I Was a Teenage Zombie (1987)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

John Elias Michalakis

Writers:

James Aviles Martin (writer)
Steve McKoy (writer)

Release Date:

July 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

A Killer Party You Won't Forget

Plot:

Six high school buddies accidentally kill a drug pusher and dump his body in toxic waters. When the...

Plot Keywords:

Zombie | Independent Film

Cast

Michael Rubin	...	Dan Wake
Ignacio F. Iquino	...	Mussolini (as Steve McCoy)
George Seminara	...	Gordy
Robert C. Sabin	...	Chuckie
Peter Bush	...	Rosencrantz
Allen Lewis Rickman	...	Lieberman (as Allen Rickman)
Kevin Nesgoda	...	The Bird
Cassie Madden	...	Cindy Faithful
Ray Stough	...	Lenny
Lynnea Benson	...	Hilda
Gwyn Drischell	...	Margo
Theo Polites	...	Moon (The Dealer)
Steve Reidy	...	1st Policeman
Cindy Keiter	...	Miss Lugae
Caren Pane	...	Poetry Teacher

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | USA:Not Rated | Italy:VM14 (DVD re-rating) | Italy:VM18 (original rating) | Australia:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Periclean

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Making Slime (1998) (V)

Soundtrack:

I Was A Teenage Zombie

50's monster movie throwback, kinda sorta

Hey now, this is a fun but stoopid (not STUPID) movie that I will say I actually enjoyed, although I probably wouldn't admit it to some people. It could have easily been a Troma film, and the people involved did manage to get the name Lloyd Kaufman thrown in at some point but I don't remember what it was in reference to. This is like a 50's movie with 80's sensibilities (?!) in that this gang of nerdy guys hangs around the malt shop, but they're plotting to score dope while they're doing it so THAT'S not very 50's. The local drug dealer Moose (short for Mussonlini?) rips these guys off for some bad weed and then won't give them their money back, and even beats them up, so they take revenge and accidentally kill him. They throw his body in the river, which has recently just been tainted with radioactivity from the local nuclear power plant, and he comes BACK. Anyway, when one of their own gets killed by this brute, they put him in the river too, and HE comes back, but he's not mean, just green. There's some face ripping, a couple of fingers poked through someone's skull, and some other nasties, but mostly this is played for goofy laughs. Has a somewhat decent soundtrack too, but it's usually a bit tinny to hear well. This will not be for everyone, because some people don't watch things in the spirit in which they were intended, so keep in mind that if you see this that it's by NO MEANS intended as a straight horror movie.