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