Yesterday saw the release of the hotly anticipated new Radiohead tune “Burn the Witch“, as well as a music video to go with it. And what a (timely) video it was: using claymation, the story pays homage to the May Day-centered cult horror film, The Wicker Man. The police investigation, the weird townspeople, the fruit, and even the titular wicker man – it’s all there in pliable Newplast, set to the haunting warble of Thom Yorke.

Now, music videos using old films as inspiration is nothing new, but it got me thinking about music videos that had used horror films as inspiration (this is a horror site, after all), and while a few immediately came to mind I still had to do a little digging, which uncovered a few more that I had just plain forgotten about – or in some cases, didn’t even realize were an homage!

So without further ado, here are 10 music videos inspired by famous fright flicks.

Massive Attack (feat. Young Fathers) – “Voodoo in my Blood” / Possession (and Phantasm!)

This video was only released a few months ago and quickly made the rounds through the horror-sphere, with every geek-in-the-know saying, “Look! Possession! Phantasm!” If prior to this video coming out you’d have asked me if I thought A.) a music video from a well-known band would ever pay homage to something as esoteric and polarizing as Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession and to a lesser-but-equally-as-niche extent, Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm, and that B.) the odd pairing would actually work, I’d say no way. No way, man. Never happen. Alas!

Garbage – “Stupid Girl” / Seven

Vying for the title of “most mid-’90s thing ever”, industrial alt-rockers Garbage were so inspired by the title sequence from Seven, they just had to star in their own music video emulating the movie’s opening credits. Fun fact: Seven was directed by David Fincher, who got his start directing music videos for the likes of Paula Abdul and Madonna; the “Stupid Girl” video was directed by Samuel Bayer (director of the iconic Nirvana video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit”), who made his film directorial debut with the attractive-but-atrocious A Nightmare on Elm Street reboot.

Foo Fighters – “Everlong” / The Evil Dead

Some of us are old enough to remember when Foo Fighters weren’t “dad rock”, they were just “rock”. After Nirvana dissolved, drummer Dave Grohl started a new band – Foo Fighters – and they were fun and quirky and had some punk undertones (Pat Smear was their guitarist, for cry-eye!) And they made great videos, too – who can forget their Mentos commercial-inspired, “Big Me”? (Note to self: write article on music videos inspired by commercials.) Anyway, Foo Fighters eventually worked with Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) on their video for “Everlong”. Gondry, known for his surreal images, really showcases his appreciation for film history here, with references ranging from German Expressionism to ’80s b-horror movies, like Evil Dead.