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Murder Ballads Film

SYNOPSIS

Murder Ballads: How to Make it in Rock 'n' Roll is a dark comedy about rock band Stack of Corpses who attempt to jump start their career by stealing another singer’s song. The film has an anthology format, like ‘tracks’ on an album, as we follow their rapid rise and violent fall through the underbelly of the music industry.

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ABOUT

Murder Ballads: How to Make it in Rock 'n' Roll
tells the rapid rise and violent fall of rock band Stack of Corpses whose attempt to jump start their career by stealing another singer’s song ends up with bloody and unexpected consequences. Told through 6 chapters of the band's life.​​

The ensemble cast includes Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love), Niccy Lin (Netflix's You), Kerry Boyne (Dixi) and Verona Rose (Top Boy), with newcomers Imogen Wilde, Fran McAteer, Rhiann Connor, Luke de Belder, Alyx Nazir and Lauren Cornelius.

Murder Ballads most recently won the award for Best Writing, Feature at Nightmares Film Festival 2023

"It’s hilarious, at times brutal and just the right amount of absurd - that anyone watching should find something to enjoy in this handsome tale of fame and misfortune."

Connor Petrey, Cinefied

©2025 by Mitchell Tolliday.

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