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A 1970s New England vampire story moves from the uneasy familiarity of a returning hometown to the creeping dread of Marsten House, then into a desperate, fragile resistance. The instrumental half traces shadowed streets, isolation, and the fight to hold on; the vocal half draws on small-town unease, nocturnal predators, and the characters’ grief and resolve.
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The Black Rider
Tom Waits · Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
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Suspiria
Goblin · Suspiria (40th Anniversary) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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The Thing - From "The Thing"
Ennio Morricone · The Essential Ennio Morricone
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The Fog
John Carpenter · Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998
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Dies Irae
Giuseppe Verdi · Verdi Requiem
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath · The Ultimate Collection
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Vampire Blues
Neil Young · Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972 - 1976)
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Black Magic Woman
Santana · Ultimate Santana
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The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash · American IV: The Man Comes Around
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(Don't Fear) The Reaper
Blue Öyster Cult · Agents Of Fortune
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Midnight Rambler
The Rolling Stones · Let It Bleed
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Somebody's Watching Me
Rockwell · Somebody's Watching Me
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Black Sabbath
Type O Negative · Nativity In Black: A Tribute To Black Sabbath
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Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
Concrete Blonde · Bloodletting
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People Who Died
The Jim Carroll Band · Catholic Boy
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The End of the World
Skeeter Davis · The Essential Skeeter Davis
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I Walked with a Zombie
Roky Erickson · The Evil One
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The Night
Morphine · The Night
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Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: V. Songe d'une nuit du sabbat
Hector Berlioz · Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48
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