Black Roses is a horror offering based on the premise that Heavy
Metal is, in fact, the work of the Devil, and part of his plan to
take over the world.
A group named Black Roses (Black Sabbath, Guns and Roses, get
it?) is to start their first ever public
appearance concert tour in a small town. The kids are excited, the
parents are up in arms, and the coolest teacher tries to keep an
open mind. The parents hold a town meeting to have the concert
cancelled, but are over-ruled by the mayor, with some support from
the hip teacher. After all, he has been dating the mayor's daughter
for years. The group begins the first concert night with a tame song
and wearing white, the parents decide there is nothing out of place
and leave, and then all hell breaks loose, literally.
The cool teacher sees the changes in the students the next
morning in class, and is the first to blame a rash of sudden deaths
on the group and their influence, but can he stop them in time, or
at all?
Despite the low IMDb score. this seems to be a C-
on our scale, satisfactory to Heavy Metal fans and genre buffs. Headbangers seem to like the sound track; there are some pretty
decent demon effects; some of the makeup is great; there is nothing
wrong with the performances; and the film looks better than its
budget would lead you to expect.
If you are not familiar with our grading system, you need to
read the
explanation, because the grading is not linear. For example, by
our definition, a
C is solid and a C+ is a VERY good movie. There are very few Bs
and As. Based on our descriptive system, this film is a:
