By weaponizing their aural experience, these movies create a sense of terror that persists even when the viewer looks away. Writer-director Ian Tuason’s new film undertone has entirely sold itself as ...

Undertone' director Ian Tauson explains why he used children's songs played backwards and iPhone voice memos in the new A24 ...

With 'undertone' making itself heard in theaters this week, we look at six horror films where the sound design is the star.

The marriage of sound design to thoughtful, carefully placed camera movements makes for a horror film that’s a suspenseful slow burn.

Nina Kiri stars in director Ian Tuason’s feature debut about the hosts of a paranormal-themed podcast who receive a series of chilling recordings.

It can’t be a coincidence that the tearjerker is back at a time when vulnerability is suspect and sincerity is considered ...

A Quiet Place introduced a unique approach to suspense and horror. The film uses silence as a central storytelling device. This video explores how sound design and pacing create tension. Several ...

The theater has long been a place where the nation goes to work through social tensions of the moment. Here's how Broadway ...

March is Women’s History Month, and on this edition of Reel Music we celebrate women who helped shape the sound of the movies ...

Mr. Schonfeld is a cultural critic and the author of “How Coppola Became Cage,” a biography of Nicolas Cage. We live in stressful times, and that doesn’t stop even when we escape to the movies. You ...

The endings to classics like It's a Wonderful Life and The Shawshank Redemption are genuine crowd-pleasers that can bring a ...

Writer-director Ian Tuason’s feature debut, the sonic-driven horror “Undertone,” has, at least at the outset, an appealingly stripped-down quality.