and now for some halloween fun!

here are jam! showbiz music department's top 13 halloween musical howls:

13) My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion
Want to send a shudder through everyone in hearing range? Just blast this sucker. Handy household hint: It can also be used to kill crabgrass and drive squirrels from your attic.

12) I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow
No, it's not scary in the least. But you gotta have at least one song about the sweet stuff. And this nugget of compressed sugar will have you buzzing and bouncing off the walls.

11) Dead Skin Mask by Slayer
Almost any song by these death-metal thrashers will get the job done, but this tribute to legendary serial killer and cannibal Ed Gein seems apropos. Pass the ladyfingers.

10) Sweet Transvestite from Rocky Horror Picture Show
Some fans prefer doing The Time Warp, but Dr. Frank N. Furter's glammy, hammy tribute to Transsexual Transylvania will make you shiver with antici ... pation.

9) I Love the Dead by Alice Cooper
There are tons of Coop cuts that qualify -- Welcome to My Nightmare, Go to Hell and Dead Babies, to name three. But we have a rule: When in doubt, always go with the necrophilia anthem.

8) Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
All together now: Ah-oooooooooooooooooooooooo! You gotta love Warren's cathartic howler. And his hair was perfect.

7) Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Ask not for whom the bell tolls -- it tolls for Ozzy's squandered brain cells. If you can't find this classic, Children of the Grave will do in a pinch.

6) I Put a Spell on You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Hawkins used to rise onstage from a coffin and perform with a bone through his nose. Maybe that's why this sounds so demented.

5) Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oeyster Cult
There's a reason why this creepy rocker has been used in three Halloween films and countless other horror flicks. And that reason is, of course, the cowbell!

4) Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
Everybody has a favourite horror soundtrack -- ours include Bernard Herrmann's stabbing Psycho strings and John Carpenter's one-finger Halloween synths. But for orchestral creepiness, you can't beat this opus from The Exorcist.

3) Thriller by Michael Jackson
You don't think Jacko is scary? Let him take your kids trick-or-treating. Plus, he's the only artist on this list whose nose might actually fall off if you touch it.

2) Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus
Clocking in at nine droning, spooktacular minutes, this minimalist goth masterpiece inspired a million teenage mood-swings and bad haircuts.

1) The Monster Mash by Bobby (Boris) Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
More than 45 years after it was recorded, Pickett's novelty tune remains a perennial graveyard smash. To really get your freak on, check out Transylvania Twist and Blood Bank Blues too.