We’ve all heard it.
At some point in a movie, there will be a moment where a background character falls or perhaps is harmed severely and they’ll emit a scream.
But not just any yelp of pain.
They’ll emit a very specific pronounced kind of wail, something that simultaneously doesn’t like a noise a human can make yet also channels the sort of indescribable pain every person’s encountered in their lives.
This is the Wilhelm Scream, and though it’s been popularized by movies like Star Wars, its history dates back far into Hollywood’s past.
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