Hard Rock Zombies (1985)

A hard rock band travels to the tiny and remote town of Grand Guignol to perform. Peopled by hicks, rubes, werewolves, murderous dwarves, sex perverts, and Hitler, the town is a strange ... See full summary »

Director:

Krishna Shah

Writers:

David Allen Ball, Krishna Shah

Stars:

E.J. Curse, Geno Andrews, Sam Mann

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
E.J. Curse	...	Jessie (as E.J. Curcio)
Geno Andrews
Sam Mann	...	Bobby
Mick Manz
Lisa Toothman	...	Elsa
Jennifer Coe	...	Cassie
Ted Wells	...	Ron
Jack Bliesener	...	Hitler
Richard Vidan	...	Sheriff
Phil Fondacaro	...	Mickey (as H.G. Golas)
Crystal Shaw	...	Mrs. Buff
Vincent De Stefano	...	Olaf
Gary Friedkin	...	Buckey
Christopher Perkins	...	Christian
Michael David Simms	...	Don Matson

Storyline

A hard rock band travels to the tiny and remote town of Grand Guignol to perform. Peopled by hicks, rubes, werewolves, murderous dwarves, sex perverts, and Hitler, the town is a strange place but that doesn't stop the band's lead singer from falling in love with a local girl named Cassie. After Nazi sex perverts kill the band to satisfy their lusts, Cassie calls the rockers back from the grave to save her, the town, and maybe the world.

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Plot Keywords:

band | hitler | rock band | small town | zombie | 

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Taglines:

Their farewell concert is to die for!

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Music

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rock Zombies

Company Credits

Production Co:

Patel/Shah Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, this was only meant to be about 20 minutes long and solely used as the feature movie in American Drive-In. At some point during production, the decision was made to invest a little bit more money and come out with two full length feature films instead of just one.

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Goofs

Soon after the end credits start rolling, director Krishna Shah's first name is misspelled as 'Written By Kirshna Shah.'

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Quotes

Jessie: I got it from a book. You know, a boo-ook?

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Crazy Credits

Soon after the end credits start rolling, director Krishna Shah's first name is misspelled as 'Written By Kirshna Shah.'

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Connections

References Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

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Soundtracks

"Street Angel"
Written by Paul Sabu

User Reviews

big breasts small plot loud tunes

I believe that it was the directors intent to revive the flagging musical genre, and combine it with a cheesy horror plot line. My Brother and I first saw this movie back in the mid 80's , and it was the title that first grabbed my attention as a denim wearing metal head. I watched the movie then and thought it was crap, though the bass line that bought things back to life was brilliant. This movie then fell into obscurity and I have not given it a thought for the near on 20 years since. The other night I saw that Hard Rock Zombies was on the Horror Channel, and the vague memory of a mulleted bass player killing a spider and then bringing it back to life again struck in my mind. I decided to watch it again hoping that the passage of the years would make me understand what was once a nonsensical plot a bit more and hopefully make this painfully bad movie better. So on a nostalgia trip, I decided to record this drivel of a movie, after necking a few cans of strong lager to muster the dutch courage required to face this 80's timewarp, I sat down to watch, and guess what?.......It's still a crap movie, the plot is no easier to understand, the old man that looks like Scottie from Star Trek that half way through turns into Hitler is just absurd, the mulleted bass player looks a little dated now, but that riff is still brilliant. Give this movie a wide arc. If I were to recommend this movie to anyone, deaf and blind people would be at the top of my list as well as people suffering from chronic insomnia. easy contender for the biggest waste of everyone's time and labour EVER. best part(s) the blonde hitchhiker girl in the shower......worth watching for that alone.