Easily one of the more realistic portrayals of big label metal culture I've really ever seen, this film doesn't drape too much of a Hollywood curtain over the film's somewhat hardcore narrative. Utilizing an impressive cast and fitting soundtrack to the best of their ability, American Satan is easily one of the more high quality indie titles of the year. A lot of your enjoyment of the film will deal with your fondness levels for this kind of heavy metal, as it's obviously prominent throughout the feature, but it works as a great source for background and setting for all the balls out insane happenings found in the film. This film is pretty crazy regarding its order of events. Never…

I can't give this movie a rating. If I had to it would probably be five stars--and only partly ironically.

Ian Lindsey and I accidentally stumbled across this movie while fucking around on Rotten Tomatoes at work. We instantly became obsessed--we watched the trailers and music videos, browsed the merch, researched Andy Biersack, and got disappointed when it wasn't opening anywhere near us. Luckily some dates got added and we, along with Dom Griffin, braved multiple public transportation outages and crossed two state lines to get there. We had joked so long and so seriously we had to follow through.

A Faustian Hot Topic rock n roll story that is littered with all of the applicable cliches and proudly showcases…

I L<3ve Musicals!

The Faustian myth mixes with heavy metal to make this horror musical about a band who sell their soul to the Devil (a wicked and menacing role from Malcolm McDowell) to gain major success.

The music is pretty good, and the band's trajectory, first to the heights of success, and then into the excesses that will bring them down, is well-portrayed. Andy Biersack is absolutely fine as the main character Johnny (although the voice isn't his, that's Remington Leith), and I enjoyed the work of Jesse Sullivan as Lily and Olivia Culpo as Gretchen, too.

With some fairly gory sequences, this manages to also keep the humour up with characters like John Bradley's Ricky. Ash Avildsen directs…