From the creak of a stair to the swell of strings before a jump scare, sound is one of horror’s most powerful weapons. Filmmakers and composers carefully craft scores and soundscapes to tap into ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – If you’re out at Falls Park or the airport this winter, you might hear the sound of a cannon during the day. It’s not an explosion or a firearm; it’s a sound cannon to scare ...

Right on time for Hollywood’s Oscar night celebration of some of the best films of last year, theaters this weekend welcome a film certain to be remembered as one of the worst of this year: the ...

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Longlegs,” now playing in theaters. When “Longlegs” sound designer and editor Eugenio Battaglia first spoke with director Osgood Perkins about the ...

Filmmakers, Foley artists, composers, sound designers, and editors break down the contemporary jump scare. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTube and Universal ...

Researchers have shown that humans perceive approaching sounds differently than we perceive receding sounds. We overestimate how quickly the sound approaching us is moving (Neuhoff, 2001). There is ...