Alfred Hitchcock famously claimed he didn’t watch his films in theaters. When asked if he missed out on hearing the audience ...

With 'undertone' making itself heard in theaters this week, we look at six horror films where the sound design is the star.

By weaponizing their aural experience, these movies create a sense of terror that persists even when the viewer looks away. Writer-director Ian Tuason’s new film undertone has entirely sold itself as ...

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 ...

The marriage of sound design to thoughtful, carefully placed camera movements makes for a horror film that’s a suspenseful slow burn.

S.K. Sapiano is a UK-based TV and movie writer for Collider. S.K. has a background in academia, earning a Bachelors in Film Production and a Masters in Religious Studies. Experienced in sound design, ...