Halloween is coming, and just in time we’ve launched a monthly chart of the best horror sound effects libraries of 2026, ranked by sales on A Sound Effect. Untamed: Creature Vocals went straight in at No. 1.
We’ve also gathered some frighteningly-good horror deals for you below, as well as brand new releases for Halloween - giving you everything you need to scare your listeners.
On top of that, we’ve also picked a selection of our most popular horror sound how-tos and exclusive horror interviews. Happy exploring - if you dare!
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From our horror chart
Four libraries from this month’s horror chart, the top 10 for 2026, ranked by sales on A Sound Effect:
Untamed: Creature Vocals
Straight in at No. 1, this creature vocal library gets you 3,991 screeches, growls, gargles, and roars as raw takes and pre-layered building blocks.
Zombie Hordes - The Complete Horde Construction Kit
If you need zombies in numbers, The Monster Factory gives you 400 files of groans, screams, and snarls, from small groups to full hordes.
Biofluid
A slime and goo construction kit with 343 files, featuring the raw recordings, processed material, and design layers behind Khron Studio’s finished sounds.
Eerie Forest
Night ambiences from the forests of Transylvania and Moldova – 30 recordings in stereo and surround with owls, distant dogs, church bells, and wind.
New and trending for Halloween
Spooky Halloween Audio Bundle
Get 50+ eerie Halloween music tracks plus hundreds of horror sound effects in one discounted bundle.
Halloween Nights - Halloween Spooky Sound Effects Bundle
This Halloween bundle gets you 662 files of ghosts, werewolves, jump scares, evil laughs, + haunted ambience loops for games and videos.
Carnival of Nightmares
A haunted amusement park in 380 files, like eerie calliopes, twisted toys, distorted voices, and carnival drones, made for film, TV, games, and trailers.
SECT - Horror String FX
Made with custom-built string instruments, this collection brings you 122 horror string FX, including risers, drones, hits, and atonal effects for scores and trailers.
Surrounding Horror - Prologue
22 weird and abstract horror ambiences mixed in 5.1 surround, with stereo downmixes included.
Aciago
Get 120 screams made from the Aztec death whistle at 24-bit/96 kHz, from distorted shrieks and stingers to ghost effects and granular textures.
How horror sound is made
Explore some of our most popular horror sound how-tos and horror sound stories:
Horror sound how-tos
Most popular horror sound stories this year
The sound of ScornLead sound designer Koca Kastavarac on the dark alien world of the horror-survival game.
The gory sound of Saw XAdam Stein and David Rose on the sound design for the death traps in Saw X.
The sound of No One Will Save YouWill Files and Chris Terhune on the sound of a sci-fi horror film without dialogue.
The sound of Lee Cronin’s The MummyPeter Albrechtsen, Gabriel Gutiérrez, and Garret Farrell on the film’s skin-crawling sound.
The sound of HereditaryHow the sound of Hereditary builds its intense horror.
The sound of BackroomsMono found footage, exaggerated foley, and camel screams in the sound of Backrooms.