The Undead is an American horror punk band formed in October 1980 in New Milford, New Jersey by Bobby Steele (vocals and guitar), Chris "Jack" Natz (bass) and Patrick Blanck (drums). Steele (then of the Misfits) and Natz had been playing with drummer Richie Matalia as a side-project called The Skabs. When Matalia departed and Steele was fired from his main band the Misfits, the trio of Steele, Natz and Blanck formed The Undead.
They released their first EP, 9 Toes Later, in 1982. A few months later, Natz and Blanck left the band, replaced by Brian "Payne" Aliano on bass and Bobby Savage on drums. This lineup released the Verbal Abuse single in 1983. Steve Zing (of Mourning Noise and later Samhain) then took over as drummer. Between 1983 and 1986, Aliano and Zing performed with the band intermittently, while many other musicians played in The Undead for short periods. Aliano and Zing finally quit the band in December 1986. Since then, the band has not had a steady lineup. One-time bassist Inger Lorre went on to front The Nymphs.
The Undead is a 1957 horror film directed by Roger Corman starring Pamela Duncan, Allison Hayes, Richard Garland and Val Dufour. It follows the story of prostitute, Diana Love (Duncan), who is put into a hypnotic trance by psychic Quintis (Dufour), thus causing her to regress back to a previous life. Hayes later starred in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958). The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Voodoo Woman.
The psychic sends the prostitute back in time to find out about her past-life experiences. She goes back as Helene, a woman from the Middle Ages who is to die at dawn under suspicion of being a witch. In an attempt to save Diana (the prostitute) and keep all of time from being distorted, Quintis (the psychic) goes back in time to convince Helene to let herself be killed. If she avoids her death, it will change history.
(Steele)
Flies clinging to my body
Spiders crawling on the walls
Demons hovering around me trying to damn my immortal soul
Evil runs rampant
Everywhere I see
Witches and vampires lunging at me
Friends, I see them changing
My eyes are open wide
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
This ain't no Halloween
This ain't no horror flick
It's a real life b-movie
I think I'm getting sick
This ain't no Halloween
This ain't no horror flick
It's a real life b-movie
I think I'm getting sick
Darkness, circling around me
Death's waiting just outside
Souls, screaming satan, no mercy!
Chills running through my body
Blood coming to a boil
Pounding faster, pounding in my head
This ain't no fantasy
Don't need no script at all
Annihilation's near, mankind is due to fall
This ain't no Halloween
This ain't no horror flick
It's a real life b-movie
I think I'm getting sick
This ain't no fantasy
Don't need no script at all
Annihilation's near
Mankind is due to fall
Undead, undead
Undead, undead
Undead, undead