Most of the music for the band Black Roses was performed by the members of King Kobra, with Marcie Free on vocals and Carmine Appice on drums.

Despite some resistance from the band leader Damian, who transforms into a demon, Matthew is successful in both setting the fire and also waking the teens from their trance.

While the band appears to burn with the hall, Matthew and the town's mayor discover via the news some time later that not only did Black Roses survive, they recently played a large concert in New York City and plan to travel overseas to the UK.

[3] Fasano said that, after Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare, which he stated was shot for about $52,000 and made "like $400,000 in sales",[4] Shapiro Glickenhaus approached him and offered him $400,000 to make Black Roses.

of Variety commented that "interesting makeup effects are the film's highlight" and concluded that "There are some sexy scenes, but Creature From the Black Lagoon alumna Julie Adams has little to do here.

[9] In a review for AllMusic, Bradley Torreano noted that, while drummer Carmine Appice had assembled the group Black Roses, the material was weaker than his work with Rod Stewart and Ozzy Osbourne.