Adult cicadas cover a plant, Monday, May 17, 2021, at Woodend Sanctuary and Mansion, in Chevy Chase, Md. Reporters traveling to the United Kingdom ahead of President Joe Bidens first overseas trip ...

You know the sound effect, now check out the story behind the Wilhelm Scream. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. While the sound ...

Got your attention? Thought so. But what is it about a piercing shriek that really turns our heads? It’s what it does to our brains. The acoustical properties of the human scream poke at the neural ...

What do Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Toy Story, Titanic, Anchorman, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ...

Each installment in the Star Wars saga brings with it some time-honored traditions, such as a character losing an arm, someone having a bad feeling about something, and hearing the Wilhelm scream.

The Wilhelm Scream is one of the most famous sound effects in film history, first used in the 1951 movie "Distant Drums." Since then, it's become an insider trope used in over 100 Hollywood films ...

"We’re letting the past die, as Kylo Ren says." — -- In “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Luke Skywalker ominously declares that it’s “time for the Jedi to end.” But that’s not the only thing coming to ...

Ben Burtt calls it an in-joke that got out of hand. He managed to keep it on the lowdown for years. Today, though, it might affectionately be called the Once-Secret Sound Effect That Ate Hollywood.