Music

Music, songs, soundtracks, sound effects, and the like related to Halloween, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, or the bizarre.

[Music]

Review: Death Waltz Recording Company’s Silent Night, Deadly Night Soundtrack

UK-based label Death Waltz Recording Company dropped a little treat down the proverbial chimney this holiday season in the form of Silent Night, Deadly Night‘s very first soundtrack release, on both vinyl as well as CD. The limited edition two-disc affair, which quickly sold out, served to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, and boy does

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images of the Week: 11/10-11/14

We’ve reached the end of another week – thank god! – which means it’s time to once again take a look at the coolest, weirdest and/or most awesome images I’ve stumbled across on the internet this week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! Yesterday, UK’s Death Waltz Recording Company put up for grabs

[Something More]

Dead Air — The Last Bit of Noise on a Dying Medium

Technology continues to progress exponentially, with technologies becoming dated quicker than ever before. Fax machines abandoned in way of email. Payphones and landlines abandoned in way of mobile phones. Phonebooks abandoned in way of Google search. Blockbuster storefronts and cable abandoned in way of Netflix. CDs abandoned in way of iPods. Film cameras abandoned in

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images Found on Social Media: 10/6-10/10

We’ve reached the end of another week – thank god! – which means it’s time to once again take a look at the coolest, weirdest and/or most awesome images that I’ve stumbled across on social media this past week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! Though another Halloween is passing by without the

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images Found on Social Media: 6/23-6/27

We’ve reached the end of another week – thank god! – which means it’s time to once again take a look at the coolest, weirdest and/or most awesome images that I’ve stumbled across on social media this past week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! This year marks the 30th anniversary of many

[Interviews]

Exclusive Interview: One Way Static Records’ Sebastiaan Putseys

As I sit here writing up this post, my house is filled with the soothing sounds of Roberto Donati’s soundtrack to the insanely gory 1981 Italian horror flick Cannibal Ferox, a.k.a. Make Them Die Slowly. It’s the latest vinyl offering from One Way Static Records, one of the leading companies in the recent resurgence of

[Something More]

Ghost of a Dog

It’s been a while since I posted a deeply personal article and this one charts right there at the top. I have an affinity for tracking down rare and especially sad, beautiful music and I have a friend with similar tastes in music, who introduced me to “Ghost of a Dog” by Edie Brickell &

[Blu-ray and DVD]

Future Horror: Projects to Keep an Eye Out For

Whether only rumored, in-talks, announced, or actually in-development, here are some of the projects I’ve been following and am all sorts of giddy for: Movies Jeepers Creepers III Why? — I’ve probably never had a more enjoyable horror experience than when I saw the original Jeepers Creepers in theaters. It was a Friday the 13th

[Music]

The Power of Music Compels You: Four Awesome Exorcist-Inspired Music Videos!

Few horror movies have been referenced, paid homage to and parodied more over the years than The Exorcist, which turned the ripe old age of 40 just last year. Chock full of imagery that’s equal parts memorable and terrifying, from the titular character arriving at the home of a possessed young girl to that possessed

[Movies]

Ode to the End Credits Song

Not exclusive to horror movies, but especially prevalent in horror movies through the late 80s and early 90s, we were treated to a special “made just for the movie” end credits rap or rock song. Sometimes, just a fun and bizarre mix. For reasons I don’t understand, this had become a sort of unspoken Hollywood