Horror Rock Classics Vol. 1 (1983)


Horror Rock Classics Vol. 2 (1983)


Halloween A Go Go (2008)


Monster Rock 'n' Roll Show (1990)


New Wave Halloween (1998)


These Ghoulish Things (2005)


Mostly Ghostly (2010)


Monstroville (2017)


Halloween Nuggets: Monster Sixties A Go-Go (2014)


Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party (2009)


Beware! Insects And Spiders! (2023)


The Best Of Horror (2014)


Screemers (1996)


Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween (2014)


They Came From Outer Space (1998)


Doo Wop Halloween Is A Scream (2007)


Zombie Horror CD Collection (2010)


The House Of Horrors (2024)


Halloween's Gravest Hits (2009)


Halloween Stomp (1993)


Mondo Zombie Boogaloo (2013)


Monsters, Vampires, Voodoos & Spooks (2017)


Horror Hop (1994)


Monster Bop (1994)


Songs For Swinging Ghosts (2015)


Very Best Of Trash Horror (1987)


Golden Records: 20 Spooky Songs (2012)


The Shadow Knows (2028)


The Shadow Knows More (2020)


1930's Hipster Halloween (2011)


Rockin' In Outer Space (2012)


Old Halloween Songs (2012)


Monster Party 2000 (2000)

Introduction. Like many men of my post-boomer generation, I developed an early and abiding fascination with monster movies. Before Farrah Fawcett and Cheryl Tiegs captured my adolescent fancy, I dreamed of Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. I also loved rock 'n' roll, so when Bobby "Boris" Pickett's 1962 horror rock classic "Monster Mash" experienced a revival in 1973, I thought I'd reached nirvana - and yet the best was still to come.

Listen to "The Monster Mash" and more in The Haunted Jukebox

Over the years I developed another obsession - hip Christmas music - and inevitably discovered that Bobby Pickett had waxed a follow-up record called "Monster's Holiday." Oh, the unspeakable joy I felt that day.... "Monster's Holiday" was included, by the way, as a bonus track on the 1991 CD reissue of Pickett's Original Monster Mash LP (now deleted but easily available on MP3).

Like Christmas rock, horror rock peaked commercially during the innocent age before the Beatles. As rock developed pretensions during the 1960's, such novelties fell out of vogue. Again as happened with Christmas music, it took the punk rockers of the late 1970's - who overtly rejected the pretensions of their forebears - to revive horror rock (albeit weighted with nihilistic ennui).

My first horror rock records neatly bridged this divide. In 1983, a very young Rhino Records issued two 4-song, 10-inch EP's simply called Horror Rock Classics (1983) – one pressed on orange vinyl and shaped like a jack-o-lantern, the other made from regular black vinyl but shaped like a bat (see pictures, right). The Horror Rock platters included such classics as Sheb Wooley's "Purple People Eater" (1958), Jumpin' Gene Simmons' "Haunted House" (1964), and Pickett's prototypical "Monster Mash." And, they contained songs such as the Challengers' "Out Of Limits" (1964) and the Fiends' rendition of "The Addams Family Theme" (1964) - guitar-fueled romps beloved by the surf punks who haunted the original Rhino Records retail outlet in Santa Monica, California.

But, Horror Rock Classics also included "Cemetery Girls" (1979) by Barnes & Barnes, a post-Zappa, pre-Devo duo best remembered for their bizarre paean to "Fish Heads." By including a recent record among such classics, Rhino seemed to be saying that horror rock was back to stay, and indeed it was. In the years that followed, grotesque groups like The Cramps, The Misfits, and White Zombie flourished while Gothic rock (beginning with Bauhaus and The Cure) turned the genre into a lifestyle.

This page lists a handful of worthy horror rock albums (among an ocean of exploitative budget discs unleashed every October) and a crypt full of songs sure to thrill boys and ghouls of all ages... Do they thrill you? Drop me a line...

