Home Genres Horror Sound Effects Page 2
Scary, creepy, nasty horror sound effects and gore sounds
Need futuristic sounds? Sci-fi Evolution is a massive compilation of more than 1700 audio files – and it covers a lot of ground! Check out the full selection below.
(Ominous, pulsing music starts to build in the background) In a world where sound reigns supreme… comes the ultimate arsenal for your audio production. Imagine a collection of earth-shattering, spine-tingling, and awe-inspiring sound effects that will leave your audience breathless.
(Dramatic, cinematic sound effects start to play) Introducing Trailer Essentials – Big Screen Sound Elements. With over 370+ heart-pounding, cinematic sound effects at your fingertips, you’ll be able to craft trailers, teasers, adverts and cutscenes that will leave a lasting impact.
(Quick cuts of futuristic, dystopian, and horror-themed sound effects play in rapid succession) From blockbuster hits and sweeps, to sub drops and dystopian impacts, this curated collection of premium audio has it all. Perfect for games, film, motion graphics, cinematic music, and any interactive sound design project that demands the attention getting sound.
(Music reaches a crescendo) With 376 sound effects, all in stunning 96k 24bit .wav format, plus other formats, you’ll have the tools to create audio that’s truly unforgettable. 1+ GB of inspiring samples, 124 sound sets – glued files for faster sound design. The possibilities might just be endless.
(Music drops to a deep, ominous tone) Unleash the drama, the tension, and the excitement with Trailer Essentials – Big Screen Sound Elements. The ultimate sound resource for the modern audio designer. (Music fades, video fades to black)
A massive haunted voices collection with fully 596 audio files and 2 hours of otherworldly audio to cover all of your haunted voice needs for film, games, television and interactive web.
All files were carefully selected from hours upon hours of ultra high resolution recordings of talented vocal actors, then designed and processed using state of the art hardware and software audio manipulation tools.
Performances include ghostly moans, growls, yells, casting spells, whispers, goblins, fairies, small creepy creatures, infants, breathing, seance sfx, screeches and more!
The creepy eeriness of a soul’s voice penetrating through the borders of life and death to communicate with the living – bring your listeners into the terrors of boldly and tastefully designed otherworldly communication with… Voices From Beyond.
Akelarre is a sound library inspired by folk and cosmic horror stories that provides a unique palette of cinematic dark soundscapes and sound effects. These wicked designed sounds are divided into categories such as scary creatures and monsters, eerie strings, mysterious drones, dark soundscapes and otherworldly SFX.
Most of the sound sources are field recording based and they have been designed through granular synthesis, convolution and plate reverbs, and other effects. The uncommon sounds that compose Akelarre offer an original sound library to use on your compositions and productions for film, games, music and anything in between.
All files contain extensive metadata following UCS (Universal Category System) with file description and keywords to help you quickly find the sounds. Metadata can be read and processed by the most common audio management tools. Compatibility with Windows + Mac. All files are .wav and compatible with all the main DAWs and video editing software.
Includes
• Scary Monsters/Creatures
• Uncanny Roars
• Creepy Spells
• Dark Ambiences
• Eerie Strings
• Crispy Metallic SFX
• Metallic Smashes
• Eerie Drones
• Spooky Birds
• Ice
• Wind
Created and Manufactured by Ana Quiroga
The doors are very kind, but don’t make them angry. They could lose their temper resulting in a very noisy bang.
This library enriches the sfx world with new door and gate objects, both source and designed, with variety of expressive actions and perspectives. The everyday usual noises along with fantasy stimulating sounds – e.g. deep “dungeon” metal door, high pitch squeaking wire-netting gate, heavy church gate and so on. To make the slams and smashes even more hard, heavy and dirty, wildly designed “Angry” versions have been added.
Library highlight:
• 18 door and gate objects, recorded in old, gloomy houses and a church
• 6.29 GB, 645 files, several takes for each action
• “Close-Up”, “Near”, “Middle” and “Behind” perspectives in selected cases, plus mix of them
• 192khz/24 bit including ultrasonic information- the greatest resolution for next design processes
• Sound Devices MixPre6, Sanken CO100K, Sennheiser MKH30, DPA 4007, DPA 4060, Schertler Dyn Uni P48
• Photo reference for each object
This collaboration of the sound designers Bony Stoev and Saro Sahihi is the long awaited successor and main chapter of “Surrounding Horror – Prologue”.
It brings you a comprehensive collection of thrilling, abstract horror ambience sound effects in 5.1 surround.
