Ladies and gentleman of all species, here's a bit of zombie history that seems to have been, wrongly, forgotten. As you may or may not know, zombies have taken over the world as we know it and have even showed their rotten faces in musicals! From The Evil Dead Musical (I know they're not zombies - but it's close enough!) to films such as Gory Gory Hallelujah (a film about Elvis impersonators VS. Jesus impersonators...and zombies) and Troma's Poultygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead as well as the music sub-sub genre, Zombiecore, not to mention Jackson's Thriller video. But where did this mix between the undead and the musical merge?
Well, although it may not have been an influence on the aforementioned examples (since it is so obscure), one of the first times the flesh-eating undead rose from their tombs for a good ol' sing song and brains, was in this short comedy. Dawn Of The Night Of The Dead: A Musical is a very funny and innovative little film, that looks like a hell of a lot of fun was had filming it. Clearly influenced by Romero's Dawn of the Dead, this film pays tribute to this classic with an all-singing, all-dancing, all-decomposing zombie choir! I have been unable to find this short on IMDb, but from the comments left on the YouTube page, the film appears to have been made in the early 1980s. Before Day of the Dead, or possibly as a result of the hype being built up around the release of Day?
Here it is. Check it out - and sing along!
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