In the 1959 film "The Tingler," obsessed scientist Vincent Price battled a centipedelike creature that only human screams could kill. Beyond felling a B-movie monster, screaming has remarkable power, ...

What’s in a scream? The vocalisations people identify as screams share certain sound qualities – a kind of acoustic DNA that tells a listener’s ear that what they’re hearing is a scream, even if it ...

With the fast-approaching celebration of Halloween, fearsome frights and horror flicks are as much a staple as jawbreaker-related trips to the dentist. From the ghosts that swing from the trees to the ...