History Main / SinisterScrapingSound

* The head zombie Puritan does this both in the trailer and movie of {{Paranorman}} in Norman's late uncle's house while searching for him.

-->--''NineteenEightyFour''

The Sinister Scraping Sound is the issue of the UnholyMatrimony between NailsOnABlackboard and AudibleSharpness, with NightmareFuel acting as the godfather. This is a very basic {{Horror}} trope, the sound of metal scraping on metal, rock, wood, or another hard surface. It might be heard continuously or rhythmically, slowly intensifying as the source approaches.

* In ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', at night, while Paul is lying in bed trying to figure out what to do about John, the reader hears *scrape*... *scrape*... *scrape*. Then *scrape* #twang#, and Paul finally hears the noise. It's his guitar... is it sliding down the wall? No, it's moving along the floor and then jumps into bed with Paul!

* Pyramid Head in ''SilentHill2'' and [[Film/SilentHill the movie]] has this as his "signature" noise, created by dragging his [[FinalFantasyVII Buster Sword]]-[[{{BFS}} sized]] rusty butcher knife.

* In ''NineteenEightyFour'', the Two Minutes Hate opens with this noise (see page quote) as Emmanuel Goldstein's face appears.

* The Slayers from ''TheSuffering''.

* The Slayers from the Suffering.

[[caption-width-right:330:[[CreepyLongFingers Finger]]-[[SwordSparks sparking]]-good.]]

[[caption-width-right:330:[[SwordSparks Finger-sparking]]-good.]]

The Sinister Scraping Sound is the issue of the UnholyMatrimony between NailsOnABlackboard and AudibleSharpness, with HighOctaneNightmareFuel acting as the godfather. This is a very basic {{Horror}} trope, the sound of metal scraping on metal, rock, wood, or another hard surface. It might be heard continuously or rhythmically, slowly intensifying as the source approaches.

* In the indie horror game ''ThePath'', although nothing is explicitly shown, a sound of knives scraping is heard in the background of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EhF1T5lQ2Q Scarlet's ending]], leading some people to speculate that Scarlet...may have met a rather violent end. Warning: link is both MindScrew and HighOctaneNightmareFuel.

** The creepy repeating scritch-scritch-scritch-scritch-skrrrrrr... sound made by Gold Skulltulas. It's useful for finding them all to gain OneHundredPercentCompletion... and for [[NightmareFuel keeping you awake at night]].

[[quoteright:330:[[NightmareOnElmStreet http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FreddysFrightfulFingers_6263.jpg]]]]

* The hospital scene in ''TheCrazies'' shows one of the titular crazies scraping a pitchfork along the floor as he prepares to stab people who were [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable strapped down on gurneys]]. Later on, another crazy is seen scraping a carving knife across a wall in a deliberate attempt to scare Judy out of hiding.

** The Executioner in ''ResidentEvil 3D'' does this by dragging his axe.

* As pictured above, [[ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] loves to scrape his finger blades along the nearest surface while stalking his latest victim.

* In ''OcarinaOfTime'', the guillotines in the Shadow Temple make a scraping sound as they rise and fall.

** The bag headed guy in ''ResidentEvil 3D'' does this by dragging his hammer/axe (Tomahawk?).
*** Axe, 'Executioners' to be exact. I don't think he(it) ever actually uses the 'hammer' side[atleast in ResidentEvil 5, which is where It orignated]

* In ''Game/ClockTower'', the main antagonist (most of the time) Scissorman uses a giant pair of scissors which he scrapes together with each step.

[[NightmareOnElmStreet http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FreddysFrightfulFingers_6263.jpg]]
[[caption-width:330:[[SwordSparks Finger-sparking]]-good.]]

* Game/ClockTower the main antagonist (most of the time) Scissorman uses a giant pair of scissors which he scrapes together with each step.

* Pyramid Head in ''SilentHill2'' and [[Film/SilentHill the movie]] has this as his "signature" noise, created by dragging his [[FinalFantasyVII Buster Sword]]-[[{{BFS}} sized]] rusty butter knife.

It might be a knife on a countertop, a machete against a pipe, a [[SwordDrag sword against the ground]], or a [[ChainsawGood Chainsaw]] against basically anything if you want to ramp up the fear. This usually plays hell with hidden characters who are trying to hide, as it increases their panic. If they can keep their mouth shut, they might survive... or [[BarrierBustingBlow get pulled/impaled through the wall.]] Of course, the noise might be something completely innocuous that leads to another, more dangerous scare.

* In OcarinaOfTime, the guillotines in the Shadow Temple make a scraping sound as they rise and fall.

* In OcarinaOfTime, the guillotines in the Shadow Temple make a scraping sound as they rise and fall.