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Rock ‘n’ roll and horror: a match made in hell! From electrifying riffs to spine-chilling screams, these heavy metal mashups create a headbanging, heart-pounding experience that resonates with rebels and thrill-seekers alike. Whether you’re a fan of rebellious music or cinema of the fringe, nearly everyone can agree they go together like peanut butter and jelly.

What makes them such perfect partners? Perhaps it’s their shared love for the dark, the dangerous, and the fantastical. Rock ‘n’ roll has always been the music of outcasts, and horror dares to delve into our deepest fears. Together, they create a symphony of shock that thrills and chills.

From demonic deals to killer concerts, rock ‘n’ roll horror movies explore the intersection of music and mayhem. They’re films that rock, scare, and leave us begging for an encore.

So grab your leather jacket, tune your air guitar, and turn up the volume.

Step into the wild and wacky world of trashy 80s horror movies, where outrageousness and entertainment go hand in hand. These films may not have won critical acclaim, but they are undeniably a bloody good time.

From deranged killers to bizarre creatures, these campy delights deliver thrills, spills, and plenty of laughs. So, pick a flick, and prepare for a journey through the outrageous side of 80s horror!

Rugged Films Basket Case (1982)

This cult classic follows the twisted tale of Duane and his deformed, murderous brother Belial. With its low-budget charm and grotesque practical effects, Basket Case is a perfect blend of horror and dark comedy. Get ready for a memorable, trashy ride that will leave you both laughing and cringing.

Lightning Pictures Street Trash (1987)

Street Trash takes trashy horror to a whole new level. Set in the gritty streets of New York, this over-the-top film introduces us to a...

Step into the wild and wacky world of trashy 80s horror movies, where outrageousness and entertainment go hand in hand. These films may not have won critical acclaim, but they are undeniably a bloody good time.

From deranged killers to bizarre creatures, these campy delights deliver thrills, spills, and plenty of laughs. So, pick a flick, and prepare for a journey through the outrageous side of 80s horror!

Rugged Films Basket Case (1982)

This cult classic follows the twisted tale of Duane and his deformed, murderous brother Belial. With its low-budget charm and grotesque practical effects, Basket Case is a perfect blend of horror and dark comedy. Get ready for a memorable, trashy ride that will leave you both laughing and cringing.

Lightning Pictures Street Trash (1987)

Street Trash takes trashy horror to a whole new level. Set in the gritty streets of New York, this over-the-top film introduces us to a...

Bloody Disgusting has learned this week that special effects artist Bill Basso, whose work can be seen in a handful of genre favorites, passed on May 4, 2023 at the age of 60 years old.

“William Anthony Basso Jr. was a sculptor, painter, and special effects makeup artist. He was born on December 8, 1962, in Manalapan, and attended Christian Brothers Academy for high school and Parsons School of Design for college,” his obituary reads.

Primarily working for the legendary Stan Winston Studio throughout the 1990s, Bill Basso’s special effects credits include “Monsters,” Tremors, Bride of Re-Animator, Edward Scissorhands, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Batman Returns, Jurassic Park, Interview with the Vampire, Congo, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Relic, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Creature, Lake Placid, Inspector Gadget, Lost Souls, and Reign of Fire.

Basso was also on the special effects makeup crew for Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, and he did puppeteer work on Predator 2,...

Apple TV+ has won a bidding war for "Sugar," a new series starring Colin Farrell. Netflix was also vying for the series, which Deadline bills as a genre-bender and describes as "an LA-set contemporary take on the private detective story."

Beyond that, not much is known of the plot at this point, but "Sugar" hails from creator Mark Protosevich, who wrote "The Cell," "Poseidon," and Spike Lee's "Oldboy" remake, and who co-wrote "I Am Legend." He also received a story credit on "Thor," and IMDb still has him attached to an adaptation of the comic "Freakshow." However, that project was first announced over a decade ago and...

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Have you ever had a nightmare about being chased by zombies? Most people have. Do you think zombies have nightmares about us? These are the kinds of questions that keep my monkey brain somewhat sated; especially when I’m watching Zombie Nightmare (1987), a film that proffers voodoo, baseball, Batman, Thor, and Motorhead. So many queries, so few answers, so much fun.

Filmed in the summer of ‘86 in Quebec, Zombie Nightmare was supposed to have a Black-centric cast but writer (and ghost co-director) John Fasano (Black Roses) was told by director Jack Bravman (The Wetter the Better) that they’d have a hard sell with foreign investors, so the characters were changed. The more things stay the same, the more they stay the same.

