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Why did they use the Wilhems Scream-esque "Child Laughing" Sound Effect?

posted 10 years ago by amnesiac-kid
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cheapskates. I felt reminded of Butterfly Effect the whole time because of this sound effect.
Besides this movie was quite good, better than I expected. I only hated that 'Murrica jerk partner of the sarge who played with knives and had tattoos and the cap and was just so "average".
This movie would make a good Resident Evil Game btw. Interesting "Rap Music Video" cinematography also.
it often felt like the straight dude version of the conjuring with guns, "tough" guys and talk about baseball, but also very good moments and quite good and unexpected scares. thinking about that, i really like that. i hate it when you get this standard horror film and you just know, now will come the scare (like it was in the case of the conjuring many times) and it isnt as scary because you expect it to come. here it was different, that was good. please more of that.

child laughing sound effect:
coop halloween ad (skip to 0:04) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFcXY9janYk
butterfly effect ending (spoiler alert - skip to 2:55) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wSH1SpQh9c

[–] ravensdestiny_28 10 years ago

Because that is what he heard when he came upon the murder scene of the little girl left in the trash can where he killed her murderer. The officer guarding the scene was adjusting his radio (static sound) while other children were playing and laughing in the background. He told the priest him killing the murderer ate away at him everyday, the sound was something he remembered from it and so the demon made him hear it.

[–] amnesiac-kid 10 years ago

That doesn't excuse that they used a cheap standard soundeffect instead of recording one themselves.

[–] branphreys 10 years ago

I came to this board to complain about just this topic, glad to see I'm not the only one.

The child laughter sample was straight out of a sound effects library, I too have heard it in countless commercials, TV shows, and movies.

Certainly a low budget movie would be excused from such use, but they had a decent budget here, and considering how often and important the sound was to the story, should have put more effort in.

I'll excuse the use of 'creaky door 001'. :)

[–] Redrum237 10 years ago

It's not as bad as this police scanner sound effect that I hear literally everywhere; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaj1M5wDigg

[–] !!!deleted!!! (5836589) 10 years ago

Yeah I always find it annoying when that laughter's used. I hear it everywhere!

[–] GSmith9072 10 years ago

Lol! I was totally thinking about that fake-sounding familar laughter.

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