Randy Anthony

Scariest Albums

• Halloween A Go Go (Wicked Cool, 2008)
• Monster Rock 'n' Roll Show (DCC, 1990)
• New Wave Halloween (Rhino, 1998)
• These Ghoulish Things: Horror Hits For Halloween (Ace, 2005)
• Mostly Ghostly: More Horror For Halloween (Ace, 2010)

Honorable Mention: Do space aliens count in the horror genre? If you think so, seek out They Came from Outer Space: The Alien Songbook (Varese, 1998), a near encyclopedic look at rock hits featuring Martians and flying saucers. I also recommend Greatest Hits From Outer Space (Ace, 2013), and for an even broader, more obscure survey, check out Rockin' In Outer Space, Volume 1 and Volume 2 (Red Devil, 2012)

Creepiest Rockers
...and a few of their creepiest songs

• Alice Cooper
  
  • Feed My Frankenstein
  • Go To Hell
  • Welcome To My Nightmare
    
• The Cramps
  
  • Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon
  • Human Fly
  • I Was a Teenage Werewolf
    
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins
  
  • I Put A Spell On You
  • Feast of the Mau Mau
  • Little Demon
    
• Roky Erickson
  
  • Creature With The Atom Brain
  • I Walked With A Zombie
  • Night Of The Vampire
• Screamin' Lord Sutch
  • Jack The Ripper
  • 'Til The Following Night
  • Black And Hairy

Honorable Mention: Spike Jones, the man who made a career out of mirthful musical mayhem and murder, recorded a whole album of horror-themed musical comedy fairly late in his career. Spike Jones In Stereo: A Spooktacular In Screaming Sound (Warner Brothers, 1959) was reissued on CD by Collector's Choice (2004) and then as an MP3 download by Rhino (2009). By the way, it was alternately issued as Spike Jones In Hi-Fi - presumably the mono edition of the same album. The following year Jones also recorded a parody of Edd Byrnes & Connie Stevens' novelty hit "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" called "Spooky, Spooky, Lend Me Your Tomb." It closed his Liberty album 60 Years Of Music America Hates Best, which Taragon reissued in 2002 in tandem with another 1960 Liberty LP, Omnibust.

Beyond The Grave
...great albums of horror rock obscurities

1. Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween: Scary Blues & Jazz 1925 to 1961 (2014)
2. Doo Wop Halloween Is A Scream (Wanda, 2007)
3. Halloween's Gravest Hits (Capitol, 2009)
   - mix of vintage garage rock and scary sound effects
   - expanded as MP3 album to whopping 46 tracks...
4. Halloween Nuggets (RockBeat)
• Monster Sixties A Go-Go (3-CD box, 2014)
• Halloween Nuggets (2022)
• More Halloween Nuggets (2023)
• Return Of Halloween Nuggets (2024)
5. Halloween Stomp (Jass, 1993)
6. Horror Hop (Buffalo Bop, 1994)
7. Monster Bop (Buffalo Bop, 1994)
8. Screemers (RCA, 1996)
   - mainly obscure novelties, including several comedy bits rescued from Bob & Ray Throw A Stereo Spectacular, one of the first stereo demonstration discs

