Hollywood Vampires Unleashed Spirits Documentary To Premiere At Boston Film Festival

Bruce Henne | 08-27-2026

(hennemusic) "Unleashed Spirits: The Rise of the Hollywood Vampires" will have its World Premiere At The 42nd annual Boston Film Festival at the historic Boch Center Wang Theatre on Friday, September 18.

Directed by Daniel E. Catullo III, the new music documentary traces the band's background and history, which began with a secret 1970's drinking and social club led by Alice Cooper, before it went on to inspire the supergroup featuring Cooper, Johnny Depp, Joe Perry and Tommy Henriksen.

"Unleashed Spirits" explores their journey from a hidden Hollywood haunt to arena rock stardom, highlighting their extraordinary collaborations with legendary talent on and behind the stage. "Unleashed Spirits" takes audiences inside their evolution as a band from the earliest rehearsals and recording sessions to increasingly ambitious performances around the globe.

The film chronicles the band's transformation from an improbable gathering of famous friends into a formidable live act capable of commanding some of the world's biggest stages.

At its heart, "Unleashed Spirits" is about friendship: the unlikely bond between artists from very different worlds who discovered a shared sanctuary in music. It explores what happens when people who have spent much of their lives surrounded by fame find a place where none of that matters. Onstage, they aren't an iconic shock-rock pioneer, one of the world's most recognizable actors, one of the greatest guitarists of his generation, and a renowned musician and producer - they are simply bandmates.

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