Definitely Starkid's Hatchetfield trilogy for me! All three of them are such a fun blend of horror and comedy, plus they're all free to watch on RUclips! Where else is there is an inter-connected series of musicals? Just genius
My favorite spooky show is Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet. It’s very confusing but also very terrifying. Hearing the live recording of The Photograph is an experience.
I'm really glad you put The Grinning Man on the list - i had exactly the same response as you did when I saw it in London! The cast recording was available from the Bristol Old Vic on CD only - not sure if it is available anymore but I am glad I have a copy. In terms of not mentioned musicals, you have Repo: The Genetic Opera. I would definitely argue high camp, and extremely blood thirsty, which would probably make it pretty near the central spooky line!
Repo! is definitely one of the campiest things ever (and you could go back and forth on whether it's intended to be camp or not), but I think it's almost so campy that it takes away some of the actual scary factor, if that makes sense. Once you start adding rubber-band sound effects to people's intestines being removed, you've gone a little past the line of genuine fright.
Having had the distinct pleasure of seeing Beetlejuice live I can attest that it actually can get pretty intense live, mainly the end of act 1 and opening of act 2 really catch you off guard
Happy Hallowe'en! My favourite spooky musicals are "Evil Dead," "Jekyll and Hyde" and "Beetlejuice" for sure. I also watched Starkid's "Nerdy Prudes Must D*e" this year and it was hilarious spooky fun! Thanks for sharing your list !
we love to see the grinning man mention!! truly a special show that does manage to get fairly scary for a musical. i'm absolutely desperate for it to get a professional production in the US
Ok, as both an accountant and a musical theatre fan, I’m petitioning right now to have more MT videos with corresponding ‘mathematical equations’ and graphs please! 😂
Thanks for mentioning The Grinning Man! I hadn't heard of it until now and now I'm completely obsessed. I'm grasping at every little bit of content I can. Hopefully they'll make the pro-shot available again someday!
I think yt might have removed my reply for trying to even obliquely mention a link but you can still watch the pro shoot! If you need to know where to find it i can try again :]
If you go to the wayback machine, that place's sister-function, the regular archive, search that (not the wayback) for Bristol old vic grinning man, it should pop up
Evil Dead The Musical was fantastic. I saw it off Broadway. The first 4 rows in the audience were called "The Splatter Zone" because of the blood. I was in row 6 and still got sprayed a bit. It was scary but soooo campy. My favorite songs were "All The Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons!" and "What the **** Was That?". It didn't take itself at all seriously and was great because of that. You also left out Tanz de Vampyres (sp?).
I have a soft spot for Ghost because it's the first show I followed closely from inception all the way to getting to see it on the US Tour. (It's also the first show I saw I can listen back on as much as I want 🤐) I saw the Beetlejuice tour this past week & it was the perfect way to get me in the mood for the season. Fun Fact: My first exposure to RHPS was the song "Over at the Frankenstein Place" in a theme park Halloween show before even seeing the film (Love at First Fright at Six Flags in IL) Years later the only live performance of RHPS I've ever seen was again at a theme park. (a heavily abridged version at Halloween Horror Nights here in FL)
Elisabeth! The Sylvester Levay show that deserves an English production (😒 Charing Cross Theatre’s Rebecca). A gothic tale of Empress Elisabeth’s relationship with death (essentially, the Grim Reaper), through her life. The main male leads are her murderer and Death himself. Thrilling! But why is it my favourite spooky show? The score is glorious! Gorgeous music! Thinking an English production starring Sierra Boggess is needed, like yesterday.
Something that will always live rent free in my brain is watching Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman singing In His Eyes from Jekyll And Hyde in my college summer show!!!! ❤️❤️ mindblowing! Wasn’t a revival being workshopped? I wonder what happened to that! 🧐
ALW's THE WOMAN IN WHITE has the potential for being the spookiest. I thought the score evoked the creepiness of Wilkie Collin's novel but the original West End/Broadway set design was a mess that distracted from production.
I'm so glad you included Young Frankenstein and Carrie on the list! I'm involved in a production of Carrie in South Australia, opening tomorrow night. Also did you know Beetlejuice is coming to Australia in the next couple of years? I'm so fricken excited!
