The top 10 scariest music videos of all time

October 31, 2024, 8:00 p.m

The scariest videos of all time.

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Forget all the wannabe movie chillers. The place for real horror is the humble pop video. From Radiohead to the Manics. Nirvana to The Cure, here are some of the most unforgettable images that will keep you awake at night…

Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy

Screeeeeeeeeeam! Probably the most acclaimed scary music video of all time, but still a wet-your-pants classic. Urban horror film par excellence.

Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy (Director's Cut)
MGMT – Children

A baby lives in a world full of ugly monsters. Who can save him? The happy duo of Ben 'n' Andy, that's it.

MGMT – Kids (video with fire intro)
Interpol – Evil

The world's scariest doll gets into a car accident and is rushed to the hospital. From then on things don't go well.
The Cure – Lullaby

Robert Smith with a full face slap is an alarming prospect even at the best of times. But as his alter ego, The Spiderman? Are you crawling through your bedroom wall? No thanks.
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun

Hyperreal, stretchy-faced craziness from the grunge legends. Leave the fish alone!

Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
Nirvana – heart shaped box

What's scarier? The skeletal figure of Christ with the nodding crows? Or the look in Kurt's eyes?

Nirvana – heart shaped box
Manic Street Preachers – If you tolerate this, your children are next

The band's thoughts on the Spanish Civil War are illustrated by a strange, expressionless family. Shudder.

Manic Street Preachers – If you tolerate this, your children are next
Jamie T – Zombie

In this everyday story about the undead, our man Treays finds that his band is literally falling apart.
Radiohead – Da Da

Thom Yorke sneaks through the forest and spies on forest creatures. Then he turns into a tree…horribly, painfully.
The Chemical Brothers – Believe

The Chems with the story of what really goes on in a nightclub.

The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl (Official Video HD) (Audio HD)