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Just stumbled upon this wondrous mix of retro horror film music from Mike Butcherfinger.

Tracklist:

1. Herschell Gordon Lewis – Official Warning

2. Herman Stein – Introduction (Tarantula)

3. Pino Donaggio – Main Title (Carrie)

4. Lalo Schifrin – Amityville Love Scene (The Amityville Horror)

5. Carlo Maria Cordio – The Last Game (Absurd)

6. Carlo Maria Cordio – Darkside (The Bite Of Fear)

7. Stelvio Cipriani – Piano Diabolico (Rabid Dogs, Mario Bava, 1974)

8. Basil Rathbone – Alone (Edgar Allan Poe Collection)

9. Don Davis – Dana And Christopher (The Beast)

10. Jerry Goldsmith – The Visitor (Poltergeist II: The Other Side)

11. Tim Krog – Nightmare (Boogeyman)

12. David Storrs – Invaders From Mars (Invaders From Mars, 1986)

13. Herschell Gordon Lewis – Gruesome Twosome Radio Spot

14. Nico Fidenco – Porno Holocaust Seq. 4 (Porno Holocaust, Joe D'Amato Joe, 1981)

15. Rick Wakeman – Doin' It (The Burning)

16. Giorgio Moroder – Night Rabbit (Cat People)

17. Michael Hoenig – Main Title (The Blob, 1988)

18. Jay Chattaway – Stella and the Beast (Silver Bullet)

19. Fabio Frizzi – Verso L'Ignoto (The Beyond)

20. Budy-Maglione – Rudy And Gloria Get Screwed (Cannibal Ferox)

21. Goblin – Tenebre (Tenebre)

22. The Stuff Trailer (1985)

23. Stelvio Cipriani – Un Cadavere Nel Lago (Twitch of the Death Nerve, Bava, 1971)

24. Fabio Frizzi – Face the sea of Darkness (The Beyond)

25. Carlo Maria Cordio – Magnetic Field (Absurd)

26. Budy-Maglione – Jaywalkin' Iguana (Cannibal Ferox)

27. Basil Rathbone – The Raven (Edgar Allen Poe Collection)

28. J. Peter Robinson – Boils/Spiders (The Believers, 1987)

29. Brad Fiedel – Spying (Fright Night)

30. Carlo Maria Cordio – Killing Time (Absurd)

31. Fabio Frizzi – Suoni Dissonanti (City Of The Living Dead)

32. Hermann Kopp – Supper (Nekromantik)

33. Rick Wakeman – The Fire (The Burning)

34. John Carpenter – Prologue from The Fog (The Fog)

35. John Carpenter – Ghost Story (The Fog)

36. John Carpenter – Seagrass Attack (The Fog)

37. Lalo Schifrin – Screams (The Amityville Horror)

38. Carlo Maria Cordio – Transformation 1 (The Bite Of Fear)

39. Michael Kamen – School Days (The Dead Zone)

40. Jay Chattaway – A Little Knife Music (Maniac)

41. Fabio Frizzi – Falling for Emily (The Beyond)

42. Stelvio Cipriani – Una Città deserta (Nightmare City, Umberto Lenzi 1980)

43. Jay Chattaway – Inner Voices (Maniac)

44. J. Peter Robinson – The Exorcism (The Believers)

45. Modern Man – The Dead Walk (Day of the Dead)

46. Harry Sukman – Straker's Place (Salem's Lot)

47. Dana Kaproff – Cool Ants (Empire Of The Ants)

48. Stelvio Cipriani – Ecologia Del Delitto (Twitch of the Death Nerve)

49. Stelvio Cipriani – L'Attesa (Nightmare City, Umberto Lenzi 1980)

50. Franco Micalizzi – The Curse (The Curse)

51. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – This Is Not A Dream (Prince of Darkness)

52. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – Cross Bar (Prince of Darkness)

53. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – Hell Breaks Loose (Prince of Darkness)

54. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – Halloween Montage (Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Announcer: Tommy Lee Wallace)

