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

The Cramps were among the greatest punk outfits of all time, but Lux Interior affirmed that the band's inspiration was rooted more in horror than rock and roll.

You really only need a few key elements to make a very effective horror movie, and for writer/director Ian Tuason, those are location, performance and sound. He builds his directorial ...

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 ...

The brain has evolved to interpret these irregular sounds as potential danger, triggering that instinctive “fight or flight” response. It’s the reason the screeching violins in the movie “Psycho” or ...