Alice Cooper Movies

A bottom-shelf bar band gets a second shot at the big time when they're transformed into vampires and start to develop a loyal following. Joey (Rob Stefaniuk) fronts The Winners, a go-nowhere rock group accustomed to playing empty bowling alleys and deserted bars. They've never had a hit, and their manager Jeff (Dave Foley) voids them like the plague. Dumped by his girlfriend and advised by a sinister bartender (Alice Cooper) to simply snuff it, Joey keeps plugging away at his dreams until the one fateful night when everything changes. Hours after disappearing to an after party with a creepy goth guy (Dimitri Coats), sexy bass player Jennifer (Jessica Paré) shows up lacking more pigment than usual. Before long the Winners are dining on groupies, and dominating the charts. But their success has come at a particularly high price, and when Joey has the opportunity to set things right, he prepares to make the biggest decision of his life. Also featuring Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Moby, and Malcolm McDowell. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Oil up the guillotine and tighten up the straight-jacket for a wild night of musical madness the likes of which the Montreux Music Fesitval has never seen. Alice Cooper is rock-and-roll's number one madman, and in this release of a concert performance stage at the Montreux Music Festival in 2005, the man who paved the way for such shock-rock acts as Marilyn Manson performs twenty-seven career-spanning hits including "No More Mr. Nice Guy", "Be My Lover", "Dirty Diamonds", "Go to Hell, "Welcome to my Nightmare", "Feed my Frankenstein", "School's Out", "I Love the Dead", and "Under My Wheels". An additional compact disk featuring highlights from the performance allows fans to listen to Cooper's outrageous stage show anytime and anywhere they please. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

The directorial debut from filmmaker Ilko Davidov, this documentary examines the life and death of Todd Loren, who gained both acclaim and ridicule for publishing his controversial Rock 'N' Roll Comics before being murdered in 1992. Using interviews with the likes of Alice Cooper and Mojo Nixon as well as home-movie footage of Loren, Davidov attempts to shed some light on Loren's mystery-shrouded slaying. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

In the 1960s and '70s, CKLW was one of the most important rock & roll radio stations in North America. Boasting a powerful 50,000-watt signal that beamed out of Windsor, Canada (just across the border from Detroit, MI), CKLW could be heard all across the Midwest, and music director Rosalie Trombley's ear for a hit song helped give more than a few major artists their first few hits, among them the Supremes, Mitch Ryder, Elton John, Alice Cooper, and many more. Playing the best pop, rock, and R&B of the day and featuring high-energy DJs who squeezed plenty of personality into their snappy introductions as they played as many songs per hour as possible, CKLW (also known as the "Big 8" since it was at 800 on the AM dial) helped set the trends for Top 40 radio in its golden age. Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8 is a documentary which looks at CKLW's glory days, as well as the circumstances that turned CKLW into an easy listening outlet in the mid-'80s. The film was screened to enthusiastic audiences at the 2004 South by Southwest Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

When Rodney Bingenheimer was just a teenager -- a diminutive, long-haired kid who was picked on a lot -- his mother, a divorced autograph hound, dropped him off in front of the home of actress Connie Stevens and essentially said, "Good luck." Stevens was on location shooting a movie and Bingenheimer says he didn't see his mother again for five or six years after that. The Mayor of the Sunset Strip, a documentary by George Hickenlooper (Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse), tracks Bingenheimer's rise from the 1960s, when he was a groupie -- eventually landing his first show-business job as a double for Davy Jones on The Monkees -- through stints as a successful club owner and influential DJ to his current status as a fading musical icon. The film takes us from the innocent pop of Brian Wilson and Sonny & Cher through the raucous heyday of L.A.'s punk scene and beyond. Hickenlooper also delves into Bingenheimer's relationships, showing him mourning his neglectful and unbalanced, but beloved, mother and visiting with his father, who never attempted to make contact with Bingenheimer after his mother abandoned him. He also pines for a close friend, Camille Chancery, and helps out a seemingly hopeless middle-aged wannabe rock star, Ronald Vaughan. While Bingenheimer used his skills as a consummate hanger-on and his genuine enthusiasm for rock & roll to become a central figure in the L.A. music scene for a couple of decades and is lauded in the film for his good taste and good nature by celebrities from Cher to David Bowie to Gwen Stefani, his current life is shown to be somewhat sad and lonely. The Mayor of the Sunset Strip is chock full of cameos and features a star-studded soundtrack. It was shown at the 2003 New York Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi

22 great acts from the classic rock era -- some famous, some beloved of collectors and obscurists -- are represented on this home video collection, which features little-seen performances recorded for European television. Let It Rock includes great songs by the Who ("Pinball Wizard"), Alice Cooper ("Under My Wheels"), Heart ("Barracuda"), Deep Purple ("Highway Star"), Joan Jett and the Blackhearts ("Crimson and Clover"), Bachman-Turner Overdrive ("You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"), Motörhead ("Ace of Spades"), Steppenwolf ("Born To Be Wild"), and many more. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

The Rockthology series of videos contains performance clips, videos, and interviews with rock artists. This edition contains work by such artists as Billy Idol, Alice Cooper, Ratt, W.A.S.P., and London Quireboys. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

This unique British rock collection features a full orchestra, gospel choir, and a very unlikely group of vocalists -- namely, Roger Daltry, Alice Cooper, Paul Young, and Darlene Love. Among the songs featured are "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Imagine," "Blackbird," "Come Together," "Kashmir," "Let It Be," "Ruby Tuesday," "Start Me Up," "A Little Help From My Friends," "Stairway to Heaven," and more. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

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). From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive (Rob Lowe) who wants to produce a big-budget version of "Wayne's World"--and he also wants Wayne's girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra (Tia Carrere). Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra. Director Penelope Spheeris, Myers and Carvey hang a lot of silly, but funny, jokes on this thin plot, and the energy of the cast--as well as the wild pop-culture references--make Wayne's World a cut above the average Saturday Night Live spin-off movie. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

The Alice Cooper concert film Alice Cooper Trashes the World finds the theatrical rocker performing 21 songs including "No More Mr. Nice Guy," "Poison," "School's Out," "I'm Eighteen," and "Bed of Nails" at a 1990 show. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi