These horror games turn silence into a weapon, using atmosphere and tension to create fear far more unsettling than jump scares.

The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

I was recently watching a scene from the 2025 film Weapons for a monograph I’m writing and noticed a familiar sound: a low, unsettling drone as a character walks down a hallway. It’s the same kind of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joel Medina spent his life devouring all things pop culture - for better and worse (he watched Final Destination way too young). Born and raised in LA County, he spent his summers watching every movie ...

Ewan has been a content writer since 2020, and loves nothing more than discussing all things gaming. While he's been playing games all his life, he has a particular interesting in anything even ...

Elena Chapella (She/Her) is a current Writer for DualShockers, formerly an award-winning journalist for local news stations and newspapers in central Indiana. Elena is passionate about writing, ...

Have you come across those short videos on Instagram where the creators have taken snippets of iconic horror scenes and replaced the clip’s sound with regular peppy songs or silly background scores?

"It's not always what you can see, it's what you can hear..." Blue Harbor Ent. has debuted the main official trailer for an original horror film called The Sound, made by filmmaker Brendan Devane.

"Making it to the top is not worth your life. It's just... not worth it." Blue Harbor Ent. has revealed a teaser trailer for an intriguing new horror film called The Sound, made by filmmaker Brendan ...

Rachael Severino is a writer from New York. She was awarded her Bachelor's in Classical Archaeology and Literature from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently completing her MFA at Columbia ...