Lock screen + turn off monitor

So I'm currently using slock to lock the screen, and It's working perfectly: I press the hotkey, the screen blanks and doesn't come back on until I've entered my password.
Is there any way to do exactly the same thing but with the screen turning off? The command "xset dpms force off" but it comes back on at the slightest touch and I'd like it to stay off until the password is entered.
thanks!

Geissler wrote:2. The screen doesn't stay off until a password is entered, only until it detects user input, at which point you can only turn it back off by executing the command once more.
I use a simple script for slock and dpms handling:
( slock && xset dpms 0 0 60 ) &
xset dpms 0 0 2
xset dpms force off
This essentially turns off the monitor after 2s while running slock and restores the dpms timeout setting (60s) after slock terminates.

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