Studio 666 Review: The Foo Fighters Star In Rarely Funny Horror Comedy

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Coming into Studio 666 with high expectations is a mistake. Coming into it as a fan of Foo Fighters, however, is almost certainly how one may have heard about the film directed by BJ McDonnell (Hatchet III) from a screenplay by Jeff Buhler and Rebecca Hughes (based on a story by Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters' lead guitarist and singer). The supporting cast helps and hurts the group of non-actors, but it ultimately doesn’t make much of a difference. Horror-comedy is a good genre for the band as there isn't a lot of dramatic pressure, but the jokes that are funny in Studio 666 are rarely scripted. The horror is based in gore, but the editing slows down any chance of a good jump scare and, while it's clear The Foo Fighters are having fun, the viewer probably isn’t.

Studio 666 opens with a gruesome murder at an Encino mansion in the 1990s. In the present day, Foo Fighters are looking for a studio space that will inspire their tenth album. Their manager (Jeff Garlin) knowingly suggests the Encino mansion of lore. Once settled, the house beings to turn on the band and even their neighbor, played by Whitney Cummings (Whitney), warns them she senses an evil about the house. As the band gets warier, Dave gets more excited, finding the solution to his writer's block in the mansion's creepy basement. From that point on, it's a race to see if the band will make it out or if Dave will keep them inside.

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Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm) opens and closes the film. Audiences will rejoice at the litany of dick jokes he fires in the second scene of the film. Garlin is a welcome presence as he is perhaps the only person in the film achieving anything worthwhile. But