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Trendland’s Halloween mixtape, Bloody Good

A howling wind bursts through a haunted house, blowing open a squeaky door separating the helpless protagonist and Halloween‘s Michael Myers. Cue the music. Cue the senses. What stimulates fear in any lovable horror movie, or any film for that matter, is the soundtrack. It is music alongside visuals that evokes mirrored audience emotions of a story’s characters or climaxes. It’s why big, scary sharks will forever own those two simple, yet unforgettable repeated piano notes (thanks to Jaws). It’s why dark, dramatized church organs are associated more with Dracula than Sunday morning.

Bloody Good is a bit of the dark, eerie sounds you might expect to hear on this spooky holiday, and in most of your favorite screamer flicks of the season. As some of these dance-tastic tracks imply, we mustn’t forget that this day is also dedicated to the love of pranks, trick-or-treating, and dressing in disguise! Have a killer day, and enjoy the tunes. Read the full story

Dawn, innocent teenager, discovers that she has teeth in her vagina that attacks all unsuspecting visitors. This comedy/horror film was written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. It is about “the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the vagina dentata myth.” ( IMDB)

What is a vagina dentata myth? According to Wikipedia, “the vagina dentata appears in the myths of several cultures…the myth expresses the threat sexual intercourse poses for men who, although entering triumphantly, always leave diminished.”