24 Bone-Chilling Music Videos to Get You in the Halloween Spirit

How could we create a list of scary music videos and not include the biggest of them all? Michael Jackson's 14-minute-long "Thriller" was MTV's first world premiere video and it has cemented itself as a huge part of popular culture and will forever find itself associated with the holiday of Halloween.

From Beyoncé's self-titled album, the music video for "Haunted" finds Queen Bey in a big mansion full of possible haunts at every twist and every turn.

10 years later and we still can't get that super catchy "Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum" intro out of our heads.

Fun Fact: The music video here plays tribute to Stanley Kubrick's hit 1980 film The Shining based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.

Boys and girls of every age, wouldn't you like to see something strange? The residents of Halloween Town from Tim Burton's hit 1993 film, The Nightmare Before Christmas, joyfully welcome us mere mortals to their scary town and introduce us to their spooky lifestyle in this haunting video.

And they say that The Avengers was the biggest crossover event in history? Please! On "Monster," Kanye West teams up with a crew of baddies, including Nicki Minaj, who drops one of her most incredible verses in her entire catalogue.

Who you gonna call? The Ghostbusters of course! This music video contains footage from the film itself and also features cameos from many celebrities including but not limited to Danny Devito, Carly Simon, and Chevy Chase before the video concludes with Ray Parker Jr. and the stars of the film dancing down the streets of New York City.

You simply can't celebrate Halloween without honouring this graveyard smash. Here, Pickett performs the ghoulish tune on American Bandstand back in 1964.

Take a sip from Little Mix's secret potion with this music video from the British girl group that finds the four stunning ladies using magic to wrong some rights around their school.

Scenes from Sony Picture's Hotel Transylvania 2 are showcased in this music video that finds Fifth Harmony exploring a haunted hotel occupied by a variety of monsters.

Directed by legendary music video director Joseph Kahn, The Backstreet Boys find themselves turned into classic horror monsters in this video that was filmed in the same house used for 1995's Casper.

Swapping blood for glitter and confetti, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs super-catchy tune finds a werewolf hungry to kill in this super scary music video.

Post-apocalyptic world? Check! Zombies? Check! Billy Idol? Check! What more could a music video need?

From the cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, viewers learned step by step how to dance to the Time Warp that at first glance might seem a bit hard to comprehend, but it's just a jump to the left and then a step to the right.

The story of Frankenstein takes on a new look in this video starring David Guetta as a mad scientist who pieces together his own creation, Miss Nicki Minaj (pink wig included).

Based on The Crucible and the Salem witch trials, the video features a small town and a woman being accused of witchcraft who turns out to actually indeed be a witch in the video for this appropriately titled song.

This dance jam from Disney star China Anne McClain finds her dancing with all different monsters in a haunted house that was originally featured on the Disney Channel show A.N.T. Farm's Halloween-themed episode.

Fun fact: This song was inspired Grandpa's car, DRAG-U-LA, from the classic sitcom The Munsters.

The recent Imagine Dragons hit is accompanied by a music video with a message far scarier than any vampire, ghost, or witch — the personal hardships we deal with every day.

"Zombie" was actually crafted as a protest song by the Irish rock band. In the video, lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, who passed away earlier this year, is covered in gold makeup and sings before a group of young boys also covered in makeup as her vocals take lead in this haunting tune.

Horror film junkies will love the shower scene that references Psycho in this music video, among the other haunted house inspired themes and imagery.

Rihanna and Eminem team up once more for this 2013 hit, which finds the pair becoming friends with the monster under their beds.

In this music video, Cooper performs the song at a concert featured in the 1992 film Wayne's World. PARTY ON!

The full moon lights up the night sky as Shakira releases her inner wolf in this sexy and fun hit from 2009.