Next time you're watching a movie, listen for the Wilhelm scream.

Named after the character Private Wilhelm from The Charge at Feather River, the Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect used in over 216 films, and it even made its way into the game Red Dead Redemption. For your viewing pleasure, here are some compilations of Wilhelm screams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YDpuA90KEY

never noticed that before interesting

made me lol

yeah, i found out what that scream was awhile ago but before then i always wondered why everyone yelled the same in movies when they died

Yeah I know that scream but it's not the one I actually hear the most. There's this lower pitched one along the lines of "ooooo-waugh" that I hear it every other commerical and video game involving somebody falling or getting hit with something. It's about as common as that damn backwards match sound they use for all fire ignition.

oh yeah. i notice all the stock sounds.

I bet that Wilhelm guy is crazy rich, man

on a friggen yacht somewhere i bet

Should have patented his scream.

You can even see it in video games, but the only example I can think of right now is Red Dead Redemption. I heard it several times in that game. zakkro

Should have patented his scream.

Zerocrossings

Where do people find stuff like this? That is quite interestingnavigata

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Should have patented his scream.

StopThePresses

Just joking man. :P

I always enjoyed hearing it as a delayed sound from when someone dies or when some guy's head is blown off yet you still get the Wilhelm scream lol.

So that's it...

Not gonna lie, i was expecting this :

Mister Wilhelm :D

It was used in the original Star Wars movies at least a couple of timesxaos

Yeah I know that scream but it's not the one I actually hear the most. There's this lower pitched one along the lines of "ooooo-waugh" that I hear it every other commerical and video game involving somebody falling or getting hit with something. It's about as common as that damn backwards match sound they use for all fire ignition.

Lord_Daemon

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Yeah I know that scream but it's not the one I actually hear the most. There's this lower pitched one along the lines of "ooooo-waugh" that I hear it every other commerical and video game involving somebody falling or getting hit with something. It's about as common as that damn backwards match sound they use for all fire ignition.

CreepingDeath_

▲ That just sounds silly. ▲

I heard about this YEARS ago... :\
Its weird how ppl still dont know about that. .. .

Now ,Everytime I play Red Dead Redemption I can hear it.... bcoz its there. ;P
p.s:
I heard it in many movies.

Yeah, they put those screams in video games a lot too.

I noticed it but never knew it had a name.

I heard this before, but I can't remember where and it's bugging me. I'm pretty sure a movie mentioned it, but I can't recall what movie and google is no help. Anybody know a movie that a talked about it?

I couldn't believe it when I first heard this in Red Dead. I especially like it in Toy Story.rockguy92

[QUOTE="navigata"]Where do people find stuff like this? That is quite interestingStopThePresses

It was discussed on a TV show called QI.

I heard it during Lord of the Rings. Which is funny because the particular scene was very serious so I wasnt expecting this gag to be in the middle of it.

that is cool, never knew what it was called but I knew it was a Hollywood "meme" of sorts.

There is another scream out there, used not as frequently as the Wilhelm scream, but still used multiple times. Basically, it is a placeholder scream for anyone that is falling off a cliff or something. Its really long and gets kinda hoarse at the end

"AhhhhhhrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaAHAHHHHHHHHHH"

If you ever fell off the edge in the original Dark Forces, you will know what scream I mean.

that is cool, never knew what it was called but I knew it was a Hollywood "meme" of sorts.

There is another scream out there, used not as frequently as the Wilhelm scream, but still used multiple times. Basically, it is a placeholder scream for anyone that is falling off a cliff or something. Its really long and gets kinda hoarse at the end

"AhhhhhhrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaAHAHHHHHHHHHH"

If you ever fell off the edge in the original Dark Forces, you will know what scream I mean.

mrbojangles25

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that is cool, never knew what it was called but I knew it was a Hollywood "meme" of sorts.

There is another scream out there, used not as frequently as the Wilhelm scream, but still used multiple times. Basically, it is a placeholder scream for anyone that is falling off a cliff or something. Its really long and gets kinda hoarse at the end

"AhhhhhhrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaAHAHHHHHHHHHH"

If you ever fell off the edge in the original Dark Forces, you will know what scream I mean.

StopThePresses

yup! thats it! The scream goes on for like 30 seconds though

My brother told me about the Wilhelm scream like a year ago and now I swear I hear it in almost every movie/game I watch or play :shock: It's haunting me! And driving me crazy

yea i've always noticed that "stock" scream in movies ive seen.

There's a sound clip that's used all the time in movies and games when heavy metal doors are being opened. Hear that one a lot.

Yeh I hear that scream a lot in many movies. There are a lot more screams/ sound effects though

- The insane tantrum

- The Howie scream

- The devil laugh (heard in South park and Independence day)

I remember finding out about this years ago on a tv show, I think either on Discovery or Space Network (both Canadian) but it talked about the history of it, how it became a sort of joke, and it also touched on a few others. And this totally brings me back to the screams in the first Command and Conquer, the flamethrower scream was so amusing.

i've heard it a couple times during spongebob.