As someone who lived through the boy band mania that became a worldwide phenomena in the late 1990s (and I’m also old enough to remember a similar movement in the 1980s as well), as soon as I saw this hilarious horror-fied take on the Backstreets Boys’ “I Want it That Way” video that became a juggernaut on music television nearly 20 years ago, I knew it was something that needed to be shared far and wide.
Released by The Merkins, “I’ll Kill You That Way” puts horror fans’ favorite slasher stars front and center, with Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Ghostface, Leatherface and Michael Myers waxing lyrical about their need to kill those special ladies in their lives. Not only is it a hysterical and loving tribute to these iconic genre villains, but it also lovingly pays homage to the music video that put the Backstreet Boys on the proverbial map back in the day.
Check out “I’ll Kill You That Way” for yourself below (and get ready to have its catchy lyrics stuck in your head too)!
Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.
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