Welcome to the Haunted Horror House. Just follow the footsteps from room to room and you'll experience the worlds that lie beyond each door. Turns your home into a chamber of horrors. Great for Halloween, Theme Parties, or around the campfire. Enjoy 40 minutes of original sound-score music and effects.
Step inside the Haunted Horror House. You're expected!
Recorded in 3-Dimensional Horror-Phonic Sound!
This week's Freebie Friday offering was picked up on a whim. I had never heard of The Haunted Horror House before, and there really wasn't any information available on it. But, it was in my budget (cheap!) and with that name, the silly cover graphics, and all of the wild claims plastered on it, how could I not pick this one up??
This cassette was released in 1990 by C.C. Marketing out of New York City. A quick search revealed that they were long gone. And info on the inside flap of the cover tells me their whole gig was releasing cassettes like this. Their list of other "greats" include Crazy Calls, Power Walk, The Massage Tapes, The Romantic Guitar, The Christmas Caroling Kit, Brazilian Dreams, and much more! Yeesh.
When I dropped the wonderful orange cassette into the deck and pressed play, I was somewhat surprised. It was good! I didn't know what "3-Dimensional Horror-Phonic Sound" was, but it apparently meant a high-quality sounding cassette, especially compared to other novelty Halloween cassettes from the era. And it was in fact, roughly 40 minutes long, split over the two sides.
Side A (1. Enter The House 2. The Hall of Horrors 3. The Rack 4. Mad Dogs 5. Where Am I 6. The Chapel of Chills 7. Chain Saw Massacre 8. Step Outside) has a nice collection of standard spooky sounds and cool echo and reverb effects, running continuously without any breaks between the tracks. The Chapel of Chills not only has the best track title ever, but has a nice "gothic chamber with thunderstorms" music feel to it.
Side B (1. The Graveyard 2. The Basement 3. The Clock 4. The Swamp 5. Run For Your Life 6. Come Again!) is another collection of standard sounds that run continuously. Run For Your Life is the standout, with its odd and hilarious "snarling jungle cat" sound effect...
For a chance purchase, this cassette turned out to be quite a find. I'm surprised it doesn't show up more often with its high-quality sound and amazing cover art. This one is definitely going into the collection and will get a few more plays this Halloween season for sure! Enjoy!
DOWNLOAD THE HAUNTED HORROR HOUSE CASSETTE HERE.
1 comments:
Glad to hear it is high quality. I am intrigued by the massage tape.
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