Zombie Nightmare
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| Directed by | Jack Bravman |
| Produced by | Pierre Grise |
| Written by | David Wellington |
| Starring | Adam West Jon Mikl Thor Tia Carrere |
| Music by | Jon Mikl Thor |
| Cinematography | Robert Racine |
| Editing by | David Franko |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1986 |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Zombie Nightmare is a 1986 zombie-slasher film directed by Jack Bravman. This movie was filmed in the suburbs of Montreal, Canada. It stars Jon Mikl Thor.
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[edit] Plot
In the beginning of the film a little boy named Tony Washington (Jesse D'Angelo) watches his father William Washington (John Fasano) play in a baseball game. On the way home Tony, William and Tony's mother Louise (Francesca Bonacorsa) see a young girl (Tracy Biddle) about to be raped by two teenagers. William saves the young girl from being raped but is killed when one of the rapists stabs him.
Years pass, and Tony (Jon Mikl Thor) is now grown up. When Tony comes back home, Louise reminds him about the groceries. Tony leaves to get groceries.
Meanwhile, a group of teenagers Bob (Allan Fisler), Amy (Tia Carrere), Jim, Peter, and Susie are at a bar. They are soon kicked out because they are underage. Bob suggests they try to find some sleazy chicks and they take off in a car, driving recklessly down the street.
Tony, now a musclebound teenage baseball player, is leaving a small grocery store where he had helped disrupt an attempted robbery. As he steps out of the store and into the road, he is run over by the gang of teenagers. Tony’s mother contacts one of her neighbors, a voodoo priestess, who happens to be the young girl who was saved by Tony's father earlier in the film when Tony was a child. She resurrects Tony as a zombie. Zombie-Tony goes on a killing spree, hunting down and killing the teenagers responsible for his death.
The police captain, played by Adam West, turns out to be corrupt, and is one of the original attackers from the attempted rape of the young voodoo priestess. He follows Tony to the cemetery where he intends to finish him off, but he is pulled down into Hell by Tony's father.
[edit] Cast
- Adam West - Capt. Tom Churchman
- Jon Mikl Thor - Tony Washington
- Tia Carrere - Amy
- Manuska Rigaud - Molly Mekembe
- Frank Dietz - Frank Sorrell
- Shawn Levy - Jim Batten
- Linda Singer - Maggie
- Alan Fisler - Bob
- Hamish McEwan - Peter
- Manon E. Turbide - Susie
- Walter Massey - Mr. Peters
[edit] Production
Thor plays the zombie, and wrote much of the incidental music. This includes heavy metal riffs by his band, and synthesizer music played by the band Thorkestra. Several other heavy metal bands contribute to the soundtrack. The Motörhead hit Ace of Spades plays during the opening credits. Other bands heard on the soundtrack include Virgin Steele, Girlschool, Fist, and Death Mask, as well as a track by glam metal-era Pantera.[1]
An edited version of the movie was featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
[edit] Soundtrack
- Girlschool - "Future Flash"
- Girlschool - "C'mon Let's Go"
- Motörhead - "Ace of Spades"
- Fist - "Danger Zone"
- Virgin Steele - "We Rule the Night"
- Thor - "Rebirth"
- Death Mask - "I'm Dangerous"
- Battalion - "Out for the Kill"
- Pantera - "Midnite Man"
- Knighthawk - "Zombie Life"
- The Things - "Dead Things"
[edit] Release
The film was given a limited release theatrically in the United States by New World Pictures and Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment in 1986.[2] It was subsequently released on VHS by New World Home Video.
The film was released on special edition DVD by Scorpion Releasing in 2010.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "10 of the Cheesiest Heavy Metal Horror Flicks of All Time!". http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18628.
- ^ "Company Credits for Zombie Nightmare". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092297/companycredits. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "Zombie Nightmare". dvdempire.com. http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1551668. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
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