Horror and suspense sounds
Creepy textures, suspense drones, screams, ghosts, and monsters for horror games, films, and Halloween projects. 469 free CC0 sounds.
Most downloaded horror & suspense
Top 30Deep cinematic ambient drone atmosphere·ambiance, ambience
Creepy loopable violin creating horror tension·ambience, broken
Deep cinematic swooshes and film-like ambient atmosphere·ambiance, ambience
High-quality raw female scream recorded dry in a studio·environmental-sounds-research, female
Bold cinematic dramatic hit with bass and cymbal impact·abstract, accent
Reversed low piano keys building dark horror tension·approach, aptmosphere
Deep rumbling earthquake with cracking soil and stone·cracking, deep
Reverberant water dripping in a dark cave or dungeon setting·ambiance, ambient
Single sharp female scream·female, girl
Processed female scream turned into a demonic shriek·breath, dark
Processed cartoon-style evil laugh from a laughing box·cartoon, chortle
Eerie processed whispers with stretched and morphed vocal effects·chill, chills
A deep, fierce dragon roar with a monstrous growl.·creature, dragon
The deep, resonant toll of an old church bell.·bell, church
Neon light humming and flickering in a small bathroom·domestic, eerie
Male vocal grunt expressing death or intense pain·death, grunt
Medium crowd screaming and yelling in panic and chaos·chaos, crowd
Large crowd of 300 people booing loudly·2006, action
Neon fluorescent tube light flickering and buzzing·field-recording, flicker
Man screaming loudly at full volume·boy, loud
Cinematic horror transition with rising tension and metallic clang·bang, build-up
Alternate male death and pain grunt·death, grunt
Creepy ghostly whispers for horror or psychological scenes·background-sound, bogey
Loud intense female screaming in fright and anger·fear, female
Small crowd of male voices screaming in fear and panic·crowd, fear
Large crowd screaming and expressing displeasure together·2006, action
Zombie grunting and growling while attacking and devouring·attack, creepy
Close-up male breathing processed with light reverb for sci-fi·action, breath
Alternate layered whispering voices with an uneasy horror feel·chatter, creepy
Girl screaming followed by softer trailing screams·female, girl
Lots of Sounds API
Get horror & suspense sounds from code
Search the full CC0 catalog from your app, game or AI agent with the REST API or the MCP server.
curl
curl -G https://api.lotsofsounds.com/api/v1/sounds \
-H "x-api-key: $LOS_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode "tags=horror" \
--data-urlencode "limit=10"Questions
- Can I use these sounds in a commercial horror game?
- Yes. Every sound is CC0: free for personal and commercial use, with no attribution required.
- What format are the files?
- Every sound is an MP3 file. Each sound page lists its duration and tags.
- Can I search these sounds from code?
- Yes. The REST API and the MCP server support keyword search with tag, category, and duration filters. API and MCP access to the full catalog needs a Pro or Enterprise API key.