I’ve kicked myself a jillion times for not having the wherewithal to see Carrie, the Musical during its brief and infamous stint on Broadway. I still have a coveted cassette tape of a demo that sounds like it was recorded in someone’s garage, but still gives me some glimpse of what the show might have been like.

On the flip side, I managed to see an off-Broadway musical twice that was panned by most everyone, but which has a cult following in which I am glad to include myself: Zombie Prom.

I saw the show once when the company of Grease was offered free tickets, and again when I won two tickets on some sort of radio call-in show. Perhaps the free tickets contribute to my fond memories of the show.

It’s a satire not so much of 1950’s zombie horror films, but of the 1950s themselves. The plot is simple. Toffee is in love with Jonny (who rebelliously spells his name without the customary “h”). When she bows to parental pressure and breaks up with him, he throws himself into the town’s nuclear reactor and comes back as a zombie. That’s pretty much it. The conflict comes as he tries to re-enter normal high school life against the will of the principal, Miss Strict. The music is great, and the lyrics are very smart and clever.

Today I stumbled upon the doubly bizarre news that
a) it has been made into a short film starring Ru Paul as Miss Strict and
b) that the film is available for a free download on iTunes.

I don’t know how long this free offer will last, so download it now!

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4 Comments to “Free Download of Zombie Prom, the Movie”

1. dr.zizo — January 3, 2008 @ 5:45 pm
   

   thanks alot

2. ike — January 25, 2008 @ 12:59 pm
   

   hi man,

   I just found out about this film yesterday and very much missed it on itunes but want to see it so badly and was wondering if there was anyway of getting you to upload it? thanks for your time in any case.

   ike

3. Eric — February 10, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
   

   I have been working on uploading Zombie Prom, but because it is an iTunes download, it is password protected, so I’m trying to work around that little hitch. I’ll let you know if it’s successful.

4. Leif902 — April 3, 2008 @ 1:02 pm
   

   I’m currently playing Eddie in my HS’s production of Zombie Prom… I’m having real trouble finding anywhere locally where I can buy the movie however, and iTunes doesn’t appear to have it anymore (I hate iTunes anyways…)

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