The slasher sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer came out 25 years ago today on November 13th, 1998 and, while it co-starred Brandy, it was actually Jennifer Love Hewitt who had a song on the movie’s soundtrack, “How Do I Deal”. 

The Waterboy turns 25 today, originally released in theaters on November 6th, 1998.  Along with a soundtrack full of classic rock from the likes of Rush, The Allman Brothers, and Credence Clearwater Revival, the punk rock band Goldfinger performed a cover of the song “More Today Than Yesterday”, which played over the movie’s credits.

Along with featuring co-star Tuesday Knight’s song “Nightmare” and The Fat Boys “Get Ready for Freddy?” the soundtrack for A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master also featured “Back to the Wall” by Divinyls. 

Bookending Jason’s boat trip and brief visit to New York City in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan was the song “The Darkest Side of the Night” by Metropolis, which plays during the opening and closing credits

Sounding more like the opening to an 80s sitcom than a horror movie, you nevertheless hear “Say the Word” by The Facade Band at least 3 times over the course of the ridiculous Primal Rage from 1988.

Coming out in 2018 off the album Simulation Theory, Muse’s “Thought Contagion” has some creepy vibes in the music but it’s being featured in Musical Montage for its neon-drenched music video that is partially an homage to “Thriller”. 

The Nightmare on Elm Street series has had an ecclectic mix of music on the various movie soundtracks from The Fat Boys to Dokken and for A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, rap group Whodini performed “Anyway I Gotta Swing It”.

With Saw X out this coming weekend (and our Saw II commentary this week), it seems like the perfect time to highlight Mudvayne’s “Forget to Remember”, which was featured on the Saw II soundtrack.

Not only was the 1984 song “Make My Day” by country legend T.G. Sheppard about Dirty Harry but the man himself, Clint Eastwood, provided guest vocals

Kicking off the insanity of the cult 80s musical comedy Voyage of the Rock Aliens, the movie’s star Pia Zadora joined Jermaine Jackson for “When the Rain Begins to Fall”. 

Eric Clapton helped set the tone for the music of the Lethal Weapon series in the first movie of the franchise and he returned to help out Sting with the Lethal Weapon 3 soundtrack song “It’s Probably Me”