Java_Joe I don't remember where I first heard of this movie but at some point as I was perusing the used DVD aisle for movies I wanted I came across this and something seemed to trigger a memory. Not of the movie itself, but of the frontman Jon-Mikl Thor. Admittedly I knew next to nothing of this Canadian strongman but there was something about the title and his name that made me buy it. To be honest I probably would have bought it simply for the cover art alone. And after a couple days I finally watched it all the way through and sat back to wonder on what exactly it is that I had seen. You need to understand that I love bad movies. The worse the better. There's this kind of fascination when something is terrible in every sense of the word but the cast is giving it their earnest best. Often times that results in the beloved "so bad it's good" movies. But that's less a truism than an occasional accident because this movie is anything but.The movie is boring and that's possibly the worst critique that you can give a movie. From the opening when we see the band's van driving along the highway, it just goes on forever. It doesn't break it up for anything. It just continues and this is what we get to look forward to for the rest of the movie. Interspersed with pointless scenes are the musical numbers. I get it. Jon-Mikl Thor was a musician. Doesn't mean his music was any good and while I love 80's cheesy hair metal, this isn't a really good example of it. I get it that this was done by amateurs. I get it that this had no budget so the monsters looked like crap. I get it that they didn't even have a catering budget. none of that matters because there have been movies that cost nothing to make that show how inventive some filmmakers can be. And of course I need to mention the elephant in the room, the guy that plays Stig had to absolute WORST Australian accent ever. I don't know if he was trying to go for something funny or if he was supposed to be a goofball or something. Putting on an funny accent doesn't make a character. It's a character that puts on a funny accent. Do you understand the difference? Then of course after he's possessed he loses the accent and nobody seems to notice or care. Is this something he does? A thirty second throwaway line could solve that problem but they just ignore it or assume that the audience automatically gets it.The climax of the movie is a complete joke with Thor fighting a paper mache demon that seriously looks like it's going to fall over at any point. It doesn't even look like he's fighting it but just uselessly flailing at it. The result is actually quite silly when you get down to it.All in all, unless you're into terrible movies there's really no reason to see this one. Save your money and just watch Birdemic or The Room again. Trust me, it'll be more entertaining than this.

artemislives-38371 Naturally I have to give my meager offering of a film 10 stars! It means so much to me to read about how much people love this insane little family flick⭐️ When I say "family flick," I mean an almost zero budget film made BY a family with a lot of help from their friends! I should say: our friends. Great people like Jon-Mikl Thor, who I've known for over 30 years now. This little feature was the brainchild of my 22 year old husband, John Fasano, who passed away in July, 2014. The two "Johns," John Fasano and Jon Thor, became bosom buddies--and Fasano, whose life goal was to make monster movies--got a company to give us $40 grand to make a horror flick with Jon Thor, featuring his music. And--a lot of home made monsters. Obligatory tits were enforced on us by the money men--as they were in "Black Roses." A few things for fans of the film--as well as its detractors. First off--both John Fasano and Jon Thor never touched drugs or alcohol--on or off the set. No one was "high." I can't use that as any excuse for why the film is so bad! Family: without the Cirile-Fasano-D'Angelo clan--there would've been no RRNM. My basement (Cirile-Fasano) was the "cookery" for the, um--not-so-special FX! My brother, Jim Cirile--who played Stig, the drummer, had his own cookery and whipped up the "chicken monster," the "Lu-Ann" prosthetic--and the paper-mâché stove monster. Someone on this thread mentioned the scene at the beginning--where my character, Carole ( for Carole Lombard!) is burned instantly in the stove--while my real and reel-life son, Jesse D'Angelo--screams at the top of the stairs. Did anyone get that this little boy at the beginning comes back later as the wolf boy who makes a few appearances later on??My bro, who plays the Aussie drummer Stig--is a huge fan of Monty Python. He was going for an absurd over the top accent. His sudden change to a deep American accent was scripted!! Somehow--it was meant to indicate that he was now possessed! What can I tell you??John Fasano loved horror movies--but he hated blood and gore. As do I! This is why RRNM, Black Roses, The Jitters, and Zombie nightmare are all mostly "monster movies," not horror or slasher flicks. John went on to work on some great films--and his writing improved a LOT! He was nominated for an award for best screenplay for "The Hunchback" with Richard Harris and Mandy Patinkin. He wrote the shooting script for "Tombstone." He also wrote "Darkness Falls," among other things. He became a brilliant writer.I'm feeling kind of "moony," because John hasn't even been gone a year yet. He loved this movie--and was very excited that people thought it was fun.⭐️Yeah--this was a family project. No food budget. No costume budget. Thor brought his own jockstrap and hairspray. It was 20 degrees F in that frigid barn where Thor fights the Evil One. I was videotaping the scene where Thor battles the horrific starfish. I could say nothing about it then--and all I can say now is: "oh, boy!those things did NOT work like they were supposed to! Thanks for watching our most humble family excursion into low-budget 80s hair rock horror. Soooo sorry for the van scene! For the last scene... For so much! Have fun with it! Cindy Cirile

