The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

These horror games turn silence into a weapon, using atmosphere and tension to create fear far more unsettling than jump ...

Elena Chapella (She/Her) is a current Writer for DualShockers, formerly an award-winning journalist for local news stations and newspapers in central Indiana. Elena is passionate about writing, ...

I was recently watching a scene from the 2025 film Weapons for a monograph I’m writing and noticed a familiar sound: a low, unsettling drone as a character walks down a hallway. It’s the same kind of ...

Survival horror games offer some of the most adrenaline-packed, stressful experiences in the horror niche, giving psychological horror games a run for their money. If you’re looking for a spectacular ...

As a horror fan since I was a kid, I started to believe that Sony and the genre must have some kind of special relationship – or a dark pact that renews every ...

Don’t Fret is a first person psychological mascot-horror puzzle game, where music and horror intertwine in ways never before seen by the indie gaming community. Navigate the hallways of Harmonic ...

There have been horror games for as long as video games have existed, but it would take a special approach to the genre to see it enter the zeitgeist. We can now look back on the 5th generation of ...