Studio 666

I don't know if some misguided people were expecting to walk in to a polished, Hollywood big budget masterpiece, but that was certainly never the MO here. The trailers showed us that.

The acting sometimes verges on cringe-makingly awful, but the kills, thrills and gore are plentiful and, overall, the film is fun, even if it does sometimes meander aimlessly. You can tell they had fun making this.

Our beloved Foos do well with what they're given, but in terms of script, even if they're not given an awful lot, their sense of fun prevails.

Some of these reviews are confusing. Did you think you were about to see an Oscar winning movie? This movie was a lot of fun and very entertaining. Was jump scary, which I wasn't expecting. Lots of fun and whole heartedly enjoyed it.

By watching the trailer you know what's on offer, so let's not get too serious about this.

It's clearly a fun time with the Foos, nothing else.

The directing and cinematography was mediocre at its best, but I didn't watch this (and enjoy it) because I wanted to watch a cinematic masterpiece, I wanted to watch Dave Grohl and the gang being silly, and damn right I've got a lot of that!

As a surprising plus, I was quite impressed by the super gory deaths, Tom Savini style, fans of his B-Class movies will love this, some Mortal Kombat fatality stuff here!

I thank for the show and the fun, Dave always delivers!

Now I've got to go watch interviews and anecdotes about the making of, which I'm sure will be fun too!

I knew I would like this movie from the start. Dave Grohl is a magical Rock geek and this movie extends that. I'm a little surprise Dave Grohl can't act cause I seen him in other movies but I am not shocked that the rest of the Foo Fighters looked stiff on camera, but the thing about the movie is even if your love of the Foo Fighters is just in passing, you'll love this movie cause the Foo Fighters are in it.

I mean watching Pat Smear just recite lines was so entertaining. No one else could have pulled that off, no other band could have pulled off being such god awful actors in a two hour film and hold my interest, but they were able to do that, and all with only little pieces of a new incremental they played over and over again as part of the plot.

The idea apparently was something the Foo Fighters just thought would be cool for the longest time and decided just to do it. As themselves, the Foo Fighters set out to make their 10th album different by recording in a mansion that is haunted. I personally have herd the myths of rock bands recording albums in haunted houses. The Red Hot Chilli Peppers are on record stating they felt a ghostly presence in the house they recorded Blood Sugar Sex Magik in (Drummer Chad Smith even moved out because of it).

Typical of Dave Grohl, who seems to love Rock and Roll lore, decides to poke fun of the whole thing with his own horror parody.

It is a movie for all Rock fans and all Foo Fighter fans and well worth seeing.

Plot

Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.

Cast

The Foo Fighters take the leading roles and are assisted by Jeff Garlin, Leslie "American Horror Story" Grossman, Jenna Ortega, Will Forte, John Carpenter and even features a hilarious cameo from Lionel Richie.

Verdict

I went in with almost no knowledge of the film beyond it being a horror comedy about the Foo Fighters and partially written by Grohl himself. This I find is the best way to be, I hadn't even seen the trailer yet.

The "Foo's" camp it up (More than I could have ever dreamed) in exactly that, a horror comedy with a fairly decent plot and some great deaths (Some of the best I've seen in a while). It was a lot gorier than I expected and plenty of the jokes hit the mark.

Other side of the coin? Plenty of the jokes don't, some of the cgi is really quite naff, the ending was a tired horror trope and the pacing is weird. Because of said pacing in fact the movie is oddly boring at times, like you're watching a Foo Fighters documentary then pow someone gets splattered and suddenly you're reminded this is a horror movie.

When the credits rolled I didn't venture my opinion to the other half as it hadn't formed, I was still a tad confused as to what I'd just watched. When it was bad it was dull, when it was good it was really quite entertaining.

It's an odd little film, perfectly watchable but I'd say if you're not a fan of the Foo Fighters it may not appeal.

Rants

Have Dave Grohl and Jack Black spent too much time together? I swear you could close your eyes and think Black was the lead of the film as their voices are so remarkably similar! And appearance? Is it just me or is Grohl turning into Tom Savini? Especially with a certain appearance change later in the film, I thought I was watching Dusk Till Dawn again.

Breakdown.

Some decent effects Many jokes are fantastic Awesome deaths and gore A Foo Fighters wet dream Some poor effects Many jokes fall flat Oddly boring due to the weird pacing.

Will Forte, funny as a dead baby joke.