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Hardrock-Zombies (1984)

Hardrock-Zombies poster
Original title
Hard Rock Zombies
Directed by
Krishna Shah
Genre
zombie film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
R
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A heavy metal band is killed by a Nazi cult that hates music. The band is accidentally resurrected as zombies when their song lyrics copy a magic spell, and their music starts turning other people into zombies too.

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What happens

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 in September 1985. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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