From horror movie music to ghost sounds, here is the history of horror plays, horror radio, and how actors like Orson Welles created the modern horror movie soundscape.

Randy Thom, the Oscar-winning sound designer for How to Train Your Dragon 2, tells NPR's Scott Simon how he and his team created voices and special effects for the dragons, such as the "fire sabre." ...

Inspired by the sights, sounds and jump scares of iconic scary movies, this game from Striking Distance Studios is not for the faint of heart.

Film composer Mark Korven, known for his soundtrack to The Witch, commissioned an instrument called the Apprehension Engine to create scary soundscapes.

Sound designers for "Game of Thrones" and "How to Train Your Dragon" get creative to invent the sound of a dragon by layering sounds of many animals.