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 ...

You know the sound: It's eerie and echoing, and it makes the little hairs on your arms stand up immediately. So many horror movies use it to create a chilling atmosphere, and even some reality shows ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Horror movies are a tennis match between the haunting absence of sound and ...

The zombie subgenre is among the most well-worn in horror, but Zak Hilditch's new movie, We Bury the Dead, found brand-new ground to tread. While audiences and critics are divided on the Daisy Ridley ...

A night boat trip in the Dells to the Cold Water Canyon has gotten some seriously scary updates this year, with horror sound and lighting effects, live actors and death-themed props.

Using practical effects instead of CGI, Paramount's latest horror, Primate, is a realistic and creative entry that pays ...

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 ...

Horror and podcasting are like a match made in heaven (or rather hell), harkening back to times when we used to tell ghost stories around a campfire. The connection between horror and podcasts ...