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 ...

These horror games turn silence into a weapon, using atmosphere and tension to create fear far more unsettling than jump scares.

Do you have more splintering? IS there anything like ‘straining at the door panel?'” asks Lawrence Kasdan. His sound designer, Bob Grieve, suggests that the music is too loud; the audience won’t catch ...

You know the sound: It's eerie and echoing, and it makes the little hairs on your arms stand up immediately. So many horror movies use it to create a chilling atmosphere, and even some reality shows ...

Elena Chapella (She/Her) is a current Writer for DualShockers, formerly an award-winning journalist for local news stations and newspapers in central Indiana. Elena is passionate about writing, ...

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 ...

Have you come across those short videos on Instagram where the creators have taken snippets of iconic horror scenes and replaced the clip’s sound with regular peppy songs or silly background scores?

Joel Medina spent his life devouring all things pop culture - for better and worse (he watched Final Destination way too young). Born and raised in LA County, he spent his summers watching every movie ...

“Sound of Silence,” a gothic horror feature telling the true story of mass-murdering nuns in Greece, is hitting the AFM. Playtime, a Vuelta Group company, has boarded international sales on the ...