Each soundscape was painstakingly handcrafted to 2:30 minute length with lots of frightening and terrifying sonic events.
It gives your horror-related production just the right amount of heart-stopping texture, leaving your audience with fear crawling up their spines to hold ’em tight.
Also available: the “ANGST | Surrounding Horror – Construction Kit” (or get the Bundle).
Strange Game Ambient Loops 3 – This is the third volume in the Strange Game series, it brings you a power pack of production-ready background sound loops. Volume 3 is tuned for setting the scene in horror, suspense, tension, dark moody, thriller, lite fantasy and nature themed productions.
With a massive five hours of sound, Strange Game Ambient Loops 3 provides authentic and compelling background tones with 65 sound sets. Dark and moody, Environmental, Factory and Industrial, Nature, Sci-fi, Harmonically Tonal, Positive and more. With so much content, there’s no question you’ll be well equipped to create the perfect feel and soundscape to bring your audio productions to life. Perfect for 3D, 2D, mobile app games, motion graphics, film and any creative audio project.
Epic Stock Media is back with another game character voice pack. Introducing the first of AAA Game Character series – Demon. AAA Game Character Demon is a robust vocal sound effects bank that brings rich and dynamic game ready voice audio assets. Includes over 450+ scripted custom lines, battle cries, fight vocals and everything you need to build a compelling dark antagonist dialogue and in-game audio experiences.
Library highlights:
If you understand BRAAAM then you know exactly what inspires this epic sound library. Hollywood blockbuster movies like Inception, A Dark Knight and Transformers were the birthplace for BRAAAM and today we proudly present to you an all new and epic collection of these scene making sounds.
Within you’ll find 100 unprecedented ultra high quality 96k 24bit .WAV files, all new and original recordings, filled with some authentic sonic hot sauce for your custom productions.
Strange Game Ambient Loops library is a meticulously designed & game ready ambience loop library created to help you make stunning and immersive audio environments quickly. Great for horror, fantasy, adventure, 3D, 2D mobile app games, motion graphics, film and audio productions. With over 3 hours of game locations, tension, dark moods, you’ll be well equipped to create the perfect feel and soundscape that brings your production to life.
Strange Game Ambient Loops 2 library is a meticulously designed & game ready ambience loop library created to help you make stunning and immersive audio environments quickly. This is the second installment in the Strange Game Ambient Loop series. Great for horror, fantasy, adventure, 3D, 2D mobile app games, motion graphics, film and audio productions. With over 2 hours of game locations, tension, dark moods, you’ll be well equipped to create the perfect feel and soundscape that brings your production to life.
Gain a producer’s essential movie trailer sound effects library, BRAAAM Strike 2! This sound library gives you 100, high quality, professionally designed “braaam” sound FX. Explore the depths of deep cinematic synth bass impacts, stingers, and droning hits and add a larger than life sound to your audio projects.
Created by award-winning film composer, David Levy, Braaam Strike 2 is the sequel to the critically-acclaimed trailer sound effects library Braaam Strike 1.
Another exciting game character voice sound library has arrived. Hello and welcome – AAA Game Character Undead – a riveting collection of interactive, in-game dialogue featuring a grotesque set of fantasy undead creature audio assets. Inside you’ll find over 400+ rich and immersive in-game character audio files, provided in high quality 24bit 96k .wav file format.
Library highlights:
BLOODBATH is a collection of 360 carefully designed and rendered horror/gore sound effects.
Stabs, chops, blood drips, flesh drips, Skinning, slicing, gush textures, cinematic flesh impacts and more!
DESIGNED 96kHz 24BIT | 110 FILES | META DATA
All DESIGNED sound effects have been put together using CLEAN sound effects.
Multiple layers (Stacked), carefully processed to achieve modern cinematic sound.
Recorded with: Sound Devices MixPre 6, Sennheiser MKH8060 and Sony PCM D100 at 192kHZ. Edited with: Pro Tools, iZotope RX, Sound Particles
Now you don’t have to kill anyone to get these types of sounds! No more mafia boss interactions, No need to arrange meetings with your hitman, No need to lure unsuspecting victims to your recording location!
The Construction Kit for “ANGST | Surrounding Horror” also is part of the collaboration of sound designer Bony Stoevand Saro Sahihi.
Here you’ll find some of the designed layers that were used to craft the Surround Horror Soundscapes and many newly created layers of fear.
It’s a huge conglomeration of abstract, disturbing sound layers, which can be combined to countless variations or serve as inspiration for your own dreadful sonic nightmares.
