The energy and synergy of horror and heavy metal

The devil is in the riff Horror cinema has been around a while. From Lon Chaney's early and silent forays into the genre back in the 1920s (who can forget the unmasking of the eponymous protagonist in Phantom of the Opera, portrayed by the Man of a Thousand Faces, Mr. Chaney himself), to Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, and every creature, monster, and witch in between, the cinematic hall of fame is…