History Main / LovesTheSoundOfScreaming

* Yet another non-evil example. A lot of ER doctors like it, [[HellIsThatNoise (in theory)]] when kids they're seeing are screaming. It means the kid is lucid enough to scream, has enough energy to scream, and has enough air to scream. When the kid stops screaming is when things go to hell. Similarly, the sound of a newborn baby screaming (sometimes after a good smack) can be a relief, if not outright joy-inducing, for many medical professionals and terrified parents: the baby needs to cry for its lungs to expand and expel amniotic fluid and mucus, otherwise it wouldn't be breathing.

* Though it doesn't come up within the ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' canon itself, the vocal versions of [[SnkBoss Unlimited! Hazama's]]/[[BigBad Terumi's]] theme, [[https://youtu.be/muc1ruu-EDg Endless Despair]] and Regular Hazama's them [[https://youtu.be/E6D1L-CqDhI Gluttony Fang]] state outright that the sound of unbridled screaming and wailing is like wonderful singing in his ears. He isn't particularly keen on what causes the screams, it can be [[ColdBloodedTorture pain]], [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge rage]] or [[DespairEventHorizon sorrow]], just as long as it is derived from misery. Considering what ''horrible'' beings [[FauxAffablyEvil Hazama]] and Terumi are within canon, though, it does not require a great stretch of the listener's imagination to believe that all of this holds true outside of his theme song as well.

* ''WebOriginal/HamstersParadise'': The maniacal ripperoo is a species of predatory rodent designed to [[EatenAlive eat its prey alive]] and is stated to actually become excited when it hears the distress cries of an injured animal. This combined with its intelligence and tendency to toy with its still living food indicate that it's a very sadistic creature that kills just as much for pleasure as it does sustenance. Their smaller, sapient descendant, the Harmsters, have an entire civilization built around bloodshed and violence, to the point that they view kindness and affection as [[BlueAndOrangeMorality morally repugnant.]]

* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': All For One considers listening to the painful moans of the vestiges from thetrapped Quirks Luz took [[spoiler:after killing the original owners]] to be the one thing keeping him entertained, as he's stuck in the girl's MentalWorld, when he's not speaking his successor.

* the new season ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' has Scary Girl (Lauren), who specifically states that she finds Damien's screams "delicious" and even saves him from a shark because if it ate him, she wouldn't get to hear him scream anymore.

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** Frieza, befitting his incredibly {{sadist}}ic nature. On Namek, he's practically ''ecstatic'' at the sound of Krillin's pained screams when he impales him on one of his horns. In ''Resurrection ‘F’'', while he's beating on Goku after Sorbet shoots the former, he wakes Goku up after he passes out just so he can hear him scream. In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', after torturing Gohan to a cripple, he tauntingly tells Gohan to cry and scream for his life.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Haru Okumura, the resident NiceGirl, shows some... [[BewareTheNiceOnes interesting]] tendencies when it comes to the game’s monsters.

* ''WebOriginal/HamstersParadise'': The maniacal ripperoo is a species of predatory rodent designed to [[EatenAlive eat its prey alive]] and is stated to actually become excited when it hears the distress cries of an injured animal. This combined with its intelligence and tendency to toy with its still living food indicate that it’s a very sadistic creature that kills just as much for pleasure as it does sustenance. Their smaller, sapient descendant, the Harmsters, have an entire civilization built around bloodshed and violence, to the point that they view kindness and affection as [[BlueAndOrangeMorality morally repugnant.]]

-->"Any human or animal that touches or gets too close to the surface of the creature will be quickly enveloped by the outstretching wings and drawn inside. Despite the feathers’ soft appearance, each hair has a sharp point that quickly pierces through clothing and into bare flesh, releasing a neurotoxin that immediately stimulates all the pain receptors in the body, as well as other stimulants to keep the victim from passing out too quickly."

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'': Sugou Nobuyuki/Oberon, if his ecstatic reaction to the look of fear on Asuna's face, complete with a big SlasherSmile, as he [[UnwillingSuspension chains her up]] and is about to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil molest her]] [[ForcedToWatch in front of an incapacitated Kirito]] is anything to go by.

* In ''Blazing Generations'', sequel to the ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' fic ''Fanfic/IWillNotBow'', Yamato, Sugou's [[TheDragon Dragon]], freely admits as such. On multiple occasions, he attacks or tries to attack Alice, wanting to torture her purely to hear her scream in agony.

