"Night Of Terror!" CD

It's National Haunted House Day, it's Friday the 13th, AND it's Freebie Friday! It doesn't get much better than this, so let's dive right in!

This week's offering was another blind purchase, based on nothing more than the ridiculous/totally awesome cover art.

Night Of Terror! A Continuous Tale Of Horror Told In Sound. Well, I'm not sure I'd go THAT far, but I did luck out and picked up another Halloween gem.

What really grabbed my attention with this one was, in fact, that crazy cover. It instantly reminded me of those crazy Ghanaian hand-painted movie posters. So much storytelling in a freeform, non-realistic, totally sensationalized rendering. On this cover, I guess the cowboy in black is rounding up the dead girls for some kind of swamp ritual? Amazing.

WARNING: YOU MAY NOT WANT TO BE ALONE WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THIS TAPE BECAUSE...

The inside cover (which I have scanned and included in the folder) is the story that corresponds to the list of sounds as the track plays (it's all one continuous track, clocking in at just over an hour). And it's pretty good. Full of the classic "spooky sounds" tropes, it somehow links all of the disparate sounds into one ghoulish tale.

The track itself contains a collection of the usual sounds (collected from other sources because I have definitely heard them all on other releases) all laid over a continuous thunderstorm. And even though there is nothing groundbreaking here, the less-than-perfect production (was this dubbed straight from a cassette?) lends to that wonderful, nostalgic, creepy feel. Its perfection really lies in its imperfection. And I haven't even mentioned the "Lion Growls" and "Mad Ape" sounds thrown in just for fun!

"Night Of Terror!" really hits that old "spooky sounds" sweet spot and I'm glad I took the chance on it. This is a fun one you can spin all night long.

DOWNLOAD "NIGHT OF TERROR!" HERE.