13 of the Best Horror Inspired Songs for Halloween

Written by Tiffany Wilkie

October 16, 2019

Need some spooky songs for your Halloween cabaret? (Or your music-filled Halloween party?) Check out these songs from the scariest Broadway musicals and sing the night away.

1. “I Want More” from Lestat



Lestat transforms Claudia, an orphan girl. Time passes. Claudia has a greater craving for blood, having been transformed at a young age. She mourns the fact that she will stay a child forever.

2. “All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed By Candarian Demons” from Evil Dead the Musical



Five college students spend the weekend in an abandoned cabin in the woods, accidentally unleashing an evil terror. Annie laments on how all the men she’s dated have been killed by demons.

3. “Touch-A Touch-A Touch Me” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show



Janet searches for Brad in the laboratory and discovers Rocky hiding there. Checking the television monitor, Janet sees Brad in bed with Frank and seduces Rocky.

4. “I Put a Spell on You” from Hocus Pocus



The three Sanderson sisters enchant partygoers to dance and sing until they die at a Halloween party at the town hall.

5. “When You’re an Addams” from Addams Family the Musical



The ghoulish Addams family is visiting the graveyard for an annual gathering of all family members (living, dead, and undecided) to celebrate what it is to be an Addams.

6. “A Little Priest” from Sweeny Todd



Mrs. Lovett slyly suggests that they use the flesh of Todd’s victims in her meat pies, and Todd joyously agrees.

7. “Puttin’ on the Ritz” from Young Frankenstein



The Monster is presented at the Loews Transylvania Theatre, now dressed as a gentleman, first walking on command, and then dancing to Irving Berlin’s “Puttin’ On the Ritz.”

8. “And Eve Was Weak” from Carrie



Carrie’s mother Margaret is praying when Carrie arrives home. Carrie joins her mother in prayer for a few minutes and then explains what happened in the locker room. Margaret tells Carrie that the blood is a sign of her sin and forces her into the cellar to pray for forgiveness.

9. “Murder, Murder” from Jekyll and Hyde



The citizens of London gossip about the Bishop’s murder as Hyde hunts down and kills General Glossop, Sir Proops, Lady Beaconsfield, and Lord Savage.

10. “Dead Girl Walking” from Heathers



When the Heathers cruelly prank Martha, Veronica angrily resigns from the clique and vomits on Chandler’s shoes. Her reputation in ruins, Veronica breaks into J.D.’s bedroom.

11. “Halloween” from Be More Chill



High schoolers throw a Halloween party while Rich tries to find Jeremy.

12. “The ‘Whole Being Dead’ Thing” from Beetlejuice the Musical



Beetlejuice proclaims that living life to the fullest is pointless, as it will all be worthless once death comes. Beetlejuice then tells the audience how, as a demon, he is invisible to all living beings unless he gets someone to say his name three times, and reveals that he has a plan to accomplish this.

13. “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space” from Little Shop of Horrors



A new song for Audrey II, “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space” features the killer plant singing about its plans.


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Tiffany Weagly-Wilkie is the Director of Theatricals for PerformerStuff.com. She also serves as the Casting Director for The Imagination House.