Friday playlist: 10 bloody great vampire tracks

Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh and Taika Waititi star in the new Kiwi film 'What We Do in the Shadows'.

Lightning crashes, spooky organs howling through dark mansions, shrieks of terror from young damsels with fangs nibbling at their necks - these are the sounds that come to mind when you think about old vampire horrors. Though, I'm sure that rather than terror, there will be shrieks of laughter when What We Do In The Shadows is unleashed upon New Zealand cinemas next week.

Watch - Trailer: What We Do in the Shadows

To celebrate we've culled together some of our favourite vampire tracks. From Dracula's Wedding by Outkast and Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting to Neil Young's Vampire Blues and Vampire Weekend - who knew there were so many bloody good vampire songs?

So move over Twilight, it's time for some real vampire fun.

Those acts and more feature in today's playlist, curated by entertainment reviewer Rachel Bache. Enjoy the YouTube playlist below, a double whammy of awesome songs and rad videos.

Warning: Some songs contain explicit language.

- nzherald.co.nz