More Great Kooky, Spooky Albums

• The Best Of Horror: 75 Original Horror Favourites (One Day, 2014)
• Beware! Insects And Spiders! 28 Buzzin' Blasters From The Vaults Of Horror (Bear Family, 2023)
• Dr. Demento Presents Spooky Tunes & Scary Melodies (Rhino, 1994)
• Elvira Presents Haunted Hits (Rhino, 1988)
• Elvira Presents Monster Hits (Rhino, 1994)
• Elvira Presents Revenge of the Monster Hits (Rhino, 1995)
• Freaks Come Out At Night (Madacy, 1998)
• Ghastly Grooves (K-Tel, 1997)
• Golden Records: 20 Spooky Songs (Verse, 2012)
  - children's records from the 1950's
• Halloween Classics (Shout! Factory, 2008)
• Halloween Classics: The Evil, The Demented, And The Just Plain Weird (Sony Legacy, 2007)
• Halloween Classics: Songs That Scared The Bloomers Off Your Great-Grandma (Sony Legacy, 2007)
• Halloween Garage Rock (Garage Masters, 2009)
  - probably a bootleg, but cool - and cheap!
• Halloween Hits (Rhino, 1991)
• Halloween Jam (BMG Special Products, 2003)
  - a few cheesy covers, but mostly unusual and/or rare selections
• Halloween Party Hits (Rhino Flashback, 2008)
• Haunted Hits: An Hour Of Scary Songs & Sounds (Rhino, 1996)
• Have A Howlin' Halloween (Sony Special Products, 1997)
  - budget CD with a few genuine obscurities
• The House Of Horrors: 27 Spooky Tales For Your Halloween Party (Bear Family, 2024)
• Monster Mash Rock 'n' Roll Party (Novelty, 1998)
  - great Sgt. Pepper parody cover, decent selection of tunes
• Monsters, Ghouls, Goblins, and Demons (Hip-O, 1999)
• Monsters, Vampires, Voodoo & Spooks: 33 Slabs Of Undead Rock 'n' Roll (Jasmine, 2017)
• 1930's Hipster Halloween (Rock Beat, 2012)
• Now That's What I Call Halloween (Sony Legacy, 2014)
• Old Halloween Songs (Vintage Masters, 2011)
• Songs For Swinging Ghosts (Croydon Municipal, 2015)
  - compiled by Saint Etienne's Martin Green
• The Shadow Knows: 34 Scary Tales From The Vaults Of Horror (Bear Family, 2018)
• The Shadow Knows More: 35 Scary Tales From The Vaults Of Horror (Bear Family, 2020)
• Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party: American Horror Songs 1930s-1950s (Viper, 2009)
• Very Best of Trash Horror: A Compilation of Horror Rock Classics (McDonald Brothers, 1987)
  - hard-to-find UK LP
• The Zombie Horror CD Collection (Chrome Dreams, 2010)

Modern Horror

This is great music recorded by punk, metal, garage, and roots rock bands during the "modern era" in the spirit of the vintage horror rock classics listed above.

• Garage Band Halloween (Collectables, 2008)
• Garage Band Halloween, Volume Two (Collectables, 2009)
• Groovie Ghoulies
  - long-standing California pop-punk band in the tradition of the Dickies with over arching monster movie obsession
• Haunted Motel (Boffo, 2005)
  - featuring several Texas artists including the LeRoi Brothers
• Halloween Garage Blues (Cleopatra, 2017)
• Halloween Hootenanny (compiled by Rob Zombie, 1998)
  - featuring trailblazing ghoul John Zacherle - see Spook Along With Zacherley (1960), Monster Mash (1962), and Scary Tales (1963)
• Monster Party 2000 (Musick, 2000)
• Monstroville: Haunted Beach Party (Headless Spectre, 2017)
• Mondo Zombie Boogaloo (2013)
  - featuring Los Straitjackets, Southern Culture On The Skids, and the Fleshtones
• The Moon-Rays
  - modern band that focuses exclusively on "surfing, monsters and spies..."
• Punk Rock Halloween: Loud Fast & Scary (Cleopatra, 2017)
• Rockin' Bones: A Halloween Sampler (Yep Roc, 2009)
• The Spooky, Swingin' Sounds of Kreepsville Manor (Headless Spectre, 2016)

13 Creepy Classics

• Bach: Toccata & Fugue D Minor
• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
  - a beautiful piece of music, it is also quite intense. Portions of its programmatic content are quite specifically horrific - mostly the fourth and fifth movements, "March to the Scaffold" and "Dreams of a Witches' Sabbath"
• Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
• Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
• Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
  - best known as the theme to the Alfred Hitchcock TV show
• Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt Suite, No. 1)
• Holst: Mars, The Bringer Of War (from The Planets)
• Humperdinck: Witch's Ride (from Hansel and Gretel)
• Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
• Mozart: Dies Irae (from Requiem)
• Orff: O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)
• Mussorgsky: A Night On Bald Mountain
• Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre

Honorable Mention: Almost anything by modern composers like Bartok, Schoenberg, or Stravinsky will scare the pants off most listeners any day of the year – Halloween included. To that end, I recommend Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Erwartung, and The Rite of Spring, respectively.

