So, this really isn’t my type of music but it does seem appropriate for the Halloween season.
Anyone who comes by the house looking like this on Halloween will probably get all the candy that we have to give out. That’ll be followed by me saying, “We’ve given you all the candy, please leave.”
Enjoy!
Hey, remember when Marilyn Manson was considered to be like really shocking and dangerous?
No?
Well, that’s understandable. Marilyn’s been around for a while and he’s been so imitated that I think it’s kind of easy to forget just how much people freaked the fuck out about Marilyn Manson’s music and videos in the late 90s. They even attempted to blame him for Columbine. (Marilyn Manson also said one of the few wise things about that shooting. When asked what he would have said to the shooters, he replied that he wouldn’t have said anything but he would have listened to what they were saying because apparently, nobody bothered to do that before the shooting.) Now, of course, we just tend to think of Marilyn Manson as being a kind of dorky guy who is into horror movies, which is a pretty good description of the majority of film twitter.
Anyway, The Beautiful People features Marilyn on stilts, which apparently scared people to death back in the day.
Enjoy!
If this video doesn’t give you nightmares, nothing will.
When the video starts, it seems like it’s a simple lesson in dog ownership. If you’re going to walk your dog, don’t lead him around a post-apocalyptic hellsite and don’t allow him to urinate on an old TV. Because, if you do, the TV will apparently come to life and start yelling at you.
But then the kids show up and …. oh my God. I mean, children are creepy to begin with but when they all show up with an adult’s face — AGCK!
Anyway, stay away from those deserted warehouses, people. They may be aesthetically pleasing but something bad always seem to happen to people who wander too close.
Enjoy!
AGCK!
Today’s music video of the day is this wonderfully creepy video from Motionless in White. Seriously, there’s always something disturbing about a maniacal grin in a music video.
With the exception of the chorus, this song was composed of lyrics that were sent by fans of the band. Here’s what the fans came up with:
I fall
This is the end of you
This is the end of you
Whispers are their weakness
Their weakness
Everyday I must practice
To fake this smile on my face
It’s all the rain that’s putting me to sleep
It’s all the rain that’s putting me to sleep
I’ll let the blood tell the truth tonight, this is my life’s work
11 tracks is not enough, to tell you how I’ve died inside
And love is lost like words
11 tracks is not enough
In spiders eyes a man becomes a fly
In prolonged silence, we all stand defiled
We fall in line with the atrophy of life
The calm before the storm is a defeating silence
I’ve given my all, to this valley of despair
We are the damned, the cursed and the broken
There’s so much more inside us
We are the lost, the sick and unspoken
There’s so much more inside us
I’m drowning in an ocean of the tears that I’ve cried
I tried to drown my sorrows
Instead they’re all drowning me
I tried to drown my sorrows
Instead they’re all drowning me
Enjoy!
What lies ahead?
According to this song from Semblant, the death of humanity.
Contaminate.
Eliminate.
Terminate.
Blood-stained walkers all around. That may sound like a zombie movie but they could just as easily be singing about every day real life in certain parts of the world. The theme here seems to be that we’re all going to die but at least we can rock out in a hotel lobby before the zombies rip us up until little pieces. And trust me, when the zombie apocalypse finally begins, you’re going to miss moments like this.
So enjoy it while you can!
In space, no one can hear you scream.
However, they can hear you lose your mind.
I really like this video, mostly because it starts out all light-hearted before then suddenly turning into Event Horizon just to then become light-hearted again before ending a note of senseless tragedy. It’s a bit like life and probably a more realistic look at intergalactic travel than something like Passengers. (Remember that movie?)
To be honest, if I was stuck in the a space shuttle and I didn’t have anyone around, I’d probably end up dancing and singing too. That’s why this video gets to me. I can relate.
This video was directed by the prolific Andrew Donohoe, who has also done videos for twenty-one pilots, Skrillex, and Janelle Monae. The lonely astronaut was played by Kally Khourshid while the doomed gentleman on the space station was played by Damian Lang.
It may not technically be a horror video but it’s still creepy enough for October!
Enjoy!
Yes, that’s Rosamund Pike starring in today’s music video of the day. This video was released two years after Rosamund Pike found fame starring in Gone Girl. Of course, I’ve been a fan of hers ever since I first saw An Education, in which she played Dominic Cooper’s glamorous girlfriend.
As for this video, it’s pretty obviously a take on the 1981 classic, Possession, with Pike playing the role that was taken by Isabelle Adjani in that film. This video may feature a lot of blood but it’s nowhere near as much blood as shows up in Possession. Agck!
Enjoy!
If you watched Raiders of the Living Dead earlier today, you heard this theme song:
The dead are after me….
We are the Raiders of the Living Dead….
