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Summary: So Cheesy It's Cool
Review: Sure the movie is cheesy, but that is part of its charm. My favourite line has to be when the one chick (I think her name was Genie Wooster) tells Eddie that he is creepy, and when he says he doesn't understand, she replies "If you weren't so creepy, you would know what I mean". The reason why I love this line so much is as follows: It reminds me (and I am sure many others) of stuck up people in high school who had the same attitude. I can think of one, in particular right now.So despite the movie's lack of appeal to awards committees, it does have some great moments, and although it does not have mass appeal, I don't think that was its purpose. It reaches out to the lost children of the world by showing them that they are not alone. Besides, it is just a fun movie. Where else will you get to see Ozzy Osbourne preach about the evils of heavy metal music? I would also highly recommend another cheesy 80s horror movie called "Basket Case".
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Summary: So Cheesy It's Cool
Review: Sure the movie is cheesy, but that is part of its charm. My favourite line has to be when the one chick (I think her name was Genie Wooster) tells Eddie that he is creepy, and when he says he doesn't understand, she replies "If you weren't so creepy, you would know what I mean". The reason why I love this line so much is as follows: It reminds me (and I am sure many others) of stuck up people in high school who had the same attitude. I can think of one, in particular right now. So despite the movie's lack of appeal to awards committees, it does have some great moments, and although it does not have mass appeal, I don't think that was its purpose. It reaches out to the lost children of the world by showing them that they are not alone. Besides, it is just a fun movie. Where else will you get to see Ozzy Osbourne preach about the evils of heavy metal music? I would also highly recommend another cheesy 80s horror movie called "Basket Case".
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Summary: Relic of my youth
Review: The storyline in this movie is very cheesy, lets get that straight. But, anyone growing up in the 80's will be able to relate. The high school the story takes place in reminds me of mine. A bunch of idiot jocks and stuck up cheerleader types. I was 15 when this movie came out. I remember when it came out, but I only recently saw it. I grew up on the music of Fastway, Dokken, Dio, Ozzy,Maiden, kiss and Priest. Although the storyline isn't the greatest it reminds me of high school again. Ozzy as an evangelist is a gas.
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Summary: Don't be tricked because this is no treat
Review: There would seem to be a little potential to Trick or Treat. Forget Gene Simmons and Ozzy; no matter how prominently they may be featured on the box, they have very small roles to play in this heavy metal monstrosity of a movie. What we have is Sammi Curr, heavy metal warrior and idol to one Eddie Weinbauer, coming back from the dead to sow vengeance among just about everybody. Unfortunately, this movie goes downhill in a hurry and becomes, by its midpoint, nothing short of ludicrous. Family Ties' Skippy (Marc Price) seems to be taking the whole Nick and Malarie thing pretty hard, as this movie finds him playing a [person]who depends on heavy metal music to keep him from ending his miserable life. He idolizes Sammi Curr in particular because Sammi went to his high school and somehow made it to the top of a heap from which he could spit on the likes of Tim and the other cool kids who make Eddie's life so miserable. When Curr dies in a fire, Eddie takes it pretty hard, but then Nuke the local DJ (Gene Simmons) gives him the only copy of Curr's newest record. When Eddie plays the album backwards, Curr begins talking to him personally and starts the poor [...] on a course of satisfying revenge against people who do things like grab the towel from around his waist and push him naked into a gym filled with teenaged girls. Curr soon begins to take over, though, appearing whenever his special last album is played, and delights in killing people by shooting blue incineration flames out of his guitar. One of the later scenes is one of the silliest things I have ever seen in my life, and unfortunately the movie does not try to rise above this level of inanity at the very end. The only interesting thing about Trick or Treat is the brief appearance of a clean-cut, actually intelligible Ozzy Osbourne as a preacher decrying the evil of rock and roll music. Trick or Treat is certainly no treat.
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Summary: Finally made it, but already out of print?
Review: This is one of the best movies of all time if you are a heavy metal/horror fan. This DVD went out of print a few weeks after its release, probably because of the company that released it. If you can get hold of this, you'd better do it soon because not many were produced. The DVD itself sounds good (better than any VHS or VCD copy I've seen) and looks very good. You can't expect much more from an unknown company, but I pay tribute to someone for finally getting this out!!! Bravo.
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Summary: "I've Got Something to tell you, something you can't DENY!!!
Review: This movie is one of the classics. This movie has Gene Simmons as a radio DJ, Ozzy Osbourne as a preacher,and an AWESOME soundtrack by FASTWAY. What more do you need? Now if they would only put "ROCK AND RULE" out on DVD, it would be most appreciated.
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Summary: 80's Perfection!!!!!!
Review: This movie is so overlooked. Its classic 80's metal meets classic 80'a horror.Films only wish they could be this fun now.Note to reader.This is a way better purchase than a ticket to Rob Zombies
wanna-be Texas Chainsaw Massacre 70's slasher retro ...!
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Summary: Stellar editing and plot
Review: This movie was a perfect example of how to make a movie with a few thousand dollars. Beginning with the casting of Skippy from Family Ties to play the lead role, and then promoting Ozzy and Gene Simmons as the "big names" in the movie despite their 4 minutes combined of screen time, shows that this movie shouldn't have even been classified as a B movie. It definitely falls to the level of D or E level, if there was such a thing. The acting could only be compared to a bad SNL sketch where the actors are visibly reading cue-cards and stammering their lines. And, the editing of this film was done by an absolute genius. This is shown in several scenes...my personal favorite is in the house when the mother is going out for Halloween (dressed as god only knows what...looked like a whore to me), she leans over to kiss her mentally deranged son on the cheek and, over head, we see in all it's glory, a big red boom mic (set against a white background) enter into the picture like a curious red-headed mouse that is searching for cheese. Also, the lip-synching at the end by Curr is amazing...only Milli Vanilli could lay claim to such a wonderous accomplishment. The key to lip synching is to actually have the lip movement match the recorded words...but this editor and director decided to push that old standard aside and felt that the japanese dubbed look would finish off the movie nicely.
I will say that I did laugh my buttocks off at this film...but, then again, it wasn't supposed to be funny.
Rating:
Summary: Stellar editing and plot
Review: This movie was a perfect example of how to make a movie with a few thousand dollars. Beginning with the casting of Skippy from Family Ties to play the lead role, and then promoting Ozzy and Gene Simmons as the "big names" in the movie despite their 4 minutes combined of screen time, shows that this movie shouldn't have even been classified as a B movie. It definitely falls to the level of D or E level, if there was such a thing. The acting could only be compared to a bad SNL sketch where the actors are visibly reading cue-cards and stammering their lines. And, the editing of this film was done by an absolute genius. This is shown in several scenes...my personal favorite is in the house when the mother is going out for Halloween (dressed as god only knows what...looked like a whore to me), she leans over to kiss her mentally deranged son on the cheek and, over head, we see in all it's glory, a big red boom mic (set against a white background) enter into the picture like a curious red-headed mouse that is searching for cheese. Also, the lip-synching at the end by Curr is amazing...only Milli Vanilli could lay claim to such a wonderous accomplishment. The key to lip synching is to actually have the lip movement match the recorded words...but this editor and director decided to push that old standard aside and felt that the japanese dubbed look would finish off the movie nicely.
I will say that I did laugh my buttocks off at this film...but, then again, it wasn't supposed to be funny.
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