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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping songs I’d love to see as horror movies into the ol’ VCR. 

Fair warning, this is going to be one of those pieces where you question how my brain works. Just roll with it. 

The other day, I was listening to my country playlist (aptly named “Yee-Haw and Howdy To Ya”) when an idea struck me. 

When you really listen to country lyrics, there are a lot of horror elements woven throughout. Ghost stories, obsession, murder, you name it. 

I started thinking about which songs would make great horror movies, and the rest is history. 

I decided to start us off with four songs today and potentially come back to this series if/when I have more ideas.

Let’s be honest, we all know I’ll probably do this again. 

However, to get us started, I’ve selected four songs that I think would be perfect candidates for the horror movie treatment. 

“Jolene” by Dolly Parton 

Okay, picture it. Jolene wakes up in a basement.  She has no recollection of how she got there and only a fuzzy recollection from a bar the night before. Jolene has been seeing someone, and he claims his relationship is on the rocks. Sure, she’s heard this before, but she thinks he really means it. Jolene slowly starts putting the pieces together as her captor walks down the stairs. It turns out Jolene’s lover’s relationship isn’t as rocky as she thought, and her lover’s partner is willing to do anything to keep her man. 

Book Samara Weaving for this STAT. 

“Mama’s Broken Heart” by Miranda Lambert 

After being left heartbroken and alone, Miranda decides to rebel against her prim and proper upbringing and get revenge on her ex-lover. All while raising a little hell and cutting her bangs with some rusty kitchen scissors. I’m thinking of a Grindhouse-style gore fest mixed with some Diablo Cody wit for this one. 

“Lovefool” by The Cardigans 

All Nina ever wanted was to be loved. However, one failed relationship has led to another, and she’s found herself at her wits’ end. Nina finally meets Peter and is immediately smitten until a miscommunication causes Nina to snap. She wants Peter to love her, love her…at any cost. I see this one as a horror comedy a la Radio Silence. 

“The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” by Reba McEntire*

Reba’s brother, Seth, was charged for murder and given a death sentence. Ten years after his sentence was carried out, it seems Seth might not be gone as everyone involved with his case is winding up dead. Reba’s also carrying a secret that could shake the town to its very core. Think an 80s slasher meets The Town That Dreaded Sundown. 

*I know this is a cover, but it’s the version I always think of. 

No one does god awful “old” makeup like the 90s.