** There is a much more sympathetic one present in Farnese. In her case, her [[ADateWithRosiePalms sexual gratification]] [[{{Pyromaniac}} from burning people alive]] is shown as a serious mental disorder that she is well aware of, and frightened by. It is traced to her LonelyRichKid childhood, where she discovered that the only thing that distracted her from her loneliness, depression and powerlessness over her own life was the sound of screaming and the light of fires. As an adult, she uses her [[BurnTheWitch powers]] as a ChurchMilitant to indulge these desires and excuse herself of responsibility for it, but is shown to have a great deal of self-loathing about it, and tearfully tries to convince herself "I am not wrong". The contrast between the apostles who have chosen to fully embrace their sadistic nature, and a person who tries [[spoiler:ultimately successfully]] to overcome it is done very well.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' monsters don't just like to hear screams; they need them as a source of energy. And again, they use jump scares to generate screaming.

* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', this is why [[TheCaligula Cartagia]] finds torturing [[TheStoic G'Kar]] so frustrating. They eventually turn to a whip that induces ever-increasing-pain with each blow, with the fortieth blow causing death. [[spoiler:At blow thirty-nine, G'Kar screams.]]

->''A melody of angry growls\\

That's my lullaby!''

* Wiki/SCPFoundation [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-469 469]], "The Many Winged Angel", which feeds off noise.

* Though it doesn't come up within the ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' canon itself, the vocal versions of [[SnkBoss Unlimited!]][[FauxAffablyEvil Hazama's]]/[[BigBad Terumi's]] theme, [[https://youtu.be/muc1ruu-EDg Endless Despair]] and Regular Hazama's them [[https://youtu.be/E6D1L-CqDhI Gluttony Fang]] state outright that the sound of unbridled screaming and wailing is like wonderful singing in his ears. He isn't particularly keen on what causes the screams, it can be [[ColdBloodedTorture pain]], [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge rage]] or [[DespairEventHorizon sorrow]], just as long as it is derived from misery. Considering what ''horrible'' beings Hazama and Terumi are within canon, though, it does not require a great stretch of the listener's imagination to believe that all of this holds true outside of his theme song as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': Soundwave's quote in his original toy bio was "Cries and screams are music to my ears." No sign of this sadism appears in his show/comic appearances, though; he's rather businesslike about evil.

** The entire reason [[Characters/{{Batman}} the Scarecrow's]] Fear Toxin exists is to make his victims scream.
--->"SCREAM OR I'LL '''MAKE''' YOU SCREAM!!!"
** He even appreciates them [[ForScience scientifically]]. In ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumLivingHell'', the main character Warren White screams after finding a fake eyeball in his cafeteria food. Crane, who's sitting next to him, notes that his scream had an interesting pitch and timbre and asks if he can do it again. When White says he can't, Crane stabs him in the leg with a fork. He's disappointed, because now White is screaming in pain instead of terror.

** Kevin, the cannibalistic SerialKiller from the first story (later renamed "The Hard Goodbye"), is seen listening to Lucille scream in horror from her cell after he hacked off and ate her hand with a big satisfied grin on his face.

* ''Webcomic/Trevor2020'': Dr. Smithe comments that he misses Trevor’s screams.
* In ''Webcomic/AnecdoteOfError'', Yensha claims to have relished in [[spoiler:Dolvyn Dal]]’s screams when [[spoiler:she killed him]], though considering [[SociopathicSoldier what kind of person he was]], and that she is interrogating an enemy soldier when she says this, it is unclear whether this is true, nor can one feel bad for her victim if it is.

* ''Webcomic/{{TREVOR}}'': Dr. Smithe comments that he misses Trevor’s screams.

Usually a sign that the person you're dealing with is a PsychoForHire, or at the very least a {{Sadist}} (it's not exactly a heroic quality). These types may be prone to ReminiscingAboutYourVictims. For characters who actually feed off of feelings of suffering, see EmotionEater. Related to BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad.

* In one of the most horrifying examples imaginable, British [[SerialKiller serial killers]] Ian Brady and Myra Hindley would record the dying screams of children they tortured to death [[ForTheEvulz and listen to them later for their amusement]]. One of these tapes was supposedly played at their trial, and veteran police inspectors left the courtroom weeping openly.
** In a similar case, Roy Norris and Lawrence Bittaker, aka "The Toolbox Killers", murdered five teenage girls. As with Ian and Myra above, they recorded the girls' screams as they [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured them]]. One of the tapes was played in the trial of Bittaker and it traumatized everyone. Well, everyone except Bittaker, [[ForTheEvulz he found it funny.]]

* At one point in the movie ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' the villain [=SID 6.7=] uses a roomful of hostages as a source of a variety of screams, which he then remixes into a symphony of fear for his enjoyment. If one wasn't aware already that he was a psycho, this scene should put any lingering doubts to rest.

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is delighted to see the guys in her life breaking down in some way, and the only reason she can give for [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Frollo]] been seen as sexy is his smirk after hearing the old captain get whipped.