It’s a mixture of 250 stereo and 110 surround, dry and wet, loopable sound elements, each with a duration of 0:45, 1:00 or 1:30 min.
To give you both flexibility and instant usability at hand.
It’s also available as a BUNDLE containing also the “Designed Soundscapes” and “Stereo Downmixes”
Geophonic Instruments Bundle Vol. 2 is our second collection of Geophonic Instruments libraries – this time containing Vols. 4, 5 and 6. These three libraries feature dark, subby tones designed from recordings of unusual interactions between musical instruments and the Lom Geofón. Inside is an assortment of rumbles, risers, impacts, sustains, plucks, drones and tones intended for epic and menacing moments.
Subsonic frequencies as low as 10 Hz were captured from sounds of various instruments (a waterphone, kalimba, harmonica, drum, thunder machine, violin and guitar). Our Audio Craftsmen have manipulated these recording to accentuate the rich, low resonances of each instrument, producing an atmospheric, brooding quality to each collection.
Because of its intense low frequency energy, this bundle is perfect for sci-fi, horror and thriller projects across Film, TV and Game productions.
All sounds included were carefully captured and meticulously edited for maximum sonic quality, enabling you to drop each sample into your projects with no need for further enhancement or modification.
The entire bundle is delivered at 24Bit 192kHz and tagged with extensive Metadata for ease of use.
The Jump Scares Bundle features over 300 blood-curdling, hair-raising and spine-tingling sounds to suit a huge variety of horror-impact moments.
To yield this range of terrifying sounds, our Audio Craftsmen recorded and designed human voices, abstract instruments, metal and glass impacts, analogue synthesis, violins and electromagnetic waves. Each jump scare comprises an eclectic layering of manipulation processes and sound sources to ensure your next horror project has its own gruesome edge.
Make the hair of your audiences, listeners or players stand on end with the Jump Scares Bundle!
All sounds included were meticulously edited for maximum sonic quality, enabling you to drop each sample into your projects with no need for further enhancement or modification.
Each library is delivered at 24Bit. Jump Scares Vol. 1 is delivered at 96kHz, while Vols. 2 and 3 are delivered at 192 kHz. The entire bundle is tagged with extensive Metadata for ease of use.
Flesh, Bones & Gore Bundle features three volumes of discomfiting gore and body horror sounds crafted to make your audiences cringe and recoil.
A collection of mutilating actions and impacts were created by manipulating fruit, vegetables, meat and other food in our dedicated Foley suite. These sounds include bone crunches and cracks, squeezing guts, zombie bites, a creature slurping down raw meat, flesh rips and tears, wet and dry skin peels, chopping into body parts with weapons, and more!
Ideal for making combat sequences pack a punch or intensifying slasher moments, this expansive selection of gut-churning sounds were designed with the aim of unsettling viewers and users in your horror-thriller Game, TV & Film projects.
Each library is delivered at 24Bit. Zombie Specimens Vol. 1 is delivered at 96kHz, while Vols. 2 and 3 are delivered at 192kHz. The entire bundle is tagged with extensive Metadata for ease of use.
Dark Game Spell Incantation Voices brings producers and sound designers a versatile and wide-ranging selection of over 160+ fantasy game-styled magic voices, spiritual vocal spells, & enchanting game sound effects. This designed magic voice spell sound effects library features a male shaman game character inspired by legendary games such as Dark Souls, Skyrim, & Blood-Borne.
A massive electro-acoustic drone SFX library reft from a custom designed and hand-built instrument! These drones were coaxed from a unique instrument using the power of air. No harsh picking or plucking, just assorted techniques for moving air deftly across the strings.
The guitar, Yvaine, was recorded simultaneously via two tracks (one direct and another amped and mic’d) and was set to 23 different tunings to encompass the full spectrum of her voice, character, and soul. The tunings are as follows:
All5ths | B6th | Capo12th | CassianoPereiraViana | CrossnoteF | Cuba | DADGAD | DropB | Hawaiian | Koto | OpenA | OpenC | OpenD | OpenE | OpenF | OpenG | OpenPage | Orkney | Ostrich | Pentatonic | “Spira” | Standard | TheEdge
The files range from uber clean and harmonic to gritty, crackling, and distorted. For some of the overdriven amped recordings, we even experimented with creative NR settings for the modulation of artificial harmonics…and kept some of the more colorful results! Between the two different tracks, multiple takes were made per strength, per position, per recording. Depending on which takes were best, some of the DI and amped captures matched, while others were physically different. This offers unique layering capabilities for some sets while allowing for variety in others. Some of the sets are missing particular strength recordings at specific positions. But if a capture wasn’t appropriate, we didn’t include it.
