Metal Movies To Watch in Honor of Eddie Munson (Stranger Things)

Deathgasm

In this hilarious and outrageous blood-soaked adventure, the members of a heavy metal band inadvertently open the gates to hell when they play a forbidden piece of sheet music.

Wayne’s World

Based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, Wayne’s World is a wacky, irreverent pop-culture comedy about the adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey).

Detroit Rock City

Edward Furlong and Natasha Lyonne star in this lively, hard-rocking coming-of-age comedy about four boys desperate to attend a KISS concert in Detroit.

This is Spinal Tap

David St-Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel have been friends since they performed as children outside London’s tube stations. Working under a succession of names, they eventually found success in 1967 as Spinal Tap.

Metallica Through the Never

METALLICA THROUGH THE NEVER is a music-driven feature film that combines a bold narrative and spectacular live-performance footage of one of the most popular and influential rock bands in history...

Airheads

In this hilarious spoof of the music industry, three intelligence-challenged rock’n’ rollers (Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler) decide to take drastic action after their music continually falls on deaf ears.

Metalhead

It’s the year 1970 and as Black Sabbath record their first album and mark the birth of heavy metal, Hera Karlsdottir is born on the cowshed floor at her parents farm in rural Iceland.

Lord of Chaos

In 1987 Oslo, 17-year-old Euronymous becomes fixated on creating “true Norwegian black metal” with his band Mayhem. He mounts shocking publicity stunts to put the band’s name on the map, but the lines between show and reality begin to blur.

Heavy Trip

In this offbeat comedy from Finland, amateur metal band Impaled Rektum are stuck in a small town, working day jobs and dreaming of making it big. After a surprise visit from a heavy metal music promoter, the band decide it’s time to play a real gig.

Metal Lords

Two kids start a metal band in a high school where exactly two kids care about metal. They can’t find a bassist, but there is this one girl who plays the cello. They need to work together if they’re going to win the Battle of the Bands.

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