Even so there was not a huge amount of concert scenes, in spite of plenty of songs recorded for the movie's soundtrack. That said, he did appear to have a bit more than on his previous horror movie Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare, which had bucked the trend by presenting its lead rocker as a heroic figure, though that refusal to go with the flow was not apparent here in what amounted to a shocker version of The Blackboard Jungle only with metal themes. ![]() Not many of these productions were blessed with a whole lot of cash to splash, in fact you'd be hard pressed to think of one that cost anything more than a middling budget at best, and with director John Fasano's efforts here the lack of spending money was as noticeable as it was predictable. You might have thought they would wish to distance themselves from the deeply conservative beliefs of their harshest critics, but nope, these movies said, they're right, we are utterly evil! ![]() The odd thing about the rock horror movies of the nineteen-eighties was not the way they kicked back against the controversy drummed up by the moral majority of the day who wished to ban the genre and clean up the supposedly wayward youths who listened to it, but the way these films inadvertantly or otherwise informed us the moralists were perfectly correct in their concerns, because heavy metal was indeed the path to the dark lord himself, Satan and all his minions and followers. Somehow this news does not reach the small town of Mill Basin, where Black Roses have been booked to play the local high school for the students there, though there is still resistance from the parents there who believe the effect of heavy metal could be detrimental. The crowd are so caught up that they do not notice they are transforming into monsters as well, and when an official shows up to halt the show the zombified attendees burst out through the doors and go on a rampage. The heavy metal band Black Roses are performing, and as they are in full flight playing to an auditorium of adoring fans their appearance has taken an unusual turn with them resembling some kind of monsters. John Martin, Ken Swofford, Sal Viviano, Julie Adams, Frank Dietz, Carla Ferrigno, Carmine Appice, Tony Bua, Karen Planden, David Crichton, Jesse D'Angelo, Keith Miller, Paul Kelman, Robin Stewart, Patricia Strelioff, Margaret Groome, Vincent Pastore What's So Funny About Brit Horror? Vampira and Bloodbath at the House of Death on Arrow Sex vs Violence: In the Realm of the Senses on Blu-ray Super Sammo: Warriors Two and The Prodigal Son on Blu-ray Moon Night - Space 1999: Super Space Theater on Blu-ray The Call of Nostalgia: Ghostbusters Afterlife on Blu-ray Uncomfortable Truths: Three Shorts by Andrea Arnold on MUBI Not So Permissive: The Lovers! on Blu-ray Two Christopher Miles Shorts: The Six-Sided Triangle/Rhythm 'n' Greens on Blu-ray You'll Never Guess Which is Sammo: Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon on Blu-ray The Ecstasy of Cosmic Boredom: Dark Star on ArrowĪ Frosty Reception: South and The Great White Silence on Blu-ray on 4K UHDĪ Woman's Viewfinder: The Camera is Ours on DVDĬhaplin's Silent Pursuit: Modern Times on Blu-ray Your Rules are Really Beginning to Annoy Me: Escape from L.A. Suave and Sophisticated: The Persuaders! Take 50 on Blu-ray The Dead of Night: In Cold Blood on Blu-ray The Movie Damned: Cursed Films II on Shudder State of the 70s: Play for Today Volume 3 on Blu-ray ![]() Monster Fun: Three Monster Tales of Sci-Fi Terror on Blu-ray Serious Comedy: The Wrong Arm of the Law on Blu-rayĭC Showcase: Constantine - The House of Mystery and More on Blu-ray Little Cat Feat: Stephen King's Cat's Eye on 4K UHD 3 From Arrow Player: Sweet Sugar, Girls Nite Out and Manhattan Baby
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