Reviews were unkind, but the film somehow ended up grossing over a million and a half worldwide against a $180,000 budget after New World picked it up and...

Friday night Twilight Zone reruns, Saturday afternoon Frankenstein matinees, and Sunday morning Godzilla flicks; these were the films that introduced my lifelong love affair with horror films. My parents were the influencers, the ones that nurtured my fascinations with the fantastic, weird, and wonderful world of genre film. I was taught from them to respect the classics, the films of Hitchcock, the genius of Lon Chaney, and the storytelling of Sterling, but they also emphasized an understanding and study of the past. These guidelines have, and continue, to shape my thoughts and ideas about film.

But in 1988, the introduction to the sinister and suspenseful nature of horror was still fresh for a middle-schooler who couldn't get enough of watching scary movies in the dark with stove-top popcorn and Rc Cola. Growing up in a lower- to middle-class family with young siblings and hard-working parents didn’t leave a lot of...

One of the biggest surprises out of the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival is Backcountry director Adam MacDonald‘s heavy metal horror film Pyewacket, about a young girl who performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother. While the subgenre has produced several classics including Trick or Treat, Black Roses, Rock ‘n’ […]...

Congrats are in order for new dad Jaren Johnston!

The lead singer of Southern rock group The Cadillac Three and his wife Evyn Mustoe welcomed their first child together, son Jude Daniel Johnson, on Thursday, March 30. He was born at 1:32 a.m. and clocked in at 7 lbs., 3 oz.

He wrote, “Here he is yall… Say hello to Jude Daniel Johnston. We are absolutely in Love!!!! 7lbs 3oz. Born 3-30-17 at 1:32am. We are home , healthy and about to ‘get out that vinyl.’ . Much ❤️- ev, j & j.”

Want all the latest pregnancy and birth announcements, plus celebrity mom blogs?...

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The ’80s live! Wamg recently got its hands on the new terrific, epic, 482-page book The Untold, In-depth, Outrageously True Story Of Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment by Marco Siedelmann, Nadia Bruce-Rawlings, and Stephen A. Roberts. This interview collection takes us back into the roaring 1980s, when the home video market changed the whole world of film making. For a short time, everything seemed possible, and in a way everything was possible. Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment was in the right place at the right time. Although Sge closed its doors in 1995, films like The Exterminator, Black Roses, Shakedown, Moontrap, Red Scorpion, No Retreat No Surrender II, Basket Case II & III, Frankenhooker, Maniac Cop and several others remain cult favorites today.

Enlightening interviews with business legends and producers are combined with extended conversations with well-known genre filmmakers. On top of this are the voices of all the key people that marketed...

Aubrie Sellers refuses to fit the mold of your average female country musician — and in an exclusive look at the making of the “Sit Here and Cry” music video, the singer proves she has no plans to deviate anytime soon.

“When I was thinking of video ideas for this song, I wanted it to reflect the energy of the music and express the big eye roll that ‘Sit Here and Cry’ is,” Sellers explained to People exclusively. “I had a very specific visual vision for it, and when I saw Sam Siske’s reel I knew he was going to get it.

Ghoulies

Stars: Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Jack Nance, Mariska Hargitay, Scott Thomson, Ralph Seymour | Written by Luca Bercovici, Jefery Levy | Directed by Luca Bercovici

Ghoulies 2

Stars: Damon Martin, Royal Dano, Phil Fondacaro, J. Downing, Kerry Remsen, Donnie Jeffcoat, Dale Wyatt | Written by Charlie Dolan, Dennis Paoli, Luca Bercovici | Directed by Albert Band

For my film-loving friends and I, Ghoulies and its immediate sequel were almost rites of passage growing up – I distinctly remember renting them from not only the local video shop but also that strange guy that used to park on the street corner renting tapes out of his boot (or, if he was more successful, the back of a transit van). You know the one, he’d have the craziest VHS tapes you’d ever seen – Class of Nuke Em High, Black Roses, The Toxic Avenger, Ghoulies… all films that sold themselves on artwork alone.

Welcome to the latest episodes of The ScreamCast! Each episode sees hosts Sean Duregger and Brad Henderson take a look at another slice of home video horror.

