I Was a Teenage Zombie

I Was a Teenage Zombie is a 1987 American comedy horror film.

I Was a Teenage Zombie
Directed by	John Elias Michalakis
Written by	James Aviles Martin (additional scenes and dialogue by) George Seminara
Produced by	Richard Hirsh John Elias Michalakis
Starring	Michael Rubin Steve McCoy George Seminara Robert C. Sabin Peter Bush Allen Lewis Rickman Kevin Nagle Cassie Madden
Cinematography	Peter Lewnes
Edited by	John Elias Michalakis
Music by	Jonathan Roberts Craig Seeman
Production company	Periclean Motion Pictures
Distributed by	Horizon Films Charter Entertainment
Release date	July 1987 (1987-07)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The film begins with teens looking to purchase some marijuana. The film plays with comedy horror conventions, when a drug dealer is pushed into the river and becomes a zombie.

Production

The film was shot on location in and around New York City, especially Brooklyn, Fort Lee, Englewood, Tenafly, Riverside Park, and Rockland County. Some of the scenes near the beginning of the film were shot at Brooklyn College in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The film's title track was recorded by the American band The Fleshtones, and the subsequent video was given rotation on MTV. Other bands and artists appearing on the film's soundtrack include: The Del Fuegos, The dB's, The Dream Syndicate, Violent Femmes, The Waitresses, The Smithereens, Los Lobos, Alex Chilton and the Ben Vaughn Group. The original soundtrack record is out of print.

Reception

Writing in the Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle called it an "irreverent amateur parody of high school romance films in the Sixteen Candles tradition." Dendle cited the film as one of the forebears of the zombie romantic comedy trend of the 1980s and 1990s.

External links

• I Was a Teenage Zombie at IMDb
• I Was a Teenage Zombie at the TCM Movie Database
• I Was a Teenage Zombie at AllMovie