23+ Horror Musicals – A Full List of Scary Shows
Whether you’re looking for the perfect scary musical to produce or simply looking for some new musicals to get into, there are lots of spooky options at your disposal. And that’s why we’ve put together this full list of horror musicals for you!
The following list is broken down into the following categories: “Comedic Horror Musicals”, “Horror Musicals”, and “Scary Musicals” (scary being slightly less terrifying than horror).
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Comedic Horror Musicals
Music/Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe Book: Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Music/Lyrics: Eddie Perfect Book: Scott Brown, Anthony King
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Music/Lyrics: Jeff Blim Book: Matt Lang, Nick Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Music/Lyrics/Book: George Reinblatt Music: Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1982)
Music/Lyrics: Jon Kaplan, Al Kaplan Book: Hunter Bell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Hogue
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals
Music/Lyrics: Jeff Blim Book: Nick Lang, Matt Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard O’Brien
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1973)
Music/Lyrics: David Bryan Book/Lyrics: Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Horror Musicals
The following musicals are straight-up terrifying, falling very nicely into the “horror” genre.
Music/Lyrics: Duncan Sheik Book: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Music: Michael Gore Lyrics: Dean Pitchford Book: Lawrence D. Cohen
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1988)
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics/Book: Don Black, Christopher Hampton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Music: Mark Baron Lyrics/Book: Jeffrey Jackson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael Kunze, Jim Steinman, David Ives
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Scary Musicals
The following shows fall more into the category of scary or thriller musicals.
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, Bruce Joel Rubin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Music/Lyrics: Danny Abosch Book/Lyrics: John Maclay
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Laurence O’Keefe, Kevin Murphy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Music/Lyrics: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse, Lyrics: Steve Cuden
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1990)
Music/Lyrics: Joe Patrick Ward Book: David Church, Jim Webber
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Music: Marius de Vries Lyrics/Book: Michael Mitnick, Craig Lucas, Eddie Perfect, Jack Thorne
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Music: Elton John Lyrics: Bernie Taupin Book: Linda Woolverton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Music/Lyrics: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer Music: Alan Stevens Hewitt Lyrics/Book: Tim Maner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1991)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Brooke Maxwell, Jacob Richmond
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Richard Stilgoe Book: Charles Hart
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1986)
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She has a TESOL drama certificate, a BA in theatre, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.