(Don't Fear) The Reaper

...what torture porn was all about was, of course, the Saw films. The Atlantic's James Parker touched upon the genre in his April essay, "Don't Fear the Reaper": Saw and Hostel succeeded, above all, because they are serious slasher flicks.

In this article: Eli Roth, Hostel, B-movie, Psychosis, Halloween, Surgery, and Anxiety

...drummer Gordon Townsend's rendition of the Beatles' If I Needed Someone and their reworking of Twist & Shout by way of Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear The Reaper a were introduced almost apologetically, while a cross-dressing roadie wandered...

In this article: ELO, Blue Oyster Cult, Glen Burtnik, Phil Bates, Twist & Shout, Eric Troyer, and Beatles

They have 30 tunes stockpiled. Guster showed its sense of rock history, weaving the signature guitar riff from Blue Oyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" into its own "Red Oyster Cult. " Could anything be more appropriate on this...

In this article: Guster, Halloween, Lost and Gone Forever, Satellite, Manifest Destiny, Fa Fa, Demons, and Airport Song

...wearing a shirt with another man's name on its back. 6:30: The P.A. system began playing Halloween songs. When Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" came on, fans on the first level began looking around for George Steinbrenner.

In this article: Halloween, World Series, Phillies, Bud Selig, Wade Boggs, George Steinbrenner, Jimmy Rollins, Yankees, and Blue Oyster Cult

...Price. Plus, as an added bonus, someone is sure to try to do the "Thriller" video dance when this song is played. "Godzilla" and "(Don't Fear) The Reaper": Go with a double-shot of Blue Oyster Cult, beginning with their rocking ode to...

In this article: Halloween, Monster Mash, Talking Heads, Thriller, Beach Boys, Hallow, Bela Lugosi's Dead, and Psycho Killer

...guitar on "Criminals" and doo-wop on "My Halo." But an innate tunefulness turns soundscapes into songs that stick; the marriage-proposal/suicide-pact "Shelia" is a Romeo and Juliet fantasy in the finest "Don't Fear the Reaper" tradition.

In this article: Atlas Sound, Panda Bear, Romeo and Juliet, Deerhunter, and Atlanta

...is an American rock band formed in New York in 1967 and still active in 2009. The group is especially well known for songs including "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Astronomy", "Godzilla", and "Burnin' for You". They have sold over 14 million...

In this article: Tracy Lawrence, Joan Jett, Chuck Wicks, Blue Oyster Cult, Miami-Dade, and Miami, Florida

...in White Satin" (with a Lynch-ian use of an old Moody Blues TV performance) and "The Things We Do For Love," a la Carpenter's use of "Don't Fear the Reaper" in the original. Plus, Zombie walks the walk, you can't deny it. And he's found...

In this article: Rob Zombie, Halloween II, Michael Myers, Halloween, Laurie Strode, Malcolm McDowell, John Carpenter, Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, and Halloween II

...served notice to newcomers: this is a band worthy of worship. Even more guitar-friendly than the band's most famous tune, "Don't Fear the Reaper," Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla" is a hard-rocking albeit sometimes goofy anthem to Japan's...

In this article: Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero, Through the Fire and Flames, Guitar Hero 5, Hotel California, Guitar Hero II, Godzilla, Take Me Out, and The Allman Brothers Band

...whose favorite bands apparently came along after the heyday of Blue Oyster Cult, a 1960s and '70s rock group whose biggest smash, "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," was released in 1976. For Royster, maybe even more so than for the vintage...

In this article: Evan Royster, Reggie Kinlaw, Curt Warner, Nittany Lions, Oregon State, Austin Scott, Malcolm Jenkins, and Joe Paterno