Hard Rock Zombies
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Krishna Shah
Written by	David Allen Ball Krishna Shah
Screenplay by	Barry Shipman Ed Earl Repp
Produced by	Steve Golin Shashi Patel Krishna Shah Sigurjón Sighvatsson
Starring	E.J. Curse Geno Andrews Sam Mann Mick McMains Lisa Toothman Jennifer Coe Ted Wells Jack Bliesener
Cinematography	Tom Richmond
Edited by	Amit Bose
Music by	Paul Sabu
Production company	Patel/Shah Film Company
Distributed by	Cannon Film Distributors
Release date	September 1985 (1985-09)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hard Rock Zombies is a 1985 American comedy horror film directed and co-written by Krishna Shah, 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 Cannon Film Distributors on September 1985.^[1][2][3][4]

In the film, the members of a heavy metal band are murdered by a music-hating Nazi cult. They are then accidentally brought back to life as zombies, through song lyrics copied from a medieval grimoire. While the band attempts to perform music again, their song creates more zombies.

Plot

A heavy metal music 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 returns to life as zombies by a song recording that the bass player wrote using lyrics from a medieval spellbook. 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 Adolf Hitler
• Richard Vidan as Sheriff
• Phil Fondacaro 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 drive-in movie within that film.^[4]

Release

Hard Rock Zombies was released in 1985.

Home media

Hard Rock Zombies was released on blu-ray by Vinegar Syndrome as part of a two-disk set with Slaughterhouse Rock.^[5]