Hold your breath, hold tight /1/ outta breath, outta sight /2/ turn ‘em off—kill the lights /3/ --better pray, not you tonight-- /4/ Evil here has taken a shape /5/ this escalated at an alarming rate /6/ —Don’t go upstairs, when you’re tryin’ to escape /7/ you know better, you’ve studied the tape /8/ midnight movies, video rentals /9/ sleep-over parties, no parentals /10/ hand over face - looking between your /11/ fingers spread so you see the screen /12/ Of all the films, and lessons learned /13/ late fees earned with no returns /14/ VHS roll of the dice /15/ slice of vice made to entice /16/ worth the price of your life’s stryfe - when horror movies saved your life twice /16/ More than a test you’ve been studying for /17/ with the highest stakes and the bloodiest gore /18 / dripping blood pooled on the floor /19/ like the sounds of fear, in a movie score What’s it gonna take to bring you down / what’s it gonna take to save the town? / It could take more than all you got / so steady your nerves—and ready your shot / shoot when you gotta gun / fight when you gotta fight / run when you gotta run / Burn when you got a light / shoot when you gotta gun / fight when you gotta fight / run when you gotta run / Burn when you got a light / All your nightmares now have a home /01/ but you’re all alone - that ringing’s the phone /02/ chill to the bone runs up your back /03/ like a heart attack or Willard’s rats /04/ or left to Lovecraft—in the walls /05/ or waves of blood flowing down the halls /06/ zombies up in Monroeville Mall /07/ or BIRDS collecting before the fall /08 Who’s your favorite serial killah /08/ serial thrilla, soundtrack chiller /09/ pillar of the genre who made a mark /10/ changed the game from the franchise start /11/ what about you, what gets under your skin? /12/ what knocks you out like a hit on the chin? /13/ Gives you the chills, or Vertigo spins /14/ doesn’t take much maybe dorsal fins /15/ breaching the water, jaws of death /16/ or a xenomorph rolling out of a nest /17/ Brody - Ripley, making a mess // the Orca’s down, Nostromos next /18/ From out of nowhere, he’s hunting you down /1/ —from the bottom of Crystal Lake where he drowned— /2/ the place mom-straight lost her crown /3/ when Jason is coming, you’ll know by the sound... /4/ —unbound, part 3, red and blue 3D /5/ as for me growing up, with cable TV /6/ I learned to love, the frightening freaks /7/ God’s and monsters, family tree /8/ free the beast, let it out /9/ fly that flag, and scream and shout /10/ loud with a crowd, day after the 12th /11/ it’s only a movie, keep telling yourself /12/ off the shelf, DVDs… classics mixed with New Release /13/ Exorcist with his expertise /14/ or Candyman with a mouth of bees /15/ A Michael Myers killing spree /16/ or Hannibal Lecter teasin’ Clarice /17/ Freeze the Thing and bury it deep- /18/ bringing you the show, every week

Tonight every lesson learned, gonna see a return /1/ the stakes-have never been higher, like the fires we burn /2/ concerns now are survival, think on your feet /3/ focus on your rival, don’t miss a beat /4/ so load up-roll up, come with the heat /5/ if movies are your bible, you’re in for a treat /6/ If I had to pick a favorite, again and again /7/ they’d be tales of paranoia, shot through a skewed lense /8/ Body Snatchers invade, and spores descend—/9/ or communities with secrets they’d die to defend /10/ maybe isolated, stranded, gonna need a new plan /11/ inspector in Summerisle, trapped in Wicker Man /12/ or McCreedy in The Thing as a Carpenter fan—/13/ finding something in the ice with a long life span /14/ it wants to get out, so it looks like a man /15/ like Roddy Piper in They Live, trying on his Raybans /16/ finding evil empires, invisible hands /17/with a finger on the pulse, and our adrenal glands /18 What just happened, where am I, who are you? /1/ the last thing I remember it