If you're interested in self-inflicted heebie-jeebies, listen to this horrifying instrument when you're alone in the dark.

Horror movies use sound to frighten audiences. We perceive some sounds as scary because we naturally associate them with danger. Horror movies take advantage of such biologically potent sounds.

How the creepy traditions of prose, theater, and radio made their way to modern movies The oooooorigins of horror’s spooky sounds ...

Switch from movies to video games and horror music is no less vital for our favourite scary experiences. There’s no ‘one size fits all’ approach to building terror, and the genre is bursting ...

Why are sounds scary? They're just vibrations. Blame your brain!

The musicians who made them created a haunting sound. These classic songs could easily find a place in the soundtrack for a ...

Lake Mungo, The House of the Devil, and Incantation are all among the best and most genuinely terrifying horror movies of ...

Film composer Mark Korven, known for his soundtrack to The Witch, commissioned an instrument called the Apprehension Engine to create scary soundscapes.

Trevor and her colleagues recorded the sounds of some people screaming and collected bits of music composed for the peak moments of tension in horror movies, like during a monster attack. Amongst ...