Blood Tracks (1985)

Clip: Easy Action - Blood Tracks



Directed by Mats Helge

Starring Jeff Harding and Michael Fitzpatrick

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Lone Wolf (1988)

Clip: Car Trouble



Clip: Let It Rock



Clip: The Money Shot



Directed by John Callas

Starring Dyan Brown, Kevin Hart and Luciano Saber

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KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978) aka Attack Of The Phantoms

NBC "Bumper" ad



Scene: Kiss Fights... Things!



Kiss Dolls ad



"Kiss Your Face Makeup" ad 1978


Rock and Roll All Night intro



Directed by Gordon Hessler

Starring Kiss (Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss), Anthony Zerbe and Brion James

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Never Too Young to Die (1986)

Entertainment Tonight spot with Gene Simmons explaining his "hermaphrodite" character Ragnar...



The theme song "Never Too Young To Die" by Iren Koster. Fucking mindblowing...



Directed by Gil Bettman

Starring Gene Simmons, John Stamos, Vanity and George Lazenby.

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Rocktober Blood (1984)

Directed by Beverly Sebastian

Starring Tray Loren and Donna Scoggins

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80's Metal Movie Tie-Ins

Dated?

Uh, a little. But horror movies and bad hair metal had a thing going on in the 80's and here's a few samples of some of those glorious train wrecks.

First up, Dokken does the main theme song for 1987's Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. This brings me back to my youth when I took stuff like this quite seriously. I wonder what's more scary to main star Patricia Arquette - Freddy Krueger and his minion of creepy girls skipping rope or Don Dokken's poodle haircut?





Somehow, this one is worse. Alice Cooper continues his embarrasing 80's slide by penning this keyboard driven drivel for 1986's Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.

Yet the video itself is entertaining as hell. The theatre setting is great and there are some truly bad special effects, such as Jason ripping through the screen and Alice inexplicably trying to scare the patrons by breaking a glass bottle over his forehead. Oooohh scary!





I have to include this one even though it's not really a music video. It's one of the climactic scenes of 1986's Trick or Treat, one of the best heavy metal themed films from that era.

That's actor Tony Fields as rock demon Sammi Curr but the music is really by Fastway, a second-tier act that included a former member of Motorhead and a guy from U.F.O.

This film also had Ozzy Osbourne in a great cameo as a preacher who railed against heavy metal lyrics and musicians, lampooning the PMRC and Tipper Gore who were in the midst of their metal witch hunts at the time.

The best part of this is when the guitar goes flying through the air and someone randomly yells "Rock and Roll!!".

If you can't stand the Fastway stuff, fast foward because there is some hilarious shenanigans towards the end and a ripping guitar solo straight from hell that could have been the inspiration for Will Ferrel's classic Satan and Garth Brooks sketch from SNL.




And while we're going there, I might as well bring this one out. A scene from 1988's Black Roses.

The context of this scene is that a metal band called Black Roses is playing a small town and the local parents and authorities are concerned about the effects on their kids. They sit in on the first song to make sure that nothing is going on and the band do their best to fool everyone with a vanilla sounding soft rock song. Soon the parents leave and the real metal begins!





Now, the best for last. This is a clip from 1985's Hard Rock Zombies. It's not a metal song, but there's a bunch of long hair bangers doing choreographed dance moves in the film's big montage scene and even some miming. Completely retarded and great.



Had enough yet? This is another clip from Hard Rock Zombies. This is quite possibly the most ridiculous scene ever put on 35 mm film. The band have been killed earlier in the day and then rose from the dead, making sure they still turn up to do their soundcheck for that night's show! This is some kind of love song for the main girl Cassie in the movie. Oh unrequited love!

The Dungeonmaster (1985) Full Movie!!

Directed by Charles Band and various others.

Starring Jeffrey Byron and Richard Moll.

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I only got the chance to see this film a few years ago on a specialty cable channel here in Canada, and I've been trying to find it ever since.

This is not on DVD (and may never be) but someone posted the entire film on You Tube and here it is in all its 80's "dawn of computers" glory. This is filled with too many laughs to recount here but it is a memorable experience with roles for people like Richard "Night Court" Moll and an appearance by 80's B-Grade metal band W.A.S.P.

A lot of you probably don't have the time to watch a full film on someone's blog but if you want to waste an hour, have fun with this one.

The Dungeonmaster (1985) Part 1



The Dungeonmaster (1985) Part 2



The Dungeonmaster (1985) Part 3



The Dungeonmaster (1985) Part 4



The Dungeonmaster (1985) Part 5



The Dungeonmaster (1985) Part 6



The Dungeonmaster (1985) Part 7

Shock 'Em Dead (1991)

Continuing with our possession theme, Shock 'Em Dead is a late entry into the short-lived Heavy Metal horror genre but it's a memorable one. It was made in the 90's but its heart is in 1986. This of course stars ex-porn star Traci Lords right after her successful stint in John Waters "Cry Baby".

This trailer has all the elements and goes for the gold right away with a shameless breast exposure. Also watch for nods to the Exorcist and the classic quote, "When you make a deal with the devil, there's always a catch".

If you like fare such as Trick Or Treat, Black Roses or Rock and Roll Zombies, you'll dig this.

Shockingly, this hasn't been put out on DVD yet so you'll have a hard time tracking it down.

Directed by Mark Freed.

Starring Traci Lords, Troy Donahue and Aldo Ray.

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Paganini Horror (1989)

Directed by Luigi Cozzi.

Starring Daria Nicolodi, Donald Pleasance and Jasmine Maimone.

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Trick or Treat (1986)

"Rock and Roll!!"



Fastway - After Midnight music video



Fastway - Stand Up



Watch the full movie here!



Directed by Charles Martin Smith.

Starring Marc Price, Tony Fields, Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne!!!

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Hard Rock Zombies (1985)

"Cassie"



"Na Na Na Na Na"



"Mellow Out"



Directed by Krishna Shah

Starring E.J. Curse

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The Gate (1987)

Directed by Tibor Takács. Starring Stephen Dorff.

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Black Roses (1988)

Directed by John Fasano.

Starring Sal Viviano

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Stunt Rock (1978)

Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith.

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