Black Roses

9/17/2022

**_What can parents do when the “devil’s music” comes to town… literally?_** The rising band “Black Roses” hasn’t played out beyond the studio and so try-out their live performance in a small town in the Northeast for several shows. An English teacher (John Martin) starts to notice how the band has a negative influence upon his students and eventually suspects something sinister is going on. "Black Roses" (1988) mixes horror and heavy metal in the mold of “Trick or Treat” (1986) and “Shock ’Em Dead” (1991). A year earlier the director’s previous movie was the similar “Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare” featuring Jon Mikl Thor, but “Black Roses” is way more effective because it had nine times the budget. “Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare” only cost $53,000 and is unsurprisingly marred by tedious padding