This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Spinal Tap Sinks Down Plughole ‘Spinal tap that’s supposed to be a cult classic should be good! ‘, that was my Dad’s reaction when I told him I was watching it at my film club. Good?! That’s hardly what I’d call it, awful and boring more like and my fellow film clubbers seemed to agree. Spinal Tap is a ‘rockumentary’ that follows a spoof 1970’s British rock band, called Spinal Tap. The film follows the band on their first US tour, and sees them sacking members of their entourage and desperately trying to make their failing tour more profitable. It is a catalogue of disasters. The characters were quite believable, but the storyline was poor and led nowhere. This film was let down by this factor, making it the worst film I’ve watched at film club. There were no highs or lows and no real events, just small practical jokes, that were only slightly funny. This film is a poor attempt at a spoof and does not even come close to our modern rock films, such as School of Rock. It had a couple of funny parts, such as when the guitarist got stuck in the shell on stage. I can’t see how this is a cult classic, when it was this awful. It would also benefit from some real music, not just the noise we actually heard. A weird film with no great names. I would give it 1/5 star rating.