The 80's weren't all bad, as evidenced by these totally radical sound effects records. I like them because they are still using as their sonic foundations old-timey library effects mixed together in a new-ish way- no samplers or digital keyboards in sight yet. Haunted House (NEW!)(1985) is a favorite of mine- it has a drifting musical loop that I originally heard in Teenagers From Outer Space, a film that features a lot of the same cues that most of us horrorphiles are familiar with from the Night Of The Living Dead soundtrack.
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Three years later, Haunted House(1988) was re-issued at twice it's original length and half it's original cover. Like most records of this type, one side is one long ambient track and the other features individual effects. For this version, the effects tracks are simply repeated- clean the first time, secondly treated with that crappy harmoniser-thing that totally dominated scary sound effects of 80's horror films and which I hate with a passion. What's different about the ambient track? Why, the addition of a NEW! middle section which, in hip-hop parlance, has been "screwed"- I'll let you hear it for yourself...
Same stuff, different configuration- more wind, less music. Anyway, I do recommend these for scaring your friendly neighborhood trick-or-treaters or for those of you who like to do housework at night...
