With 'undertone' making itself heard in theaters this week, we look at six horror films where the sound design is the star.

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 ...

A24's latest chiller is a master class in getting under the skin — until it falls back on old tricks ...

The Aztec Death Whistle. If hell has a sound, I bet it sounds alot like the Aztec Death Whistle. The Aztec Death Whistle sounds like a shriek of death mixed with howling wind. It's so unnerving, that ...

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 ...

There is a distinct, prickly pleasure in the midnight movie experience. It’s a specific frequency of cinema — one that doesn’t demand perfection, but rather invention. It requires a willingness to get ...

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