BENNETT INVENTORY : That Moment (Heavy Metal Horror Movie Edition!)

Heavy metal and horror go hand in hand. Their lyrics are very often about Satan worship, death, and evil. The guitar riffs alone send your heart pounding to the edge of oblivion. And if used to accentuate a particularly brutal scene, you can be sent straight to hell. Is there anywhere else that you'd rather be this Halloween season? I think not.

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7.  The Boys in the Trees - "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson

   This is a quiet little movie that takes place in Halloween in the late 90s in Australia. Music for the film was very important to the auteur who made it. And who was the maestro of metal during that time? None other than "The God of Fuck". Director Nicolas Verso wrote to Manson swooning over his love of his music embodiment and begged him to use this song. What we get is one of the greatest "getting ready for Halloween night" sequences ever.

6. Gremlins 2: The New Batch - "Angel of Death" by Slayer

   The Spider Gremlin is one of the best special effects of all time and Joe Dante knew it. He showcased his creature using this slamming head banger. 

5. Phenomena - "Flash of the Blade" by Iron Maiden

   This film is rock and roll beginning to end, but nothing can trump it's iconic usage of the Maiden. It brings you right to your feet and running for your life right with the character.

4. Night of the Demons - "Stigmata Martyr" by Bauhaus

   I find it appropriate that a demon would become sexual and turned on during a metal song; writhing around, dancing erotically and showing her body. It's hot, dirty, and pure evil. 

3. Demons - "Night Danger" by Pretty Maids

   The only two reason to watch the Demons movies are for the superior gross out effects and killer score/soundtracks. They really have no plot or stories to be told. But you will pump your fist in the air, and watch in horror during a particularly gruesome crowd/mayhem/slaughter scene, as the soundtrack kicks into high gear.  

2. Rocktober Blood - "Im Back" by Sorcery

  Every time we turn on Shudder, since mid September, this movie is playing on the Slashics channel, at the exact rockin' scene. And thus, this has become the song of the season.

1. The Devil's Candy - "By Demons Be Driven" by Pantera

   A movie about a metal obsessed family whose artist father becomes possessed. The demon takes hold of him, and out pours a monstrous creation, all set to this sinister hymn.