BODY BAGS (Worm Writher Variant, 2LP)

Terror Vision Records is proud to present the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to John Carpenter's Body Bags, composed by John Carpenter & Jim Lang, available on vinyl for the first time.

The score for Body Bags marked a pivotal milestone for Carpenter, launching a vital creative partnership with composer and producer Jim Lang that would pave the way for 1994's In the Mouth of Madness. Balancing classic Carpenter signature elements, the soundtrack effortlessly shifts gears to match the anthology's tongue-in-cheek tone. Across its three distinct segments, the music ranges from the minimalist, claustrophobic synth tension of "The Gas Station" to the creeping body-horror cues of "Hair" and the disorienting, harsh electronic swells of "Eye". Most notably, the score sets itself apart by weaving in surprisingly unique, playful jazz riffs and dark-cabaret synthesizer motifs, best showcased in "The Coroner's Theme", which accentuate the macabre humor of Carpenter's host segments and elevate the film's campy, horror-comedy edge.

When a creepy morgue attendant takes you on a tour of his most gruesome collection, three blood-curdling tales of terror spring to life from beyond the grave! A desperate college student working the overnight shift at a desolate gas station finds herself trapped in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a relentless, maniacal serial killer stalking the midnight highways. Then, an aging businessman driven by a desperate obsession to cure his receding hairline undergoes a radical hair transplant, only to discover that his miraculous new locks are a hideous, parasitic organism slowly taking over his mind and body. Finally, a washed-up professional baseball player agrees to a revolutionary eye transplant after a catastrophic accident. His new organ once belonged to a sadistic murderer whose unholy, violent urges begin to consume him from behind his own eyes. Packed with relentless suspense, terrifying twists, and pulse-pounding horror, these twisted nightmares will grab you by the throat and push your sanity to the absolute limit!

Long considered an underappreciated classic in Carpenter's filmography, Body Bags was originally envisioned as a television series similar to HBO's Tales from the Crypt, but Showtime ultimately released the three stories as a feature-length anthology film. The first two segments, "The Gas Station" & "Hair", were directed by John Carpenter, while the final entry, "Eye," was helmed by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre writer and director Tobe Hooper. The film boasts a stacked cult cast including Robert Carradine, Stacy Keach, David Warner, Debbie Harry, Mark Hamill, and Twiggy, alongside Carpenter himself as the playful Coroner, the ghastly host linking all three twisted tales together.

The package includes:

The complete Carpenter/Lang score to Body Bags, spanning 19 tracks with 55 minutes of music, available for the first time on vinyl

2xLP with a deluxe die-cut gatefold jacket

New artwork by Ghoulish Gary Pullin and layout by Earl Kess

Extensive liner notes by Jack Criddle, host of the Play Morricone For Me radioshow/podcast

Mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room

Worm Writher Variant (LTD to 100)
Please note for shipping purposes this counts as 9 discs

1. The Coroner’s Theme
2. The Picture on the Wall
3. Alone
4. Cornered
5. Locked Out
6. The Corpse In the Cab
7. Body Bag #1
8. Brain Trouble
9. Long Beautiful Hair
10. Broken Glass
11. Dr. Lang
12. The Operation
13. I Can See
14. Vision
15. Vision and Voices
16. Put Them In the Ground
17. Vision and Rape
18. John Randall
19. ...Pluck It Out
Total Runtime: 55:33