A childhood staple. It's like a heavy metal Carrie from the perspective of Skippy from Family Ties. Luckily, he ditched the lame nickname Skippy in exchange for the awesome nickname Ragman. Pretty awesome Halloween prom showdown and a pretty great soundtrack. Also, it was shot by Robert Elswit (as was Return of the Living Dead Part II).

Eddie Weinbauer is a metalhead outcast who unwittingly resurrects his favourite rock star that recently died in a fire. Death and destruction ensues.
This is just so much fun! the soundtrack is fantastic and there's a hilarious cameo by Ozzy Osbourne.
I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Todd and the Book of pure evil was inspired by this.

Now this was a whole whack of fun. The premise is truly wonderful and executed perfectly. A metal head/high school loner plays a record backwards and ends up bringing a recently dead rocker back to life, resulting in some serious trouble for the metal head's tormenter.

I want to go into greater detail about the build up to the actual demonic resurrection, as it is great, but I'm not going to. It's something you've got to see for yourself, and thanks to the wonders of the internet, you can do so right now.

Disappointingly generic title aside, this is a surprisingly smart and funny moral-rock-music-panic-themed horror movie. Bad guy sort of a non-entity, but there's some pretty cool shock scenes anyway. But the real treat is the movie's sense of humor - hilarious without resorting to parody or spoof.

So much fun and a shame that I hadn't heard of this until recently.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable this film was, and more particularly, the fact that I was enjoying it on its own merits and not out of cheesiness. The cheesiness is there, but it doesn’t dominate the film. The actors are all believable in their roles, and there are no wooden deliveries, or clunky lines. The character Sammi’s more than a bit over-the-top, but that’s rather the point, isn’t it? And of course, you can’t have a heavy metal horror movie without some heavy metal, so the soundtrack is provided by Fastway, who fit the feel of Sammi Curr’s glam-metal style. With a bit of editing, this could have made its way up to a four-star film. Read full review.

Eddie Weinbauer is a metalhead outcast who unwittingly resurrects his favourite rock star that recently died in a fire. Death and destruction ensues.
This is just so much fun! the soundtrack is fantastic and there's a hilarious cameo by Ozzy Osbourne.
I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Todd and the Book of pure evil was inspired by this.

A totally rad heavy metal horror that pretty wonderfully switches between serious and self-aware on a dime. It works well thanks to a surprisingly clever script, Tony Fields hamming it up and a wonderful bit role for Ozzy. I've seen this on the big screen twice and it's always a hit with the audience.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Disappointingly generic title aside, this is a surprisingly smart and funny moral-rock-music-panic-themed horror movie. Bad guy sort of a non-entity, but there's some pretty cool shock scenes anyway. But the real treat is the movie's sense of humor - hilarious without resorting to parody or spoof.

So much fun and a shame that I hadn't heard of this until recently.

Now this was a whole whack of fun. The premise is truly wonderful and executed perfectly. A metal head/high school loner plays a record backwards and ends up bringing a recently dead rocker back to life, resulting in some serious trouble for the metal head's tormenter.

I want to go into greater detail about the build up to the actual demonic resurrection, as it is great, but I'm not going to. It's something you've got to see for yourself, and thanks to the wonders of the internet, you can do so right now.

A childhood staple. It's like a heavy metal Carrie from the perspective of Skippy from Family Ties. Luckily, he ditched the lame nickname Skippy in exchange for the awesome nickname Ragman. Pretty awesome Halloween prom showdown and a pretty great soundtrack. Also, it was shot by Robert Elswit (as was Return of the Living Dead Part II).