Providence, The - Bloody Horror Picture Show

This is the second album by The Providence, which for the most parts is Bloody Hansen with a few guests. The idea here was to base each song on a classic horror movie and then use some clips of that movie within the song itself. So, “Here Is Johnny” is of course ‘The Shining’, and the sound used from the film is that of a crazed Jack Nicholson breaking through the door saying “Here’s Johnny!” Not all of the films are English, and one has to be a real fan of the genre to know them all. Now, horror has always had a close link with Italian music, but this isn’t music that really works in the way of Goblin for example. What we have here is some fairly basic metal riffs and vocals with the gimmick being the samples. It’s okay, but there is really nothing here to get excited about, and unless you are a serious horror buff you’ll probably only play this once and then move on. I haven’t seen an English language review of this although there are plenty of Italian ones, so maybe this doesn’t work well outside that country.