Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Grunge & Metal: 54 Films to Rent
- Gift (1993)
- Dir. Perry Farrell, Casy Niccoli
- Bizarre love story with a porn aesthetic fleshes out what is ostensibly a lurid promotional film for grunge phenomenon 'Jane's Addiction'. Ice T and…
- Black Sabbath Vol. 1 (1992)
- Dir. Martin Baker
- Hard rock pioneers in their Ozzy Osbourne phase (1971–77).
- Black Sabbath Vol. 2 (1992)
- Dir. Martin Baker
- Hard rock pioneers in their post–Ozzy Osbourne phase (1978 – 1992).
- Metallica - A Year and a Half in the Life of (1992)
- Dir. Adam Dubin
- Mammoth two tape documentary covering 9 months of Metallica recording and 9 months on the road in 1991–92.
- Return of Spinal Tap, The (A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out) (1992)
- Dir. Jim Di Bergi
Feat. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
- Follow–up mockumentary to the beloved THIS IS SPINAL TAP, following the band on a sad final tour of the USA to promote their album Smell the…
- Year Punk Broke, The (1991)
- Music, interviews and goofing around from the 1991 European tour of Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr, Babes in Toyland. and others.
- Black Roses (1988)
- Dir. John Fasano
Feat. John Martin, Ken Swafford, Julie Adams…
- Heavy metal horror riffing gleefully on the satanic panic of the era, with a high school teacher suspecting that a metal band touring to his small…
- Decline of Western Civilization 2: The Metal Years (1988)
- Dir. Penelope Spheeris
Feat. Lemmy , Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth
- Affectionate tribute to heavy–metal music, the musicians and the culture. The seen–it–all anecdotes of Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne and…
- Trick or Treat (1986)
- Dir. Charles Martin Smith
Feat. Marc Price, Tony Fields, Ozzy Osbourne…
- High–school bullying prompts mournful teen Marc Price to conjure his recently–deceased heavy–metal idol (Tony Fields) back to life…
- Comic Strip Presents: Bad News Tour (1983) / A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984)
- Dir. Sandy Johnson, Adrian Edmondson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Dawn French…
- Excellent 'Comic Strip' double bill that teams up Adrian Edmonson's classic headbanger's satire with the cult repertory's memorable…