Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along with the victim. When you hear a scream, it quickly activates the amygdala, a brain ...

Horror, a genre long hated by critics and adored by the public, has always strived to challenge the status quo. Between pushing what can be shown on screen and the sanity of mothers everywhere, the ...

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You knew the moment you heard the “da dum, da dum” in “Jaws” that something bad was going to happen. And who could forget Janet Leigh’s bloodcurdling shower-scene scream in “Pyscho”? Filmmakers ...

What does “horror” sound like to you? Is it a creepy synth? Pummeling guitars? A maddening drone? Every year, the creative team behind Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights, the most fun, spooky ...

Halloween is just around the corner. That means it's time to start decorating and getting your home in order for the scariest season of all. And yes, that includes getting your smart home and Alexa ...

Bram Stoker's Dracula' is a horror classic from 1992, and it features a secret contribution from a punk rock icon.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ashley Cullins about the "Scream" franchise. Cullins writes about it in her book "Your Favorite Scary Movie." It's 1996. Sidney Prescott is on the front porch, wireless phone ...

It's 1996. Sidney Prescott is on the front porch, wireless phone to her ear, with the antenna up. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "SCREAM") NEVE CAMPBELL: (As Sidney Prescott) Nice try, Randy. Tell Tatum to hurry ...

NEVE CAMPBELL: (As Sidney Prescott) Nice try, Randy. Tell Tatum to hurry up, OK? Bye now. ROGER JACKSON: (As Ghostface) If you hang up on me, you'll die just like your mom. Do you want to die, Sidney?