Hartley & Romero Do "Diamond Dead"

Composer Richard Hartley  - in his first full film project since 1975's "Rock Horror Picture Show" - will be writing the music for "Diamond Dead", a black comedy about eighties rock band that comes back from the dead. Horror legend George Romero is directing the movie,  and has rewritten Brian Cooper's script.

"If you're going to do dead guys, who are you going to call?" Romero said. "I loved the humor in the script, and the chance to work with Richard Hartley."

Story revolves around a subpar garage band and an aspiring female singer who wants to sing with the guys, who are on the brink of breaking. Unfortunately, she dashes her own hopes when she accidentally wipes out the entire band.

"She makes a deal with Death to bring them back, but they return as zombies, which wasn't what she was banking on," Romero explained. "To make it more humorous, Death has a sick sense of humor and arranged it so that they are magically a smash-hit popular band. Whatever problems with things like decay doesn't mean they can't still play a mean lick."

Source: Variety