Hell House

Book Playlist

Hell House Playlist

by Richard Matheson

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 1, 2026

2 mixes for this book

“Hell House” is a locked-room investigation of death, skepticism, and the porous boundary between science and the supernatural—so this playlist moves between hushed dread and tense, searching momentum. The instrumental half leans into séance-like atmosphere (spare strings, tense orchestration, and cold, modern textures), while the vocal half adds human doubt, grief, and the unsettling pull of belief.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Libertango

Astor Piazzolla · Libertango - Buenos Aires Hora Cero

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2

Main Title

David Arnold · The Musketeer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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3

Dies Irae

Giuseppe Verdi · Verdi Requiem

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4

Blackwater Park

Opeth · Blackwater Park

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5

unravel

TK from Ling tosite sigure · Fantastic Magic

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6

I Want to Know What Love Is

Foreigner · Feels Like The First Time

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7

Everybody's Fool

Evanescence · Fallen

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8

The Only Exception

Paramore · Brand New Eyes

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9

Bitter Sweet Symphony

The Verve · Cruel Intentions

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10

The Pretender

Foo Fighters · Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

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11

Season of the Witch

Donovan · Sunshine Superman

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12

Red Right Hand

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Red Right Hand (Theme from 'Peaky Blinders')

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13

Somewhere I Belong

Linkin Park · Meteora (Bonus Edition)

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14

The Curse

Josh Ritter · So Runs The World Away

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15

Where Is My Mind?

Pixies · Death to the Pixies

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16

The House of the Rising Sun

The Animals · The House of the Rising Sun: Best of The Animals

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17

Time After Time

Cyndi Lauper · She's So Unusual

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18

The First Cut Is The Deepest

Yusuf / Cat Stevens · The Very Best Of Cat Stevens

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19

The Reason

Hoobastank · The Reason (20th Anniversary)

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20

Landslide

Fleetwood Mac · Fleetwood Mac

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