Creating the music that made the original Children of the Damned so memorable was Ron Goodwin, a master of the craft whose incredible score perfectly suited the film.
Song of the Day: Ron Goodwin – The Mesmerizing Children/Closing Title (Village of the Damned)
A Melting Pot of Mirth and Macabre – Creepshow (1982)
Creepshow is memorable for several reasons, the first being its writer, Stephen King, who also stars in it. The second being George Romero, who would ultimately direct it, and finally, its cast, […]
Creepshow (1982) – The Visuals
Song of the Day: Benjamin Wallfisch – Wolf Man
If there is one man who knows how to make haunting music for a horror movie, it is Benjamin Wallfisch, and he proves it here with Wolf Man.
Coming Home – Murder Obsession (1981)
Directed by Riccardo Freda, Murder Obsession, also called Murder Syndrome and a host of other names, is a kitchen-sink kind of movie, one that has so much going on that it almost distracts […]
Murder Obsession (1981) – The Visuals
Song of the Day: Maurice Jarre – Thème Romantique (Eyes Without a Face)
Maurice Jarre’s Thème Romantique from Eyes Without a Face is not particularly frightening in any sense of the word, unless one pictures that woman with the featureless mask dancing around until she […]
Earthly Delights – The Black Room (1982)
The Black Room is a movie about vampires, though not in the conventional sense. Some need blood to live, and one in particular in this film needs continuous transfusions or he will […]
Song of the Day: Les Baxter – Overture (The Fall of the House of Usher)
Another track from the great Les Baxter, this time from the film The Fall of the House of Usher.
One, Two, Three O’Clock… – Slaughterhouse Rock (1988)
Once upon a time, there was a rock band that were killed on the island of Alcatraz. Now, a man named Alex Gardner is having nightmares about their deaths and the man […]
