Picture this: it is late October. You are home alone, the lights are off, and you have decided to watch a horror film. A perfectly reasonable idea, until you hear a strange noise coming from the kitchen. Probably the fridge. Almost certainly the fridge. Still, you pause the film, listen for a moment and suddenly remember every horror scene you have ever watched.

Your nerves are on edge, your heart is beating a little faster, and suddenly you are more awake than you would be after three cups of coffee. But here is the thing: you don't even need a horror film to experience all that. How? Just press play on this playlist.

So, what is inside? Quite a few wonderfully unsettling things, actually. Take Bernard Herrmann's Prelude from Psycho — sharp, frantic strings that practically invented the musical language of cinematic panic. Or Goblin's Suspiria, where progressive rock, eerie whispers and strange rhythms create the feeling of being trapped inside a particularly unpleasant dream. Then there is Krzysztof Komeda's Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby, Angelo Badalamenti's Theme from Twin Peaks. And, of course, we couldn't leave out John Carpenter and Alan Howarth's Halloween II Theme.

Just one small suggestion: perhaps don't listen to this one alone in the dark. Unless, of course, that is exactly the point.