From the double-bass pulse that signals the presence of the giant shark in "Jaws," to the shrieking strings that slice along with Norman Bates' knife in "Psycho's" famous shower scene, horror films ...

Picture this: A girl walks alone down a long, creaky hallway. The lights are off, her pace is slow, and she’s inching towards the shadows. What sort of music is playing in the background? Almost ...

Using the same "stick-and-slip" technique as a violinist drawing a bow across the strings, the spiny lobster strives for a strikingly different result -- to make a cacophony alarming enough to scare ...

If things on Earth aren't scary enough for you this Halloween, you can listen to scary sounds from space thanks to NASA. The U.S. space agency tweeted that they will host a live listen with a question ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – If you’re out at Falls Park or the airport this winter, you might hear the sound of a cannon during the day. It’s not an explosion or a firearm; it’s a sound cannon to scare ...

With Halloween around the corner, we asked Peter Brown, sound editor behind the movie Paranormal Activity to share his secret behind scary sound effects. Now it's time for our regular segment Words ...

Filmmakers, Foley artists, composers, sound designers, and editors break down the contemporary jump scare. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTube and Universal ...

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