Sweeney Todd is a little scary, not spooky though. Bit camp. Especially mrs Lovett by Emma Thompson or Patti Lupone (my favourites) Spooky sounds like ghostly things Eg 2:22 that’s a play though Beetlejuice is definitely scary and camp
Dracula is one of those stories that have many renditions Dracula The Musical - Frank Wildhorn Lestat - Elton John Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (play) Dracula, music: Chris Orton / lyrics: Gareth Evans Fantasy Musical Dracula (Walter Haupt) (German musical) Possessed: The Dracula Musical
Everyone hould also watch the Wait in the Wings video on Carrie! That story is absolutely crazy. Wait for the Grease reveal. I watched that video years ago and still shaking my head whenever I remember that... I thought Sweeney Todd would get the crown. I forgot about American Horror Story (never seen or listened to, yet) and Jekyll & Hyde. (which my sister and I were obsessed with when we were younger. I still remember finding videos of David Hasselhoff as the lead and thinking "oh my god, who made that horrible decision, Name recognition really gets you any job" but I was absolutely surprised how well Mr. Hasselhoff did!) Tanz der Vampire should also be on the list, I think. In the German and Austrian productions it is camp, but from what I heard not half as much as the butchered US version...
Another one I might add for the list is Scotland, PA. It a modern retelling of Macbeth, taking place in a fast food restaurant. Wonderful production at the Roundabout, but unfortunately didn't get a cast recording. Definitely has both scary and campy moments, but I would probably rate it higher on the scary side.
Bat Boy is truly 10/10 camp you really should go see. its slightly incoherent, but there are some genuinely great musical moments and some good reveals.
Likely not relevant to MJ or his audience but man, I wish you could've included Dracula Entre Lamour et la Morte (sp?) on this list. French musicals do camp in such a bizarre way that I absolutely ADORE omg. Happy Halloween everyone, and thanks for the fun video!
Far from the intended takeaway from this video, I'm suddenly reminded of a piece of trivia. Sylvia Llewellyn Davis (the family from which JM Barrie based Peter Pan) was the aunt of Daphne Du Maurier.
Back in the 90s I saw a very short lived musical production of Plan 9 From Outer Space. I don't remember much about it, but the subject matter kind of fits. Maybe more sc-fi, but had horror-style characters and was high on camp.
There's Jack the Ripper The Musical, if you can believe that. Definitely in the spooky mix. I haven't seen Heathers The Musical but the film sits easily with other spooky late 20th century movies for me.
Happy Halloween 🎃 👻 Nice list. This is throwing it out there, but perhaps "LOTR" could be a contender, perhaps depending on which version of it you see. The original Toronto production and it's West End expansion, or the stripped back story telling based revival at the watermill (saw it back in September this year, lile as soon as tickets went on sale, worth the 15 year wait and you brilliantly reviewed it). Again I guess it depends on which version and cast you saw, there are proffesional shots of both Toronto & West End, but based on the watermill, there are campy moments (some which may have been accidental but they worked like Matthew Bugg's sadistically comedic and tragic portrayal as Gollum/Smeagul). And definitely scary moments from lighting, puppetry (the voices and backdrop use as the eye) and Shelob...need I say more. 😊💖🎭
Some great suggestions. We're sad that we missed American Psycho on Broadway -- we had tickets but then it all shut down about a week before we arrived. But we did see a great production in Sydney (and the same place is doing Ride the Cyclone next year, which is very exciting). We're even getting Beetlejuice in Australia next year. For other possibilities: We Are the Tigers is a cheerleader/slasher sendup that is pretty campy and has some scares. A very obscure one is called Boojum! It combines a fun-filled romp of word play and adventure (based on Lewis Carroll) with growing existential dread. There doesn't seem anything particularly spooky in London for our trip (it's this month: panic), except we've just discovered Lizzie at Southwark Playhouse, so we have high hopes for that.
I was surprised you didn't include Heathers, which is not traditionally horror, but has scares and camp. Also, for what it's worth, your Ghost marker was put on the wrong side of the line.
I've seen multiple amateur Addams Family productions. I'd love to see an actual, professional production (not throwing shade at my community theatre friends -- but there is something to be said for bigger budgets).
