American Satan
Year of release : 2017
Run time : 1h52min
Genre : Supernatural Thriller / Musical
Cast : Andy Biersack, Malcom McDowell, Denise Richards, Booboo Stewart
After finishing high school (on Google it says they actually dropped out of college), Johnny and his friend,Vic,move to Sunset Strip,living in a van,waiting for their friends from England,whom they only talked to online,to show up.
Their friends from England,visit a club,and ask the drummer of a another band to join,giving him false information.
Once in Los Angeles, they sleep in the van,get jobs,and play at clubs,making little money or no money on gigs.
From the moment they get to L.A.,they meet two weird strangers,one speaking in wise saws,and the other, appearing first as a commoner in an American flag truck,then a homeless man,then a rich man.
He is telling them he is Mr. Capricorn, and gives hints that he is the devil,asking them to make a deal with him, to sacrifice someone for their fame.
They have an archenemy through the band of the last addition to the band,Lily's ex boyfriend. The guy's band sabotages their shows,and they decide to sacrifice him. Although they at first,decide to k1ll him,they change their minds at the end. The guy still dies though,and this catapults them to stardom.
Stardom messes with their heads,as they start us1ng dr@gs and have group s3x with their groupies.
Johnny has a long distance relationship with a beautiful girl,and he cheats on her with Lily,who also is a h3roine add1ct,convincing him to use too. I personally hated this Lily character, who is a hunchback ,skinny androgynous girl, who SPOILER is revealed to have been a wh0re working at a satanic brothel for the elites,as she put it. So maybe,she was what got the devil's attention in the first place!
Once they make it big, their music has a weird effect on people,as it influences them to k!ll others or themselves. There's this effed up scene with a groupie mother and her 18 year old daughter who wants to lose her V card to Johnny Faust,interesting choice for a name,if you ask me. Faust is the name of the lead character from Goethe's tragic play in two parts,who sold his soul to the devil .
The name of the movie comes from the album of the band.
The movie has a follow up tv series, Paradise City.
The actors were great.
The soundtrack is one of the best ever,up there with 'The queen of the damned' one,just that,in this case,the movie was good too!
Although the lead singer of the band is played by Black Veil Brides' vocalist,who has an amazing voice, the voice of his character is given by the lead of Palaye Royale, Remington.
Viewer discretion is advised,as the movie contains nudity and substance use.
The movie is for free on Kanopy, Plex, 7 days free on Fandor.
Rating : Worth a watch !