Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Scott LeBrun The delectable Traci Lords is the star attraction of this howler of a B flick. Another addition to the "horror & heavy metal" sub genre, it stars a dude named Stephen Quadros as Martin, a loser employee at a pizza joint. Ordered around by the gruff boss Tony (Aldo Ray, in his last film role), he craves success as a rock 'n' roll guitarist. Unfortunately, he sucks, but after a bungled audition, he makes a deal with Satan via a voodoo priestess (Tyger Sodipe, who deliciously overplays her role). He is reborn as a guitar god named Angel with awesome 80s hair. Of course, his newfound abilities come at a price: he can no longer consume ordinary food, but must derive sustenance from peoples' souls.Traci, looking as ravishing as ever, may have been hired for her name value, but this is more Quadros' story and movie. He's believable as both the hopeless nerd and his head banging alter ego. Markus Grupa is amusing as the effeminate singer Jonny, whom Angel replaces in a rather aggressive manner. Tim Moffett is the requisite hero as bass player Greg, who is engaged to Tracis' band manager character. Also hired for name value is another veteran, Troy Donahue, who is good as a sleaze ball record executive.The movie is much more campy & cheesy than scary *or* creepy, but this does give it some entertainment value. Both the visual and the makeup effects are very damn crude; they must have been done for next to nothing. The music is sometimes fun, and sometimes it's cringe-inducing yet catchy in spite of itself. Best of all is when the movie focuses on Angels' new entourage of babes: Karen Russell ("Tenement") as Michelle, Gina Parks as Marilyn, and Laurel Wiley as Monique. There's no shortage of very sexy women to fill out roles (and costumes).Dopey beyond belief, but it's not without its pleasures, such as when Angel satisfyingly deals with Jonny.Six out of 10.

FlashCallahan Martin is a loser, with a mundane life. When he fails an audition as guitar player in Lindsay's band, and loses his job on the way, he makes a deal with a Voodoo priestess. She promises him the fulfilment of all his dreams if he swears obedience to her. He becomes a rock star and has many women - but to stay alive, he has to kill other people........If the main protagonist was an endearing character,the type of person who was a loser,a but deserved of a better life, then you would have some sort of anti-hero to root for.......even if it did mean killing people to survive.But no, Martin is an abhorrent sloth like human being, the type of omnipotent person who thinks that they don't have to work hard to get reach their goals, and if someone is critical of them, they are wrong.Martin is the type of person who spies on naked women, doesn't take kindly to orders, so I thought in some strange way, the gift he would be given, may just change him a little. But no, he turns into a more parasitic morsel, and he's supposed to be the character that the narrative revolves around?The rest of the film is just chock full of bad music, bad hair, and nudity for the sake of nudity.If you haven't heard of this film before, it's for a good reason, it's not very good, and looks cheap.Amid the cheap shots at Ozzy, and featuring minor roles for once prolific actors, Shock 'Em Dead makes no sense, just like its title.Stick with Once Bitten or Vampires Kiss.

the_blue_dot This flick RULES!! A modern day exploitation classic that is highly recommended to fans of 80's metal and horror!Everything a B-Film should be! Crazy, violent and filled with many beautiful actress's! Oh and yes, lead actor Stephen Quadros is excellent as the ultimate 80's Metal God! A great job turned in by him!I won't bother talking plot details as they've been discussed (to a point) in the other reviews. My advice is to seek this film out, kick back, relax and ENJOY a truly classic little flick!Great actors!! Great Music!! I hope director Mark Freed gets this film out on DVD soon with tons of extras! This film needs to get a second life on DVD SOON!!!!Hey Mark, if ya read this.... How bout re-uniting the cast and doing a sequel! Angel Martin needs to return!!!!!

dangera I have seen better pornos than this. This movie is sooo awful, but it is GREAT for a laugh. The special effects are the cheesiest I've ever seen. Scary? HA!