Subgenre Sampler
Grunge & Metal: 56 Films to Buy & Rent
- Dark Floors (2008)
- Dir. Pete Riski
Feat. Skye Bennett, Philip Bretherton, William Hope…
- Cult horror focused on a man and his autistic daughter trying to escape a hospital full of fiends from another world.
Typical B–grade…
- Global Metal (2008)
- Intriguing music doco, presented by metaller and anthropologist Sam Dunn, delving into the sub–culture of metal heads around the world and the…
- Metal Mania (2008)
- Music doco that takes the microphone backstage to some of the greatest metal acts of the last fifty years, including Kiss, Angus Young, Motley Crue,…
- American Hardcore (2007)
- Dir. Paul Rachman
- Rugged, warts and all restrospective of America’s British punk spinoff looks back on the warpath of bands such as Minor Threat, Black Flag and Dead…
- Kurt Cobain - About a Son (2006)
- Dir. AJ Schnack
- Elegiac, moving documentary on Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain takes an appositely nonconformist approach to his unusual life and times.
Based on…
- Metalocalypse (TV Series) (2006-2013)
- Vicious metal–inspired satire details the exploits of Dethlok, a mega–successful heavy metal band partial to a little violence, revolt,…
- Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006)
- Dir. Liam Lynch
Feat. Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Ben Stiller…
- Comic chums Jack Black and Kyle Gass parade their mock–rock star alter–egos in a feature length adventure and prove there to be a number…
- AC/DC - Family Jewels (2005)
- The ultimate collection of music–video and live treasures by Australian hard–rockers AC/DC, featuring their maniacal frontmen Bon Scott…
- Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life (2005)
- Dir. Dick Carruthers
- Definitely the most complete document to date on the musical phenomenon of 'heavy metal', in which dir. Carruthers marshalls an unrivalled lineup of…
- Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)
- Dir. Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise
- Sharply humorous look at the world of Heavy Metal, treating the musical subject as a subculture of its own, transcending the stereotypes and clichés…