tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post3593932806675789110..comments2024-03-29T04:57:26.162-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: By All Means, Fear the Reaper: Five Horror Movie Songs That Should Send You RunningJohn Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-88950387219786485642012-07-01T14:17:18.279-04:002012-07-01T14:17:18.279-04:00Hi Ivan,
I need to see "Below," and the...Hi Ivan,<br /><br />I need to see "Below," and the contrast you mention (expansive song in cramped metal tube) sounds intriguing to me.<br /><br />As far as I'm concerned, John Waters can pretty much do no wrong! :)<br /><br />Great comment,<br /><br />best,<br />JohnJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-15341853094252711782012-07-01T14:16:10.947-04:002012-07-01T14:16:10.947-04:00Hi Patrick,
Oh yes, that was incredibly haunting....Hi Patrick,<br /><br />Oh yes, that was incredibly haunting. Blue Velvet is one of my favorite Lynch films, and incredibly disturbing. I can't think of the song without thinking of the movie. Good call!<br /><br />best,<br />JohnJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-91821569421257839752012-07-01T14:15:18.768-04:002012-07-01T14:15:18.768-04:00Hi Cannon,
These are all excellent selections, an...Hi Cannon,<br /><br />These are all excellent selections, and will no doubt find rotation at WKRGR Radio Station (to quote from Nightmare on Elm Street).<br /><br />I didn't intend to include all the songs that feature in horror film/tv, just some that I could think of that have had multiple appearances. That said, I'm not shamed...just thrilled that you've added to the play list, my friend.<br /><br />I'm especially glad you mentioned Little Richard and Long Tall Sally, which appears in Predator, and over the end credits of the recent Predators (2010) too. Nice call, buddy.<br /><br />Excellent and typically thorough comment!<br /><br />best,<br />JohnJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-27338406968615981792012-06-28T09:45:09.748-04:002012-06-28T09:45:09.748-04:00I'd include Bobby Vinton's cover of "...I'd include Bobby Vinton's cover of "Blue Velvet" from David Lynch's film of the same name. Lynch always has a nice touch with music in his films.Patrick Ziselbergerhttp://ziselberger.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-14193698949797010352012-06-28T09:04:09.235-04:002012-06-28T09:04:09.235-04:00JKM: Maybe I'm an old-timer, but I really dug ...JKM: Maybe I'm an old-timer, but I really dug how haunted submarine movie "Below" (2002) used Benny Goodman's "Swing, Swing, Swing." The ferociously upbeat, expansive song in a cramped metal tube was a nice counterpoint. <br />Also, while not a sci-fi or horror flick, I thought how John Waters used "The Hokey Pokey" in "A Dirty Shame" was awesome (helped by Tracey Ullman's off the wall perf). <br />Thanks,<br />Ivan<br />http://lernerinternational.blogspot.com/Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443946766217092846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-2776152783332480952012-06-28T05:00:41.975-04:002012-06-28T05:00:41.975-04:00I have a few candidates that may or may not fit th...I have a few candidates that may or may not fit the criteria:<br /><br />"The Breakup Song" by The Greg Kihn Band, especially perhaps for today‘s younger audiences, will be forever synonymous with <b>Let Me In</b>.<br /><br />"Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones was used in celebrative fashion in the closing credits for <b>The Devil’s Advocate</b>, and in <b>Stir of Echoes</b> it infects the memory of Kevin Bacon’s character. And while it doesn’t constitute a horror film in the conventional sense, Kubrick’s <b>Full Metal Jacket</b> nonetheless closes on a dark and disturbing (and near apocalyptic) note where, again, the song is used for closing credits. <br /><br />Likewise from the Stones, "Sympathy for the Devil", though covered by Guns N' Roses, closes <b>Interview with a Vampire</b>, giving Lestat his own personal anthem of sorts as he drives off into the San Francisco night. It was used again a couple years later in the opening scene for Tony Scott’s <b>The Fan</b>, introducing De Niro’s psychopath character (oddly enough, as he’s driving to work through San Francisco).<br /><br />"Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan was employed with a very haunting, fatalistic effect in the opening and closing scenes of Fincher’s <b>Zodiac</b>; again, another classic rock song that will likely be forever associated with a thriller by today’s youth cinephiles. <br /><br />"People Are Strange" from The Doors was covered by Echo & Bunnymen for the Santa Carla montage in <b>The Lost Boys</b>. <br /><br />"Superstition" by Stevie Wonder definitely, if not jokingly, sets the tone for John Carpenter’s <b>The Thing</b>; the same could perhaps be said of Men at Work’s "Who Can It Be Now?" for the 2011 prequel. <br /><br />Finally, these are two big ones that I’m shaming you, John, a horror movie aficionado, for not including on your list:<br /><br />CCR's version of "Midnight Special" that opened and closed <b>Twilight Zone: The Movie</b> -- cue Mr. Aykroyd: <i>"Hey, you wanna see something really scary?"</i><br /><br />Also from director John Landis is <b>An American Werewolf in London</b>, which incorporates a number of 'moon' titled songs, including Van Morrison’s "Moondance", CCR’s "Bad Moon Rising" and three different versions of "Blue Moon", by Bobby Vinton (opening credits), Sam Cook (infamous transformation scene) and, my personal favorite, The Marcels (hilariously abrupt closing credits).<br /><br />Oh, there’s one more that I just now remembered. The next time you’re flying in an Army chopper over the jungles of Central America, make sure to blast Little Richard’s "Long Tall Sally".Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886860130286869992noreply@blogger.com