55. Carlo Maria Cordio – Transformation 2 (The Bite Of Fear)

56. Claudio Simonetti – Cruel Demon (Demoni)

57. Joseph LoDuca – Bridge Out (Evil Dead)

58. Rick Wakeman – Campfire Story (The Burning)

59. Christopher Young – A New Man's Destiny (Def-Con 4)

60. Meat Beat Manifesto – She's Unreal (Blair Witch Project)

61. The Thing Trailer

62. Joe Renzetti – It's Only A Doll (Child's Play)

63. Howard Shore – Seth And The Fly (The Fly)

64. Herschell Gordon Lewis – Tongue Torn Out

65. Keith Emerson – Inferno (Inferno, Dario Argento, 1980)

66. Gary Scott – Sweet Young Girls (Final Exam, 1981)

67. The Pain Of Being Dead (Return Of The Living Dead)

68. Fabio Frizzi & Rok Opera – Zombie '98 (Cannibal Ferox)

69. Jay Chattaway – Apocalypse New York (Maniac)

70. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – I Have A Message For You (Prince of Darkness)

71. Van Der Veer's Demise – James Horner (Wolfen)

72. Karl Hardman – Helen's Death (Night Of The Living Dead)

73. Howard Shore – Scanners (Main Title)

74. Scott Valdimir Licina – The Killers Are Eating The Flesh (Night of the living Dead)

75. Fabio Frizzi – Introduzione, Paura, Liberazione (City Of The Living Dead)

76. Trash's Fantasy – (Return Of The Living Dead)

77. Goblin – Ai margini della follia (Dawn of the Dead)

78. Alexander Blonksteiner – Dreadful Night – (Cannibal Apocalypse)

79. Giorgio Moroder – Leopard Tree Dream (Cat people)

80. Bruno Nicolai – Seq. 1. (The Case of the Scorpion's Tail, Sergio Martino, 1971)

81. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – The Lions And The Cucumber (Vampyros Lesbos, 1971, Jess Franco)

82. Michael Holm – Liebesthema (Hexen bis auf das Blut gequält, 1970)

83. Riz Ortolani (Cannibal Holocaust) (Cannibal Holocaust)

84. Stelvio Cipriani – Fine Di Una Incubo (Twitch of the Death Nerve, Bava 1971)

85. Nico Fidenco – Porno Holocaust Seq. 9 (Porno Holocaust)

86. Walter Rizzati – Chi sta arrivando? (The House by the Cemetery, Lucio Fulci 1981)

87. Rick Wakeman – Sheer Terror (The Burning)

88. Christopher Young – Ghost Planet (Def-Con 4)

89. Elliot Goldenthal – Sour Grounds (Pet Sematary)

90. Rubini, Jaeger – Sarah's Panic (The Hunger)

91. Marcello Giombini – I morti si Svegliano (Erotic Nights of the Living Dead, Joe D'Amato 1980)

92. Riz Ortolani – Adultress' Punishment (Cannibal Holocaust)

93. Riz Ortolani – Seq. 5 (Don't Torture a Duckling, Lucio Fulci 1972)

94. Fabio Frizzi – Fatti Misteriosi (City Of The Living Dead)

95. Fabio Frizzi – Oltre La Soglia (The Beyond)

96. Stelvio Cipriani – Fantasia Tragica (Death Walks on High Heels, Luciano Ercoli 1971)

97. Pino Donaggio – The Tuxedo Shop (Carrie)

98. Billy Goldenberg – End Game (Duel, Steven Spielberg 1971)

99. Budy-Maglione – Mike Flips Out (Cannibal Ferox)

100. Make Them Die Slowly (Cannibal Ferox)

101. Red River Valley (Cannibal Ferox)

102. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth – Regeneration (Christine)

