Studio 666

"He gives new meaning to a killer track."

2022 1h 46m EN

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Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.

“He gives new meaning to a killer track.”

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Cast

Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl
Taylor Hawkins
Taylor Hawkins
Nate Mendel
Nate Mendel
Pat Smear
Pat Smear
Chris Shiflett
Chris Shiflett
Rami Jaffee
Rami Jaffee
Whitney Cummings
Samantha
Leslie Grossman
Barb Weems

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: BJ McDonnell
Writers: Doug Brode, Dave Grohl, Jeff Buhler
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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Released 4 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by BJ McDonnell, shot by Michael Dallatorre. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins and Nate Mendel carry the top of the cast.

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Marketing tagline: "He gives new meaning to a killer track.".

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IMDB entry: tt15374070 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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BJ McDonnell directs. Michael Dallatorre behind the camera. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Portuguese, Spanish.

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1Released 4 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish.
3Directed by BJ McDonnell, shot by Michael Dallatorre. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins and Nate Mendel carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "He gives new meaning to a killer track.".
6IMDB entry: tt15374070 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael Dallatorre
Production design: Michael Barton
Costume design: Sarah de Sa Rego
Makeup / hair: Barney Burman
VFX supervisor: Matthew DeJohn
Sound: Brandon Kim
Stunt coordinator: Jose Vasquez
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $3,018,515
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Studio 666 (2022)

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tmdb280390232022-08-28
★ 1/10
As actors, even playing fictionalized versions of themselves, the Foo Fighters are terrific musicians. Fans of the band needn't worry though; based on the evidence of Studio 666, the Foos won’t be quitting their day jobs any time soon. This movie appears to be shooting for the same cult classic status as Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, but I think it’s more likely to inspire suicide cults than anything else – I know I would gouge my eyes out and then bleed to death rather than watch it again. It’s a shame, because Studio 666 had the chance and the potential to be more This is Spinal Tap than Phantom of the Park. Spinal Tap is a comedy about a rock band on the road; Studio 666 could have given us the making-of-the-album version of the story – and, like the proverbial broken clock, it's spot-on a couple of times (the moment where Dave Grohl “finds” a new, previously unknown musical note which he calls “L sharp” is in a way reminiscent of Nigel Tufnel’s “D minor is really the saddest of all keys”), but these occasions are so few and far between as to make the experience even more frustrating. It is possible to make an intelligent, funny movie about the recording process; 2014’s Frank is a great example, especially because that film, as eclectic as it is, doesn’t feel the need to experiment beyond its area of expertise. Contrastingly, Studio 666 has a streak of cheesy horror running through it that is as out of place in a Foo Fighters movie as a song from Grohl’s heavy metal side project Probot would be in a Foo Fighters album. I mean, we like the Foos the same way we like Eminem – but then, we wouldn’t like Eminem as much if 8 Mile had been a supernatural slasher instead of a semi-autobiographical drama. I’m not saying, though, that Studio 666 should have been a drama, only that it would have behooved it, even as a comedy, to be more veridical. Grohl’s rockstar outbursts would be a lot funnier if they stemmed from his overzealous quest to make a perfect record, as opposed to his being possessed by an evil spirit or whatever; it’s almost as if he’s so afraid of damaging his good-guy image that he has to justify playing against it with a case of ‘the devil made me do it.’

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