ROCK AND ROLL NEVER DIES! Unfortunately, sometimes that's a threat.
This week on THE VHS VAULT, we're turning the volume up to eleven and heading back to 1986 for TRICK OR TREAT, the heavy metal horror movie starring Marc Price, with appearances by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne!
Marc Price plays Eddie Weinbauer, a bullied teenage metalhead whose favorite rock star, Sammi Curr, dies in a mysterious fire. When Eddie gets his hands on Sammi's unreleased album, he discovers that playing the record backward can bring his idol back from the dead. Unfortunately, Sammi isn't interested in signing autographs. He's more interested in electrocuting people and turning Halloween into the world's deadliest rock concert.
We've got Satanic Panic, backwards records, teenage revenge fantasies, a killer soundtrack by Fastway, Gene Simmons playing a radio DJ, and Ozzy Osbourne playing a preacher who thinks heavy metal is the devil's music. That's right. OZZY OSBOURNE is warning people about the dangers of rock and roll. The 1980s were a magical time.
Join us as we revisit this wonderfully bizarre slice of 1980s horror, discuss its characters, music, special effects, and place in heavy metal horror history, and determine whether TRICK OR TREAT deserves another spin or belongs in the bargain bin.
And remember, kids, if your favorite musician dies, maybe don't play their final album backward. Just buy the commemorative T-shirt like a normal person.
Have you seen TRICK OR TREAT (1986)? Did you love it, hate it, or spend the entire movie wondering why Skippy from Family Ties was summoning Satanic rock stars? Tell us in the comments!
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