200 Spine-Tingling Songs

Here's a lengthy list of hair-raising rockers sure to set your toes a-tapping! With a few exceptions they are included on one or more of the albums mentioned above, and about half are featured in The Haunted Jukebox.

1. Abercrombie Had A Zombie (Fats Waller, 1940)
2. Addams Family Theme (The Fiends, 1964)
   - this Sonny Bono-produced single is a hipper version of the original TV theme by Vic Mizzy
3. Alligator Wine (Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1958)
4. Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman (Tubes, 1981)
5. Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes (Lewis Lee, 1978)
6. Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater Revival, 1969)
7. Bela Lugosi's Dead (Bauhaus, 1979)
8. Black And Hairy (Screamin' Lord Sutch, 1966)
9. Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac, 1968)
   - original, spookier version of the song made famous by Santana (1970)
10. The Blob (The Five Blobs, 1958)
11. Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) (Concrete Blonde, 1990)
12. Blues For Dracula (Philly Joe Jones, 1958)
13. Bo Meets the Monster (Bo Diddley, 1958)
14. Bob and Ray Visit Dr. Ahkbar At The Castle (Bob and Ray, 1956)
    - a series of wry, horror-themed comedy skits punctuating Bob & Ray Throw A Stereo Spectacular (RCA), one of the first stereo demonstration records
15. Castin' My Spell (Johnny Otis Show, 1959)
    - also recorded by the Johnson Brothers (1959)
16. The Cat (Rod Willis, 1959)
17. The Cave (Gary "Spider" Webb, 1961)
18. Cemetery Girls (Barnes & Barnes, 1980)
19. Clap For The Wolfman (Guess Who, 1974)
20. Coolest Little Monster (Zacherley, 1960)
21. Creature (From Outer Space) (Jayhawks, 1957)
22. Creature From The Black Lagoon (Dave Edmunds, 1979)
23. D.O.A. (Bloodrock, 1971)
24. Dead Man's Party (Oingo Boingo, 1985)
25. Devil In My Car (The B-52's, 1980)
26. Devil Went Down To Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band, 1979)
27. Devil Woman (Cliff Richard, 1976)
28. Dinner with Drac (Zacherle, 1958)
29. Do The Zombie (The Symbols, 1966)
30. Do They Know It's Hallowe'en? (North American Halloween Prevention Initiative, 2005)
    - parody of "Do They Know It's Christmas" featuring Beck, members of Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, and Rilo Kiley; benefit for UNICEF
31. Doin' The Zombie (Chubby Checker, 1997)
    - believe it or not, this is a "go go" track, not a twist song
32. (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult, 1976)
    - also look for a killer cover by The Caesars (1996)
33. Drac The Knife (Hans Conried, 1964)
    - parody of "Mack The Knife"
34. Drac's Back (Billy DeMarco, 1962)
35. Dracula (Jimmy Castor Bunch, 1976)
36. Dracula's Deuce (The Ghouls, 1964)
    - from the Gary Usher-produced Capitol album Halloween With The Ghouls, which exploited both the monster craze and the hot rod fad
37. Everyday Is Halloween (Ministry, 1984)
38. Evil Ways (Santana, 1970)
39. The Fang (Nervous Norvus, 1957)
40. Fear (Main Title From "One Step Beyond") (Ventures, 1962)
41. Feast Of The Mau Mau (Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1963)
    - Jay recorded another version in 1969; this earlier, superior version went unreleased until 1997
42. Flying Saucers Rock & Roll (Billy Lee Riley & His Little Green Men, 1957)
43. Frankenstein (Edgar Winter Group, 1972)
    - the Ventures recorded a great version on their album Only Hits (United Artists, 1973)
44. Frankenstein Of '59 (Buchanan & Goodman, 1959)
