Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

metalrage666 As a heavy metal fan while I sat through this I found that I was asking myself what is this movie really trying to say.To me it appears as a very disjointed attempt at either showcasing what's wrong with heavy metal, thereby siding with those who oppose heavy metal, or an equally weak attempt to make fun of those same opponents by pointing out that their very opposition to this style of music is as stupid as it is portrayed in this movie.Either that or the whole thing is just having fun with the ideology of heavy metal bands versus sanctimonious America. In any case this is a very silly movie.Glam metal band, Black Roses decide to get out of the studio and perform a number of shows in this smallish American town. It's the kind of town where nothing much happens, it's full of good God-fearing, church going folk and heavy metal is nothing but the devil's music. So despite the objections by a number of concerned citizens about the impending damnation of the towns' youth, the band comes along anyway.Black Roses are an unremarkable straight-up clichéd glam metal group, except that the drummer is none other than Carmine Appice himself. (If you don't know who that is, look him up). The other, very notable exception is that they are in fact demons posing as a metal group and their sole aim is to corrupt young impressionable minds so they can become the bands soulless minions. Sounds simple enough and after a while they begin to succeed by turning many of the teenagers against any kind of authority figure, even their own parents. As a result many adults end up killed through various means and in the end it's general anarchy in the once quiet streets of town.There are subtle changes that take place throughout the movie as the more heavy metal they listen to, the more disengaged with life they become. Eventually the teens go from being energetic, colourful and relatively diligent in school, to more sombre, melancholy, withdrawn, wearing darker colours, different hairstyles and generally adopting the stereotyped heavy metal image. It turns out that many of these teens are in fact now possessed by demons, so throwing people out of windows or running a car over their own parents doesn't appear to bother them so much.The whole thing comes to a relative end, when one of the teachers decides to actually pay attention to what's going on around him and he confronts the band at their gig. He tries to set fire to the stage and so the lead singer reveals himself as the demon he is and this then results in some kind of weird punch-up on stage. I've never seen a person actually manage to land punches on a demon so this is perhaps the weakest demon I've ever seen. The fire eventually takes hold, the demon stands there howling, (although I have no idea why, fire should be its bread and butter), suddenly the teens come out of their stupor and run out of the place. We learn at the end by way of a news broadcast that the band survived the fire, (duh, they're demons), and they're embarking on a tour of London.The whole premise of the film tends to be a self-deprecation of the heavy metal industry along with a big middle finger salute to the PMRC which formed only a couple of years prior to this films release. It briefly showcases the 2 opposing schools of thought on heavy metal music, but with the so-called evil influences being so over the top coupled with the fact that the band are actually demons, it just illustrates the narrow-mindedness of people in real life who like to oppose anything they don't understand for no real reason. When the upcoming Black Roses concert is being debated in an assembly hall, there's the obligatory reading of some "evil" lyrics and naturally the parents are all horrified and opposed. However when an opposite view is presented that this is just music and provides examples of The Beatles & Elvis Presley etc. as equally hated by authority in their time, the parents all nod along in agreement. So just as the teens are brainwashed by the evil of metal, the parents are just as brainwashed by anyone who'll tell them what to do and how to feel. (Sounds just like church).It's not a bad movie as such, but it's hardly a horror movie, it would barely rate as a thriller it's simply too ridiculous, but if you want to hear some generic glam metal and see a bunch of corrupted possessed teens running riot, then don't let the cheesy effects, poor costumes and lame ending turn you away from giving this a go.

udar55 Watch out kids! The heavy metal is gonna getcha! Popular metal band Black Roses have chosen the small town of Mill Basin to begin their world tour. But Black Roses has plans outside of just rocking. Led by the charismatic Damien, the band are actually demons who hypnotize teens with their music and then turn them anti-social. It is Tipper Gore's worst nightmare! It is all up to English teacher Mr. Moorhouse (John Martin) to save the town. From the director of ROCK N' ROLL NIGHTMARE, BLACK ROSES is a great 80s time capsule. You have the big hair with sweaters to match, the leather outfits and lots of high pitch screeching. There are some cheap but fun effects and what might be the world's most gratuitous nude scene. Pre-SOPRANOS Vincent Pastore made his film debut (talk about auspicious!) as a metal kid's dad who gets sucked into a mutant speaker by a big spider. Sorry, it reads much better than it plays.

edgeofterror What a fun movie!This is one of those few horror movies out there that was based on Hard Rock music...the others being Hard Rock Zombies, Trick Or Treat and Rockin Roll Nightmare!This one has a bunch of demonic hard rockers coming to a town called Mill Basin to perform a concert.The adults of the town fear that the music might be bad for the children... and boy were they right!This film like so many other eighties horror films, has some really cool rock music...one of the best being "Road To Paradise" which the band plays on their first concert in the town.There's is also some pretty neat special effects...although their only really good in a fun way... i mean...they don't look realistic or anything but they're still enjoyable! This movie also has Sal Viviano as the lead rock singer of the band who has a really eighties "fine" haired mullet...some of the eighties fashions in this movie will give you a few chuckles but it just adds to the fun fell of the film! Some people might remember Sal Viviano as having starred in The Jitters...which was an insane but equally enjoyable Japanese based horror film!Watch out for the part where Mattthew the high school teacher is attacked by a cool looking demon at the end...it will give you a couple of laughs!!!Rent it for sure!!!

fearozzy606 I like the movie even though it is cheesy. I remember it from when I was little. There should have been more nude scenes. Ha Ha. Any way's, I wanna know if there is one singer or are there many. If any one knows please write back, and who are they?