Definitely go see Bat Boy. The music is great and the story is something that sticks with for both good and not so good reasons. Nothing can quite prepare you for a certain section of act 2 though 😂. It's camp, it's poignant, it's funny, and you'll definitely find yourself humming the songs. If you get the chance to see Evil Dead it's worth it for a fun spooky blood soaked night out and if you want the full affect you have to sit in the splatter zone. It combines the plots of the first 2 movies and adds a bit of the extra camp from the 3rd one so while you don't need to watch the movies the show is much more enjoyable if you have seen them.
I feel like the entirety of act 2 is as you described for the life of me im not sure which one you are referring to. The forest creatures/marriage scene? The flashback? The twin reveal? The ending death(s)? The drinking blood from a plot important dead cow?
I think Sweeney is closest, Phantom next; then Jekyll & Hyde. Most spooky musicals are campy. I have seen some great ballet tries at Dracula and Frankenstein, a good Opera of Frankenstein; I wish that a really good version of those stories would come along as a musical; but they seem like non-musical properties, for the most part. Thanks for the Halloween content (still Halloween here). Have a good one.
I've honestly never seen the Broadway version of Jekyll and Hyde, but i heard a lot of times it is not good. I wish you would be able to see the Hungarian production in the Operetta theater in Budapest. Especially with the cast including Péter Sándor. It's one of the most liked shows there, always ends with standing applause. There is even some videos of it online. I would love to hear someone's thoughts on it, who knows better the original production than me. The lyrics is in Hungarian which lacks some of the lyrical problems you mentioned in this video, but there is always english subtitle too so foreigners can undertsand it too
Did you go and see the Bat Boy in concert last night? Definitely on the camp side with plot twists I don’t think anyone who’s not on drugs would see coming
If you’re looking for more niche spooky musicals I volunteer “Frankenstein” and “Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe”! Definitely on two ends of the scary and camp scale, but with a bit of both in each.
Oh, by the way: American Psycho should have worked; I think it needed the right advertising, and maybe a little tinkering on the composed songs. The look, and general idea, were great.
I’m kinda surprised that Heathers or Wicked wasn’t included. If they were, I’d put Heathers as an 8 on the Campy scale, and a 3 or 4 for the Scary components. For Wicked, I’d put it on the 7 scale for Campy, and for the Scary component, I’d put it on the 6 scale. Now, when I first saw this show at 12, it was the SCARIEST show that I’ve ever seen, mostly bc it was the only show that I’ve seen. But even now, as an adult, it’s not like it’s NOT a spooky show. I mean, it premiered the DAY BEFORE Halloween, for cryin out loud! Does anyone else think that these two musicals belong on the list? Or was it right that they weren’t included?
I don't know if this counts since it's in german, but Elisabeth. Its told from the POV of the assassin who murdered her, opens with the souls of the dead commenting on the Empress, has a nightmare set on a sinking ship and being overseen by Death himself, as he sets plans in motion to have Elisabeth killed. Plus its written by the same team that wrote Rebecca
I still have trouble remembering that I have seen Ride the Cyclone. 'Batboy' is a retro love letter to conspiracy theories and monster movies of the 50s and 60s as 'reported' by the tabloid Weekly World News, and is owned by the Weekly World News; draw your own conclusions, but a parody of a parody by the people who invented the original parody feels very forced. It's trying so hard, which is scary. I have only seen high school versions; it just didn't tour much.
It's not very scary and has zero camp, but using a more traditional definition of "spooky," I'd nominate The Secret Garden. Singing ghosts! BTW, funniest moment in this video must be your deadpan delivery while showing us your graph: "This is science."
Death Note should have been in honorable mention. While the songs are not scary and are more political or love songs, Ryuk is kind of freaky as well as the concept of killing is extremely dark.
I don’t think you gave Little Shop of Horrors enough of a scary score. There’s a lengthy asphyxiation scene, a man-eating plant and in the end, everybody dies! Please correct this error. ;)
Instead of the closest to the line, shouldn’t you give them a score for scary and a score for camp and the one with the highest total is the spookiest?
For a niche option, any of the trio of Hatchetfield musicals from Starkid should hit that spooky itch!
All available on RUclips, or to buy as a download with a bunch of extra features!
for an EVEN niche-r option: Ghost Quartet by Dave Malloy, absolutely Halloween spooky vibes there, especially if you like non-conventional theatre!
