By weaponizing their aural experience, these movies create a sense of terror that persists even when the viewer looks away.

Horror filmmaker Ian Tuason is making his feature debut with “Undertone.” The minimalist, auditory horror film about a paranormal podcaster haunted by audio recordings opens in theaters ...

While the horror genre is still capable of producing some innovative filmmaking, most of the output tends to fall back on jump scares and other tropes to deliver their terror. So when a film like the ...

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

Undertone is one of 2026's most unique and terrifying horror movies, but you'll want to see it in a theater to get the full experience.

A skeptical paranormal podcaster gets more than she bargained for in undertone, a genuinely scary new A24 horror movie. Here's our review.

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

Humans may be primarily visual creatures, but for decades, the sharpest horror filmmakers have understood that if you want to really scare your audience, you can’t just focus on what they see. You ...

The world is full of sounds, and sound can affect us greatly. Some sounds are pleasant, like the laughter of a small child or a babbling brook in a peaceful forest. Other sounds are unpleasant, like ...

Long before radio became mainstream entertainment, Edgar Allen Poe was already writing for the airwaves. Throughout the last decade of his life, his poetry and prose bristled with words and phrasing ...