was a full moon—/2/ hell broke loose, a minute too soon /3/ and everyone scattered, just like a cartoon /4/ no one was prepared, monsters broke through and spread—/5/ it was the thing of nightmares, all pouring outta my head /6/ that’s right, it was me - the reason we’re all covered in red /7/ enveloped in carnage, like a bleeding waterbed /8/ ‘cause outta my subconscious came the evil that resides /9/ inside I’ve tried to hold back the tide /10/ but monsters are my friends, they just wanted to say hi /11/ in their own way with their claws and their knives /12/ I get it now, I feel bad, it cost a lotta lives /13/ next time I’ll think twice, before I let ‘em out /14/ gotta defeat ‘em-beat ‘em, lead ‘em into their own traps- /15/some are waiting in my dreams, so I only take naps /16/ it’s a good thing I was taking notes—down here where it floats /17/ or sinking in the sunken place— with suburban white folks /18/ a bread-trail of entrails to find my way out /20/ this got out of hand, now I really have my doubts Some people hate scary movies, they avoid ‘em, not me /01/ not me, I like to analyze and sort ‘em /02/ seek ‘em out, shout about, start the—recorder /03/ is it weird asking for gore in my order /04/ ‘cause I’m a vegetarian who likes to see blood--/05/ imagine surfing on the Shining’s elevator flood /06/ maybe too much, like the lady in the tub? /07/ laughing like a maniac-who really needs a scrub— /08/ whether monsters, zombies, psychos, or ghosts /09/ xenomorph, face huggers looking for a host /10/ or fine young cannibals trying to spread you on their toast /11/ we all have favorites, what scares you the most /12/ Italian slashers— extremities in France /13/ or POV horror made with micr0-finance /14/ really every flavor, you’ll never try ‘em all /15/ kaiju monsters, Godzilla standing tall /16/ on the shores of J-Horror, waiting to appall—/17/ the train to Busan just slowed down to crawl /18/

Hands over your mouth, don’t make a sound /1/ think back over every clue that you found /2/ time’s up, he’s riding up releasing the hounds /3/ he’s only one man, but somehow he surrounds /4/ are you stepping up, attack and rebound /5/ whatever it takes ‘cause you’re taking him down /6/...he’s tall but he’s slow /7/ you’re small but you’re fast /8/ go toe to toe, but stay below, stay out of his grasp /9/ every movie mistake, and hot take -10- when characters break, trip and fall with Adrenaline shakes-11-Let’s go to the tape, this time, with a critical eye-12-don’t hesitate, this rhyme, might imply-13-you’ve always been there, like Overlook, mind’s eye-14-now it’s your turn, earn your stripes, it’s prime time-15-to shine, like Will Gram—this is my design /16/ What’s his motivation, this killing machine? /13/ What snapped, that he now hunts teens? You really wanna know, OK, I’ll tell ya First came the head wound, then some more trauma /1/ unchecked sadism punished by my mama /2/ disassociation from my psychodrama /3/ let it be known, bad seeds have been sewn /4/ I rose to the throne on a pile of bones /5/ murder, the agenda - no negotiation /6/ I’m a force of nature, or better an aberration /7/ Ahead of the curve, and on the bleeding edge /8/ if this was Vertigo, you’re Stewart, I’m the ledge-/9/ hear that rise in the music—it’s announcing your death /10/ —killing ‘em all, pulling a McBeth /11/ Lady when I’m done, you can’t imagine the mess /12/ I’m the thing of nightmares, cold chills, Lost prayers /13/ let me out of this chair, or blood spills, I swear /14/ beware I’m coming home—like a fatal like disease or syndrome /15/ a Grim tome tells the tale, with no survivors, and no jail /16 Shower scene of the crime, last we see of Janet Leigh Laurie Strode through October, on her way to Halloween Make a left on Elm Street, to dream a little dream With Nancy and the whole Dream Warriors team— While Sydney fights back and Ghostface Screams