Black Roses (1988 film)
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Directed by John Fasano Music by Elliot Solomon Release date 1988 (1988) Music director Elliot Solomon Cinematography Paul Mitchnick | 4.5/10 IMDb Written by Cindy Sorrell Edited by Ray van Doorn Running time 90 min. Director John Fasano Produced by Cindy Cirile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Carmine Appice, Julie Adams, Carla Ferrigno, Vincent Pastore, Jesse D'Angelo Similar Movies about musical ensembles, Horror movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Black Roses is a 1988 Metalsploitation film,and American horror film directed by John Fasano. The film has become an underground cult classic with heavy metal fans for the all star soundtrack which has become increasingly difficult to find.
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Plot
A new rock-n-roll band named Black Roses plays at a sleepy town called Mill Basin, causing the town's kids to turn into rockers. However, what the town does not know is that the band is also turning kids into demonic monsters. The soundtrack features many prominent bands at the time such as King Kobra, Tempest, Hallow's Eve, Lizzy Borden, among others. Most of the music for the band "Black Roses" was performed by the members of King Kobra, with Mark Free on vocals, and Carmine Appice on drums.
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Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released on CD by Metal Blade Records.
Release
The film was given a limited release theatrically in the United States by Shapiro Entertainment in 1988. It was released on VHS with a pop out case in November 1988, which was part of the book VHS Video Cover Art, curated by Thomas Hodge and with a foreword by Mondo Media creative director Justin Ishmael.
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The film was released on DVD in the United States by Synapse Films in 2007.
References
Black Roses (1988 film) WikipediaBlack Roses (film) IMDb Black Roses (film) themoviedb.org