gavin6942 The Tritons, your typical 1980s hair band with cheesy songs, is on retreat in Canada in order to rehearse some new songs for an upcoming album. But the farm house they rented, once visited by Alice Cooper, has some otherworldly creatures that are hell-bent on destroying the band and their very lives.This is a "guilty pleasure" 1980s film to the extreme. Poorly acted, poorly directed... really lame music. The special effects are humorous but very clearly low budget. Yet, despite all this the film has a charm. It's what you might call Tim Ritter meets early Peter Jackson... "Killing Spree" meets "Dead Alive". But weirder.Most of the film comes across as either a music video or a softcore porn. When the band isn't performing a song ("Energy" or "Live to Rock") in its entirety (take these out and the film is an hour), they're having sex. And while there's not excessive raw sexuality, there's plenty of gratuitous skin, particularly in a shower scene... it runs a little longer than usual, and we get a nice view of Harry Manasse's brother Slick.While for much of this picture I found myself thinking it was fun but nothing special (and wondering why my friend loaned this to me), there is a dramatic plot shift later on. And, believe it or not, the movie gets even weirder and cheesier... leading into the sequel ("Intercessor"). I never saw the change coming and am still really confused on what the heck I was watching.Synapse has released a lot of great cult and exploitation films ("Street Trash", for one) and this is right at home on their label. While I don't see there being a great resurgence of interest in this one, it has a quality that makes it fun and hard to hate, regardless of how silly and low budget it may be.

movieman_kev There are movies that exist out there that are so awful, so bad, that they're good "Filthy McNasty", "Class of Nuke em High" the first Troll film, and on and on. This putrid little horror cheapie that is Rock N Roll Nightmare is definitely NOT on of those. This Jon Mikl Thor starring piece of crap is so bad that I revs past bad, soars past 'so bad, it's good' and takes a firm nosedive into 'so bad that it's freaking terrible' territory. No redeeming value whatsoever. My 2 year old niece can do better than this celluloid waste. I kept hearing about how the last 10 minutes made sitting through the rest of the film worthwhile. Well no and no. Thor tells a foam latex devil puppet that he had tricked him, gets pelted with clay starfish, and that's pretty much it. Yeah that was so worth sitting through boring minutes of nothing but a car driving down the road, so worth watching people wash dishes, and endless scenes of filler and padding. I love heavy metal, i love low-budget horror flicks, so one would think i'd love a combination of the two...right?? WRONG. Do yourself a favor, bub, go rent "Trick or Treat", "Rocktober Blood" or pretty much any metal/horror hybrid and leave this one in the dust bin where it belongs. Followed by a sequel!!!! That I hear is even worse (is that even possible) DVD Extras: Commentary by Director John Fasano and actor Jon-Mike Thor (the latter also provides a video intro & afterwards); 15 minute interview with Thor; 13 minute behind the scenes make-up featurette; 21 minutes of rare footage from the set; and two music videos Eye Candy: Both Jillian Peri and Teresa Simpson get topless My Grade: F