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Nightmare Before Halloween. Clip of the Day
SpoutBlog —
Today’s video is a brilliantly simple mash-up: The Nightmare Before Christmas meets the song “Halloween”, by everyone’s favorite goth-punkers, The Misfits. The attempts to sync the lyrics with characters’ mouth movements are only so-so. But what makes the clip really work is how the tempo of the song highlights the kinetic energy of the film.
The Nightmare Before Christmas, while being a widely-loved family film, never betrays its spooky aesthetic. “Halloween” by The Misfits is decidedly less kid-friendly, with ...
'Monster Mash': A Halloween carol for the ages
PopWatch —
'Monster Mash': A Halloween carol for the ages Bobby "Boris" Pickett's 1962 novelty song "Monster Mash" may have lost some of the humor since it first became a graveyard smash decades ago. Yet, everyone knows the song and can at least recite the chorus by memory (even if they won't admit it). To celebrate Halloween (the one day when it's only kind of corny to play the tune), we've went out and collected some of the many "Monster Mash" covers recorded over the years. In addition to Vincent Price's version (in the clip below, following a scene from the movie Monster Club ), after the jump we've included a version by the Misfits ...
Monster Mash Link Love
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Keely Hazell topless Halloween costume - DSF
David Beckham is a straight gay man for Halloween - HM
Loaded magazine’s monthly hottie - UMC
Kendra Wilkinson’s Halloween costume - BST
The Bride of McCain - CR
Lance Bass’ lazy Halloween costume - WB
Who doesn’t love Grover? - BBB
Shauna Sand is herself for Halloween - TB
Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon’s Halloween costumes - ...
Happy Halloween
The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party —
The Misfits - Monster Mash In 1997, the horror punk group The Misfits released a music video of them covering "Monster Mash" live. They also released a studio version as a single in 1999, and recorded a separate version for their 2003 album Project 1950 (see below). Wikipedia: Monster Mash ...
