To me, this movie is perfection.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

A true 80's slasher classic with all the trimmings. The over the top absurd kills (an iron held to the throat) with lots of nudity and even aerobics in leotards. It doesn't get any better than this.If you watch the DVD version there is a part after the movie which shows how the director and his wife rescue Greyhounds now.

Deranged rock singer Billy "Eye" Harper gets executed for killing twenty-five people. Two years later Billy returns from the dead to commit a new series of murders.Boy, does this enjoyably absurd howler completely nail the sleazy decadence and outrageous excesses of the 1980's hard rock scene: We've got hideously massive overpermed hairdos, skintight leather pants, herky jerky break dancing, sweaty aerobics, coke snorting, lots of gnarly head-banging hard rock songs blaring away on the soundtrack, and, best of all, an uproariously ridiculous climatic concert which degenerates into a crazed bloodbath. The slack (non)direction by Beverly Sebastian, gaudy cinematography, extremely variable acting, a silly story complete with a groan-inducing surprise twist, and tacky gore all further enhance this flick's considerable deliciously cheesy charm. As a yummy plus, foxy brunette Donna Scoggins takes her clothes off twice in order to bare her attractive slender body. A total schlocky hoot.

This movie was bad in the beginning, awful during the tedious middle and then AMAZING for most of the last 17 minutes before finally coming to a clunky and unsatisfying finish (and no it was not a biopic of my sex life). Oh the promise contained in those last seventeen minutes of the film...oh how that promising concept was squandered. The female lead singer (Lynn) is the only one that knows that there is a "Killer On The Loose"! Awesome! The band is playing through a metal/gore concert not knowing that someone is actually killing the cast on stage. Fascinating! Lynn is singing her trademark "Rainbow Eyes" while a disguised Billy Eye stalks her across the stage with a real sword mic stand. Gripping! - - But then, as much as I wanted to, I could no longer suspend disbelief once Billy/John takes off his mask and NOBODY reacted appropriately or even realistically. This reaction to the revealed John/Billy ruined the very promising concept of a horror rock show with a real killer. Come on! Why in the hell would the band start playing "I'm Back" instead of trying to rescue their lead singer, Lynn.Overall the music was the best part of this movie. The band Sorcery played the instrumentals and the actor, Nigel Benjamin, was the dubbed over singing voice of Billy Eye. Nigel Benjamin played the manager (Chris Keane) but Nigel is also a legitimate hard rock/metal singer. Nigel Benjamin, was, at one time, the lead singer for Mott the Hoople which famously performed the song "All the Young Dudes". Later, in 1980, Nigel Benjamin was shortly the front-man/lead singer of the LA club band London. Two very famous metal musicians were also in the band London with Nigel Benjamin for short periods of time: Nikki Sixx the bassist for Motley Crue and Izzy Stradlin, the rhythm guitarist for Guns N Roses. The director of Rocktober Blood is Beverly Sebastian and she has a real knack for making movies a family affair. Her husband, Ferd Sebastian was the Producer/Camera man/ utility manager for the movie. Her oldest son, Ben Sebastian, played the effeminate Head of Security. Her youngest son, under the stage name, Tray Loren, played Billy Eye and John Eye. Beverly Sebastian made a few low budget horror movies in the 1970s (Gator Bait) and each one prominently displayed the efforts of her family.Why all of the Lens Flare? Every ten minutes there was an intentional star shaped lens flare effect.

That song keeps humming in my head. Not the greatest song, but it's the 80's. This movie is about a lead singer who "supposebly" gets killed while being accused of murders as he stalks his girlfriend who sings backup vocals in his band. The lead singer whos name is Billy "Eye" (yeah, right) is dead after two years and his band comes back for a concert only the backup vocalist is the lead singer this time. Billy stalks her and eventually goes around killing all these people and terrifying the girl and makeing people around her think theres something wrong with her and that shes imagining things. She finally decides to go to a cemetary and dig up his grave to see if he's still there. She sees that he's dead but still see's and hears his voice. During the end of the movie we find out the reason behind all of this, Billy has a brother named John (right again) and John admits that he was jealous of his brother and that he killed all those people to get back at him and place the blame on his brother and then take his girlfriend and terrorize her because she called him crazy. The ending is very cheezy and the acting is very lame and wooden. But.... I like it anyway. I watch it for the song. I wish I had it.