Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along with the ...

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 ...

Horror fans can appreciate a great scary movie for its sound design, psychology, haunting imagery, and unsettling feeling that something isn’t quite right.

From an auditory perspective, the reason we react swiftly to eerie sounds is that the auditory system processes information more quickly than the visual system. This allows humans to respond ...