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My Halloween Playlist

Oct 25, 2026

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I love music. And I love Halloween. So of course I have a carefully curated Halloween playlist. So today, I thought it might be fun to share my playlist with all of you.

If you’d like to listen to it yourself, it’s public on YouTube.

The Ballad of the Witch’s Road Kathryn Hahn and cast of Agatha All Along

Don’t Fear the Reaper Blue Öyster Cult

People Are Strange The Doors

Thriller Michael Jackson

Pumped Up Kicks Foster The People

Werewolves of London Warren Zevon

Witchy Woman Eagles

Gloomy Sunday Billy Holiday

Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones

Tales From The Crypt Danny Elfman

Day-O Harry Belafonte

Love Potion Number Nine The Searchers

Lil’ Red Riding HoodSam the Sham & The Pharaohs

Season Of The WitchLana Del Rey

Come, Little Children Nick Pitera

Jack’s Lament Danny Elfman

You’re Dead Norma Tanega

Halloween JP Ashkar

The Whole ‘Being Dead’ Thing Alex Brightman

Funeral March of a Marionette Charles Gonod

Jump in the Line Harry Belafonte

Tonight You Belong To Me The Lennon Sisters

The Time Warp from Rocky Horror Picture Show

Science Fiction/Double Feature from Rocky Horror Picture Show

Over at the Frankenstein Place from Rocky Horror Picture Show

Hot Patootie, Bless My Soul Meatloaf and The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Eddie from Rocky Horror Picture Show

Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson

Life on Mars Jessica Lange

So, what did I miss? Let me know what’s on your Halloween Playlist in the comments.

One response to “My Halloween Playlist”

JuJuJuniper

October 25, 2026 at 6:45 am

Very fun. Love how Day-O makes it in as a nod to Beetlejuice. I’m partial to Witch Hunt by Rush. There’s a cool You Tube video with old movie footage set to that. Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells is also a fave. But neither seems to fit the vibe you have going here.

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Nicole Luttrell

I’m a speculative fiction writer. That means I write about dragons, ghosts and spaceships. Sometimes I write about the ghosts of dragons on spaceships.