Halloween Sound Effects - Jane Gipps and Ralph Harding - Music And Effects Of A Terrifying Nature

Apparently reissued in the mid '90's on a now OOP CD, this Canadian-born Halloween sound effects LP might be exaggerating things a bit when it comes to that "Music and Effects of a Terrifying Nature" subtitle. Things get started off near the right foot with tracks like "Two Headed Monster Devouring Raw Flesh" and "Growling, Snarling, Slobbering Monster In
Chains, Maniacal Laughter", but after a brief torture tangent ("Sharpening The Pendulum Axe", "Tightening The Thumbscrew", etc) you'll find that side two is completely taken up with the rather dubious theme of "Hallowe'en in Space" (even their liner notes seem apologetic on this point, claiming that "Since Hallowe'en is very difficult to define, we found that we were carried away by the space and fantasy feeling that now exists as side 2…"). Now maybe it was thanks to the post-Star Wars world we were all living in, or perhaps the Halloween traditions in Vancouver are more varied than those with which I'm familiar, but whatever the genesis, the end result is that when the listener drops the needle down here in search of scares, they're treated instead to sonic concepts like "Plutonian Ice Caves", "Cosmic Lunacy", and that ol' Halloween fave "Honing the Light Sabre".

"This is an absolutely horrible record album that no collection should be without"… "equally useful for professionals and sound and home movie buffs alike". Well hey, fair enough!
Thanks Jason scarstuff.blogspot.com

Track List:
01 Scream!!.mp3
02 Lugging The Body Upstairs - Heavy Breathing.mp3
03 Sawing Off It's Leg.mp3
04 Digging The Grave.mp3
05 Growling, Snarling, Slobbering Monster In Chains, Maniacal Laughter.mp3
06 Witches And Demons Enjoy It.mp3
07 Victim Doesn't.mp3
08 Two Headed Monster Devouring Raw Flesh.mp3
09 Gluttony And Belching From Satisfied Monsters.mp3
10 Beating The Prisoner To Death, Death Throes.mp3
11 Sharpening The Pendulum Axe.mp3
12 Chopping And Hacking Up The Body.mp3
13 Crunching The Bones.mp3
14 Tightening The Thumbscrew.mp3
15 Jane Screaming In Agony.mp3
16 Monster's Bash.mp3
17 Werewolf At Midnight.mp3
18 Tumblers In Time - Hallowe'en In Space.mp3
19 Cosmic Lunacy - Hallowe'en In Space.mp3
20 Martian Graveyard - Hallowe'en In Space.mp3
21 Forest Of Oz - Hallowe'en In Space.mp3
22 Lunar Quicksand - Hallowe'en In Space.mp3
23 Plutonian Ice Caves - Hallowe'en In Space.mp3
24 Honing The Light Sabre - Hallowe'en In Space.mp3
25 Stalactite And Stalagmite - Hallowe'en In Space.mp3
26 Laser Arrows - Hallowe'en In Space.mp3