Horror Movie – Skyhooks

Australia, 1974

℗ 1974 Mushroom Records. (Kempf)

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The colourful and quirky music video for Skyhooks’ song Horror Movie (1974) helped mark Australian television’s transition from black and white to colour as it was first played on a special, midnight episode of Countdown (1974–87). Despite being a political commentary on the state of current affairs at the time, the song became an unintentional Halloween classic after it was included on a compilation album from actress Cassandra Petersen’s character Elvira in 1988.

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director

Paul Drane

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1974

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Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Australia → MA-04. Music Video

Object Types

Moving image file/Digital

Materials

music video

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