Hard Rock Nightmare

9/22/2025

**_A rock band goes to a cabin in the woods, but there’s a killer beast about_** "Hard Rock Nightmare" (1988) was made by actor-turned-writer/director Dominick Brascia, who had a part in "Friday the 13th V: A New Beginning" three years earlier. His first directing gig was a slasher from two years prior, “Evil Laugh,” which was shot in a single week. He only directed three other flicks with this being his second, which is an improvement over the dull “Evil Laugh.” Like Jon Mikl Thor’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare” from the previous year, it mixes cabin-in-the-woods horror with 80s’ rock/metal, but is thankfully superior to that slapdash flick, although not by much. It takes the “Friday the 13th” template and simply inserts a hard rock band into the mayhem. That iconic slasher is even quot