Ozzy Osbourne gloriously scrambled his detractors in Trick or Treat

By Drew Dietsch | Published 10 seconds ago

Ozzy Osbourne is dead. There is a sentence that seems bizarre to say out loud. The sponsor of metal and an apparently indestructible festive animal left this world at the age of 76. I love Ozzy’s music, in particular the first dishes of the black Sabbath as their first eponymous album and their change of game Paranoid. Although he is very revered in the world of rock, the announcement of his death immediately made me think of the contributions of the film because my brain is poisoned with filmrot.

Ozzy presented himself here and there in fun appearances like the green fairy Moulin Rouge! or as a supernatural version of itself in NickyA film that I covered on my weekly podcast of film club, genre. I will leave this integration below, but I will say that this is not the film I wanted to watch when Ozzy’s death has hit my flow.

The film that jumped into my brain after seeing the news was the 1986 cult horror film, Charity please charity.

The story of Charity please charity

Charity please charity is a classic example of self -aware parody with satanic panic in your reticle. More specifically, moral panic around the Heavy Metal scene from the 1980s. A famous rocker named Sammi Curr died in a hotel fire, but his demonic spirit survives in the latest demo album he ever made.

This piece of nasty wax is found in Eddie’s backpack, your Metalhead standard, the high school that loves Sammi Curr. Fortunately, he knows how to play the disc back to invoke Curn’s mind as a way to take over all the intimidators mocking him.

It’s good, but we are here to celebrate Ozzy, so let’s go to his delicious cameo and why it’s in the film.

Ozzy Osbourne eliminates his greatest criticisms

Ozzy plays a television reverend in a talk show that criticizes modern rock music. The Reverend d’Ozzy, Aaron Gilstrom, decreases sexual innuendos in a set of words and draws a pile of fear expected on the ailments of rock and roll.

There is no doubt that Ozzy took this role as an opportunity to embody the ridicule of Christian criticism of the real world which probably said the same things on its music. Having a chance to present yourself with their position is a bit of a sly comment in itself.

But, the appearance of Ozzy obtains a final touch of black humor because the resurrected spirit of Sammi Curr seems to zap television that Ozzy is lit and that the good reverend is no longer. You know that the idea of a Heavy Metal ghost having one on a Blowhard preacher is something that made Ozzy smile.

It’s a shame that the Reverend Aaron Gilstrom does not share the same fate of the madmen as another speaking head rumbles in Charity please charity. Sammi Curr again removes the same blow, but this time, he manages to pull a little old television and transforms it into mom’s dust. Could they not give such an honor to Ozzy?

However, it is a delicious special appearance of Ozzy in a small cult horror film that could use some other fans. Maybe find it and queue for your Halloween playlist in October. Not a bad way to pay tribute to the man who sold his soul for rock and roll. Rest well, Ozzy.