Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime Stories, the new Halloween album from LVCRFT, is 27 tracks set up as a late-night horror broadcast, hosted by Roger L. Jackson, the voice of Ghostface, with songs from Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, and Bruce Campbell. LVCRFT also writes the music for the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor and the LA Haunted Hayride, and three haunt-industry names are on the album: Amy Hollaman, Jon Cooke, and Monte Revolta.
About the Album
The album came out October 1 on streaming services, and it runs 59 minutes. LVCRFT’s site calls it “a late-night horror broadcast that clawed its way out of somebody’s basement,” with songs, skits, and trailers for movies that nobody can watch yet. Jackson, the voice of Ghostface since 1996, introduces the stories between the songs.
- Robert Englund and Heather Langenkamp, Freddy and Nancy from A Nightmare on Elm Street, share “Scream For Halloween” with directors Mick Garris and Robert Rodriguez.
- John Kassir, the voice of the Crypt Keeper, is on “Dead Heart Beat.”
- Bruce Campbell has a track named after him.
- Ernie Hudson of Ghostbusters is on “Get In The Car” and “Possessed.”
- Jasmin Savoy Brown of Scream and Yellowjackets sings “My Boo,” which has a music video.
- Jenna Davis, the voice of M3GAN, sings “Devil In My Rearview.”
The album reminds me of the Crypt Keeper, because the host’s interludes between the songs set up the stories, and it’s a nice one to play in its entirety on a drive during the spooky season. Kassir’s Crypt Keeper is also hosting AMC’s FearFest this month, and the original Scream is back in theaters on October 30.
Roger L. Jackson, the Voice of Ghostface, as Host
“When we first reached out to Roger L. Jackson, the legendary voice of Ghostface from Scream, we just wanted to see if he’d be interested in the project,” LVCRFT said in written answers to my questions. “We ended up on the phone for almost two hours talking about old radio shows, music, books, theater and all things horror and spooky.”
Jackson offered to help by the end of that call, the group said, and “he ended up not only hosting Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime Stories but sneaking into a lot of the record’s dark corners too.” He plays the Sheriff on “Sweet Kristine Movie Trailer” and voices werewolves and other creatures throughout the album.
Who Is LVCRFT?
LVCRFT is a Halloween music group started in 2019 by three pop songwriters and producers, Evan “Kidd” Bogart, Amanda “MNDR” Warner, and Peter Wade. Its song “Skeleton Sam,” sung by Sarah Barrios, is the first song heard in the present-day part of Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2. The group also makes ambient loops and custom scores for haunted attractions under the name Nightmare Soundworks.
LVCRFT’s 2026 Scores at Dark Harbor and the LA Haunted Hayride
LVCRFT scored four mazes at the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor this year. Three are in the harbor: Breakout: Maximum Security, Voodoo: The Queen’s Curse, and Big Top Terror: Carnival of Chaos. The fourth is Shipwrecked: Brace For Impact, the new maze on the ship, and the group said it “created our first original soundtrack for the new maze ON the Queen Mary itself.”
“It’s an entirely new path through the Queen Mary and introduces a new character to the Dark Harbor lore, The Commander,” LVCRFT said of Shipwrecked. “LVCRFT has been all over that ship in the past few years, but this maze took us into parts of the Queen Mary we’d never been before.”
Big Top Terror, the carnival maze that added a faction of punk anarchy clowns this year, has a new third act in its score. “To amp things up we rewrote the third act of the Big Top Terror soundtrack and went full METAL with it,” the group said, adding that “people have been coming out of the maze PUMPED, so we think it’s working!”
LVCRFT also “scored and produced audio for some of the new secret activations like Gale’s Requiem,” an add-on live performance at the exit of Dark Harbor’s Infirmary maze. At the LA Haunted Hayride, the group wrote the soundtrack for The Jasper Family’s Opening Scare-e-mony. Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group produces both events, and LVCRFT’s site says the group also stages the live entertainment at Dark Harbor and writes the music for Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns.
The Haunt Names on the Album
“We wanted Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime Stories to be an homage to our love of all things horror, from horror movies and TV to live haunts and spooky storytelling, so why wouldn’t we ask our friends who actually MAKE THE STUFF?” LVCRFT said.
- Amy Hollaman, Thirteenth Floor’s director of Halloween attractions, narrates “Ghost Story.” LVCRFT said she “does all the creative direction for The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor, and she’s also an amazing storyteller, so we knew early on we wanted her voice on the album.”
