Rock And Roll: 13 Fearsome Movies That Love To Rock Out

"Queen of the Damned," a sequel of sorts to "Interview With a Vampire," not only had singer Aaliyah as Akasha, the Queen of the Damned, but many of the songs on the soundtrack are also by rock artists. Jonathan Davis, Korn's lead singer, wrote many of the songs that Stuart Townshend's Lestat sings in the film. The soundtrack also has tracks by The Deftones, Tricky, Cold, Disturbed, and Static-X, and vocals by Chester Bennington of Linkin Park.

The Adams Family, no relation to the Charles Addams cartoon family, has a band called H6LLB6ND6R. They not only share all of the duties, directing, writing, and acting, on their films, but they also compose the film's soundtrack. The father, John Adams, used to be in a punk band, so they are qualified to do so. On 2021's "Hellbender," there were 20 tracks on the soundtrack, and the family played two songs on "The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs" "Hellbender" episode.

"The Devil's Candy" soundtrack does include rock and roll in the form of heavy bands Sunn O)))), Queens of the Stone Age, Pantera, Slayer, Cavalera Conspiracy, and Metallica. Whew, that's a lot of rock and roll, but there's also a track by P.J. Harvey.

Dario Argento's "Phenomena" includes Iron Maiden's "Flash of the Blade" in a prominent scene where the killer stalks a victim. There are also tracks by Motörhead, Sex Gang Children, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, and Terry Taylor. There are also Goblin tracks, which continue their famous collaboration with Dario Argento.

In "Faust," you will find an impressive number of heavy metal bands like Sepultura, Machine Head, Soulfly, Nailbomb, Fear Factory, and nu metal band Coal Chamber. You will also find an early appearance by the composer Tom Holkenborg, now better known as Junkie XL.

While "Maximum Overdrive" isn't remembered all that fondly as a film, the soundtrack definitely is. It is made up almost exclusively of AC/DC classics like "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)," "Hells Bells," and " You Shook Me All Night Long" on the soundtrack album created for the film, which included three new songs including "Who Made Who" among them.

The soundtrack was composed by Angelo Badalamenti, but the rock band Dokken wrote the hit song "Dream Warriors" and another track, "Into the Fire," specifically for the film, and rockers loved it. Horror fans were already on board with a new Freddy Kreuger film, but the song seemed to be very popular.

The British rock band Fastway's fourth album was the soundtrack to "Trick or Treat," much like the AC/DC soundtrack to "Maximum Overdrive." "Fast" Eddie Clarke was the band's leader and a member of the classic lineup of Motörhead. He composed the soundtrack songs with composer Christopher Young, who later wrote the scores for "Hellraiser," "Urban Legend," and "Drag Me To Hell," among others. The film had cameos by rockers Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons.

The soundtrack for John Carpenter's sequel to "Escape From New York" is chock full of rock, industrial, and metal music. You will find songs by The Deftones, Stabbing Westward, White Zombie, Ministry, Clutch, Tool, and Gravity Kills. There's even a song by Tori Amos!

Wes Craven's "Shocker" also has a soundtrack full of rock and metal, original music made for the movie. Songs by Iggy Pop. Megadeth, Bonfire, Saraya, Dangerous Toys, Voodoo X, and a supergroup composed of KISS, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, and Quiet Riot members called The Dudes Of Wrath.

"Black Roses" is about demons who pretend to be a rock band to hypnotize young fans. Bands like Bang Tango, Lizzy Borden, King Kobra, Tempest, and Hallows Eve contributed songs. Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge, Marcie Free of King Kobra, Mick Sweda of King Kobra and Bulletboys, Chuck Wright of Quiet Riot, Woltman, and composer Elliot Solomon wrote the songs that were performed by "Black Roses" and Alex Masi.

Fans will mention the scene where the hero George rides a motorcycle and uses a prop sword to kill the demons while Accept's "Fast As A Shark" plays as one of their favorite metal moments, but the film has more rock music. Lamberto Bava's film "Demons" has songs by Mötley Crüe, Pretty Maids, Billy Idol, and Saxon too.

Now, while many of these types of films seemed to be in the past, here's one from 2022. "Studio 666" stars Dave Grohl and the other members of The Foo Fighters trying to record their new album in a haunted studio. On the soundtrack are songs performed by Gojira, Slayer, Motörhead, Jackyl, Fu Manchu, and, of course, The Foo Fighters. Who knows, maybe rock and metal soundtracks are making a comeback.