This is a sound effect that debuted in Psycho (1960).
Info
- First recorded: 1960
- Creator: Bernard Herrmann
- Owner: Unknown
- Origin: United States
- Year debut: June 16, 1960
- First heard: Psycho (1960)
- Area used: Worldwide
Used In
TV Shows
- American Horror Story
- Dexter's Laboratory (Heard once in " Pslyghtly Psycho".)
- Family Guy (Heard twice in "The Man with Two Brians".)
- Friends (Heard once in "The One with All the Thanksgivings".)
- Love, Death & Robots
- The Nanny (Heard in "Oy Vey, You're Gay", "Your Feets Too Big" and "The Car Show".)
- Show do Milhão (Edited; used as a music for the 1 million question as the participant reaches it.)
- The Simpsons (Heard in "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge", "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)", and "The Springfield Files".)
TV Specials
- Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009)
- Scared Shrekless (2010) (Heard thrice in the "Boots Motel" segment.)
Movies
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
- The Amityville Horror (1979)
- Carrie (1976)
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
- Daddy Day Care (2003)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (2023)
- Finding Nemo (2003) (Only the 1st half is used twice throughout the film. Once when Darla arrives at the dentist office, and another when she looks at Barbara after she is told that her uncle (Philip) is ready to see her.)
- It Takes Two (1995)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
- Psycho (1960) (debut)
- Psycho (1998)
Shorts
- Cro Minion (2015) (Unless confused with a poor imitation/re-orchestration of the sound.)
Video Games
3DS:
- Game & Wario (Heard in "Gamer".)
- Miitopia (Heard once in a high pitch in one of the Inn events when a Mii looks at the window.)
- WarioWare Gold (Different version heard in the "Sneaky Gamer" game mode sometimes during gameplay and also before starting alongside a scream.)
Nintendo Switch:
- Miitopia (Heard once in a high pitch in one of the Inn events when a Mii looks at the window.)
Online:
PC:
- Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Heard once in Tomb of the Ancients when you encountered the Spider.)
- Windows XP Horror Edition (Heard once when clicking the file "DON'T OPEN ME.txt".)
PlayStation 3:
- LittleBigPlanet (Heard once at the end of "Scary Train Ride!!!".)
PlayStation 4:
- LittleBigPlanet (Heard once at the end of "Scary Train Ride!!!".)
Wii U:
- Game & Wario (Different version heard in the sneaky gamer game mode sometimes during gameplay and also before starting alongside a scream.)
Videos/DVDs
Trailers
- A Goofy Movie (1995) (Trailers) (Heard when Max faints.)
- Daddy Day Care (2003) (Trailers)
- Psycho (1998) (Trailers)
TV Spots
- Daddy Day Care (2003) (TV Spots)
Music
- Beastie Boys - Egg Man (1989)
- Neil Cicierega - Love Psych (2014)
Newgrounds Videos
- Illwillpress
YouTube Videos
- AllThings Creepy
- Animeme (Heard in "INSANITY WOLF" and "INSANITY WOLF 2".)
- AssopraFitas (Heard once in "JOGUEI SHOW DO MILHÃO NO PC ANTIGO".)
- Barney Error Videos
- Best Pals Hand Toons (Heard once in "The Amber Way of Playing".)
- Bratu Art
- BrethrenProductions (Heard in "Magic School Bus: The Later Years ep1".)
- Captain Tate
- cartoonlover98
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs YTPs (Heard in "Flilf Lolwood Devises a Plan to Rain Overlooked Games onto his Home Island".)
- CN100eg (Heard very frequently.)
- Cobet Margatroid (Heard once in "youmu jumpscare 2".)
- creativeking100
- The Cute Mario Bros
- Cyberwolf087
- Darknessthecurse
- DragonBall Z Abridged (TeamFourStar)
- Dtoons
- ElectricDragon505
- ElmerOzo
- EmpLemon (Heard once in "YouTube Poop - ReFrying Nemo".)
- FantaChan
- FunGameBook
- GIF's with Sound
- gmogonzalez21 (Heard in "Dark Evil Disney Logo".)
- GoAnimate/Vyond Videos
- Goop Videos
- Inside Edition (Heard once in "3-Year-Old Girl Takes Creepy Doll Everywhere She Goes".)
- Jacelogofan2024
- JaxLynnstarAnimate
- Jake Eyes
- JelloApocalypse (Heard in "Welcome to Facebook!".)
- JonTron (Heard at the end of "Starfox Adventures: Stairfax Temperatures".)
- Maddalonefarms
- Megaman Leo (Heard in "JonTron screams at: Boko No Pico".)
- MoBrosStudios
- The Night Haven (Heard in several videos.)
- Octopimp (Heard at the end of "Ask Nepeta! Omnibus" and "Elevatorstuck: THE FINAL CHAPTER".)
- Pokefan531 (Heard twice in "[MMD Pokemon] Iris breaks in YouTube Channels (Collab Project)".)
- Pretty Much Cure (Heard once in "P-Head's Death" when Viacom goes crazy.)
- Rizuki Noka
- Saurian Target
- SMG4 Videos
- Tenshiketsueki1000
- toucanSandwiches
- WhitneyGoLucky
Anime
- Are You Lost?
- Beelzebub
- Blood-C
- A Couple of Cuckoos
- Karin: Chibi Vampire
- No Game No Life
- Strawberry Marshmallow
- True Beauty
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
Danny Elfman version:
game & wario and warioware gold version:
WARNING!: Massively ear-piercing.