Listen here now: 66 Horrifying Halloween songs

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As the resident goth on staff, I have a reputation for enjoying the creepier side of things. Case in point: When my fella and I noticed that a house spider had taken up residence in our front hallway, we didn't kill it, put it in a cup and toss it outside, or light the house on fire and move to another country. We named it (Shelob, of course) and kept it as our "pet". Above our coffeemaker, a giant fake spider sits year-round; we've seen almost every zombie movie ever made (most recently Maggie); and our home office is adorned with multiple skulls and skeletons.

So it seemed fitting for me to pull together a list of several spooky, scary or downright unsettling songs for this weekend's Halloween festivities — because everyone deserves a Halloween playlist that has more creative options than "the Monster Mash" and "Somebody's Watching Me." Halloween isn't just funny; it should be as unsettling as these 66 weird, supernatural and creepy alternatives! (Full playlist available on Spotify):

  1. "Halloween (Theme)" John Carpenter
  2. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" Bauhaus
  3. "Riboflavin" 45 Grave
  4. "I Put a Spell on You" Screamin' Jay Hawkins
  5. "Halloween" Misfits
  6. "Psycho Killer" Talking Heads
  7. "Dead Man's Party" Oingo Boingo
  8. "Pet Sematary" Ramones
  9. "Bad Moon Rising" Creedence Clearwater Revival
  10. "The Munsters" Jack Marshall
  11. "Black Magic Woman" Santana
  12. "Red Right Hand" Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

13. "Season of the Witch" Donovan
14. "Halloween" Sonic Youth
15. "Halloween On the Barbary Coast" the Flaming Lips
16. "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" the Cramps
17. "The Knife" Bernard Hermann
18. "Beetlejuice" Danny Eflman
19. "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" Johann Sebastian Bach
20. "This Is Halloween" Marilyn Manson
21. "Theme from Nightmare on Elm Street" Midnight Reapers
22. "Ghost Town" the Specials
23. "Evil" 45 Grave
24. "Thriller" Michael Jackson
25. "Superstition" Stevie Wonder
26. "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" Blue Oyster Cult
27. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" the Charlie Daniels Band
28. "Highway to Hell" AC/DC

29. "Every Day is Halloween" Ministry
30. "Halloween" Dead Kennedys
31. "Halloween" Siouxsie and the Banshees
32. "Jack the Ripper" The Cants
33. "Nightmare" Elias Hulk
34. "I'm Your Boogie Man" White Zombie
35. "Die, Die My Darling" Misfits
36. "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" Type O Negative
37. "Feed My Frankenstein" Alice Cooper
38. "My Body's a Zombie for You" Dead Man's Bones
39/ "Mommy Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?" Misfits
40. "Nightcall" Kavinksy
41. "Evil" Interpol
42. "Zombies" the King Khan & BBQ
43. "Zombified" Southern Culture on the Skids
44. "Monster" Kanye West
45. "The Monster" Eminem
46. "Monster" Paramore
47. "Dethbed" Alkaline Trio
48. "Undertaker" Southern Culture on the Skids
49. "Mr. Crowley" Ozzy Osbourne
50. "Halloween" Helloween
51. "Bloody Kisses" Type O Negative
52. "Skeletons" Yeah Yeah Yeahs
53. "Tear You Apart" She Wants Revenge

54. "Human Fly" the Cramps
55. "Living Dead Girl" Rob Zombie
56. "Bloodletting" Concrete Blonde
57. "Lullaby" the Cure
58. "Rosemary's Baby" Fantomas
59. "Hand in Hand" Xmal Deutschland
60. "Come to Daddy" Aphex Twin
61. "Tubular Bells Pt.1" Mike Oldfield
62. "Walking with a Ghost" Tegan and Sara
63. "Zombie" the Cranberries
64. "Hellhound on My Trail" Robert Johnson
65. "The Killing Moon" Echo & the Bunnymen
66. "Black Venom" the Budos Band

Have a safe, spooky and fun Halloween!

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