Besides costumes, Jack-O-Lanterns, tricks and treats, nothing makes for a better Halloween than the right soundtrack to your ghostly haunt.
To help you call on the spirits, we polled our staff and pooled together some of our freaky faves. From Ghostbusters to Dead Souls, and Monster Mash to Disturbia, you might find that some of these are just the right songs to set your mood.
Marilyn Manson – “The Beautiful People”
Nine Inch Nails – “Dead Souls”
Ministry – “Everyday Is Halloween”
Echo & The Bunnymen – “People Are Strange”
Metric – “Monster Hospital”
Bauhaus – “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”
The Cult – “Witch”
Sisters of Mercy – “More”
Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Peek A Boo”
The Ramones – “I Wanna Be Sedated”
– Bessie Bullard | Communications Director
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Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers – “Monster Mash”
Ray Parker, Jr. – “Ghostbusters”
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – “I Put A Spell On You”
The Citizens of Halloween Town – “This Is Halloween” (from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Harry Belafonte – “Jump In The Line”
Michael Jackson – “Thriller”
Blue Oyster Cult – “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”
Theme from ‘The Munsters’
Theme from ‘The Addams Family’
Theme from ‘Beetlejuice’
“Double Trouble” (from ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’)
Alice Cooper – “Feed My Frankenstein”
Theme from ‘Psycho’
Theme from ‘Halloween’
– Danya Dixon | Conference Manager
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Michael Jackson – “Thriller”
Outkast – “Dracula’s Wedding”
AC/DC – “Highway to Hell”
Ray Parker, Jr. – “Ghostbusters”
Hocus Pocus – “I Put A Spell On You”
Theme from ‘Casper, The Friendly Ghost’
Marilyn Manson – “If I Was Your Vampire”
Joan Jett – “I Love Rock ‘N Roll”
Backstreet Boys – “Everybody”
Miley Cyrus – “I Can’t Be Tamed”
– Kat Drucker | Conference & Projects
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Misfits – “Halloween”
Joy Division – “Dead Souls”
Alice Cooper – “Welcome to My Nightmare”
The Ramones – “Pet Sematary”
Donovan – “Season of The Witch”
Misfits – “Last Caress”
The Specials – “Ghost Town”
Sonic Youth – “Halloween”
The Cramps – “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”
Bauhaus – “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”
– John Kastner | Music Programmer
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Tyler the Creator – “Yonkers”
A$AP Rocky – “Long.Live.A$AP”
Schoolboy Q – “Nightmare on Figg St.”
The Weeknd – “Rolling Stone”
Travi$ Scott feat. 2 Chainz and T.I. – “Upper Echelon”
Kid Cudi – “No One Believes Me”
Kanye – “See You In My Nightmares”
Flatbush ZOMBIES – “Death”
Ab-Soul – “Terrorist Threats”
Big L – “Da Graveyard”
– Iain MacNeil | Festival Coordinator
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Credence Clearwater Revival – “Bad Moon Rising”
Ozzy Osbourne – “Bark At The Moon”
Bobby Pickett – “Monster Mash”
The Ramones – “Pet Sematary”
The Doors – “People Are Strange”
Sheb Wooley – “Purple People Eater”
Van Halen – “Runnin’ With The Devil”
Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”
Michael Jackson – “Thriller”
Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast – “Time Warp”
– Verle Mobbs | General Manager
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Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers – “Monster Mash”
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – “I Put a Spell on You”
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks – “I Scare Myself”
Alice Cooper – “Dead Babies”
Nervous Norvus – “Transfusion”
Bloodrock – “DOA”
Jethro Tull – “Witches Promise”
Manfred Mann – “Hubble Bubble Toil And Trouble”
Michael Jackson – “Thriller”
The Sonics – “The Witch”
– Greg Simpson | Conference Facilitator
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Kanye West ft Nicki Minaj – “Monster”
Rob Zombie – “Dragula”
Rockwell – “Somebody’s Watching Me”
Theme from ‘Beetlejuice’
The Zombies – “Time of The Season”
R Kelly – “Locked In A Closet”
Rihanna – “Disturbia”
Miley Cyrus – “Bangerz”
Joy Division – “Dead Souls”
The Beatles – “Helter Skelter”
– Cameron Wright | Festival Director
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“It’s next to impossible for me to narrow down my favourite films in any given genre to just 10 (so I know I’m leaving out a lot of great films) but here’s a quick list of 10 Horror movies that I love if you’re looking for something Halloweeny to watch this week. Enjoy!
The Changeling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTzgXVosQOU)
Cloverfield (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxqSIsxMlYQ)
Don’t Look Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46_l0CRdg2w)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anpBAqaKHCA)
Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKNIqG9J2KU)
Inside (A l’interieur) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8zLTAc0v60)
The Monster Squad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeZs0B0mjXY)
Prince of Darkness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii_tDeid7qU)
Ravenous (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO98NMMgp0Y)
Session 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsxkRNvEbhM)
– Jeff Wright | Film Fest Programmer
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