a town that outlaws rock and roll music. The town counsel is influenced by a murderous Nazi cult. The band is slain by the cult, but later returned to life as zombies by a song recording that the bass player wrote using medieval spell book lyrics. Fresh out of the grave, the band thirsts to take their revenge and give a new music performance. The mysterious song causes an outbreak of zombie ghouls.

Cast

*E.J. Curse as Jessie *Geno Andrews *Sam Mann as Bobby *Mick McMains *Lisa Toothman as Elsa *Jennifer Coe as Cassie *Ted Wells as Ron *Jack Bliesener as

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*Richard Vidan as Sheriff *

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as Mickey *Crystal Shaw Martell as Mrs. Buff *Vincent De Stefano as Olaf *Gary Friedkin as Buckey *Christopher Perkins as Christian *Michael David Simms as Don Matson *Nadia as Eva *Susan Prevatte as Wolf Lady *Emmanuel Shipov as Grandfather *Stacy Stockman as Lu-Ann *David O'Hara as Ed *Jonathan King as Red *Donald Moran as Ted *David Schroeder as Cassie's Father *John Drake as Old Man / Ancient Man *Maria Porter as Maria * John Fleck as Arnold

Production

The film was made in 1983 at the same time as '' American Drive-In'' and featured as the

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within that film.

Release

''Hard Rock Zombies'' was released in 1985.

Home media

''Hard Rock Zombies'' was released on blu-ray by

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as part of a two-disk set with

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References

External links

* 1980s comedy horror films 1985 horror films 1985 films American comedy horror films American zombie comedy films Nazi zombie films 1985 comedy films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{comedy-horror-film-stub