ROCKULA
An occult, sexually charged music video best left unseen.
Should You Watch It?
The source review’s answer is no. Although ROCKULA carries a PG rating and runs 90 minutes, it is described as little more than a music video built around sexual appeal for adolescent boys. Women frequently wear provocative costumes and perform sexually lewd dance routines, while sexually suggestive dialogue is filled with profane and obscene language.
The film also centers on reincarnation and spiritism, includes a flyer reading “I’m pregnant with Satan’s baby,” and contains several instances of near nudity. Its humor about death is described as sick rather than funny, and the story reaches a predictable conclusion.
For your family, this is an easy decision: SKIP IT.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESRalph is a teen rock star and a 300-year-old vampire who has loved Mona since meeting her in the 17th century. Mona, now a 22-year-old singer in a local rock band, has repeatedly returned to life while Ralph’s rival continues trying to keep them apart.
In 1989, Ralph forms his own band, Rockula, to win Mona’s attention. But Mona’s manager boyfriend becomes jealous and plots to take her away during a Halloween party.
Is It Any Good?
The source assigns ROCKULA six entertainment-quality stars, but does not identify the rating scale.
The review describes the film as “nothing more than a music video,” aimed at adolescent boys and driven by sexually lewd performances and suggestive dialogue. It also calls the conclusion predictable. Beyond those observations, the source provides no further craft assessment.
The Worldview
ROCKULA presents romantic desire through jealousy, lust, reincarnation, and spiritism. Ralph is a vampire, Mona repeatedly lives and dies again, and her pirate rival reincarnates himself. The source review specifically identifies these occultic themes as contrary to Christian belief.
The film also treats sexual display as a central form of appeal. Provocative costumes, near nudity, pornographic song lyrics, and sexually lewd dancing and dialogue shape the movie’s moral atmosphere. References to fornication, profane and obscene language, and humor about death further distance the film from a biblical understanding of holiness, truth, and human dignity.
The story’s central longing is for romantic love, but that longing is entangled with lust, possession, violence, and occult power. Scripture describes love differently: “it does not insist on its own way” (1 Corinthians 13:5).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Occultic themes of reincarnation and spiritism; profanities and obscenities, including pornographic song lyrics; sexually lewd dances and dialogue; and, references to fornication and death.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
What is the difference between genuine love and possessive desire?
1 Corinthians 13:4–5 · Philippians 2:3–4Why does Scripture warn God’s people against spiritism and occult practices?
Deuteronomy 18:10–12 · Isaiah 8:19How should Christians think about entertainment that uses bodies and sexuality to attract an audience?
1 Thessalonians 4:3–5 · Philippians 4:8What does it mean to treat human life and death with reverence rather than making them objects of sick humor?
Psalm 139:13–16 · Hebrews 9:27The Final Word
ROCKULA combines occult themes, sexualized performances, near nudity, pornographic lyrics, and obscene language beneath a PG rating. The source review’s counsel is clear: SKIP IT. For better options, see.
