TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider is the creative force behind a new Halloween-themed musical project called Van Helsing's Curse, set to debut on October 7th with the musical ghost story concept album Oculus Infernum on Koch Records.

Snider, a lifelong fan of horror, first made a foray into the genre with the successful cult film StrangeLand and its accompanying soundtrack, which also marked the singer's first foray into Billboard's Soundtrack chart.

"Van Helsing's Curse is not a band, it's a rock orchestra. It includes a five-piece rock group, a six-piece string section and a six-piece choir. The choir only sings chants in Latin. There are no lead vocals on Oculus Infernum, just narration," Snider says.

The tracks on Oculus Infernum include: ‘Patience’, ‘Tubular Hell’, ‘All Fall Down’, ‘Let Me Prey’, ‘The Child’, ‘The Tortured Soul’, ‘Revenge’, ‘War’, ‘Let the Pain Begin’ and ‘The Curse’.

Snider created the concept and storyline and provides the narration for Oculus Infernum, which is Latin for "eye of hell." Oculus Infernum tells a complete story about an evil entity that descends upon a town and kills all the adults. A now-orphaned boy seeks retribution and teams up with an old man who is the direct descendant of vampire hunter Van Helsing (from Bram Stoker's original Dracula novel) in order to fight the entity. Snider's vision ultimately provides a disturbing look at the nature of evil, which is summed up in a soliloquy at the finale of Oculus Infernum.

"Ultimately, Van Helsing's Curse will be a full-scale touring entity complete with spectacular special effects. It will be the sound and vision of Halloween. A thrilling horror experience," says Snider. "The rock musicians will be dressed in a goth style like Marilyn Manson-meets-Edward

Scissorhands, the string section will be dressed as (Interview With the Vampire author) Anne Rice-style goths and the choir will be dressed in robes to look like Druids."

Says Snider, "The idea is for Van Helsing's Curse to be the soundtrack for Halloween."