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Shock 'Em Dead (1990)

Shock 'Em Dead poster
Directed by
Mark Freed
Genre
comedy horror
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Rating
4.3 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A struggling musician makes a deal with a mysterious figure to become a guitar virtuoso. He rises to fame but faces strange and deadly consequences.

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What happens

Shock 'Em Dead, also known as Rock ‘Em Dead, is a 1991 comedy horror film written by Mark Freed, David Tedder and Andrew Cross, and directed by Mark Freed. It stars Stephen Quadros and Traci Lords in one of her first post-adult film roles. The film is a thriller with a music comedy twist, a self-aware take on metal guitarists from the 1980s, and is also notable for featuring Nitro guitarist Michael Angelo Batio as a guitar double. It was Aldo Ray's last film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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