Don’t forget to check out TheScreamCast.com for the show notes and for more news and reviews of Scream Factory releases and make sure to follow them on Twitter too!

Episode 94: Feminism and Heavy Metal With Black Roses Screenwriter Cynthia Cirile

Heavy Metal Horror continues! Week Three powers on as we sit down with Black Roses screenwriter Cynthia Cirile and talk candidly about her career with John Fasano’s films: Zombie Nightmare, Rock And Roll Nightmare and Black Roses. We also learn a handful of surprises along the way! Bj Colangelo also returns to talk with us about Dee Snider’s Strangeland and 1981’s Terror On Tour.

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Let’s talk about flix bay-bee… (you sang that, didn’t you?)

Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre

• Release Date: Tbd; Head here for details

• Written By: Josh Vargas, Jvstin Whitney

• Directed By: Josh Vargas

• Starring: Andrew Bourgeois, Bobby Haworth, Travers Laville, Garret West, Parrish Randall

This must be my lucky year, creeps! Less than a month into this bad bastard and I’m already reviewin’ the second fright flick in my beloved metal/horror genre! And no matter what you think of these kinds o’ flicks, ya can’t deny they have the snappiest titles in the horror biz! Don’t believe me? Just slap yer putrid peepers on the name of this thing: Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre! While the title grabs the ol’ attention by the short and curlies, let’s see if everything else about this rock n’ roll nightmare can live up to that monstrous moniker.

Hairmetal Shotgun...

By Kevin Scott

MoreHorror.com

I’ve always seen Christmas and New Year’s as the one-two punch of all holidays. All the prep that goes into Christmas to culminate in just one brief and fleeting day, and then being immediately followed by the end of the year. That year that has etched its last two digits into our subconscious, and dies hard when trying to learn to write or type the new two digits for the following year. New Year’s is also a time when you can add one more year to how long it’s been since you passed some of life’s memorable and major rites of passage, like high school or college graduation, or even how long ago your favorite films came out.

It can be a bit melancholy if you let it. One thing that is definitely a high point of all this closure...

It’s a good thing Nashville‘s Beverly made her peace with Scarlett and Deacon in last week’s episode, because it looks like the inspiration for “Black Roses” soon will be pushing up daisies.

This exclusive sneak peek at Wednesday’s episode (ABC, 10/9c) takes us inside the painful meeting between Bev’s family and her physician. While Scarlett sits, shell-shocked, Deacon refuses to believe that machines are the only things keeping his brain-dead sister alive.

RelatedCastle, Nashville Latest ABC Series to Adopt Extended Winter Break Plan

“Can you tell me with absolute certainty over there that my sister won’t wake up?...

Stars: Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, Kimberley Crossman, Sam Berkley, Daniel Cresswell | Written and Directed by Jason Lei Howden

Deathgasm. That name conjures up a myriad of things in your mind. A myriad of things that Deathgasm probably contains in its short, but packed, 90 minutes running time. From death by dildo, decapitations, eviscerations, disembowelment, dismemberment and more. And metal. Lots and lots of heavy metal. Old-school metal, death metal, black metal; but definitely Not any hair metal!

The movie tells the story of Brodie, a metal-loving kid sent to live with his bible-bashing relatives who is an outcast at home And at school. When he meets a kindred spirit in Zakk at the local record shop, they decide – along with Brodie only two schoolfriends – to start their own band, the titular Deathgasm (they rejected the name Intestinal Bungee Jump). Soon the duo’s resentment of the suburban wasteland leads them to...

Sadie Stone might have left Nashville before the end of the season, but Laura Benanti‘s heart is firmly ensconced in the ABC drama’s goings-on.

Take, for instance, her thoughts on Deacon’s sister Beverly, a hard-to-love character who grudgingly donated part of her liver to her ailing brother and who might have died at the end of the season finale.

“That beyotch!” Benanti says, chuckling. “Ugh, she’s so crazy. I hate her!” She calls out the title of Scarlett’s ballad of pain, inspired by Beverly’s borderline abusive mothering. ‘Black Roses! Black Roses!'”

Related Nashville Ep on the Mystery Flatliner,...

The first scene plays out like an anti-thesis to the satanic and heavy metal antics that the film devotes itself too. The setup is quaint. A young father happily shaves his face. A young mother is cooking breakfast, and their son yells that he can’t wait to scramble eggs with her! All of the sudden demons pop out of the oven and kill the mom and dad. Thus begins Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare – also known as The Edge of Hell in certain parts of the world – perhaps the most definitive entry into “Metalsploitation”.

What is “Metalsploitation”? One of my friends brought the term to my attention, and I’m not sure if that subgenre classification already exists, so if not congratulations to him for inventing it. Metalsploitation exists in this bizarre era of cinema where horror films and heavy metal artists and music met. It produced cult classics like this,...

Horror and Heavy Metal have a long, strong history, both in parallel interests (the occult, general rowdiness, protest, Satan) and combined forces (The Gate, Black Roses, Day of the Beast). They’re bedfellows again in upcoming SXSW Midnighter, the eagerly anticipated Deathgasm, whose wailing teaser got real rad real quick. The film follows two metal maniacs…

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We live in an age of genre filmmkaers influenced by all manner of horror, from slashers to gialli to cannibal film to splatter. Where, may we ask is the metal? Where are the films in the vein of The Gate, Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare, Black Roses, Rocktober Blood and more? Hopefully, SXSW has our answer…

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Stars: Tom Berenger, Chad Michael Collins, Vasil Enev, Dennis Haysbert, Danko Jordanov, Mercedes Masohn | Written by Don Michael Paul, John Fasano | Directed by Don Michael Paul

Shocking as it may seem given the amount of horror flicks I review here on Nerdly, I’m not just a horror fan. My movie-loving passion is in fact split between three genres: horror, teen comedies and action movies. As much as I can appreciate low-budget horror flicks I can also appreciate low-budget action movies – which, at least from major studios, are few and far between these days. Which is one of the reasons I was excited to check out Sniper: Legacy.

The other reason? Well, as a teenager I used to love Impact Magazine. It really was my film bible, I’d religiously pick up each and every issue from the newsagents near where I used to catch the bus to college; in...

Khloé Kardashian and French Montana are sporting matching masks for the upcoming music video for his single "Don't Panic." The couple each posted several shots of them wearing their scary accessories while filming yesterday. The rapper posted a simple caption to his first image, with just the name of the track listed next to him and his leading lady. Meanwhile, the E! reality star wrote, "Black roses in my garden," on her photo of the two of them inside what appears to be a tour bus. Montana is shown holding a bouquet of dark roses while Khloé poses in the background in a black and silver long-sleeve top. The 30-year-old also showed off one of her extra...

Taking their relationship from romance to co-workers, Khloe Kardashian suited up and shot a few scenes for French Montana’s new music video.

The “Keeping up with the Kardashians” babe donned a creepy clown mask and clutched onto an assault rifle as she posed for a series of snaps with her boyfriend on the set of his video for “Don’t Panic.”

Accompanying the photographs, Khloe added the caption, “Black roses in my garden.”

In addition to the snaps from set, French shared a lovely photo of Koko’s backside. What a romance the two share.

It's looking like the Season Two finale of Nashville will mirror the lyrics of a quintessential country song: someone's lyin', someone's breakin' up, and someone's gettin' stinkin' drunk. Rolling Stone was invited to the downtown Nashville set of the May 14 episode, which we're told will end in cliffhangers for most all of the main characters. We spent time in between scenes tempting the actors to spill secrets about the finale (which airs at 10:00 Pm Et on ABC). In doing so, we learned a little bit about the episode and...

The first-ever Nashville cast concert tour hit New York City on May 6, with Charles “Chip” Esten (Deacon), Clare Bowen (Scarlett), Jonathan Jackson (Avery), Sam Palladio (Gunnar), Chris Carmack (Will), Chaley Rose (Zoey), and Will Chase (Luke) in tow. They performed songs heard on the show, as well as originals. In honor of Bowen’s song “Cheap Red Wine,” which will be on the album she’s currently cutting, Mandi Bierly and Samantha Highfill grabbed a couple of glasses after the show and discussed their notes on the set list, Esten’s biceps, and the adorableness that was Chase’s girlfriend,...

Thank goodness there's a four-week break before we get a new episode of "Nashville," because Wednesday's (April 2) episode was a doozy. There were so many revelations, confrontations and emotions running high that it's going to take four weeks to recover from the roller coaster that was "Crazy." Let's dig right in to the drama, y'all!

Even though Maddie took down the video she titled "Maddie Claybourne," everyone knows the Internet is forever. Someone got hold of the video and it went viral. Even the ladies on "The View" made a cameo to discuss the murky waters of Maddie's paternity, calling her Rayna and Deacon's "love child." When the paparazzi get vicious, Rayna gets worried when she can't reach Deacon. She freaks out, thinking he might have started drinking again.

