Studio 666
Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.
- Released: 2022-02-24
- Runtime: 106 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Horror, Music
- Stars: Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffee, Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega, Jeff Garlin, Lionel Richie, John Carpenter, Kerry King, Marti Matulis, Jason Trost, Jimmi Simpson, Mike Escamilla, Alexander Ward, Eli Santana, Aaron Valenzuela, Kayla Loadvine, Ivan Kungurtsev, Subskile
- Director: B. J. McDonnell
Comments
- Stanlee107 - 10 January 2023
The gore frighteners?!
This is a self aware self deprecating film that pays homage to the b-movies genre from the 1980s... David Gohl plays against type as a controlling workaholic caricature of himself and his band mates are the frightened of & obedient to all his narcissist musical demands. Seeing the late Taylor Hawkins brings conflicted feelings to me... Knowing that this may be one of his last performances & is now gone...
I enjoyed Jenna Ortega's performance, although she only featured in very few scenes... She seems to be the go to actor for the modern (pun) scream queen...
It is silly and purposely done so to inject the humour into this movie. It is not as bad as many critics may lead you to believe. It is one of the throw away films that you can waste an hour and half on without feeling remorseful over. - the-real-demon - 25 October 2022
I enjoyed it but the mixed up elements got me lost
This movie is fun, absolutely.
Gory, goofy, splattery and fun. You don't even need to be a foo fighters fan for that, a horror comedy fun movie fan is enough to like it.
First of all: When I saw "Music: John Carpenter" I was surprised to see that and wondered "Why music?" followed by "Let Carpenter's name appear in the openeing credits for one more time on something important to the movie's production and I know this is more than just a horror fun movie".
Here's the thing and why I put this into a spoiler: #1) When Dave went down the basement for the first time and I saw the.racoon with the blood dripping down and soon later to see an audio recording is found and played in an, what everyone who is fond of lovecraftian stories, style, knows I was hooked at that point. Especially with all surreal things usual for the lovecraftian universe.
#2) My major turn off was right towards the end where the necronomicon (or what seemed to be a close version of it) was shown to contain excorcism rituals ... and let's be serious ... calls to the christian god and for help purifying the pools water. Wai, wai, wait right there. You do NOT mix lovecraftian universe with devil and god stuff. 100% no go.
Loved John Carpenter's cameo, really loved it but it seemed it shouldn't be more than a cameo and responsibility for some of the movie's music. Besides: Music in this movie was awesome and don't let me be misunderstood: I like the movie, especially because of the music and how perfect and yet goofy but fitting the acting put in there is. I just don't like the movie for what Dave Grohl (probably someone who also loves HP Lovecraft stories as well as excorcism, devlish and gory/splattery movie stuff) thought of it should be in its entirety. The end with the "kids" or whatever they are supposed to be I did not get at all. The manager and estate lady twist I did not expect.
To me it feels like Evil Dead 2 meets The Excorcism meets. Braindead/Dead Alive. I can recommend the movie but only if respecting other genre universes already established doesn't matter to one. I think a 6/10 is fair.
