Nato: Moby – Suck
Moby, yes the bloke best know for his electric dance music beats, vegan lifestyle, and massive support for animal rights, appeared in the horror comedy Suck, a musically driven cult flick about a band who turn themselves into vampires for fame. What did he appear as? None other than a metal singer named Beef Bellows, leader of the Secretaries of Steak. Let’s face it, the man really knows how to step outside his comfort zone.
As Beef Bellows, Moby is a dickish redneck from Buffalo, New York who loves to cover his crews in delicious raw meat, tries to hook up with the sexy vampire bassist from our protagonist band (played by Jessica Pare), but ends up becoming her midnight snack.
Going against everything Moby is known for, he outshines other celebrity cameos in the film like Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, and Alex Lifeson – no easy task.
Nato: Meat loaf – The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Don’t even try and argue that The Rocky Horror Picture Show doesn’t have flavors of horror throughout. There’s killing, ghoulish looking characters, and Tim Curry dressed as a transsexual mad scientist named Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Please, if the last point isn’t reason enough to classify this as a horror film, then I’m not sure what standards you’re going by.
With that said, Rocky Horror is a musical, so of course some musical talent had to show up, but grabbing the “Bat Out Of Hell” himself, Meat Loaf, was a move of epic rock glory. He shows up as Eddie, the ex-delivery boy, and also ex-lover to Columbia (Nell Campbell) along partial brain donor to Rocky. He rides out on a motorcycle and does a usual Meat Loaf musical number, but then Dr. Frank-N-Furter has enough. Cornering him with an ice pick, he kills off Eddie, and Meat Loaf is never seen again – in the film at least.
Meat Loaf would have done anything for love, but this time it got his ass sliced open.
Nato: Ivan Moody – The Devil’s Carnival
There’s so much great talent to be found in The Devil’s Carnival because it’s another horror musical, but Ivan Moody’s portrayal of the Hobo Clown really stuck with me because of his phenomenal performance and equally hypnotizing solo ballad.
Ivan Moody, for those who don’t know, is the singer of modern day metal heavy-hitters Five Finger Death Punch, and if you listen to their music, you’ll know Moody does a lot of aggressive singing – but also inserts very strong moments of true singing as well. The Devil’s Carnival really gave Moody a chance to flex his singing talents in a way his metal music doesn’t, showing fans of his what a truly astounding voice he has when he’s not shouting gravely threats over brutal guitar riffage.
As a fan of Five Finger Death Punch, Moody’s Hobo Clown was a real treat.