Knowing that Deacon would head to the lake house they were supposed to live in way back when, Rayna and Luke...

What the heck is going on with Scarlett?

On Wednesday (Jan. 29) night's "Nashville," the blonde, doe-eyed country singer (Clare Bowen) was a total mess. Her touring was still taking a toll on her, and it was obvious just by looking at her: She had dark circles around her eyes, her hair was a frizzy birds' nest, she was dressing in dark clothes (gasp!) and her eyes were constantly bloodshot. She was tired, and her energy was gone.

All this couldn't have happened at a worse time, either: Rayna (Connie Britton) set up a meeting for Scarlett with Liam (Michiel Huisman) to work on her album, and the rocker had zero patience for her complaints about being tired and her songs that were clearly shallow and didn't come from here. Seriously, Scarlett was singing about slammin' whiskey and dirty dancin'? Puh-lease. 

That's when Liam pulled a trick so dirty that it was at first horrifying,...

Written by Kevin Scott, MoreHorror.com

Rock and Roll Nightmare aka Edge of Hell (1987)

Directed by: John Fasano

Written by: Jon Mikl Thor

Cast: Jon Mikl Thor (John Triton), Jillian Peri (Lou Anne), Frank Dietz (Roger), David Lane (Max), Teresa Simpson (Randy)

Gateway films can take a horror aficionado down roads to a destination that resurrects memories of humble beginnings as a young horror fan. I found “Trick or Treat” on YouTube in its entirety a few weeks back, and nostalgia overpowered me to the point that I had to go down the rabbit hole of horror and hair metal to see how far it goes. “Trick of Treat” seems to be the one that everyone remembers, mainly because of Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne making brief cameos, and Skippy from “Family Ties” sporting long hair, and dropping the “F” word from time to time. Stuff like that is downright unforgettable.

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark: actress, singer, writer, horror host... and now, perfumer. Elvira has teamed with Demeter Fragrance to create three dark floral fragrances. Choose from Elvira's Zombie (ylang ylang, red poppies, tobaccor leaves, black vanilla, coca petals), Elvira's Black Roses (rose water tea, Bulgarian rose petals, red currants, davana blossom, dark amber, and patchouli), or Elvira's Vamp (belladonna, Dracula orchid, vanilla, white musk, ivy, and Mandarin peel).

$25 each at Elvira's Website...

FEARnet hit the ‘Elvira Mistress of the Art Show’ show and signing this past Saturday in Hollywood, CA, and while there sat down for a chat with horror icon and celebrity Cassandra Peterson, better known to genre fans as ‘Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.’ Held at the retail store Monster-a-Gogo (7361 Melrose Avenue), the showing consisted of Elvira-inspired art pieces by such notable artists as Elizabeth McGrath, Queenie, Lucky Hellcat, Allan Graves, Tim Polecat and Gris Grimly, among others, and a long and unwavering queue of black-clad fans eager for an autograph from and photo-op with the star.

For those unfamiliar (although I highly doubt that there’s a FEARnet reader unaware of Elvira’s genre pedigree), Cassandra Peterson’s alter ego entered the public’s conscious in the early 80’s as the host of the Los Angeles weekend Khj-tv horror show Movie Macabre, in which her risqué double entendres,...

Reel Evil filmmaker Danny Draven announced today via his Facebook page word on his next feature project, a flick titled Hair Metal Massacre, as well as a look at the film’s teaser art. Check it out!

States Draven, who helmed the recently released Reel Evil for Full Moon, “My production company will kick off the new year with Hair Metal Massacre. I'll be producing and directing. Expect gore, mayhem, killer music tracks, rock stars, and other surprises!”

With the tagline "The 80’s Are Back... From the Dead!," Hair Metal Massacre sounds to be channeling the tone of that decade's cult fave, Satanic metal flicks Trick or Treat and Black Roses (which in this writer’s opinion wouldn’t be a bad thing).

Draven promises to keep us in the loop as the film moves closer to principal photography so stay tuned for that and for exclusive word from the set.

