SHOCK 'EM DEAD
a.k.a.: ROCK 'EM DEAD
(1991)
 



        This movie's got everything to become a classic! A masterpiece of the worst all around! No other trash movie has achieved such failure, however, I believe people should have a better sense of humour.
        The quality of this movie is what makes it looks so funny! Come on! Gimme a break! Don't come up with those shit like Academy Award or other craps like that! Who gives a fuck if these actors haven't won any of those stupid fake awards!?!
        As you should know by now...I live in  Brazil and we all, brazilians, have to stand shit like this! They come from all over the world! We say! Go ahead, we have nothing to lose...fuck this shit!
        Now, what the hell? We all must have an open mind to all the crap that come from other countries! We all must know how to separate the good stuff from the crappy stuff!
        Shock 'Em Dead is one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my entery life. Would you believe if I said that I've seen it so many times that I know most of the lines from the script!?
        Now, you ask: "If it really sucks, why the fuck did you see it again?".
        I say: "It sucks so much that it's comic...pathetic! It sucks so much that it became a comedy!"
        That's what I call sense of humour!
        I really think you should stop at the nearest video store and watch it yourself!

        Not to mention that it's really surprising that Traci Lord doesn't give a blowjob through the entire movie!
        This world has gone crazy!!!
 

        If you don't trust me and wanna hear from someone who "knows" about movies and stuff, read this review from www.tvguide.com.

                 "While entertainment executives and apologists smugly deny
                    any causal relationship between heavy metal music and
                    devil-worship, exploitation filmmakers perversely crank out
                    one horror flick after another that confirm every
                    fundamentalist minister's worst suspicions: heavy metal
                    summons demons, corrupts youth, creates maniacs,
                    subverts Western civilization. There's seldom any real
                    criticism aimed at the music industry or fans in these films; in
                    fact the trappings of pop superstardom are childishly
                    glamorized. This trend would be worthy of study if only the
                    movies, like SHOCK 'EM DEAD, weren't so utterly shallow
                    and forgettable.

                    Martin (Stephen Quadros) is a pathetic nerd with a dream: "I
                    wanna be the greatest rock star in the world, and everything
                    that comes with it." After failing an audition for the rising
                    band Spastique Colon, the despairing wannabe seeks a
                    weird voodoo priestess (Tyger Sodipe) who grants the kid's
                    wish--by helping him sell his soul to Satan. He's quickly
                    transformed into Angel, supercool axmaster guitarist and
                    quasi-vampire, who must kill regularly to survive. He wastes
                    all the competition for the Spastique Colon gig, literally
                    murdering conceited frontman Jonny Crack (Marcus Grupta)
                    and taking control of the band himself. Angel also desires
                    the group's beautiful manager Lindsay Roberts (Traci
                    Lords), but she's betrothed to musician Greg (Tim Moffet).
                    Greg's jealous prying uncovers Angel's true nature, and
                    ultimately the fiend is destroyed onstage before an
                    approving audience of metalheads, who think the gore and
                    pyrotechnics are just a spectacular act.

                    The picture doesn't take itself very seriously, and if SHOCK
                    'EM DEAD had more and better jokes it might have made
                    amiable camp. The satire improves a notch in the second
                    half, with venerable Hollywood heartthrob Troy Donahue as a
                    talent scout for Casualty Records, who enthuses over Angel:
                    "I haven't seen anyone like him since ... what's his name bit
                    the bat's head off!" Quadros portrays the hellish headbanger
                    looking like Michael Jackson in an
                    Elvira-Mistress-of-the-dark wig. Former porn star Traci
                    Lords plays the imperiled leading lady straight, and gets a
                    tame onscreen treatment--nude scenes are mainly
                    apportioned out among a trio of Faustian chicks who
                    comprise Angel's evil entourage. SHOCK 'EM DEAD
                    marked the final screen appearance for the late character
                    actor and B-movie perennial Aldo Ray, typically cast as
                    Angel's grouchy first victim.

                    The visual effects are chintzy and sparingly used. As for the
                    sound effects, Michael Angelo of the band Nitro gets
                    credited for "guitar wizardry," with additional riffs by David
                    Celentano. (Violence, substance abuse, profanity, sexual
                    situations, nudity.)"
 
 

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