Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987)

Director:

John Fasano

Writer:

Jon Mikl Thor (writer)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Music

Tagline:

When you raise Hell ... the Devil must be paid - in full! [video cover]

Plot:

At an old farmhouse, a family mysteriously dissapears at the hands of evil. Years later, hair metal band The Tritons comes to the farmhouse...

Plot Keywords:

Band | Van | Partly Teenkill | Shower Scene | Sex

Cast

Jon Mikl Thor	...	John Triton
Jillian Peri	...	Lou Anne
Frank Dietz	...	Roger Eburt
David Lane	...	Max
Teresa Simpson	...	Randy
Adam Fried
Denise Dicandia	...	Dee Dee
Jesse D'Angelo	...	Little Boy
Rusty Hamilton	...	Seductress
Clara Pater	...	Mother
Chris Finkel	...	Father
Liane Abel Dietz	...	Mary Eburt (as Liane Abel)
Jim Cirile	...	Stig
Gene Kroth	...	Karl
Carrie Schiffler	...	Cindy Connelly

Also Known As:

Arch Angel (USA) (working title)
The Edge of Hell

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Markham, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Thunder (II)

Goofs:

Continuity: When John searches downstairs, he's wearing stage make-up and his silver jacket. When he goes upstairs, he's clean-faced and wearing a sweater. Then when he goes back downstairs, he's wearing the make-up and jacket again.

Quotes:

John Triton: [nonchalantly facing the demon] You're wasting my time, Bub.
Demon: This is incredible! It is almost no fun to kill one so stupid as to not know who it is that slays him. You are in my domain, and I will kill you as I have killed your pitiful friends.
John Triton: Ah, you killed no one, Bub.
Demon: What?
John Triton: Or is it less familiar to call you Beelzebub?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film (2004) (TV)

I'm so glad they make these!

I can't believe stuff like this gets made, but I am so glad they did it.

Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare is a delicious piece of mid-80s drive-in fodder. The thing that makes these kinds of films so unique and fun to watch is the seriousness with which the major players seem to take their part in them. It is their obliviousness to the low-quality of the product that is this grade-Z film's most fascinating aspect.

It is appallingly poorly acted. It is written by total amateurs. It is directed enthusiastically and even artistically in places, and is thankfully short in duration, for although it has moments of professionalism, they are more than outnumbered and greedily overshadowed by some of the silliest scenes ever to make it to the VCR.

It's the Muppet Show meets Spinal Tap meets Friday the 13th meets total crap, and total crap wins the day! Hooray!