- Jon Cooke, the founder of the haunt design studio Plague Productions, is on “Eat You” as Johnny Plague, the name he uses with the band Winds of Plague. Plague Productions created The Conjuring: Beyond Fear, the walk-through at four Six Flags parks this fall. “We’re fans of his band Winds of Plague and of his KILLER work on so many of our favorite haunted attraction mazes (Cinema Slasher anyone?!), and we knew he’d bring something different to the record,” LVCRFT said.
- Monte Revolta, the undead performer who leads the Hayride’s stage show of songs and jokes, is on “Creepy Crawl” and on the closing track, “Cabinet of Horrors,” with composer Christopher Young. He also sang “Purgatory” on LVCRFT’s fifth album, V. “He and Skeleton Sam have had a rivalry going for years, so we brought him in to try and squash the beef. Not sure it worked,” the group said.
The Urban Legend Behind “Ghost Story”
“Ghost Story” tells part of the story of Sweet Kristine, which LVCRFT called “an urban legend we discovered about a popular girl who was pushed off a bridge.”
“The story goes that if you say her name three times at midnight, she comes back and drags you down into the depths with her,” the group said. “We thought that was pretty scary, so we put it on the album!”
Hollaman narrates the track, and Cooke’s wife, Sarah, plays the piano behind her. Three other tracks carry the name: “Sweet Kristine Movie Trailer,” “Sweet Kristine,” and “Kristine Kristine Kristine.”
Can Haunts License LVCRFT’s Music?
“All LVCRFT music is licensable, so haunted attractions, home haunts and Halloween events can use songs from Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime Stories and the rest of our catalog,” LVCRFT said. “We also compose original music on command.”
“We created Nightmare Soundworks because we kept getting so many inquiries from friends and home haunters about soundtracking their own mazes, so if you need scary soundtrack audio for mazes, haunts, RPGs, or any spooky place, that’s the place to go,” the group said.
Vinyl in 2027, an Anthology Series, and Where LVCRFT Is This October
LVCRFT plans a vinyl edition of Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime Stories, “but not till 2027,” the group said. It named three records it sells on vinyl now: the Skeleton Sam 10-inch, the Halloween Hop 10-inch, and The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor: An Original Soundwork by LVCRFT, “which features maze audio, character themes and more.” The group said the Dark Harbor record is sold at the Queen Mary.
“LVCRFT is making it! We’re expanding Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime Stories into a horror anthology series, and we can’t wait to share more,” the group said of the anthology series that its album page says will follow. LVCRFT has not said where the series will be shown. The group said news of it will go first to people who sign up at lvcrft.net.
“LVCRFT’s DJ KILLtrina is spinning every night at The Queen Mary, so you can always connect with us there,” the group said. “Other than that, we’re hitting every home haunt and haunted attraction we can get to in the sadly short 31 nights of October. Look for the jackets…”
The Full Track List
- Deadtime Stories: Roger L. Jackson
- The Host: Roger L. Jackson
- Blood Moon: Cynthia Garris and G Koop
- Get In The Car: Ernie Hudson, Trevor Shand, Bonnie McKee, and Michael Alden
- My Boo: Jasmin Savoy Brown
- I’m Hungry: Bonnie McKee and Michael Alden
- Eat You: Johnny Plague and sKarface
- Sweet Kristine Movie Trailer: Michael-Leon Wooley
- Sweet Kristine: Katharine Isabelle
- So Alive: MNDR, TJ from Deathchant, and Sarah Barrios
- Nighty Night: Heather Langenkamp and Violet Petunia Rebel
- Possessed: Ernie Hudson and Sarah Barrios
- The Veil: Roger L. Jackson
- The Other Side: Alyssa Sutherland
- Dead Heart Beat kodeblooded: John Kassir and Uffie
- Ghost Story: Amy Hollaman and Sarah Cooke
- Scream For Halloween: Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Mick Garris, and Robert Rodriguez
- Light As a Feather: MNDR, Angie Shriner, and Meredith Berg
- Creepy Crawl: Monte Revolta and Maizin’ Hell
- Kristine Kristine Kristine: MNDR, Angie Shriner, and Meredith Berg
- Bruce Campbell: Bruce Campbell and MNDR
- Principal Weintraub: Cindy Weintraub
- Halloween Hop: David Dastmalchian and Thunderwolf
- Moonset: Cynthia Garris and Sarah Barrios
- Devil In My Rearview: Jenna Davis
- Until Next Time…: Roger L. Jackson
- Cabinet of Horrors: Christopher Young and Monte Revolta
The titles and credits are from LVCRFT’s album page.
Where to Listen
Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime Stories is on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and other streaming services, and the digital album is $16.66 on Bandcamp. It is the group’s eighth album, released digitally on its Spooky Never Sleeps label.
The album and its credits are on LVCRFT’s site, and the streaming links are on the album’s link page.
