Once Hollywood transitioned to sound, the horror genre as we know it took shape. Dracula (1930) and Frankenstein (1931) ...

Long before radio became mainstream entertainment, Edgar Allen Poe was already writing for the airwaves. Throughout the last decade of his life, his poetry and prose bristled with words and phrasing ...

Capcom’s Resident Evil series has often masterfully created tension and scares from the sounds you hear while tiptoeing around ominous environments. While the zombies and monstrosities that walk ...

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From "A Star Is Born" to "Star Wars" to "Dial of Destiny," the Wilhelm scream keeps reminding us that movies are fun. When audiences hear the Wilhelm scream in “Dial of Destiny,” it’s sound designer ...