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| Title: | Black Roses |
| Genres: | Horror |
| Directed by: | John Fasano |
| Written by: | Cindy Sorrell |
| Produced by: | Ray Van Doorn; Leonard Shapiro; Jerry Landesman |
| Music by: | Elliot Solomon |
| Cinematography: | Paul Mitchnick |
| Edited by: | John Fasano; James Ruxin; Ray Van Doorn |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Rayvan Productions Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment |
| Released: | September, 1988 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 90 min. |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
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Black Roses is a Canadian independent feature film of the horror genre with an emphasis on the "Hard Rock Horror" and "Satanic Panic" thematic storytelling tropes. It was directed by John Fasano with a script written by Cindy Sorrell. It was produced by Rayvan Productions and distributed through Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment. The movie was first screened in Japan in September, 1988, but was then released direct-to-video in United States on November 1st, 1988. The premise of the movie involves a hard rock band called the Black Roses, who comes to a small town to perform at a local high school. Those who listen to their music become corrupted by the band's demonic influences and begin demonstrating antisocial and homicidal character traits. The film stars John Martin as Matthew Moorhouse with Ken Swofford as Mayor Farnsworth, Sal Viviano as Damian and silver screen starlet Julie Adams as Mrs. Miller. Original music by the Black Roses is provided by Marcie Free on vocals, Mick Sweda on lead guitar, Alex Masi on rhythm guitar, Chuck Wright on bass, and Carmine Appice on drums.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| John Martin | Matthew Moorhouse |
| Ken Swofford | Mayor Farnsworth |
| Sal Viviano | Damian |
| Julie Adams | Mrs. Miller |
| Frank Dietz | Johnny Pratt/Demon guitarist |
| Carla Ferrigno | Priscilla Farnsworth |
| Carmine Appice | Vinny Apache |
| Anthony C. Bua | Tony Ames |
| Karen Planden | Julie Windham |
| Dave Crichton | Mister Miller |
| Jesse D'Angelo | Jason Miller |
| Keith Miller | Doctor Marshall |
| Paul Kelman | Julie's stepdad |
| Robin Stewart | Tina |
| Pat Strelioff | Janey Miller |
| Margaret Groome | Mrs. Sullivan |
| Vincent Pastore | Tony's dad |
| Jason Harris | Mister Pratt |
| Paul Phenomenon | Black Roses keyboardist |
| Ron Mazza | Black Roses guitarist |
| Glenn Deveau | Demon bassist |
| Chester Nakelski | Demon drummer |
| Peter Bontje | Flunkie |
| Frank Thompson | Official |
| Dave Roberts | Usher |
| Skip Snelgrove | Cop #1 |
| Dennis Woods | Cop #2 |
| James Slade | Minion |
| Debbie Noonan | Minion |
| Lonnie Oliver | Minion |
| Lorne Oliver | Minion |
| Michael Gruma | Minion |
| Heather LaPointe | Minion |
| Debie Gilmmore | Moorhouse student |
| Steve Mazza | Moorhouse student |
| Alan Read | Moorhouse student |
| David Grossman | Moorhouse student |
| Judy Loth | Moorhouse student |
| Gaeton Pelletier | Moorhouse student |
| Kathy Seli | Moorhouse student |
| Nadine Avery | Moorhouse student |
| Brad Garrick | Moorhouse student |
| James Rocchi | Moorhouse student |
| Pete Wood | Moorhouse student |
| Andrew Burke-Hall | Moorhouse student |
| Jennifer Entwistle | Moorhouse student |
| Mike Szkwara | Officer |
| Anthony Martenllo | Officer |
Notes[]
- The tagline to this film is "Turn up the volume, turn down the lights, but don't watch it alone!"
- There are a total of forty-nine credited cast members in this fim.
- Principal filming on Black Roses began on August 25th, 1987. The movie filmed in Ontario, Canada.
- On the Internet Movie Database, Black Roses has a Starmeter rating of 5.2 out of 10 based on more than 2,700 user votes. In the United States, it holds an unweighted mean of 5.4, with 21.1% of the voting populace giving it a rating of a 6. 114 users gave it a perfect score of 10, making up 7.7% of the total voting pool with 121 users giving it a score of 1, making up 8.2% of total users. In Canada, the film had an unweighted Starmeter score of 5.6 with only 127 user votes.
- This movie does not have a Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes, but it does have an audience score of 47% out of 100 based on more than 500 verified user ratings. Ratings score averaged 3.2 out of 5.
- On Letterboxd the film has a weighted average of 2.79 out of 5 based on 6,725 user ratings.
Recommendations[]
- Footloose
- Jennifer's Body
- Return to Horror High
- Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
External Links[]
- Black Roses at AMG
- Black Roses at IMDB
- Black Roses at Wikipedia
- Black Roses at Letterboxd.com
- Black Roses at Themoviedb.org
References[]
Brainwashing | Canada | Demons | Female topless nudity | Guitar | Gunshot victim | Head injury | High school | Knife | Occult | Slit throat | Throat injury | Transformation