Lvcrft

Lvcrft
OriginLos Angeles
GenresHalloween Music, Pop
Years active2019-Present
LabelSpooky Never Sleeps
SpinoffsNightmare Soundworks, NightWorks
MembersEvan Bogart, Amanda "MNDR" Warner, Peter Wade Keusch
Websitelvcrft.net

Lvcrft, stylized in all caps as LVCRFT, (pronounced Lovecraft). is a Halloween music collective formed in Los Angeles in 2019 by Evan Kidd Bogart, Amanda MNDR Warner and Peter Wade Keusch. The group produces an annual Halloween album and also, under the name Nightmare Soundworks, provides soundtracks, media and DJs for haunted attractions including The Queen Mary's Dark Harbor in Long Beach California.

LVCRFT's music has been featured in Hocus Pocus 2, Hubie Halloween, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV series), Flack and Chucky as well as being performed on Dancing With The Stars. It also makes a yearly appearance on the soundtrack played in all Spirit Halloween stores across America, the band even filmed a music video for "Every Night" inside a Spirit Halloween location in Southern California. The band took over SiriusXM's Volume with Lyndsey Parker and Davey Havok of AFI in October 2022 providing guests and music

Horror Cinema

LVCRFT's albums often feature cultural icons and legends of horror cinema. Their 8th album Skeleton Sam's Deadtime Stories is structured like a late night radio broadcast and features Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Bruce Campbell, Roger L. Jackson, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Alyssa Sutherland, John Kassir, Ernie Hudson, Katharine Isabelle, Mick Garris, Robert Rodriguez, David Dastmalchian, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jenna Davis, Christopher Young, Cynthia Garris, and Cindy Weintraub.

Music and Culture

Albums also feature musical collaborators including songwriters, artist and producers. Johnny Plague, ZZ Ward, Bonnie McKee, G Koop, Sarah Hudson, J Hart, Monte Revolta, TJ from Deathchant, Uffie, Har Mar Superstar, Morgan McMichaels, Saint from Dragula, Laganja Estranja. Remixers have included RAC & MNDR.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Nightmare Soundworks

In 2025 the band spun off a separate entity, Nightmare Soundworks, to handle soundscape and maze audio for haunted attractions. Nightmare Soundworks has scored mazes, opening ceremonies, slider shows and walk throughs across Southern California and Colorado including The Queen Mary's Dark Harbor, LA Haunted Hayride and Magic of the Jack O'Lanterns.

References

  1. 1 2 Magazine, Paper. "This 'Musical Coven' of Hitmakers Wrote a Perfect Halloween Album". Paper Magazine. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
  2. ↑ Hogan, Marc. "The Music Industry is Hoping Halloween Can Be The Next Christmas". The New York Times.
  3. 1 2 3 Delores, Bee. "LVCRFT's Halloween Album Boasts an All-Star Guest List of Horror Movie Icons. Here's How It Happened". Billboard. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Colangelo, BJ. "LVCRFT Made the Perfect Halloween Album with Skeleton Sam's Deadtime Stories". Fangoria. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
  5. 1 2 Wang, Steffanee. "LVCRFT On 'Scream Warriors' & Embracing The Full Spectrum Of Spooky Music". Nylon Magazine. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
  6. 1 2 Hernandez, Philip. "Freddy and Nancy Share a Song on LVCRFT's New Halloween Album, Hosted by Ghostface's Voice". Haunted Attraction Network. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
  7. ↑ Longeretta, Emily. "'Dancing With the Stars' Halloween Night Includes a Mysterious Injury, a Nod to 'Buffy' and Another Surprising Elimination". Variety. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
  8. 1 2 Galasso, Kath. "Scream Your Way Into The Halloween Season with LVCRFT". On Stage Magazine.
  9. ↑ Brow, Jason. "LVCRFT Unleashes Their Trademark Terror On 'The Sound of Halloween' With Their Exclusive Song Picks". Hollywood Life. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
  10. 1 2 Brow, Jason. "LVCRFT Reveals How New Halloween Album 'The Sequel' Expands Their 'Sinister Sound'". Hollywood Life.