{"id":9683,"date":"2014-10-02T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T20:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=9683"},"modified":"2014-10-02T07:03:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T12:03:12","slug":"metal-and-horror-movies-a-review-of-rocktober-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/metal-and-horror-movies-a-review-of-rocktober-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror Movies And Heavy Metal – A Review of “Rocktober Blood”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many fans of metal are also fans of horror movies. It’s a combination that goes great together. Like peanut butter and chocolate. So why hasn’t Hollywood made more of an effort to combine the two?<\/p>\n

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There are many factors that lead to this absence of metal in horror movies, but the most obvious one is that, by and large, the average person does not take heavy metal seriously. Many believe it is just a phase while others refer to it as “just noise.” If you’re reading this site, you probably know that’s not true. Take those generalizations and put it in Hollywood where most<\/em> movies are created with the end goal of making money. While many of us might like to see a horror movie about\u00a0a grind band taking on a bunch of mutant vampires with nothing but the power of beer and beards, it’s probably not going to happen. (Note to self: Make a kickstarter for Grind Bastards vs. Poser Vampires<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Honestly, have you ever found yourself thinking \u201cMan, there really needs to be a movie about a heavy metal singer going around and murdering people\u201d? Yeah, me either. Black metal fans, you’re the outlier. Unfortunately, that’s the cocaine-fueled 1980’s for you. The late 70’s and early 80’s saw a glut of slasher movies that quickly bled the genre dry. For every Freddy and Jason, you had a Crospey (The Burning<\/a>) and The Driller Killer (Slumber Party Massacre<\/a>). There’s only so many holiday-related horror movies you can do, so the slashers began to branch out into other pop culture scenarios at the time. We have slasher movies set around aerobics, malls, small towns, colleges and all sorts of other places. Thanks to the rise of MTV and the international attention of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement, it was only a matter of time before a slasher movie got it’s bloody mitts on this idea. Does it make sense? Not really, but it happened anyway.<\/p>\n

Rocktober Blood is a 1984 B-movie slasher starring Donna Scoggins as Lynn Starling and Tray Loren (Gatorbait II, American Angels: Baptism Of Blood) as heavy metal singer Billy \u201cEye\u201d Harper. After a recording session with the band, Lynn stays behind to work on some of her backing vocals. After a few unsuccessful attempts, Lynn goes upstairs to rest in a jacuzzi. At the same time, Billy returns to the studio and kills the engineer and his assistant. He tries to kill Lynn, but is stopped by security guards. We skip ahead two years later and Billy has been executed for the murders while Lynn has become the singer for his band, now named Headmistress. The band is about to embark on their \u201cRocktober Blood\u201d tour when a man, claiming to be the deceased Billy Eye, begins stalking Lynn. He looks and sounds just like Billy and knows all about Lynn. It was Lynn who identified Billy in court and he is now back for revenge. She flees to a house in the woods but Billy pursues, killing her friends along the way and hiding the bodies so no one will believe her. Will Lynn survive long enough to play her debut show. Is Billy really back from the dead?<\/p>\n

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Rocktober Blood easily falls into the “so bad, it’s good” category. While the concept is a little strange for a horror movie, it’s actually the best thing about Rocktober Blood. The music is the best part of the entire movie. It’s sort of a mixture between Judas Priest, Mercyful Fate, and Joan Jett. A real metal band named Sorcery<\/a><\/strong> put together the music, which was probably the best decision the filmmakers could have made. In a ridiculous movie like this, at least they didn’t skimp on the music. The band has an entertaining stage show, at least in the movie, similar to early Iron Maiden and Alice Cooper. Listen to that shred:<\/p>\n