I was just coming to the comments to shout out TGWDLM
Definitely Starkid's Hatchetfield trilogy for me! All three of them are such a fun blend of horror and comedy, plus they're all free to watch on RUclips! Where else is there is an inter-connected series of musicals? Just genius
My favorite spooky show is Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet. It’s very confusing but also very terrifying. Hearing the live recording of The Photograph is an experience.
I'm really glad you put The Grinning Man on the list - i had exactly the same response as you did when I saw it in London! The cast recording was available from the Bristol Old Vic on CD only - not sure if it is available anymore but I am glad I have a copy.
In terms of not mentioned musicals, you have Repo: The Genetic Opera. I would definitely argue high camp, and extremely blood thirsty, which would probably make it pretty near the central spooky line!
Repo! is definitely one of the campiest things ever (and you could go back and forth on whether it's intended to be camp or not), but I think it's almost so campy that it takes away some of the actual scary factor, if that makes sense. Once you start adding rubber-band sound effects to people's intestines being removed, you've gone a little past the line of genuine fright.
Having had the distinct pleasure of seeing Beetlejuice live I can attest that it actually can get pretty intense live, mainly the end of act 1 and opening of act 2 really catch you off guard
Repo! The genetic opera. Toured all over the US, but never to my knowledge in the UK, but they did make a film of it. 9 scary and 10 campy for me!
Happy Hallowe'en!
My favourite spooky musicals are "Evil Dead," "Jekyll and Hyde" and "Beetlejuice" for sure.
I also watched Starkid's "Nerdy Prudes Must D*e" this year and it was hilarious spooky fun!
Thanks for sharing your list !
we love to see the grinning man mention!! truly a special show that does manage to get fairly scary for a musical. i'm absolutely desperate for it to get a professional production in the US
Same!! :] I hope the one in Australia next year can help it pick up traction and be made in more places 🤞🤞
Ok, as both an accountant and a musical theatre fan, I’m petitioning right now to have more MT videos with corresponding ‘mathematical equations’ and graphs please! 😂
MICKEY, for the love of all that is spooky, please do a video listening to/watching Ride The Cyclone
Thanks for mentioning The Grinning Man! I hadn't heard of it until now and now I'm completely obsessed. I'm grasping at every little bit of content I can. Hopefully they'll make the pro-shot available again someday!
I think yt might have removed my reply for trying to even obliquely mention a link but you can still watch the pro shoot! If you need to know where to find it i can try again :]
@@simbelmyne7767 please! I’d be forever in your debt!
If you go to the wayback machine, that place's sister-function, the regular archive, search that (not the wayback) for Bristol old vic grinning man, it should pop up
i dressed up as Audrey II today!!!
I had on a green crochet dress and a styrofoam Audrey II i made myself on my head
Evil Dead The Musical was fantastic. I saw it off Broadway. The first 4 rows in the audience were called "The Splatter Zone" because of the blood. I was in row 6 and still got sprayed a bit. It was scary but soooo campy. My favorite songs were "All The Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons!" and "What the **** Was That?". It didn't take itself at all seriously and was great because of that. You also left out Tanz de Vampyres (sp?).
Someone's missing teaching maths😂 love this approach! X
Fab video, I'd say the woman in white (underrated much) belongs on this list too.
Oh! Witches of Eastwick!
EASTWICK! How could I forget - so due for a revival!
Totally! Also... WICKED! anything with witches is Halloween to me lol
I have a soft spot for Ghost because it's the first show I followed closely from inception all the way to getting to see it on the US Tour. (It's also the first show I saw I can listen back on as much as I want 🤐) I saw the Beetlejuice tour this past week & it was the perfect way to get me in the mood for the season. Fun Fact: My first exposure to RHPS was the song "Over at the Frankenstein Place" in a theme park Halloween show before even seeing the film (Love at First Fright at Six Flags in IL) Years later the only live performance of RHPS I've ever seen was again at a theme park. (a heavily abridged version at Halloween Horror Nights here in FL)
GHOST QUARTET! Nonlinear storytelling, Dave Malloy at his best, and spooooky vibes.
Ooh, I love Bat Boy. I’d say that ranks pretty highly in both scary and camp too.
Elisabeth! The Sylvester Levay show that deserves an English production (😒 Charing Cross Theatre’s Rebecca).
A gothic tale of Empress Elisabeth’s relationship with death (essentially, the Grim Reaper), through her life.
The main male leads are her murderer and Death himself. Thrilling!
But why is it my favourite spooky show? The score is glorious! Gorgeous music!
Thinking an English production starring Sierra Boggess is needed, like yesterday.
Astounded you weren't at Bat Boy last night! The cast were phenomenal!
Something that will always live rent free in my brain is watching Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman singing In His Eyes from Jekyll And Hyde in my college summer show!!!! ❤️❤️ mindblowing! Wasn’t a revival being workshopped? I wonder what happened to that! 🧐
"You're camp, Beric"
Beric
OMG I'm dying😂
ALW's THE WOMAN IN WHITE has the potential for being the spookiest. I thought the score evoked the creepiness of Wilkie Collin's novel but the original West End/Broadway set design was a mess that distracted from production.
I'm so glad you included Young Frankenstein and Carrie on the list! I'm involved in a production of Carrie in South Australia, opening tomorrow night.
Also did you know Beetlejuice is coming to Australia in the next couple of years? I'm so fricken excited!
Sweeney Todd is a little scary, not spooky though. Bit camp. Especially mrs Lovett by Emma Thompson or Patti Lupone (my favourites)
Spooky sounds like ghostly things
Eg 2:22 that’s a play though
Beetlejuice is definitely scary and camp
Tanz der Vampire/Dance of the vampires...still to be originated in London. PhG
Dracula is one of those stories that have many renditions
Dracula The Musical - Frank Wildhorn
Lestat - Elton John
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (play)
Dracula, music: Chris Orton / lyrics: Gareth Evans
Fantasy Musical Dracula (Walter Haupt) (German musical)
Possessed: The Dracula Musical
Everyone hould also watch the Wait in the Wings video on Carrie!
That story is absolutely crazy. Wait for the Grease reveal.
I watched that video years ago and still shaking my head whenever I remember that...
I thought Sweeney Todd would get the crown. I forgot about American Horror Story (never seen or listened to, yet) and Jekyll & Hyde. (which my sister and I were obsessed with when we were younger. I still remember finding videos of David Hasselhoff as the lead and thinking "oh my god, who made that horrible decision, Name recognition really gets you any job" but I was absolutely surprised how well Mr. Hasselhoff did!)
Tanz der Vampire should also be on the list, I think. In the German and Austrian productions it is camp, but from what I heard not half as much as the butchered US version...
I can’t believe you missed Lizzie the Musical!
Another obscure spooky musical that’s been on my mind lately is Nevermore.
Another one I might add for the list is Scotland, PA. It a modern retelling of Macbeth, taking place in a fast food restaurant. Wonderful production at the Roundabout, but unfortunately didn't get a cast recording. Definitely has both scary and campy moments, but I would probably rate it higher on the scary side.
Bat Boy is truly 10/10 camp you really should go see. its slightly incoherent, but there are some genuinely great musical moments and some good reveals.
Likely not relevant to MJ or his audience but man, I wish you could've included Dracula Entre Lamour et la Morte (sp?) on this list. French musicals do camp in such a bizarre way that I absolutely ADORE omg.
Happy Halloween everyone, and thanks for the fun video!
Far from the intended takeaway from this video, I'm suddenly reminded of a piece of trivia. Sylvia Llewellyn Davis (the family from which JM Barrie based Peter Pan) was the aunt of Daphne Du Maurier.
Batboy is one of my guilty pleasure shows lol definitely high camp but some scary elements
You deff want to look into the Evil Dead Musical.
I’d love to see a production of Jekyll and Hyde, seems some great songs in it
Back in the 90s I saw a very short lived musical production of Plan 9 From Outer Space. I don't remember much about it, but the subject matter kind of fits. Maybe more sc-fi, but had horror-style characters and was high on camp.
There's Jack the Ripper The Musical, if you can believe that. Definitely in the spooky mix. I haven't seen Heathers The Musical but the film sits easily with other spooky late 20th century movies for me.
