-> ''"I'm not an expert in the field, but that sounds to me like the cries of the damned."''
-->-- '''Gordon Freeman''', ''WebVideo/FreemansMind''

->''"I now know what hell sounds like; [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill I recommend a tactical nuclear strike on my position.]] [[DrivenToSuicide Tell my family I love them.]]"''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} official''' confronting a [[CreepyDoll sentient Victorian doll]], ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''.

->''"Mutating people to turn them into living weapons is one thing, but yelling? Why make them yell? That's totally uncalled for!"''
-->-- '''Jeff "Joker" Moreau''' on Banshee husks, ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''

->''"Banshee! Agh, that sound!"''
-->-- '''Kaidan Alenko''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3 Leviathan''

->''"Sir, when you speak, all I hear is the sound of cities burning, nightmares crying, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dog shit wearing deodorant.]]"''
-->-- '''WebVideo/{{Critikal}}''', "Animation/CaptainPronin"

->"ENGHHHHHHHHHH!"
->"You're a jerkwad. I'm going to have to edit that, so it's not ear-wrenching."
-->-- ''WebVideo/GameGrumps''

->''"I literally cannot listen to this entire track continuously. It creeps me out so much that I have to pause it every so often so I can catch my breath and slow my pounding heart. I've never played Silent Hill 2 and I cannot imagine doing so with any manner of aplomb if THIS is the kind of music I can look forward to."''
-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj94qGls1kA Youtube user maiira]]''' on the song "[[MeaningfulName Warped Mind]]" from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2''

->''"Y'know that ringing in your ears? That 'eeeeeeeeee'? That's the sound of the ear cells dying, like their swan song. Once it's gone, you'll never hear that frequency again. Enjoy it while it lasts."''
-->-- '''Julian Taylor''', ''Film/ChildrenOfMen''

->''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Can. Hear. A. Sound.]]"''
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}''

->''"[Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'s roar] is the sound of nature, the sound of rage, the sound of power. It's a sound that would make anyone hearing it shiver. It's incredibly visceral."''
-->-- '''Erik Aadahl''', sound designer for ''Film/Godzilla2014''

->''"The most frightening sound in the world is a toilet flush. In the middle of the night. [[TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse When you know you're in the house alone.]]"''
-->-- '''Creator/StephenKing'''

->[There are faint screams in the distance]\\
'''Home Base (Speaker unidentified):''' What the hell was THAT?
-->-- ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod''

->''"A switch was suddenly flipped inside me. Something primal and inarticulate tore its way out of my throat, a sound I could have never imagined that I could make."''
-->-- '''Emma Barnes''', ''Fanfic/{{Quicken}}''

->''"Can you feel it? (...) I believe that's the sound the world makes when it pisses itself."''
-->-- '''Hoid''', ''Literature/TheWayOfKings2010'' (first book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'')

->''"The voice..."''

->''"...Is as if a hundred birthday clowns got together to strangle each other to death at the same time, and every last one of them liked it."''
-->-- ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital''

->''"Who knew that the most horrifying thing I would ever experience in a ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game doesn't involve [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 blood, multiple eyes]] or [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStarUltra loud unexpected screams]]. But just four. Simple. Words."''
-->-- '''[[https://twitter.com/MeteorzYT/status/1510381747921469442 Meteorz]]''' on ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand''

->Had to get away from the [[MadScientistLaboratory Nursery]]. The sights are bad enough, but it's the sounds that stay with me. The shrieks of the children. The nauseatingly sweet voices of the [[RaisedByRobots nannies]] pacifying them. That [[MindControlMusic damn lullaby]] - over and over again.
->I'll never get that out of my head.
-->--'''Orochi Comm Center terminal entry,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

->''"When you hear jazz, that means I'm coming."''
-->--'''Io Fleming''', ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamThunderbolt''

->''"When it flies past, it's like you hear a scream in your mind."''
-->--'''[[AcePilot Lt. Keffer]] describing a [[EldritchStarship Shadow vessel]]''', ''Series/BabylonFive''

->''"What is [[ForDoomTheBellTolls that sound]]?! Make it stop!!"''
-->-- '''Random lady''' witnessing the ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' Ending E fight, translation of ''VideoGame/NieR'' drama CD

->'''Anonymous''': any tips for new VideoGame/{{overwatch}} players?
->'''seafoamsorceress''': if u hear angry japanese [[LimitBreak start running]]
-->-- An exchange on Website/{{Tumblr}}

->''"I heard a piercing cry from the well. It echoed about my mind and left me all a daze. I'd say it was a foul beast's death, but this cry sounded different...divine? Has something happened little traveler? No. Don't tell me. If foul events are brewing, it's probably better I don't know."''
-->--'''Elderbug''', ''VideoGame/HollowKnight''

->''"YIPE! Never heard 'im scream like that before! Never heard anyone scream like that before! I'd like to never hear anyone scream like that again!"''
-->-- '''Hans''' after hearing Referick give a bloodcurdling scream after having his soul returned to his body, ''VideoGame/{{Wynncraft}}''

->'''Erron Black''': Goddamn, your voice is like nails on a chalkboard.\\
'''Noob Saibot''': It will be the last thing you hear.\\
'''Erron Black''': Aw, hell no.
-->--''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''

->''"Gets to you, doesn’t it? That’s what a reckoning sounds like. You want it to stop, but it just keeps coming. It’s when it stops, [[NothingIsScarier that’s when you’ll really want to start to fret]]."''
-->-- '''Maarva Andor''', ''Series/{{Andor}}'', "Reckoning"

->''"It's like a manic breakdown distilled into a song. It can't decide if it wants to laugh, cry, or scream.''"
-->-- '''[=YouTube=] commentor''' on "[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nMVIVmpAq3o Back There Benjamin]]" by [[Music/LeylandKirby The Caretaker]]
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