This "graveyard smash" seriously slaps. The spooky season is comprised of a few time-honored traditions: jack-o-lanterns, people debating the merits of pumpkin spice lattes, and most importantly, “The ...

“Monster Mash” was originally written as a parody of several pop fads that have faded away, but the song is an American novelty song that lives on like a vampire. In the early 1960s two cultural ...

EXCLUSIVE: The 1962 song “Monster Mash,” which has become an annual Halloween +hit, is becoming an animated movie at Miramax. Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman, who has been behind such haunted hits as ...

What's not to love about Halloween? It's a holiday chock full of spooky delights like crafting a fabulous costume to impress your friends, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns and listening to ...

So October (or Monstober, if you’re into annoying nicknames) is the month of monsters, when we take an evening to support kids in dressing up like their favorite killing beast and threaten neighbors ...

For millions of folks, as soon as they hear the bubbling, boiling cauldron and that iconic opening line, I was working in the lab late one night, it’s Halloween. “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” ...

Halloween is the best season for novelty holiday songs, and “Monster Mash,” Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s 1962 smash hit, has long been the gold standard. Not only did Pickett book an all-star lineup of ...