Review of Hard Rock Zombies (1985) by Justin A — 19 Oct 2015

This movie has ADHD. It is just all over the place. It's about a rock band that goes to a town where they are murdered, but then come back to life from a song that the band had recorded. Then the town becomes infested with zombies.

But in the meantime, random stuff just keeps happening. A dwarf (played by Phil Fondacaro in one of his earliest roles) is running around, a random zombie is eating himself, a girl is dancing in the streets, and Hitler shows up.

This sounds like something ripe for so-bad-it's-good, but it's more annoying than charming. The stuff I found most amusing was the terrible editing. Especially with the sound. Instead of ADR-ing some dialogue, they just kept the original recorded dialogue.

This isn't always the worst way to go, but it's terrible when there is live music in the background that doesn't sync at all with the music the movie is playing. It's just noise, but it's so bad I actually was laughing.

It's not a horrible watch, but you'll likely lose interest quickly. It would make a pretty good movie to have in the background on a Saturday afternoon, but not as much else.