(September 7, 2023 at 5:22 pm)emjay Wrote: I could never understand how there seemed to be this one specific and very distinctive screaming sound effect in so many films, both new and old, and thought my mind must be playing tricks on me... but turns out not; that sound effect has a back story and a name.. the Wilhelm Scream... and its continued use in pretty much any film you can think of has apparently been a long running Hollywood in-joke.
Beware the endless black hole that this site is:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StockScream
