Eve Tushnet
I have thought deeply about this question. Also, feel free to be amused by how precisely this list allows you to guess my age.
Gerard McMahon, “Cry Little Sister”
Michael Jackson, “Thriller” (note the title card!)
PJ Harvey, “Man-Sized Sextet”
Siouxsie & the Banshees, “Premature Burial”
Echo & the Bunnymen, “The Killing Moon”
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, “I Put a Spell on You”
Coil, “Love’s Secret Domain”
The Cramps, “Eyeball in My Martini” WHAT’S THIS BURDEN THAT I BEAR???
Severed Heads, “Dead Eyes Opened”
Harry Belafonte, “Zombie Jamboree”
Classics IV, “Spooky”
Blue Oyster Cult, “Don’t Fear the Reaper”–I know you want to be a hipster and go with “Nosferatu” but you are wrong.
The Mountain Goats, “Werewolf Gimmick”
Diamanda Galas, “You Must Be Certain of the Devil” (this song is more serious but hey, let’s all remember what we’re here for)
Rockwell, “Somebody’s Watching Me”
Men at Work, “Who Can It Be Now?”
Theme from Gremlins
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Bad Moon Rising”
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, “Little Red Riding Hood”
Concrete Blonde, “Bloodletting”
The Raincoats, “Ooh Ooh La La La”
Nina Simone, “I Put a Spell on You”
L7, “Pretend We’re Dead”
Single Gun Theory, “Red Sunshine”
Bauhaus, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”
Mountain Goats, “Michael Myers Resplendent”
Tom Petty, “Zombie Zoo”
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