The movie soundtrack can be just as important and effective as anything we’re seeing on screen, especially when it comes to the horror film. Just think of The Omen, The Exorcist, or even Creepshow. This episode we discuss some of our favorites and why we think they are effective. 

Below are all the titles that are mentioned during the podcast, some in more details than others! Be sure to check some of these out and next time you’re watching one of them, or any movie, maybe pay a little more attention to what you’re hearing.

Alien (1979)

Altered States (1980)

Amityville Horror (1979)

The Beyond (1981)

Beyond the Darkness (1979)

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

Black Sabbath (1963)

Black Sunday (1960)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Cabin Fever (2002)

Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971)

Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (1972)

City of the Living Dead (1980)

Cold in July (2014)

Color Out of Space (2019)

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Cottonpickin’ Chickenpickers (1967)

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Creepshow (1982)

Creepshow 2 (1987)

Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Darkman (1990)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Dead Silence (2007)

Deep Rising (1998)

Dick Tracy (1990)

Dracula (1931)

The Exorcist (1973)

The Faces of Death (1978)

The Fog (1980)

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

Frankenstein (1931)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Halloween (1978)

Halloween III (1982)

Hardware (1990)

Haunted Summer (1988)

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

Hellraiser (1987)

Hereditary (2018)

Horror of Dracula (1958)

House of Usher (1960)

The Innkeepers (2011)

Jaws (1977)

John Carpenter’s Vampires (1998)

King Kong (1933)

The Last Winter (2006)

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

Magic (1978)

Maniac (1980)

Martin (1976)

Mondo Cane (1962)

Mondo Magic (1975)

Monster Squad (1987)

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Nekromantik (1987)

Nightbreed (1990)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Nosferatu (1922)

The Omen (1976)

Phantasm (1979)

The Phantom Carriage (1921)

Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Phantom of the Opera (1998)

Poltergeist (1982)

Premature Burial (1962)

Prince of Darkness (1987)

Psycho (1960)

Psycho II (1982)

Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Sacred Ground (1983)

Scars of Dracula (1970)

She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Small Soldiers (1998)

Southbound (2015)

Stake Land (2010)

Star Wars (1977)

Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

Suspiria (1977)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

The Thing (1982)

Trigger Man (2007)

The Uninvited (2009)

Vampyros Lesbos (1971)

Wrong Turn 2 (2007)

Zombie (1979)

Also, as mentioned, you can check out some more music from Damien’s band here, including the full version of the theme song to the show! There are still a few collectible copies of the CD available, so email us if you’re interested: podcast@discoverthehorror