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Readers’ Rock List: Scariest Music Videos

11/3/08, 4:05 pm EST

Last week, in honor of Halloween, we asked our readers to tell us their favorite scary music videos. Nine Inch Nails‘ “Happiness in Slavery” video was the winner, however, that video is even too explicit for this website, so you’ll just have to get your torture gore kicks instead with the Trent Reznor’s slightly less-offensive (or at least more easily edited) “Closer” video. Check out the rest of the top ten, featuring terrifying clips by Tool, Metallica and Olivia Newton-John, below.

1. Nine Inch Nails – “Happiness in Slavery” (Click for extremely NSFW video)

2. Tool – “Sober”

3. Michael Jackson – “Thriller”

4. Metallica – “Enter Sandman”


5. Radiohead – “There There”


6. Marilyn Manson – “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These)”

7. Aphex Twin – “Come to Daddy”


8. Garbage – “Push It”

9. Metallica – “One”

10. Olivia Newton-John – “Physical”

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Anonymous | 11/3/2008, 5:30 pm EST

First I didn’t think “There There” would be creepy, but… never mind

Joe Mama the plumber | 11/4/2008, 2:39 am EST

“There There” is too close to Bjork’s “Human Behavior” in song and video.

Johnny Got His Gun is one of the most terrifying books I’ve ever read. I’ve always felt that “One” is a perfect musical interpretation of that horror.

Marilyn Manson is an evil-clown.

rayanne | 11/4/2008, 9:00 am EST

olivia newton-john’s video….
scary…..

Anonymous | 11/4/2008, 10:47 am EST

Agreed. “Happiness in Slavery” is extremely disturbing. It used to be posted on the NIN website, but they’ve updated the website since then and its kinda hard to navigate (or they just don’t have old music videos readily available anymore). FYI Trent is not featured much in the video… sigh.

one mans scary... | 11/4/2008, 6:15 pm EST

I always thought Tools videos were beautiful. Visceral, but beautiful.

Also, all the censorship in these videos is disgusting.

Len | 12/2/2008, 1:30 am EST

These are all very, very tame compared to most Skinny Puppy videos.

haha | 2/9/2009, 12:03 am EST

i can’t believe there’s no cradle of filth in there

abby | 2/9/2009, 12:05 am EST

the vid for pink floyd’s “another brick in the wall” kinda creeped me out…

michael deakin | 7/5/2009, 4:58 pm EST

marilyn mansons “the beutiful people should be on here in my opinion

JaviValca | 8/8/2009, 8:55 am EST

I’m not really a fan of Interpol’s music but their video “evil” should be in the top 5 of any scariest video list

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