Search - Various Artists :: Scary Sounds From the Haunted House

More silly than scary

Chris Swank | Seattle, WA, United States | 10/31/2000

(1 out of 5 stars)

"OK, there are a lot of Halloween-type sound effects CDs out there, and being a sound effects colllector, I like to check them out every so often. However, I'd have to place this one at the botom of the list. The sounds are really more silly than spooky, what sounds there are. Most of what's on this 25-minute CD is music--poorly played music. This is the price we pay for having easy access to synthesizers and samplers--we get CDs like this. AS far as the sounds go, there's nothing in here that even reminds me of a haunted house--no wind or rain, howling wolves, insane laughter, not even one measly little space alien. The supposed horrific screams are amateurish and comical, and the ghost effect? Just some woman going "oooooooooo" through some special effects. Why don't they make them like "the Chilling Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House" anymore?"