It felt like a rock ‘n’ roll nightmare to watch. The Tritons, a band, bring their girlfriends to a farmhouse near Toronto for a retreat where they plan to write music in the barn, which has been converted into a studio. Jon Mikl Thor leads the cast of unknowns as the singer who resembles David Lee Roth. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare” (1987), also called “The Edge of Hell,” combines cabin-in-the-woods horror with 1980s rock and metal music. It was a personal project by Jon Mikl Thor, from the band Thor, and cost only $53,000, so expectations should be tempered; it’s nowhere near as polished as “Trick or Treat” (1986). There's an excessive amount of pointless padding, with scenes stretched out unnecessarily, like the long shots of the van driving on a lonely Canadian road early in the film. The script, also written by Jon Mikl Thor, needed more work to develop the characters and story details; it’s too underdeveloped and hastily put together to be engaging. Fortunately, there's some enjoyment to be had if you like cartoonish horror similar to the first two “Evil Dead” films mixed with 1980s rock/metal music. The songs are actually catchy, reminiscent of Motley Crue, Dokken, Ozzy and Alice Cooper, such as "We Live to Rock" and "Energy." Denise Dicandia, playing Dee Dee, the keyboard player, is a standout among the female characters, although it’s obvious the filmmakers didn’t know how to film women (and I'm not talking about nudity or exploitation; there’s some of that). Knowing it only cost $53,000 made me feel more sympathetic. If they had twice that amount, it could have been a respectable low-budget movie. Jon Mikl Thor is ambitious and deserves credit for making things happen despite the limited resources. This is well documented in “I Am Thor” (2015), which I suggest watching; it's entertaining, funny, and even inspiring. The film has a running time of 1 hour, 23 minutes and was filmed in Markham, Ontario, Canada, just northeast of Toronto. GRADE: C-/D+

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