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(For a more complete listing of influential artists, see [[List of forerunners of punk music|Punk Forerunners]] and [[Gothic rock#Musical predecessors .281960s.E2.80.931970s or Earlier.29|Gothic Rock predecessors]].)

(For a more complete listing of influential artists, see [[List of forerunners of punk music|Punk Forerunners]] and [[Gothic rock#Musical predecessors .281960s.E2.80.931970s or Earlier.29|Gothic Rock predecessors]].)

Horror movies also directly influenced deathrock artists. According to [[Dinah Cancer]], Italian horror movies were a large influence on [[45 Grave]]’s visual style <ref>[http://www.deathrock.it/content/view/12/10/lang,en_GB/ Deathrock.it]</ref>. Zombie movies influenced many deathrock artists, especially [[George Romero]]’s ”[[Night of the Living Dead]]” (196 and its sequels. John Russo’s ”[[Return of the Living Dead]]” (1985) which featured [[Linnea Quigley]] and a mostly punk soundtrack<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005Y6Y2/ Amazon.com]</ref> influenced later deathrock bands. Horror-themed TV shows, such as ”[[The Addams Family (TV series)|The Addams Family]]”, ”[[The Munsters]]”, ”[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]”, ”[[Dark Shadows]]”, etc., also provided some visual influence, as did spookily-clad horror movie hosts on TV such as [[Vampira]] <ref>[http://partigirl.www1.50megs.com/VAMPIRA.html PartiGirl.com]</ref> in Los Angeles, [[John Zacherle]] in Philadelphia and New York, [[Elvira]] in Los Angeles (then later nationally), and [[Ghoulardi]] <ref>[http://www.emplive.org/visit/education/popConfBio.asp?xPopConfBioID=543&year=2005 EmpLive.org]</ref> in Cleveland.

Horror movies also directly influenced deathrock artists. According to [[Dinah Cancer]], Italian horror movies were a large influence on [[45 Grave]]’s visual style <ref>[http://www.deathrock.it/content/view/12/10/lang,en_GB/ Deathrock.it]</ref>. Zombie movies influenced many deathrock artists, especially [[George Romero]]’s ”[[Night of the Living Dead]]” (196 and its sequels. John Russo’s ”[[Return of the Living Dead]]” (1985) which featured [[Linnea Quigley]] and a mostly punk soundtrack<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005Y6Y2/ Amazon.com]</ref> influenced later deathrock bands. Horror-themed TV shows, such as ”[[The Addams Family (TV series)|The Addams Family]]”, ”[[The Munsters]]”, ”[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]”, ”[[Dark Shadows]]”, etc., also provided some visual influence, as did spookily-clad horror movie hosts on TV such as [[Maila Nurmi|Vampira]] <ref>[http://partigirl.www1.50megs.com/VAMPIRA.html PartiGirl.com]</ref> in Los Angeles, [[John Zacherle]] in Philadelphia and New York, [[Elvira]] in Los Angeles (then later nationally), and [[Ghoulardi]] <ref>[http://www.emplive.org/visit/education/popConfBio.asp?xPopConfBioID=543&year=2005 EmpLive.org]</ref> in Cleveland.

However, horror was not the only influence on deathrock. Film noir, surrealism, cabaret, and various religious iconography (particularly [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] and [[Voodoo]] supplied much lyrical and visual inspiration to deathrock artists.<ref>[http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/england-fades-away-stylus-magazines-guide-to-goth.htm]</ref>

However, horror was not the only influence on deathrock. Film noir, surrealism, cabaret, and various religious iconography (particularly [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] and [[Voodoo]] supplied much lyrical and visual inspiration to deathrock artists.<ref>[http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/england-fades-away-stylus-magazines-guide-to-goth.htm]</ref>