Horror movie soundtracks might draw on the most familiar expression of terror that we know. Though it can be hard to put your finger on what exactly makes music scary ...

Writer-director John Landis guides us through the acoustic improvements he made to his 1981 horror-comedy An American Werewolf in London. The original film broke ground in make-up and scary effects.

If things on Earth aren't scary enough for you this Halloween, you can listen to scary sounds from space thanks to NASA. The U.S. space agency tweeted that they will host a live listen with a question ...

A horror film composer and a guitar maker have teamed up to create a fear-inducing instrument they call "The Apprehension Engine." The project started last fall when Toronto composer Mark Korven ...

The high-pitched scream of a violin under the frenzied see-saw of a furious bow. A murderous intent made manifest in melodic lines so sharp and jagged, a page of music looks like a threat. An ominous, ...

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 ...

The buzz around the new Teen Wolf: The Movie proves that the sexy, romantic version of the werewolf is still a big draw for audiences. And there’s a reason that werewolf romance has become strangely ...

NAIE, Hokkaido--A red-eyed, snarling werewolf here has attracted international attention from farmers whose scarecrows are just not doing the job. “Monster Wolf,” a robot with a werewolf head, can ...