This is a bountiful collection of droning goodness. Use it for good.
The Evolved Game Creatures monster sounds collection brings producers and sound designers a versatile and wide-ranging selection of large to medium-sized creature sounds. Includes monster vocalizations and large angry creature sound effects.
Includes over 160 distinctive, immersive, optimized creature sound effects, vocalizations, attacks, sounds of monsters dying, special SFX, growling sounds.
Creating compelling cinematic game characters and outstanding gameplay audio experiences has never been easier. Explore the possibilities for your monster and large creature character sounds thru ten inspiring sound sets in the sound library. Easily outfit mystical creatures, griffins, dinosaurs, and otherworldly critters.
Creature Character List:
Each monster includes multiple attacks, death, pain, special fx, character specific fx and other vocalizations. All Royalty-Free and all files are pre mixed and mastered, optimized in length and file size to reduce game distributions and memory. RTU-OTB
The “Crash & Smash – Designed” sound effects library contains 350 sounds of destruction.
You get 5 categories (Glass, Metal, Stone, Wood, Plastic) each with 50 edited, layered and designed sounds of destruction and demolition. Additionally you get 100 mixed heavy Crash and Destruction Sounds in 5.0 Surround.
These were fully created and designed in surround not just upmixed. You also get the downmixed versions in 2.0 Stereo.
All sounds were designed from the original Crash & Smash.
You can easily create a vast amount of new crashes by combining, layering and arranging these sounds. Comes with embedded Sound Miner Metadata.
Available in two versions:
The Blacksmith Sound Effects Library features 800 files with over 1000 sounds, recorded at a one-day visit to an old forge from the last millennium. You get tons of hammering metal on an anvil of course but also many other typical forge sounds, as well as more unusual sonic experiences. Mostly metallic sounds – from tools handling, metal hits, drops, clank of chains to vibrating metal poles, rattling cranks, wooden hatches and much more.
All sounds were recorded in MS using a Sennheiser MKH-8050 + Ambient ATE 208 going in a Sound Devices 788T in 192kHz and 24Bit. The sounds are cleaned and edited for direct use. All mastered and decoded to stereo for instant use.
If you want to terrify your audience - whether it's for a game, movie or another project that calls for bone-chilling sounds - the horror sound effects libraries from the independent sound community are a fantastic tool for making that happen.
They give you everything from haunting ghost sounds, gruesome and gory sound effects and demonic possessions, to frightening and disturbing ambiences, screams, whispers and grotesque zombie sounds - making sure your audience will get a sonic experience that's sure to leave a mark.
Bones breaking, breathing, chains rattling, creaking doors, demonic laughter, footsteps, ghostly whispers, gore splatter, heartbeats, knife slash, monster roar, music box, screams, screeching violins, siren, stabbing, thunder, water dripping, wind howling, zombie groan
Q: What are some of the most popular horror sounds?
A: Click to sort the category by most popular horror sound effects libraries
Q: Are there any horror sound libraries on sale right now?
A: Click to sort the category by horror sound libraries on sale
Q: How do I download the horror sounds?
A: Add the sound libraries you're interested in to the cart, and complete the checkout - you can then instantly download your chosen horror SFX.
Q: Are these sounds royalty free?
A: Yes, they're royalty free, and no attribution is required
Q: Who has recorded and designed these sounds?
A: They're created by the independent sound community, and have been recorded by some of the best recordists and sound designers on the planet. There's a constant flow of brand new sound libraries coming from the community, giving you the absolutely freshest sound effects available anywhere. Oh, and by getting sounds from the community, you support individual sound designers and sound recordists – that’s a pretty cool thing too.
Cataclysm is a vast collection of recorded, synthesized and designed sounds created to support important destructive moments and add a stronger sense of extreme consequence to any sound.
The recorded section of library features elements such as flash powder explosions, propane cannon blasts and artillery cannons recorded in unique natural environments with violent transients and lush, long and varied tails. It also features falling trees, forge burners, large trebuchet wood groans, rock smashes as well as more ordinary items recorded and designed to feel like an over the top version of themselves such as vacuum cleaner suctions, metal vase holders, ground pounders and more.
The synthesized section of the library features equally rich textures in the form of explosion sweeteners, other-worldly environmental reflections, scorching energy risers and more.
