Editing Judas Priest (section)

== In popular culture ==
The American director [[Rob Reiner]] went to see Judas Priest in concert as part of his preparation for making the film ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'' (1984), which spoofs British heavy metal bands.<ref name="mastropolo" />

The drama-comedy film ''[[Rock Star (2001 film)|Rock Star]]'' (2001), starring [[Mark Wahlberg]], is loosely based on the story of how Tim "Ripper" Owens replaced Rob Halford as the vocalist in Judas Priest.

On 5 January 2014, the band appeared in the episode "[[Steal This Episode]]" of comedy cartoon show ''[[The Simpsons]]'' playing a parody of their song "[[Breaking the Law]]". Their music was referred to as "[[death metal]]",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/14/simpsons-apologise-judas-priest-death-metal|date=14 January 2014|access-date=27 January 2014|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|title=The Simpsons apologise to Judas Priest for calling them 'death metal'|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> for which the producers subsequently apologised by having [[Bart Simpson]] write "Judas Priest is not 'Death Metal{{'"}} in the opening sequence [[chalkboard gag]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/bart-simpson-apologizes-for-calling-judas-priest-death-metal-99510/ |title=Bart Simpson Apologizes for Calling Judas Priest 'Death Metal' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=13 January 2014 |access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref>