Behind the sounds: Foley artists recreate everyday noises in studio settings, using imaginative props to make film worlds feel real and subtly cue dread. Psychology of audio: Unsettling sound textures ...

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 ...

Sound is, without a doubt, one of the most fundamental pillars of a good horror game. Everything, from the music to the creaks and footsteps, has to be in order to ...

A Canadian study has found that infrasound—sound below human hearing range—can increase stress and negative mood without conscious detection. This discovery offers a scientific basis for intensifying ...

Often, the memory that lingers in one’s mind of a horror film is a frightening image: the spraying blood from a slasher’s hacked-up victim; the ominous apparition in an elegant ghost picture; the ...