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Rental > Grunge & Metal: 12 Films to Rent on VHS
- Hysteria - The Def Leppard Story (2001)
- Dir. Robert Mandel
- Of interest to fans of the British heavy metallers who hit the big time in the 1980s, and anyone else who had ‘Pyromania’ or…
- Girl (1999)
- Dir. Jonathan Kahn
Feat. Dominique Swain
- Hybrid of the teen–flick with grunge–rock movie, starring Dominique Swain (LOLITA) as a brainy virgin who decides to fall in with some…
- Hype! (1996)
- Dir. Doug Pray
- Absorbing document of the evolution of the Seattle grunge–music 'scene' from its genesis in the early '80s. Reflected in the ambiguous light of…
- Slayer - Live Intrusion (1995)
- Speed–metal kings are caught in action in Arizona. Includes other tour and off–the–road footage.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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…