103. Howard Shore – Scanner Duel (Scanners)

104. Herschell Gordon Lewis – Blood Feast Radio Spot

105. Alexander Blonksteiner – Jane (Cannibal Apocalypse)

106. Ennio Morricone – Emmetrentatre (Short Night of the Glass Dolls, Aldo Lado 1971)

107. Charles Previn – Wolf-Bane (The Wolf Man, 1941)

108. Johan Soderqvist – Eli's Theme (Let the Right One In)

109. Jerry Goldsmith – The Calling (Poltergeist)

110. Michael Kamen – Realisation/Destiny (The Dead Zone)

111. Sante Maria Romitelli – Tessere Di Un Mosaico (Hatchet for the Honeymoon, Mario Bava 1970)

112. Jay Chattaway – Blast Him (Maniac)

113. Ennio Morricone – Magia Mera (A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, Lucio Fulci 1971)

114. Fabio Frizzi – The Dead On Main Street (Cannibal Ferox)

115. Nico Fidenco – Zombie Parade (Zombi Holocaust)

116. Fabio Frizzi – Zombi 2 (Zombie Flesh Eaters)

117. Marcello Giombini – Larry e Fiona (Erotic Nights of the Living Dead, 1980)

118. Stelvio Cipriani – Scotch For Two (Tentacoli)

119. Nico Fidenco – Seq. 11 (Porno Holocaust)

120. Jay Chattaway – Subway Terror (Maniac)

121. Scott Valdimir Licina – This Radio Station Will Remain On The Air (Night of the living Dead)

122. Stelvio Cipriani – Seq. 4 (Voices from Beyond, Lucio Fulci 1991)

123. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – Necronomania (Vampyros Lesbos, Jesús Franco 1971)

124. Rick Wakeman – End Title Theme (The Burning)

125. Harry Bromley Davenport – Shreds Of Evidence (Xtro)

126. Goblin – Zombi (Dawn of the Dead)

127. Fabio Frizzi – Seqence 1 (Zombie Flesh Eaters)

128. Frank John Hughes – The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (The Twilight Zone)

129. James Horner – Wall Street And The Wolves (Wolfen)

130. Christopher Young – Original Intro & Main Title (Invaders From Mars)

131. Goblin – Profondo Rosso (Profondo Rosso)

132. Herschell Gordon Lewis – She-Devils On Wheels Radio Spot

133. Richard Band – Main Title (Re-Animator)

134. Scott Valdimir Licina – Boy, You'll Be Damned To Hell (Night of the living Dead)

135. Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave – Intro and Main Title (Phantasm)

136. Goblin – Suspiria (Celesta And Bells) (Suspiria)

137. Goblin – Suspiria (Suspiria)

138. Libra – Transfert I/Hypnos/Transfert II (Schock)

139. Tomandandy – Forbidden Zone (The Hills Have Eyes, 2006)

140. Stelvio Cipriani – Solitude (Nightmare City, Umberto Lenzi 1980)

141. Krzysztof Komeda feat. Mia Farrow – Main Title (Rosemary's Baby)

142. Francesco De Masi – Fay (The New York Ripper)

143. Bruno Nicolai – Seq. 3 (A Virgin Among the Living Dead, Jesús Franco 1973)

144. Michael Holm – Das Grosse Glück (Hexen bis auf das Blut gequält, 1970)

145. Jay Chattaway – Hookers Heartbeat (Maniac) 

146. Ennio Morricone – It Begins… (The Thing)

147. Charles Bernstein – Fountain Of Blood (A Nightmare On Elm Street)

148. Fabio Frizzi – Something Dead (Zombie Flesh Eaters)

149. Fabio Frizzi – Seqence 2 (Zombie Flesh Eaters)

150. Fabio Frizzi – Seqence 8 (Zombie Flesh Eaters)

151. Jay Chattaway – Cemetery Chase (Maniac)

152. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – Droge CX 9 (Vampyros Lesbos)

153. Manfred Hubler & Siegfried Schwab – The Message (Vampyros Lesbos)

154. Nico Fidenco – Make Love on the Wing (Zombi Holocaust)

155. Pino Donaggio – Sue's Dream (Carrie)

156. The Go – Blue Eyes Woman (The Hills Have Eyes)

10 perfect cinematic moments

So Fisti laid down his perfect cinematic moments. Here are 10 off the top of my head.



ANOTHER YEAR

Mary

Lesley Manville's painful, lost expression in the closing shot of the film slays me and leaves a lump in my throat. It also upends so much of the story.




THE BIRDS

Schoolhouse flock

Melanie has a tense smoke by the schoolhouse. The kids inside are singing "The Wee Copper of Fife." And quietly crows start landing on the jungle gym.




BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Shirts on a wire

The emotional accumulation in the slow pacing of Ennis's and Jack's first trysts at Brokeback and the fleeting passing of years thereafter makes this a devastating ending.




CARRIE

Bucket o'blood

Spacek's performance, the camera work, the lighting, the colors, Donaggio's eerie score, the editing all part of an operatic, iconic moment of splatter.






CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

Ballet

So much longing and beauty as the Gill Man swims beneath his white-suited unrequited love.






DRIVE

Opening Credits

In 2011 I went to see Drive half-heartedly thinking it was a typical race car flick. But then the opening credits began with that pink cursive font and "Nightcall" thumping and I was awestruck.




