Trick or Treat: Rubber Mask - House of 1000 Corpses, Otis Driftwood elvis presley The twisting streets of Yharnam

The twisting streets of Yharnam might seem quaint by comparison

Digital sampling was not yet widely available at the time of recording

The singles 'Johnny Come Home' (a plea to a runaway that sounds like the Beat's ska stripped down to its tense and obsessive essentials) and 'Blue' (one of the more oblique and successful antiMargaret Thatcher tracks of its era) are terrific

It was also the second of a sextet classic Ozploitation pics including the aforementioned Richard Franklin film

2021 is shaping up to be the year of Alan Vega

Trick or Treat: Rubber Mask - House of 1000 Corpses, Otis Driftwood elvis presley The twisting streets of Yharnam