House of Terror (Parade)

Monster Mash (1973)

Sounds of Terror! (1974)

Back cover copy: Gasp and scream as the victims plead in vain for mercy, or quick death. If your heart is too weak for this journey into terror, do not play this record. Your nerves will jarr to the grotesque inhumanity of man to man within. The screams you hear may be your own after this diabolical detour into madness!

Ghostly Sounds (Power)

Casper’s Haunted House Tales

Monster Dance Party (1964)

Riboflavin Flavored, Non Carbonated, Poly-Unsaturated Blood.

Monster Melodies (1965)

Night in a Graveyard (1985)

Back cover copy: Bring the murky, creepy, slimy atmosphere of a monster infested graveyard into your home! Warning: Do not listen to this record alone. May be hazardous to your health.

Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House (1964)

Monster Rally (1959)

Back cover copy: The word that best describes this album is Inevitable. Popular songs have always been a particularly sharp mirror of the times. And these, let’s face it, have been monstrous times. Paul Bunyan and Davy Crockett have been replaced, as folk heroes, by Count Dracula and Dr. Frankenstein’s creation. As if we didn’t have enough with these traditional favorites, the space age has opened up a whole new field for monsters, and every planet seems to breed its own brand.

Monster Shindig (1965)

This is a motley crew even by this blog’s standards: Hanna-Barbera’s Super-Snooper and Blabber Mouse attend a Shingdig with Frankenstein’s Monster, Count Dracula, and The Werewolf, starring The Flinstones’ rock band, The Gruesomes. (Via Patrick Owsley’s great blog, Powsley.)

Ghostly Sounds (Peter Pan, 1973)

Ghostly Sounds (Back)

Elvira Presents Vinyl Macabre (1983)

Back cover copy: Hello Darlings and welcome to VINYL MACABRE...also known as “Elvira’s Gravest Hits!” I've been digging through my cryptic collection of scary songs and tunes of terror (many were ’decomposed by artists with dead-pan hands!) Yours Cruelly, Elvira

Spike Jones in Hi-Fi (1959)

Back cover copy: HEAR Dracula and his hippie, Vampira, sing love songs! HEAR all of about the World’s only teenage brain surgeon! HEAR the two-headed beatnik harmonize Stephan Foster!

The Original Monster Mash (1973)

Monster Mash (1962)

(Via Magic Carpet Burn.)

Halloween Horrors (1977)

Back cover copy: For the best results, listen to this album in a dark room.

Monsters! (1975)

A Musical Monster-osity.

Halloween starring Fat Albert (1980)

Hey Hey Hey!

Ghoul Music (1965)

Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House (1979)

Back cover copy: Turn your home into a haunted house with these spine-chilling, heart-pounding, hair-raising sound effects. They're perfect for spicing up parties, welcoming trick or treaters, or listening alone in the dark!

Sounds to Make You Shiver (1973)

Back cover copy: Turn this record on and the lights out, then prepare for a visit to a haunted house, complete with banging shutters, eerie screams, the hoot of an owl, the squall of a cat, the growl of a dog, scraping chains, stealthy footsteps, howling winds, rain on the window pane, maniacal laughter, a witch’s screech, moans, and groans.

Famous Monsters Speak (1963)

Groovy Ghoulies

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