Seriously, how can you not love that!? Yes, the song is totally mid-80s and it’s kind of silly but it’s also kind of perfect. Certainly, it’s the best thing about the film and the song has even gone on to achieve a life outside of the movie that it was written for. There are bands that regularly cover this song. It’s a permanent part of my Halloween playlist.
Seriously, you can ask my friends and they’ll tell you that, every October, they’re forced to listen to me sing this song in my off-key way. The deeeeeeeead are afterrrrrr meeeeee….
Many sites incorrectly refer to this song as being called, like the movie in which it appeared, “Raiders of the Living Dead.” The actual title is The Dead Are After Me. It was written and performed by a musician named George Edward Ott. I did some research and I came across some comments that Ott left on another site, in which he discussed how this song came into existence. From Morgan on Media:
In 1986, after viewing early outtakes of the film with Sam Sherman and Tim Ferrante, I went home and wrote the song in about 15 minutes. Cheesy song for a cheesy movie!
Yes, it is a cheesy song but it’s also rather brilliant in a cheerful, no apologies sort of way. Just try to get out of your head.
Previous Guilty Pleasures
Welcome to October!
Since this is the first post of the first day of Horrorthon, it just seemed appropriate to select the video of Big Data’s Monster as music video of the day. This wonderfully paranoid video will inspire you to put Alexa back in the box. Or, at the very least, to consider doing it. I mean, could you really live without her? Anyway, this video has a nice sort of Wes Craven/John Carpenter feel to it. Those glowing red eyes are haunting.
It’s a well acted video too and Big Data was kind enough to list the full cast and crew on YouTube. (More artists should do this.) Here they are:
Directed by GHOST + COW
Written by BIG DATA and GHOST + COW
Story and Executive Produced by BIG DATA
Produced by Steve Cozzarelli
Players:
Claire Burns as Mary
David Levin as Gerry
Juliet Brett as Alison
Alexander Jameson as Brandon
Sondra James Weil – Neighbor
Lizy Ryan as L1ZY
Director of Photography – Luke McCoubrey
Edited by Geordie Anderson
Score and original music by BIG DATA
Sound design and mix by Brian Goodheart
Sonic Union Producer – Halle Petro
Colored by Ashley Ayarza
Nice Shoes Producer – Elizabeth Mitchell
VFX artist – Tim Mearini
Production designer – Jana Bergstedt
Makeup / SFX artist – Emma Berley
Art PA / Driver – Scott Raven
Wardrobe Stylist – Kayci Rothweiler
1st AD – Ruby Walters
Assistant camera – Julian Tran
Sound mixer – Edward Morris
Camera PA – Beth Fletcher
Key Grip – Jesse Moritz
Grips – Landon Yost, Mitch Perrin
Gaffer – Jesse Sanchez-Strauss Swing – Rylie Patterson
Production assistants – Smij McBee, Angie Blas
Special thanks to alldayeveryday productions, De Boer Media
EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to the Gudis Family for their incredible generosity.
As for the rest of October, I can’t guarantee that every music video that we’re going to share this month is going to have a horror theme. To be honest, there aren’t that many good horror-themed music videos out there and we already featured the majority of them over the past two Octobers. I mean, there’s only so many times that we can analyze Number of the Beast. Still, we’ll be keeping our eyes open for any good videos we may have missed and, as we do every October, we’ll do our best to keep things properly spooky here at the TSL Bunker!
Enjoy October and get ready for the greatest Horrorthon ever!
Saturday was my sister Melissa’s birthday! This is her favorite Radiohead song and I have to admit that I like it a lot as well. I’m also a huge fan of this video.
But you know who reportedly does not care much for this song or this video? Thom Yorke. The leader singer of Radiohead has called the song “very bad” and apparently, it was only released because the band was being pressured by their label to release something with “commercial appeal.” And I can understand why Yorke would by annoyed by that. Certainly, the song is not as complex or enigmatic as other Radiohead songs. It’s pretty simple by their standards.
But, I still like it. If it’s a guilty pleasure, so be it. It’s a song that you can sing along with and it just puts you into a certain mood and …. okay, I’m kind of starting to understand why Thom doesn’t care for the song. It’s a good song but, outside of the melancholy tone, it doesn’t seem like a song that only could have come from Radiohead. It’s a little bit generic when compared to some of the band’s other songs but it’s still definitely effective. So if I ever meet Thom Yorke, I’ll probably keep my feelings about this song to myself.
(Either that or I’ll blurt out, “My sister loves High and Dry! If I call her, will you sing it to her?!” And then I’ll probably be escorted outside by security.)
I read that he also didn’t care much for this video. Again, I have to disagree. I like all the drama in the diner and I also like the fact that no one seems to notice either the car blowing up or the businessman getting murdered. Instead, of everyone’s too busy in their own little world.
Happy birthday, Melissa Anne!
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 