Metalheads

USA 2003
produced by
Bill Zebub
directed by Bill Zebub
starring Richaard Vark, Elaine O'Domini, Bill Zebub, Ox, Suzie Shareaux (= Suzi Lorraine), Syn DeVil, Darian Caine, Linda, Marybeth A, Craig Pillard, Scott Williams, Jacqueline Ponder
written by Bill Zebub, songs by Warcry, Peter Petterson, The Jethros, High Power, Mortal Decay, Immolation, Notre Dame, Esoteric, Intervalle Bizarre, Raise Hell

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Bill (Bill Zebub) pretty much follows the heavy metal lifestyle: He can't hold a job and is proud of it, he hangs out with his metalhead friends, most of whom still live with their moms, drugs and alcohol are high on his agenda, he is proud of not being able to socialize with people who don't live his lifestyle even though these people make an effort, he loves loud and dark music, and in the three number lottery, he picks "666" of course.

Bill's girlfriend Elaine (Elaine O'Domini) wants more from life: For one a boyfriend who's better looking, who has a job and therefore money, and who's not drunk and drugged all of the time. She also longs for better sex, which is why she tries to seduce Bill's best friends even. But all of her efforts to better her life lead to nil, and then she learns that Bill's ticket has won the lottery. Now she comes running back to him, only to learn that he has rolled his ticket into a joint and smoked it ...

Suzi Lorraine plays an extremely gullible 15-year old who is tricked into prostitution by one of Bill's friends, Darian Caine plays Bill's sister who's forced to strip to her underwear by the roadside by a Nazi cop.

On a pure narrative level, this movie could have done with a lot of tightening, as it just seems to lead to nowhere in particular for the longest time, and even loses itself on the way there quite a number of times in silly sequences that just don't serve the plot. And on a visual level, Metalheads is hardly above homevideo quality ... but somehow this all works quite nicely with the lifestyle the film portrays, with the rawness of heavy metal music as such, and the drugged and drunk perception of reality of its main characters. That's not to say that Metalheads is essentially a good movie, but in a way it's better than it appears to be.

Director Bill Zebub remade Metalheads, a film he was not totally content with, as Metalheads: The Good, the Bad, and the Evil in 2008.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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