The “Bloop” sound had people convinced something huge was hunting in the ocean — like a real-life sea monster hiding in the ...

Sounds editing is one of those aspects to filmmaking that you don't realize how much impact it has until someone either figures out a way to use it really well or they fumble it bad. One of the genres ...

From a sticky meditation on relationships to a Valentine's Day slasher, there was a lot to love this year. By most metrics, 2025 was a brutal year to be alive — but a comparatively gentle one for ...

It’s hard to look at the astounding box-office and critical success of Sinners and Weapons and say 2025 was not a great year for horror. And yet, here I am, bravely doing it anyway: 2025 was not a ...

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 ...

Labyrinth of the Demon King is one of my top games of the year, a first person survival horror delve into Feudal Japan. Part of its appeal lies in the oppressive, stressful music and sound design by ...

The elevated genre project is directed by Joyce A. Nashawati and starts shooting in Greece this week with Millie Brady and Elsa Lekakou. “Sound of Silence,” a gothic horror feature telling the true ...

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 ...

From favorites like 'Scream,' 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'The Sixth Sense' to underseen gems, these are the 16 best horror movies of the decade. By Richard Newby The 1990s were a period of exploration ...

The scary sound effects/spooky music compilation was a staple of Halloween season for decades. The most famous example of these is Walt Disney’s Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House, ...