    - Dickie Goodman, the self-proclaimed "King Of Novelty," released enough horror-themed goofiness to fill two volumes of The Monster Album: Dickie Goodman's Halloween (2010)
45. Frankenstein's Den (Hollywood Flames, 1958)
46. Ghost Train (Virgil Holmes, 1961)
47. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (Ramrods, 1960)
    - widely recorded western tall tale, originally waxed in 1949 by Vaughn Monroe, Gene Autry, Peggy Lee, Bing Crosby, and Burl Ives, and later by Dick Dale (1963), the Baja Marimba Band (1966), and southern rock group The Outlaws (1980)
48. Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jr., 1984)
49. Go To Hell (Alice Cooper, 1976)
50. Godzilla (Blue Oyster Cult, 1977)
51. Goo Goo Muck (Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads, 1962)
    - the Cramps covered this in 1981 and scarcely had to change a thing...
52. Gravewalk (Satan's Pilgrims, 1998)
53. The Graveyard (Leroy Bowman & The Arrows, 1958)
54. Graveyard Shift (The Ghouls, 1964)
55. Green Bee (Bernie Green & His Orchestra, 1958)
    - adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight Of The Bumblebee" from the Mad Magazine LP spin-off Musically Mad
56. Green Slime (Green Slime, 1969)
    - hard-rockin' theme from a legendary bad horror movie
57. Halloween (Dead Kennedys, 1982)
58. Halloween (Dream Syndicate, 1982)
59. Halloween (Siouxsie & The Banshees, 1981)
60. Halloween (Sonic Youth, 1985)
    - covered by Mudhoney on a 1988 Sub Pop single featuring Sonic Youth covering Mudhoney's "Touch Me I'm Sick"
    - above four are not the same song...
61. Halloween Dance (Reverend Horton Heat, 1998)
62. Halloween Spooks (Lambert Hendricks & Ross, 1960)
63. Hammer Horror (Kate Bush, 1978)
    - references the renowned b-movies of UK studio Hammer Films
64. Haunted Guitar (Three Suns, 1956)
65. Haunted House (Jumpin' Gene Simmons, 1964)
    - originally recorded by Johnny Fuller (1959), though Simmons' is the more popular, and arguably the better, version
66. Haunted House Blues (Bessie Smith, 1924)
67. Haunted House Of Rock (Whodini, 1983)
68. Headhunters' Dance Party (Cannibal & The Headhunters, 1966)
69. The Hearse (Terry Teen, 1963)
70. Hearse With A Curse (Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos, 1964)
71. Highway To Hell (AC/DC, 1979)
72. Hoo-Doo Say (Sly Fox, 1954)
73. Hoodoo Lady Blues (Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, 1947)
74. Horror Movie (Skyhooks, 1975)
75. Howlin' for My Darling (Howlin' Wolf, 1959)
76. Human Fly (The Cramps, 1979)
77. I Ain't Superstitious (Howlin' Wolf, 1961)
    - covered by the Jeff Beck Group featuring Rod Stewart (1968)
78. I Am a Demon and I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Sweatmaster, 2002)
79. I Dig You Baby (Bob McFadden & Dor, 1959)
80. I Drink Blood (Rocket From The Crypt, 1998)
81. I Had Too Much Dream (Electric Prunes, 1966)
82. I Only Have Eyes For You (Spike Jones, 1959)
83. I Put A Spell On You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1956)
    - unsurprisingly, Jay recorded his greatest hit several times, including a great, uptempo version for Decca in 1967, and followed up with "You Put A Spell On Me" in 1974
    - covered by Nina Simone (1965), Manfred Mann (1966) , and Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
84. I Walked With A Zombie (Roky Erickson & The Aliens, 1979)
85. I Want To Bite Your Hand (Gene Moss, 1964)
    - based on the Beatles' I Want To Hold Your Hand
86. I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (Splitsville, 1996)
87. I Was A Teenage Werewolf (The Cramps, 1980)
88. (I Was A) Teenage Creature (Lord Luther & The Kingsmen, 1958)
89. I'm The Wolfman (Round Robin, 1965)
