Blood Red Sandman

Infobox Single
Name = Blood Red Sandman


Artist = Lordi
from Album = The Monsterican Dream
Released = 2004
Format = CD
Recorded =
Genre = Heavy metal
Length =
Label = Sony BMG
Producer = Hiili Hiilesmaa
Last single = My Heaven Is Your Hell
(2004)
This single = Blood Red Sandman
(2004)
Next single = Hard Rock Hallelujah
(2006)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Promo version cover
Type = Single

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"Blood Red Sandman" is the second single from Lordi's second album The Monsterican Dream. The song's original title was "Blood Red Santa", but Asko Kallonen from BMG Finland thought it was going to be a Christmas hit only so Mr. Lordi changed the name. There is also a promo version given out by Mayan Records for promotion to their compilation album The Monster Show. Some believe that this song could be referring to Freddy Kruger. However, some of the song's lyrics such as "they called me the leather apron, they called me smiling Jack" are more akin to Jack the ripper.

Track listings

Finnish version:
#"Blood Red Sandman"
#"Pyromite"
#"To Hell With The Pop"

Promo version:
#"Blood Red Sandman"
#"Devil Is A Loser"
#"Would You Love A Monsterman?"

Music video

A trio of young people sort through old belongings in a shack, in a similar style to the one featured in "The Evil Dead", at night. The door swings open, and they find a box containing the 'Would You Love a Monsterman?' doll and a tape, which starts to play when they plug it in. The male is throttled by an invisible force, (which is actually band member Kalma, complete with top hat, when seen through the video recorder he drops). One of the females is also dragged into the closet to her doom, by the guitarist, Amen. The band then appears, and, magically chaining the second female to a rocking chair, continue to sing the song. Her friends appear again, as zombies, later in the song. The band continues until the cassette player is unplugged by the second female's struggling foot. The band and zombies disappear. As she looks around, relieved, Mr. Lordi attacks her from behind (seen through the lens of the camera) just as the camera runs out of tape.