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 ...

Joel Medina spent his life devouring all things pop culture - for better and worse (he watched Final Destination way too young). Born and raised in LA County, he spent his summers watching every movie ...

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 ...

The brain has evolved to interpret these irregular sounds as potential danger, triggering that instinctive “fight or flight” response. It’s the reason the screeching violins in the movie “Psycho” or ...

About 41,000 years ago, the Earth’s magnetic field suddenly flipped. Positive became negative, and negative became positive. Using data from the European Space Agency, geoscientists have now created a ...

Rachael Severino is a writer from New York. She was awarded her Bachelor's in Classical Archaeology and Literature from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently completing her MFA at Columbia ...

Whenever you launch a horror game there’s one feeling you always expect to hit you—and that’s fear. It could be a creeping shiver ascending the back of your neck or your fight or flight instincts ...