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 ...

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 ...

Movies have a way of making us laugh, cry, or hold our breath in suspense. Music is a big part of why this happens. A soft ...

Horror has always had a tremendous ability to keep audiences at the edges of their seats. Since horror as we know it formed in the early days of cinema, it's had this effect of being intense, engaging ...

Watching horror films is a very popular form of entertainment – for some people. Research on horror films suggests which elements are particularly scary, and reveals the kinds of people who are ...

Horror movies play to our greatest fears and phobias. Which elements of horror movies scare us, and why? Fear of death. This is the ultimate fear, both existentially and psychologically. It isn’t ...