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Top 10 Creepy Pop and Rock Songs for Halloween!

Listen to These Songs to Get into the Scary Spirit!

By Roy Barnes, published Sep 26, 2007
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My top ten creepy pop and rock songs will get ya into the Halloween spirit! Instrumentals are even included in my top ten creepy pop and rock songs list which you can crank up for Halloween season! My creepy top ten Halloween-appropriate pop and rock songs are listed alphabetically.

Cluster One, by Pink Floyd (1994)

Cluster One leads off my top ten pop rock songs that are Halloween-themed. It's a creepy instrumental from Pink Floyd's The Division Bell album that also leads off this quality body of work. I sense the isolation in this music and so it makes me feel rather scared for the close to six minutes that it plays, as if something is going to jump out at me if I turn the corner or look backwards!

Conjure of Sacrifice, by The Hollywood Studio Symphony (2005)

From the pop music movie soundtrack of the 2005 voodoo horror-themed film, The Skeleton Key, the voodoo chant that played on an old record during a watermark scene in the movie comes across to me as definitely song-like because of the way the chant is uttered. So it's a personal top ten creepy tune for Halloween, which also makes me feel like I've hauntingly traveled back in time! When I've heard it play in the trailer that promotes this film, or as I've watched this film scene with this work Conjure of Sacrifice, chills are sent down my spine.

Dream Warriors, by Dokken (1987)

How could I leave out ol' Freddy Krueger in my top ten creepy rock songs that are Halloween-friendly? Dream Warriors was the theme song for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. I love its fast pace and intensity, and I certainly can't help but think of that bedtime nemesis!

Frankenstein, by The Edgar Winter Group (1973)

This chart-topping epic instrumental hit of 1973 is what I like to call an intensely "fun-creepy" tune that makes me think of Halloween; and thus, it's one of my personal favorite top ten creepy pop rock songs. The music is crafted as if they've created some freaky monster theme music for the legendary fictional character of Frankenstein as if he were some funky dude instead of what Mary Shelley wrote him to be.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, by Iron Butterfly (1968)

Takeaways
  • "Tubular Bells" is the creepy theme from "The Exorcist" movie!
  • "Dream Warriors" can be heard in a Freddy Krueger film!
  • "Frankenstein" is a "fun-creepy" song.
Did You Know?
According to Wikipedia, "Stairway To Heaven's" sheet music is the best-selling sheet music ever!
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I don't know all of them, but descriptions make this a perfect list. Too bad AC did not showcase your article on the frontpage. With you and Bridget that makes three of them.

Posted on 10/31/2007 at 11:10:00 PM

 
Interesting list. I, too, have a list of Halloween songs! You should come take a look!

Posted on 10/14/2007 at 12:10:00 PM

 
Dudes i totally threw away all my Michael Jackson records. He is making a comeback

Posted on 10/09/2007 at 7:10:00 AM

 
I have that Tubular Bells album around here somewhere. Totally tubular.

Posted on 09/27/2007 at 9:09:00 PM

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