FRANCES HA

Modern Love

A spirited moment of exhilaration for hapless Frances set to Bowie.





THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

Hairbrush & Dinner

The jig is up. And Annette Bening's expression is EVERYTHING.




PSYCHO

Mrs. Bates?

There's too many perfect moments in this movie to pick one. But the final reveal along with Herrmann's score still gives me the chills, no matter how many times I've seen it.





THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

The wrong house

In a masterful trickery of editing and Tak Fujimoto's dynamic camerawork, we watch the FBI descend on a house and then a door opens and we learn Clarice is all alone, face to face, with a killer.

horror movie posters by curtis rogers

stephen king minimal alt movie posters by nick tassone

via Nick Tassone

great performances in horror by justin lockwood

Horror as a genre isn’t associated with acting.  People remember the camera work, music, and special effects more than the performances, and in many cases the acting doesn’t really matter if the whole package is effective enough.  But there have been some great performances that have been integral to good horror movies, and have made the films infinitely creepier.  To wit:

Anthony Perkins, Psycho—I can’t write much that hasn’t been written already, but suffice it to say Perkins’ dark, awkward, and sympathetic portrayal of Norman Bates was the real reason Alfred Hitchcock’s film proved so unsettling, apart from the famous shower murder.

Ruth Gordon, Rosemary’s Baby—Horror often succeeds by magnifying mundane discomforts.  In this case, the movie itself amplifies maternal fears and Gordon, who won an Academy Award, exemplifies both the pitfalls of overly friendly neighbors and young people’s general discomfort with the elderly.  Of course, in this case, Rosemary’s totally right about Minnie Castevet being the neighbor from Hell; Gordon’s old Jewish lady delivery of “He chose you, honey!” is chilling.

Piper Laurie, Carrie—Laurie earned an Oscar nod for her role as Margaret White, the maniacally God fearing mother of telekinetic Carrie in the Brian De Palma classic. She took what could have been a ridiculous character and imbued her extremity with passion and verisimilitude.  And most importantly for a horror film, she was scary as all hell.

Donald Pleasence, Halloween—Michael Myers himself was a blank “Shape” the audience could project their deepest fears onto; it was legendary character actor Pleasence who sold the character’s pure evil and provided John Carpenter’s classic with its anguished, beating heart.  His Dr. Loomis is a man haunted, obsessed, and ultimately powerless to stop his most dangerous patient from unleashing his fury on a sleepy small town.  Pleasence appeared in four subsequent sequels and was the best thing going in most of them.

Jack Nicholson, The Shining—Stephen King’s well-known disdain for the Stanley Kubrick adaptation of his novel centered on his feeling that Nicholson’s Jack Torrance was insane from the beginning.  He’s right, but it hardly matters.  Nicholson’s crazed, vicious performance hits all the right creepy notes, and he somehow manages to be utterly over the top without it ever being too much.  The crazed look on his face as he stares vacantly out a window is more horrifying than any of the onscreen ghosts or waves of blood.

Christian Bale, American Psycho—Before he was Batman, Bale was unforgettable as Bateman, the superficial, demented Wall Street serial killer whose misogyny and drive to conformity lead to grotesque acts of depravity.  Bale gets everything right, from the character’s creepy “look at me” posturing during the sex video to his cold cruelty to his comic horror when approached by another man.  The climactic phone call confession to his attorney is a powerhouse performance.

Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween: H20—And back to the Halloween series: Curtis was pitch perfect as the young, naïve babysitter in the first film, but in the postmodern sequel she really had a role to sink her teeth into.  Curtis was instrumental in engineering her return to the franchise, which explains why the focus is so nuanced and character-driven for a slasher film.  So what if the ridiculous Halloween: Resurrection killed her off to make way for Busta Rhymes?  H20 stands as a sharp, even insightful love letter to Curtis’ many fans.

-Justin Lockwood

troubled teens of horror by karen g.

And you thought your high school years were bad.  Here’s a look at some supernatural horrors (old and new) to help put those awkward teenage years into perspective.  One thing we learn from these teens…never judge a book by its cover.

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

Fright Night (1985)

Carrie (1976)

Idle Hands (1999)

Ruby (1977)

Tamara (2005)

Christine (1983)

Deadly Friend (1986)

The Uninvited (2009)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

To the Devil A Daughter (1976)

976-Evil (1988)