Halloween Music
Some of the greatest horror and Halloween seasonal music, audio dramas, sound effects and other spooky audio artifacts ever recorded are also, sadly, no longer available. Thankfully, the internet has charged to the rescue, with blogs and dedicated bloggers who find yesteryear’s spooky sounds, painstakingly convert them to digital formats from old LPs and cassettes, and then post them, often with a bit of background and even cover art!
Following are some of The Great Pumpkin’s favorite sources for ghastly audio ephemera. Good luck and good hunting!
Scar Stuff – Named after the great, cheap, waxy scar-making make-up that you could get at any drug store in the 70’s and 80’s, Scar Stuff was one of the first blogs to really find great stuff and post it online. Sadly, it appears that Jason is no longer posting, and many of the things he’s posted are no longer available, but there’s still stuff to be had, here…
The Mostly Ghostly Music Sharing Blaaaahhhggg – Once a standard blog, the owner of the MGMSB was plagued by spammers and overly-restrictive TOS issues, so he moved everything to a discussion board format. It requires a small investment of time to learn the ropes, but your rewards will be many.
Digital Meltd0wn – While not strictly horror or Halloween, there are dozens of posts that are horror-related, especially featuring out-of-print movie soundtracks.
Vinnie Rattolle’s – Like Digital Meltd0wn, this blog is devoted to offering up weird bits of forgotten culture and, like DM, much of that is horror-related.
The Manchester Morgue – Find many classic horror soundtracks at this one.
Monster Shindig – Not posting much lately, but lots of great stuff in the archives.
These are just a few favorites – you’ll discover more sites linked from those. Have fun! Here’s a classic to start you off – Disney’s Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House! Get it at HERE!
The 2010 Toxic Toons Limited Edition Trick or Treat Bag (of Goodies!)
Every year Eric “Toxic Toons” Pigors creates a limited-run Trick or Treat bag stuffed with all kinds of ghoulish goodies. I’ve ordered one every year for the past few years and it’s always worth every penny. Get yours now while they last!
Costume Quest!
A new video game from Double Fine Productions called Costume Quest is “coming this Autumn” to XBox and PS3 – it looks AMAZING. Check out the fantastic flaming-pumpkin-head battle scarecrow!