My favorite spooky show, which leans HARD into the camp is “Zombie Prom”. I highly recommend.
I love that show! I really wish it would get done more often.
The rocky horror live is just an amazing musical. Its the campest show ou there. Its my 2nd favourite musical.
IMO, it's a tossup between Sweeney Todd, Beetlejuice, and The Addams Family.
Happy Halloween 🎃 👻
Nice list. This is throwing it out there, but perhaps "LOTR" could be a contender, perhaps depending on which version of it you see.
The original Toronto production and it's West End expansion, or the stripped back story telling based revival at the watermill (saw it back in September this year, lile as soon as tickets went on sale, worth the 15 year wait and you brilliantly reviewed it).
Again I guess it depends on which version and cast you saw, there are proffesional shots of both Toronto & West End, but based on the watermill, there are campy moments (some which may have been accidental but they worked like Matthew Bugg's sadistically comedic and tragic portrayal as Gollum/Smeagul). And definitely scary moments from lighting, puppetry (the voices and backdrop use as the eye) and Shelob...need I say more. 😊💖🎭
Gotta give Elisabeth das Musical a shoutout!
But I think the spookiest show is Sweeney Todd
Happy Halloween 🎃👻
Definitely should have included Evil Dead in this list - high camp and somehow still scary.
Some great suggestions. We're sad that we missed American Psycho on Broadway -- we had tickets but then it all shut down about a week before we arrived. But we did see a great production in Sydney (and the same place is doing Ride the Cyclone next year, which is very exciting). We're even getting Beetlejuice in Australia next year.
For other possibilities: We Are the Tigers is a cheerleader/slasher sendup that is pretty campy and has some scares. A very obscure one is called Boojum! It combines a fun-filled romp of word play and adventure (based on Lewis Carroll) with growing existential dread.
There doesn't seem anything particularly spooky in London for our trip (it's this month: panic), except we've just discovered Lizzie at Southwark Playhouse, so we have high hopes for that.
I was surprised you didn't include Heathers, which is not traditionally horror, but has scares and camp.
Also, for what it's worth, your Ghost marker was put on the wrong side of the line.
Shocked Headed Peter is very disturbing.
I've seen multiple amateur Addams Family productions.
I'd love to see an actual, professional production (not throwing shade at my community theatre friends -- but there is something to be said for bigger budgets).
Little Shop of Horrors is also on my bucket list
Definitely go see Bat Boy. The music is great and the story is something that sticks with for both good and not so good reasons. Nothing can quite prepare you for a certain section of act 2 though 😂. It's camp, it's poignant, it's funny, and you'll definitely find yourself humming the songs.
If you get the chance to see Evil Dead it's worth it for a fun spooky blood soaked night out and if you want the full affect you have to sit in the splatter zone. It combines the plots of the first 2 movies and adds a bit of the extra camp from the 3rd one so while you don't need to watch the movies the show is much more enjoyable if you have seen them.
I am so glad I got to see Bat Boy when it ran for a brief time in London!
I feel like the entirety of act 2 is as you described for the life of me im not sure which one you are referring to. The forest creatures/marriage scene? The flashback? The twin reveal? The ending death(s)? The drinking blood from a plot important dead cow?
@@beatrixflynn5126 all of it, but mostly Children Children lol
I would love to hear your opinions on Yeston’s Phantom!! In some ways I like that better that ALW’s
I think Sweeney is closest, Phantom next; then Jekyll & Hyde. Most spooky musicals are campy. I have seen some great ballet tries at Dracula and Frankenstein, a good Opera of Frankenstein; I wish that a really good version of those stories would come along as a musical; but they seem like non-musical properties, for the most part. Thanks for the Halloween content (still Halloween here). Have a good one.
