Audio in horror

 The tone of any story no matter the genre should almost always be established early on as it allows for the audience to understand what kind of movie they are watching and create an atmosphere. Horror movies use the use of music to create suspense and at times use other auditory cues such as door slamming in order to scare the viewers. A horror movie with no soundtrack will find it to be very difficult to scare the audience, as usual, they feel more in the moment when audio is in the movie. A movie that does this very well is the movie The Conjuring. In a scene where both daughters are in bed, we can hear unnerving music in the background and after the daughter point to a corner where there is nothing, she says the person is standing right there. While on-screen we see nobody in the corner we can almost feel the presence of the being. The suspense builds on this and finishes off with the door slamming shut and the girl's screams being heard. This movie was one of the scariest movies made during this time due to the use of its audio and visual effects. It creates suspense that can make any person hold their breath and is a perfect example of how horror movies would not be the same without audio.