A horror movie is made scary by a number of factors. I think the most important factors would include the story itself, often times effects come into play, timing of everything makes a huge difference, obviously acting and directing, and equally as important is the soundtrack and score. It’s that last one I’d like to focus on right now. Horror movies live and die by the sounds they make. Imagine if a horror movie scene contained the sounds to an animated kid’s show. Wouldn’t be too scary would it? Of course not. That’s why horror films go to great lengths to make sure they have the right music, sounds, and feel to get a scene to be as scary as possible.
What would The Exorcist be without those jarring strings whenever the possessed little girl does something terrifying? Or the Friday the 13th movies without their infamous “chchch ahahah” sound effect every time a teenager goes wandering in the woods? These classic films would all be half as memorable. According to Nerdist
Now someone has created a new musical instrument made just for creating the kinds of sounds that put us all at the edge of our seats when watching a truly good and effective horror movie. The new instrument is called “The Apprehension Engine”, and it was designed by Tony Duggan-Smith, who built this musical instrument with the very intention of using it in horror film scores.
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