Sunday, September 20, 2009

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I did not know about the Wilhelm Scream before reading about it in Metafilter, but now I'm kind of intrigued, and I want to listen for it in "Star Wars" and other movies.

3 comments:

Jennifer Goodland said...

My two favorite places to listen to the Wilhelm Scream: Family Guy and The Venture Brothers. I believe there is a Wilhelm Scream in every single Venture Brothers episode.

PFDebate said...

Once you know about it, it is amazing how easy it is to hear it when watching movies.

Heather said...

It's really distinctive--once you've heard it, you'll start noticing it all over the place!

There's a similar woman's scream that I don't think has a name, but I hear it all the time. They use it as a sound effect in "Wag the Dog" (when Kirsten Dunst is being filmed as an alleged refugee escaping her under-attack village),and I notice it in commercials and cartoons constantly.