15+ Popular Songs That Got 10 Times Spookier After Being Featured In A Horror Movie
Anyone who watched Annabelle could never listen to "You Are My Sunshine" the same way ever again.
Music plays a huge part in movies, and for some people, the one thing that they are anticipating when waiting for a movie to come out is the soundtrack. Think The Breakfast Club, Pulp Fiction, and Saturday Night Fever, for instance; people love these movies not only for the story and actors but for the excellent soundtrack selection as well!
For a film to truly rise among the creations in pop culture, there are a lot of factors needed to be considered. In terms of music scores, music directors always see to it that the songs they choose have the power to have a pivotal impact, especially with the way they use them in the film or show.
Let's take the fourth season of Stranger Things, for example—people have been raving over Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God), sending it to top the charts even after almost 40 years since it was released. That's just how much of impact movies have on the music they pick out to be part of their production—and of course, vice versa, as the music also serves as the one who shapes the visual imagery we get on screen.
If a song gets associated with a romantic movie—it will serve as a theme song for hopeless romantics out there. If a song gets associated with an action movie, expect all the video edits on Twitter that feature some of the most significant scenes in the film.
And if a song gets featured in a horror movie, know that it will become a lot creepier, haunting, and hair-raising; even if it's one of the most whimsical songs you have ever heard of. Horror movies tend to do that, using cute popular songs, and then making them too eerie to listen to, so much that it terrifies the audience!
Take a look at some of our favorite popular songs that were made ten times spookier after they were featured in a horror film:
1. "The Candy Man" — Candyman (2021)
2. "American Girl" — The Silence of The Lambs
3. "The Man Comes Around" — Dawn of the Dead (2004)
4. "Show Me the Way to Go Home" — Jaws
5. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" — Halloween (1978)
6. "Banana Boat (Day-O)" — Beetlejuice
7. "Open Up Your Heart (and Let the Sunshine In)" — The Autopsy of Jane Doe
8. "I Got 5 On It" — Us
9. "Hip to Be Square" — American Psycho
10. "There Was A Crooked Man" — The Conjuring 2
11. "Run Rabbit Run" — Get Out
12. "Midnight, the Stars and You" — The Shining
13. "Fingertips" — Nope
14. "Tubular Bells" — The Exorcist
15. "Good Vibrations" — Us
16. "You Are My Sunshine" — Annabelle: Creation
17. "Beyond the Sea" — A Quiet Place Part II
We honestly could not listen to these songs the same way ever again—but it did make the film they were in a lot more interesting! Let's just hope that we won't end up in some horrific situations and one of these songs gets played in the background...
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