Free Horror Sound Effects for Scary Videos, Games, and Films

About these horror sounds

Horror sound effects create dread before anything appears on screen. Use creaks, screams, stingers, growls, zombie noises, howling coyotes, a screaming door squeak, and spooky transitions for scary videos, games, shorts, and podcasts.

Every sound on DailySounds is royalty-free for personal and commercial projects. You can use these MP3 files in monetized YouTube videos, podcasts, short films, games, apps, ads, client edits, classroom projects, church media, and social posts without paying per-use royalties. Attribution is appreciated but not required. Every sound is free to preview and download, with no account and no daily limit. You may edit, loop, fade, pitch-shift, EQ, layer, or combine the sounds into your own production. The main restriction is simple: do not resell the sounds as a standalone sound library or claim the original recordings as your own. Sounds whose titles reference a film, show, game, song, brand, or celebrity are fan-made or meme-style clips, so make sure that kind of use is appropriate for your project.