Regional Horror Hit Parade: Track 5

A holiday tune from Milton DeLugg, courtesy of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

Regional Horror Hit Parade Track 4

Among Burt Bacharach's many accomplishments, perhaps this is his most culturally significant? The Five Blobs vocalize over the opening credits for The Blob.

Regional Horror Hit Parade: Track 3

No 1970s bigfoot film was complete without a dance sequence. From Bill Rebane's The Capture of Bigfoot (1979), here are The Friends singing "Sensuous Tiger."

Composers Mitch and Keith Irish still operate a marketing firm in Wisconsin.

Regional Horror Hit Parade: Track 2

Track 2 of our "greatest hits" package of regional horror music is a classic -- the Del-Aires performing "Zombie Stomp" in Del Tenney's Horror of Party Beach. The beaches of Connecticut were never as swingin' as they are here.

Regional Horror Hit Parade: Track 1

Among the many unexpected charms to be found in regional horror films, the most surprising may be the wide variety of sublime and ridiculous musical interludes. To kick off our tribute to the fine art of the regional horror soundtrack, I give you Pete Yellen's title track for Buddy Cooper's North Carolina slasher film The Mutilator (1985), which originally bore the title "Fall Break". Performed by Yellen's group The Breakers, the song was composed by Michael Minard along with Artie Resnick, a tunesmith who had earlier co-written the Drifter's hit "Under the Boardwalk." It was released a 45 rpm single.