Julie Hesmondhalgh has thanked Coronation Street producers for allowing her time off to star in a stage play. The Hayley Cropper actress is taking a two-month break from filming to appear in Black Roses at Manchester's Royal Exchange. Black Roses is about the murder of student Sophie Lancaster. Hesmondhalgh has been involved with the Sophie Lancaster Foundation since 2010. She told BBC Breakfast: "It's quite well known in Corrie, my involvement with the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. "So when the play came up, they understood how important it was to me and so they went (more)...

Julie Hesmondhalgh has announced that she is taking a short break from filming Coronation Street. The Hayley Cropper actress is starring in a new stage play called Black Roses at Manchester's Royal Exchange, reports the Coronation Street Blog. Hesmondhalgh confirmed that she will be off the set for nearly two months, posting on Twitter: "Right that's me done. Bye bye weatherfield til October! #bitoftheatre #sicksinmouth." Black (more)...

By Erin Lashley, MoreHorror.com

In the 80s, rock music and horror movies went together like acid washed jeans and feathered hair. The trouble is, even though many horror movies had awesome rock soundtracks, the movies that specifically featured rock musician characters as heroes or villains varied wildly in quality. Although the rock horror movie has mostly gone the way of the 80s, I’m not sure any other type of music will ever have such a successful love affair with horror. I can’t picture people turning up for a movie called Pop Divas of the Apocalypse, or Death by Dubstep, or even Bloody Pit of Techno Bastards. But what do I know? I’m still stuck in the 80s. Here are 10 of the movies that are stuck with me.

Rocktober Blood (1984)

Billy (Tray Loren) is a rock star, and also kind of an a-hole, so nobody is real...

There is an upcoming documentary from Benevolent Monster Productions on two true treasures of the horror genre. Beast Wishes: The Fantastic World of Bob and Kathy Burns is a look at this couple who have dedicated so much to helping creative people become master F/X artists.

The film premieres on April 12th, 2012, 7:30 pm at the Arclight Theater in Hollywood. A Q&A follows the screening with the cast and crew, hosted by actor/comedian Dana Gould. Tickets for this event are now available exclusively at the Creature Features website.

If you're going to be near the Arclight on April 12th, be sure to check out this great event. However, if you can't make that one, there will also be Beast Wishes presentations and screenings at Monsterpalooza in Burbank, CA on April 13-15, and WonderFest in Louisville, Ky on May 26-27.

For more information and updates on the DVD release,...

Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; we’re so metal we can’t get through airport security. Every week during the month of October we will be showcasing the shockingly schlocky, the horrifyingly horrible, and the most terrifyingly terrible horror films we can get our claws on. We will drive a lampooning stake through the film’s heart and laugh maniacally as it takes longer to die than Paul Reubens in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But then, because we learned nothing from The Evil Dead, we will resurrect the film by reciting passages from the necronomicon of pure adoration. To complete the blood ritual, we will pair the film with a insidiously delicious snack food item in the hopes that we can create for you a completely interactive horror film experience by actually shortening your life. This Week’s Beast: Black Roses The basic story here, and I do mean basic, is...

I was totally on-board with Rob Zombie’s cinematic output, that is, until I realized that he could only tell stories about screwy, murderous rednecks and their nameless rabble of victims. Each of his films offer just a slight variation on that theme, and while they’re amusing on a purely visceral level, anyone looking for story or substance will be left with long-haired hillbillies and their penchant for mayhem. Zombie’s upcoming endeavor “The Lords of Salem” sounds like any of those rock-oriented genre efforts from the 80′s, such as “Black Roses” and “Trick or Treat”. I’m curious to see what he does with the material. After all, it can’t be any worse than his “Halloween” films. Can it? Surely not. Here’s a super-handy plot synopsis: Heidi, a blonde rock chick, DJs at a local radio station and, together with the two Hermans (Whitey and Munster...

I'm not sure how the heavy metal and horror movie connection started but it's a match made in hell. The two go together like chocolate and peanut butter. It's a natural pairing. Alice Cooper had been combining Grand Guignol stage theatrics with live music since the 70's. Blue Oyster Cult wound horror and science fictions themes into their lyrics. Black Sabbath took their name from a Mario Bava movie yet the movies and the music maintained a safe distance from one another until heavy metal became the undisputed king of album sales in the mid to late 80's. The two seemed to officially become bed mates in 1986 with Friday the 13th Part 6 when the very same and this time very crazy Alice Cooper provided the synth happy track "He's back! (The Man Behind The Mask)" to the soundtrack. Before you knew it, Dokken was writing the theme song to my...