You've probably heard the Wilhelm scream -- if you've been to the movies. Oct. 14, 2007 — -- You've probably never heard of it by name, but if you saw "Star Wars," "Indiana Jones" or even "Toy ...

A TikToker alleged that workers played “male screaming sound effects” while she was the only customer in a restaurant, and viewers think that was their way of getting her to leave. TikToker Mera ...

The goats in the new Marvel movie "Thor: Love and Thunder" weren't originally supposed to scream. Then director Taika Waititi heard about the Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble" meme. He told ...

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 ...

Got your attention? Thought so. But what is it about a piercing shriek that really turns our heads? It’s what it does to our brains. The acoustical properties of the human scream poke at the neural ...

What’s in a scream? The vocalisations people identify as screams share certain sound qualities – a kind of acoustic DNA that tells a listener’s ear that what they’re hearing is a scream, even if it ...

Are fans simply having fun, or is their behavior too extreme? Versions of that question have been debated for decades. In 1966, the Beatles stopped touring, partly because they couldn’t hear ...

Over 70 years ago, Roald Dahl proposed that plants could scream in a fictional story called The Sound Machine. He suggested they could shriek — a high-pitched shriek undetectable to the human ear.

Patrick is a former corporate drone who has a healthy obsession with current and classic cinema. He also harbors an unhealthy obsession with The Real Housewives franchise. The quality of a horror ...

As a lifelong movie lover, Anna Quinlan grew up loving the Wilhelm Scream without knowing it had a name. The scream — which you can hear here — has appeared in countless films, including repeatedly in ...