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An unexpected film but one I couldn’t turn down, recent events make this review tragic. However, I thought what better tribute than reviewing a film starring the whole band together. Studio 666 is a horror-comedy, the story is by Dave Grohl frontman of Foo Fighters, with director B J Mcdonnell whose only directing experience is Slayer music videos and a horror film Hatchet III. The film begins in 1991 with a graphic flashback scene, a band named Dream Widow who moved into an LA mansion, to create a new album that would never be finished after the band were found dead. So skip to 2019 and with the Foo Fighters struggling with ideas for their next album, mainly due to Dave Grohl's writers' block and the pressure of manager Jeremy Shill (Jeffrey Garlin). So they have a great idea to record the album in an LA mansion, which unbeknownst to them has a dark past as the house where the band Dream Widow all died. Will the Foo finish their album or meet the same fate. Let’s be honest this film hasn’t been made to win awards or smash the box office it’s a bit of fun. It shows the fans another side of the band, however, they’ve always had a comedic value and famous moments, especially with music videos most famous for me are the Learn to Fly video and Dave Grohl's Leg break forcing the band to stop a show only to return and finish the show a few hours later. This just shows the type of band they are and why a crazy horror-comedy isn’t a surprise. I personally really enjoyed Studio 666 it was gory, had the daftest deaths imaginable and my favourite part of the whole film, with Dave Grohl desperate for ideas for the album, he performs a rendition of Lionel Ritchies Hello but is interrupted by a cameo appearance from Lionel himself who tells Dave that we all get writers' block, but that’s his f*cking song. I also have to mention the late Taylor Hawkins, who revealed he didn’t rehearse any lines during the movie, he explained “it’s not that I’m difficult, it’s that I’m lazy and I’m not much for book learning…”. Does anyone need lines if they’re playing themselves, especially in a comfortable environment around your bandmates, showing how big a loss Taylor will be for the band.
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