Finally, recorded and synthesized content was employed to develop the designed section, where the hyperrealism of the recordings meets the clean yet aggressive textures of the synthesized section in catastrophic assets themed around the library’s title.
Animal Hyperrealism Vol III is a library containing sounds themed animal vocalisations, from real to designed creatures totaling more than 1700 individual sounds in 279 files.
The sounds were recorded in zoos and wildlife centers. The asset list includes but is not limited to: european red deers, monkeys, reindeers, hornbills camels, crickets, tamarins, boars, frogs, red ruffed lemurs, parrots, and many more.
The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K plus a Sennheiser 8050 for center image and a couple of Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.
Part of the cheats section of the library features samples recorded at 384KHz. For these sounds an additional microphone was employed, specifically the CMPA by Avisoft-Bioacoustics which records up to 200 KHz. This microphone was used to record most of the library but the 384KHz format was preserved only where energy was found beyond 96KHz not to occupy unnecessary disk space.
All files are delivered as stereo bounce of these for mics, though in some instances an additional couple of CO100K was added to the sides.
The resulting ultrasonic spectrum is rich and allows for truly extreme manipulation of the content.
Bullet Impact Sounds contains 153 bullet sound effects (23 bullet flybys and 130 bullet impacts). Bullet impacts cover 16 different surfaces. Body Flesh, Body Thump, Concrete/Brick, Dirt, Grass, Rock, Gravel, Glass, Metal Light, Metal Heavy, Wood Light, Wood Heavy, Water, Mud, Snow and Ice. Each surface has 8-9 sound variations.
A perfect collection of bullet sounds suitable for all types of sound designers, video editors, game developers or anyone who needs a large range of high quality bullet sound effects ready to use out-of-the-box. Designed specifically for games, video and other media by award winning sound designers.
This pack also includes a variety of 150 bonus sounds effects from our full library Pro Sound Collection. Note that ALL sounds from this package are already included in our other premium sound packages Pro Sound Collection and WARFARE SOUNDS. So be sure to check out Pro Sound Collection and WARFARE SOUNDS before purchase to save time and money!
Impressionism, masterfully crafted by Ni Sound, is a captivating collection of 100 textural music tracks inspired by the evocative soundscapes of Monument Valley and Journey. This cinematic anthology weaves intricate layers of string ensembles, harp, piano, synthesizers, and flute, creating immersive soundscapes that evoke themes of healing, epic grandeur, warmth, and haunting suspense. Tailored for documentaries, art games, advertisements, and projects inspired by literature, Impressionism invites listeners into a world of introspection, adventure, and profound emotional depth.
Delivered in pristine 96 kHz WAV format, every composition undergoes professional post-production mastering, ensuring exceptional clarity and impact. With a total duration of 2 hours and 26 minutes, Impressionism is the perfect choice for creators seeking to enchant audiences with sophisticated, emotionally resonant sound.
Additional Features:
Technical Details:
The content of our sound fx library is free for use in commercial or non-commercial sound production purposes.
With A Sound Effect, Asbjoern has created a web site where our international community can browse, learn, and share the vast fruits of our labors. Together we are accelerating the very real potential power of sound design as a recognized art form.
A Sound Effect is an excellent resource for us to keep our animated films sounding unique and exciting.
A Sound Effect is a great asset to have discovered.
We found the site very easy to navigate, purchasing and downloads were effortless and the effects themselves are awesome! Asbjoern has done us all a great service.
We’ll definitely be back!
There are many great independent sound effect libraries available these days. The main problem with having so many, is keeping track of them!
A Sound Effect is a great hub, and is one of the first places I visit to look for sounds by category or genre. I started coming here to see if I could find libraries that I knew I had heard, but forgot WHERE I had heard them.
And in the process discovered libraries I never would have found otherwise. Great work! Keep it up!
We're always looking for new sounds to mangle, so when A Sound Effect had a holiday sale, I tried them out.
The purchase experience is really smooth and quick, and delivery is almost instant.
I'll definitely come back to them again in the future!
A Sound Effect is a wonderful resource for indie sound effects libraries. On top of that, it has some of the finest sound design, film and game audio interviews!
I often need very specific types of sounds so I've become a big supporter of independent recorders.
Until now I've always had to go to their individual websites. Now I can find them all in one place.
And, Asbjoern is great to work with!
A Sound Effect is a well curated boutique sound effects shop and a great place to find industry interviews and learning resources.