I've honestly never seen the Broadway version of Jekyll and Hyde, but i heard a lot of times it is not good. I wish you would be able to see the Hungarian production in the Operetta theater in Budapest. Especially with the cast including Péter Sándor. It's one of the most liked shows there, always ends with standing applause. There is even some videos of it online. I would love to hear someone's thoughts on it, who knows better the original production than me. The lyrics is in Hungarian which lacks some of the lyrical problems you mentioned in this video, but there is always english subtitle too so foreigners can undertsand it too
Did you go and see the Bat Boy in concert last night? Definitely on the camp side with plot twists I don’t think anyone who’s not on drugs would see coming
We need a Beetlejuice West End production asap 😭
I'm surprised Wicked isn't on here. Sure it's terribly scary or camp, but anything with witches (like vampires) should be considered spooky
Come down under to see Beetlejuice, opening in Melbourne next year :)
Okay Batboy is so fun. You gotta see it
If you’re looking for more niche spooky musicals I volunteer “Frankenstein” and “Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe”! Definitely on two ends of the scary and camp scale, but with a bit of both in each.
Phantom is my favourite musical ever
Oh, by the way: American Psycho should have worked; I think it needed the right advertising, and maybe a little tinkering on the composed songs. The look, and general idea, were great.
I’m kinda surprised that Heathers or Wicked wasn’t included. If they were, I’d put Heathers as an 8 on the Campy scale, and a 3 or 4 for the Scary components. For Wicked, I’d put it on the 7 scale for Campy, and for the Scary component, I’d put it on the 6 scale. Now, when I first saw this show at 12, it was the SCARIEST show that I’ve ever seen, mostly bc it was the only show that I’ve seen. But even now, as an adult, it’s not like it’s NOT a spooky show. I mean, it premiered the DAY BEFORE Halloween, for cryin out loud! Does anyone else think that these two musicals belong on the list? Or was it right that they weren’t included?
I'd include both!
Imelda staunton and micheal ball were chilling
Happy Halloween 🎃. Spooky show Sweeney Todd. Spooky play The Women in Back 👻
I would love to see Evil Dead, but don't think it's ever come to Australia. Had to make do with the soundtrack and whatever youtube has!
Happy Halloween!!
Based on that graph, Little Shop is the winner. Closest to the top right corner.
a 3 on camp for something from the writer of Riverdale is wild
Still not seen the addams family yet. Im hoping to see it next year.
Happy Halloween. What about Rebekah? Mrs Danvers IS camp.
Happy Halloween! 🎃🕸️🪦🦇👻
I don't know if this counts since it's in german, but Elisabeth. Its told from the POV of the assassin who murdered her, opens with the souls of the dead commenting on the Empress, has a nightmare set on a sinking ship and being overseen by Death himself, as he sets plans in motion to have Elisabeth killed. Plus its written by the same team that wrote Rebecca
Happy Halloween!🕷🕸🦇🎃
Spooky Musical-Sweeney Todd
Haven't seen it, but the sound track for Dracula sounds pretty campy
Easily Sweeney Todd!
I still have trouble remembering that I have seen Ride the Cyclone. 'Batboy' is a retro love letter to conspiracy theories and monster movies of the 50s and 60s as 'reported' by the tabloid Weekly World News, and is owned by the Weekly World News; draw your own conclusions, but a parody of a parody by the people who invented the original parody feels very forced. It's trying so hard, which is scary. I have only seen high school versions; it just didn't tour much.
Evil Dead the musical would win this. def check it out
What about Hadestown?
It's not very scary and has zero camp, but using a more traditional definition of "spooky," I'd nominate The Secret Garden. Singing ghosts! BTW, funniest moment in this video must be your deadpan delivery while showing us your graph: "This is science."
Possibly, Hadestown
If you had the chance to write a musical what would the story be?
Sophie Evans came in 2nd but made a wonderful and fun career so far from it.
Sorry, but that thing you did with your hair doesn't say "Vampire".
It says "Alfalfa of Our Gang".
Death Note should have been in honorable mention. While the songs are not scary and are more political or love songs, Ryuk is kind of freaky as well as the concept of killing is extremely dark.
My rankings Little Shop 7 Addams Family 8 Sweeney Todd 5
I ranked ST a 5 because it is not my favorite musical.
I don’t think you gave Little Shop of Horrors enough of a scary score. There’s a lengthy asphyxiation scene, a man-eating plant and in the end, everybody dies! Please correct this error. ;)
I hope American psycho comes to the uk
Ride the Cyclone?
Instead of the closest to the line, shouldn’t you give them a score for scary and a score for camp and the one with the highest total is the spookiest?
I think it's more about the balance, because 10 camp + 3 scary isn't that spooky.
Where is Evil Dead the Musical