    - covered by the Fuzztones (1992)
90. I'm Your Witchdoctor (John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, 1965)
    - covered by The Chants R&B (1966) and a post-Van Morrison Them (1967)
91. If You Have Ghosts (Roky Erickson & The Aliens, 1980)
92. Igor's Party (Tony's Monstrosities, 1958)
93. In The Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett, 1965)
94. The Invisible Man (Alice Pearce, 1958)
95. (It's A) Monsters' Holiday (Buck Owens, 1974)
96. It's Your Voodoo Working (Charles Sheffield, 1961)
97. Jack-O-Lantern (Babe Ruth, 1961)
98. King Kong (Jimmy Castor Bunch, 1975)
99. Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Monotones, 1958)
100. Lies of the Living Dead (Minus 5, 2004)
101. Lil' Red Riding Hood (Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, 1966)
102. Little Demon (Screamin' Jay Hawkins, 1956)
     - covered by the Amazing Crowns (1998)
103. The Lurch (Ted Cassidy, 1965)
     - dance song written by Gary Paxton based on the butler in "The Addams Family"
104. Mad Scientist (The Zanies, 1959)
105. Man With The X-Ray Eyes (Silver Surfer) (Jarvis Humby, 2006)
106. Martian Boogie (Brownsville Station, 1977)
107. Martian Hop (Ran-Dells, 1963)
     - covered on Stax Records by the Newcomers (1973)
108. Midnight Monsters Hop (Jack & Jim, 1959)
109. Midnight Stroll (The Revels)
110. The Monster (A Pair Of Kings, 1959)
111. The Monster (Bobby Please & The Pleasers, 1959)
     - above two are not the same song...
112. Monster Hop (Bert Convey, 1958)
113. Monster Man (The Suburbs, 1983)
114. Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Pickett & His Crypt Kicker Five, 1962)
     - covered by Don Hinson & The Rigormorticians (1964)
115. Monster Party (Bill Doggett, 1959)
116. Monster Swim (Bobby "Boris" Pickett & His Crypt Kicker Five, 1964)
117. Monster's Holiday (Bobby "Boris" Pickett & His Crypt Kicker Five, 1962)
118. Morgus The Magnificent (Morgue & The Ghouls, 1959)
119. Mr. Ghost Goes To Town (The Five Jones Boys, 1937)
120. Mr. Were-Wolf (Kac-ties, 1962)
121. The Mummy (Naturals, 1959)
122. Mummy's Ball (Verdicts, 1961)
123. Munsters Theme (Jack Marshall, 1964)
     - quickly covered by Milton DeLugg and Billy Strange (both 1964) and much later by new wavers Comateens (1981) and instrumental revivalists Los Straitjackets (1998)
124. My Old Flame (Spike Jones, 1959)
125. My Son, The Vampire (Allan Sherman, 1964)
126. Night Howler (Billy Gayles, 1954)
127. Night Of The Vampire (Roky Erickson & The Aliens, 1979)
128. Night Of The Vampire (Moontrekkers, 1961)
     - above two are not the same song...
129. Nightmare Mash (Billy Lee Riley, 1962)
130. Nightmare On My Street (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, 1988)
     - based on the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movie series
131. No Costume No Candy (Swingin' Neckbreakers, 1998)
132. Out of Limits (Marketts, 1963)
     - covered by the Challengers (1964)
133. People Are Strange (Doors, 1967)
134. Pet Sematary (Ramones, 1989)
135. Purple People Eater (Sheb Wooley (1958)
     - character actor Hans Conreid recorded an oddly unfunny version the same year
136. Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor (Big Bopper, 1958)
137. Riboflavin-Flavored, Non-Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood (Don Hinson & The Rigamorticians, 1964)
138. Rock 'n' Bones (Elroy Dietzel & The Rhythm Bandits, 1957)
     - covered by Ronnie Dee (né Dawson, 1959)
139. Rockin' In The Graveyard (Jackie Morningstar, 1958)
140. Rockin' Zombie (Crewnecks, 1960)
141. Running Through My Nightmares (Chesterfield Kings, 2006)
