SPOOKYSONGS

Nightmare – Tuesday Knight

Nightmare – Tuesday Knight

The Nightmare on Elm Street film series has not only inspired a ton of great spooky songs, it has also spawned some great soundtrack moments. Nightmare on Elm Street 3 featured the epic Dokken theme "Dream Warriors", Nightmare 4 features the incredible "Are You Ready...

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Lost in the Shadows – Lou Gramm

Lost in the Shadows – Lou Gramm

The “Lost Boys” soundtrack is a treasure trove of horror-movie goodness, full of perfect late-80s semi-goth cheese. You have Gerard McMann, Tim Capello, Echo and the Bunnymen covering the Doors with a member of the Doors… and Lou Gramm!

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Science Fiction / Double Feature – Richard O’Brien

Science Fiction / Double Feature – Richard O’Brien

https://www.youtube.com/embed/G5MHNvOVl8Y This ode to 50s horror and sci-fi kicks off one of the original cult films, Rocky Horror Picture Show. The opening is iconic. Over gentle piano and bass, a lips slowly appear, then open, and a vaguely androgynous voice rattles...

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Shocker – The Dudes of Wrath

Shocker – The Dudes of Wrath

https://www.youtube.com/embed/y1Nt91lGPWY This is an 80s metal-head's dream come true. Members of Kiss, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, Whitesnake, and friggin' Guy Mann-Dude all come together to sing a Desmond...

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Cry Little Sister – Gerard McMann

Cry Little Sister – Gerard McMann

“Cry Little Sister” has become a staple of Halloween playlists, which is odd because it’s from a summer vampire movie, and the song isn’t about anything remotely Halloween, and it never even had a music video… but yet it lives on, and it works.

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No One Lives Forever – Oingo Boingo

No One Lives Forever – Oingo Boingo

https://www.youtube.com/embed/IbE_eXaQhV4 Danny Elfman, to me, is right up there with Vincent Price as one of the kings of horror/gothic cinema. He wrote the scores for Night Breed, Beetlejuice, Sleep Hollow, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, the list goes on. But...

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