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It's Halloween today, and if you've haven't already seen MusicRadar's Halloween Smashing Pumpkins video exclusive we suggest you do so immediately. Once that's whetted your appetite, feel free to enjoy some more videos with a ghastly and ghoulish theme...

Michael 'I Feel Like Death' Leonard's choices

The Cult – The Witch
Producer Rick Rubin not only redux'd The Cult into a 'dumb AC/DC' (think whether that's actually possible, for a minute) on their Electric album, he also returned to produce this one-off single from 1992. It's a guilty pleasure – with a crap video, but simply ace fuzzbass. Will Rubin work wonders for ZZ Top? ML

Billy Corgan's dark arts
OK, so the Halloween reference is purely 'Pumpkins', but this is interesting. It's Billy Corgan writing a song he'll play live later the same day. Oh, and he looks like a bit like Uncle Fester. So that's scary enough, yeah? ML

Chris 'Motorpsycho Nitemare' Vinnicombe's choices

Ennio Morricone – Magic And Ecstasy
It's fair to say that 1977's Exorcist II: The Heretic isn't quite as revered as the 1973 original. For the soundtrack, Ennio Morricone updated his 1967 Il Giardino Delle Delizie theme, for our money much creepier in its original form. All things considered, it's a long way from the majesty of The Ecstasy Of Gold. CV

Band Of Horses – Is There A Ghost
Continuing the Halloween theme, this is the most-played song in the history of my iTunes library. Because it's blindingly bloody brilliant. Almost as amazing is The Funeral. Finally, here's a nice video someone's made from old Super 8 footage for Monsters. CV

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