142. Runnin' With The Devil (Van Halen, 1978)
143. Say Leroy (The Creature from the Black Lagoon Is Your Father) (Jimmy Castor Bunch, 1972)
144. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (David Bowie, 1980)
145. Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall) (Duponts, 1958)
146. Screaming Skull (Fleshtones, 1983)
147. Season Of The Witch (Donovan, 1966)
     - Lou Rawls waxed a slick, funky, version in 1969
148. The Shadow Knows (Coasters, 1958)
149. She Put A Hex On You (Them, 1968)
150. She's A Monster (Stems, 2003)
151. She's Fallen In Love With The Monster Man (Screamin' Lord Sutch, 2003)
152. She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight (Lonnie Johnson, 2003)
153. She's My Witch (Kip Tyler, 1958)
154. (She's My) Vampire Girl (Groovie Ghoulies, 1999)
155. Sleepy Hollow (The Last Word, 1966)
156. Somebody's Watching Me (Rockwell, 1983)
157. Spooksville (Nu-Trends, 1963)
158. Spooky (Classics IV, 1968)
     - covered by Atlanta Rhythm Section (1979), which shared several members with the Classics IV
159. Spooky Movies (Gary Paxton, 1963)
     - originally recorded by future "Hee Haw" TV star Roy Clark (1962)
160. Spooky, Spooky, Lend Me Your Tomb (Spike Jones, 1960)
161. Supernatural Thing (Ben E. King, 1975)
162. Superstition (Stevie Wonder, 1972)
     - covered by Beck, Bogert & Appice (1972)
163. Surfin' Dead (Cramps, 1983)
164. Swinging At The Séance (Deep River Boys, 1940)
165. Teenage Brain Surgeon (Spike Jones, 1959)
166. Teenage Monster (Jay Matty, 1961)
167. Theme From "Halloween" (MX-80 Sound, 1981)
     - new wave version of John Carpenter's 1978 film score
168. They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! (Napoleon XIV, 1966)
169. They're Here (Boots Walker, 1967)
170. Thriller (Michael Jackson, 1982)
171. 'Til The Following Night (Screamin' Lord Sutch & The Savages, 1961)
172. Time Warp (Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975)
     - covered by Just Us Girls (1979), a one-off project featuring composer Michael Kamen and guitarist Dick Wagner (Alice Cooper)
173. Transfusion (Nervous Norvus, 1956)
174. Tubular Bells (from "The Exorcist") (Mike Oldfield, 1973)
175. Twilight Zone (Ventures, 1962)
     - rock version of Bernard Herrmann's original TV theme; also recorded by Neil Norman & His Cosmic Orchestra (1963)
176. Vampira (Bobby Bare, 1959)
177. Vampire Rock (Fabulous Poodles, 1979)
178. The Vampires (Archie King, 1958)
179. Voodoo In My Basement (Lovin' Spoonful, 1966)
180. Voodoo Man (Dell-Vikings, 1957)
181. Voodoo Voodoo (LaVern Baker, 1958)
182. Voodoo Walk (Sonny Richard's Panics, 1962)
183. Voodoo Women (Smiley Smith, 1959)
184. Weird Science (Oingo Boingo, 1985)
185. Welcome To My Nightmare (Alice Cooper, 1975)
     
186. Werewolf (Five Man Electrical Band, 1974)
187. Werewolf (Frantics, 1960)
188. Werewolf (Southern Culture On The Skids, 1998)
     - above three are not the same song...
     - Southern Culture On The Skids later recorded an entire horror album, Zombified (2011)
189. Werewolves Of London (Warren Zevon, 1978)
190. Werewolves On Wheels (Born Losers, 1998)
191. The Witch (Sonics, 1964)
192. Witch Doctor (Ross Bagdasarian, 1958)
193. Witch Queen of New Orleans (Redbone, 1971)
194. Witchy Woman (Eagles, 1972)
     - the Hollies did a surprisingly tough version of this in late 1972 (unreleased until 1997)
195. Wombie Zombie (Billy Taylor, 1959)
196. Zombi (Monotones, 1958)
197. Zombie (Fall-Outs, 1994)
198. Zombie Jamboree (King Flash & The Calypso Carnival, 1955)
199. Zombie Lou (Johnson Brothers, 1959)
200. Zombie Rumble (LeRoi Brothers, 1989)