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Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987)

aka The Edge of Hell

Written by the body-building rocker Jon Mikl Thor, this Canadian B-horror follows the fledgling rock group The Tritonz to a rural abode where they can record new material. The house is infested by puppets.. er I mean demons. They only look like finger puppets. Obviously intended as a fun little vehicle for Thor's music, it's terrible on too many levels to mention. Its greatest downfall is the pacing. In typical murder-by-numbers fashion, band members are taken out one by one. This should continue till the inevitable climax, but in a drum solo-like intermission, it continues instead with sex scene filler. Fortunately the rest of the film is saved by an incredible twist in the final climactic scene which turns everything on its head.

2 intercessors out of 5

1 comment:

Dr Faustus said...

The cover commits so many sins, but that’s part of the reason why it belongs with us. GJ.