Frightenin’ 45s: David McCallum – House Of Mirrors
The Man From U.N.K.L.E David McCallum, teamed up with legendary producer David Axelrod in 1967 to record the cult crate diggin’ classic, Music- It’s Happening Now! (great title) in 1967. House of Mirrors was sampled by DJ Shadow on his track Dark Days back in 2000. The lopsided and laidback [...]
Frightenin’ 45s: Les Vampyrettes – Biomutanten
Now, if you are a person of nervous disposition it’s probably best you approach this Frightenin’ 45 with some caution as it’s pretty scary. And I’m not just saying that just because its Halloween week, no siree! This terrifying collaboration between former Can member Holger Czukay and legendary producer Conny [...]
Spooky Film of the Day – The Flesh Eaters (Jack Curtis, 1964)
Did you ever hear about that American Film Institute poll where they voted the Nazis the best movie villains in the history of film? Well, as ever-so-slightly dubious as that is, they’ve sort of got a point… I wonder how many of you will feel a little burst of excitement when I [...]
Frightenin’ 45s: Charles Bernstein – Run, Nancy!
I was tempted to post DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince’s Nightmare On MY Street today and then I thought, nah, let’s listen to the final track of Charles Bernstein’s underrated score to Wes Craven’s 1984 film Nightmare On Elm Street instead! Bernstein’s brooding use of creepy electronics perfectly [...]
Spooky Film of the Day – Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (Bob Clark, 1972)
Not just a great title (not to mention sound advice), but a great film too! And one that deserves to be held in similar affection by zombie-lovers as anything by Romero and Fulci. In fact, I would put Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things at number three with a bullet (to [...]
Frightenin’ 45s: The Moontrekkers – Night Of The Vampire
Beginning with a coffin lid being opened and ending with a bloodcurdling scream*, The Moontrekkers’ eerie 1961 masterpiece achieved notoriety when the BBC banned the record for being “unsuitable for people of a nervous disposition”. That’s what we like to hear at Daysarenumbers!! Produced by Joe Meek, this genuinely chilling [...]
Spooky Film of the Day – Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Tommy Lee Wallace, 1982)
Happy Halloween Week everybody! I thought it might be jolly apt to kick things off with a film that was actually set on old Hallows eve itself… Strangely enough however, once you’ve overlooked the bleedin’ obvious, there are surprisingly very few half-decent horror films that take place around Halloween… The bleedin’ obvious being [...]
Halloween Week Begins!!
“Vampires, werewolves, ghouls, ghosts. Mummies that come back to life after three thousand years. Can such things be? Well, I’ve spent a lifetime doing my best to persuade you at least for an hour or two in a darkened theatre that there are things that go bump in the night…”* [...]
Ghoulish Delight #12: Billy DeMarco & Count Dracula – Drac’s Back
He sure is with this wacky rock ‘n’ roll horror delight. Not much is known about this 1962 gem, other than that it had to be recorded at night as the vocalist would not record in daylight hours. Oooh.. Anway, enjoy this fun track as it has good ol’ Drac [...]
Ghoulish Delight #11: Ghostwatch
When I talk to people who haven’t seen Ghostwatch (either because they were too young, or they were watching something else at the time), I sometimes feel like the deranged stereotype of a Vietnam veteran; “YOU WOULDN’T KNOW, MAN! YOU WEREN’T THERE, MAN!” I holler upon recalling the horror (and yes… the horror) of [...]