The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

Daisy Ridley's new horror movie We Bury the Dead puts a new spin on the traditional zombie, and introduces a nightmarish new signature sound effect.

I was recently watching a scene from the 2025 film Weapons for a monograph I’m writing and noticed a familiar sound: a low, unsettling drone as a character walks down a hallway. It’s the same kind of ...

The best kind of horror movie instantly draws you in. That's a must for any film — not just in horror — as the opening scene ...