# Spell out this sound from Friday the 13th movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 22, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243 "2021-01-22T22:41:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243/1 "2021-01-22T22:41:25Z")
[Here is the sound effect.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfNH3E2u2I0) Without reading what it really is, try to write out what you think the Jason sound effect is. Not the music, the sound onscreen whenever Jason appears. I haven’t seen this movie for 30(?) years but I thought I remembered the sound. However, there seems to be a few different takes on the sound so I thought I would see if I could get a concensus from the board. For those curious why, it’s part of a art project I’m thinking about. (why does spellcheck say concensus is spelled wrong?) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243/2 "2021-01-22T22:48:36Z")
Because it is spelled “consensus” ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243/3 "2021-01-22T22:52:35Z")
That’s embarrassing, I looked at that 10 times and it looked correct. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243/4 "2021-01-22T22:53:38Z")
I hear ki-ki-ki-ki ah-ah-ah-ah. Sometimes the first one sounds like tchi or hē or ē and sometimes the second is ta or ma or æ But it’s all just variations. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243/5 "2021-01-22T22:57:41Z")
“tshi-tshi-tshi ah-ah-ah ki-ki-ki” ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243/6 "2021-01-22T23:00:29Z")
Tchi tchi tchi seems right ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243/7 "2021-01-22T23:18:42Z")
Tch tch tch tch, h(ah) h(ah) h(ah) h(ah), k(ih), k(ih) k(ih) k(ih) (Varies depending on which clip) The parentheses are an attempt to indicate that that portion is not fully voiced, I think would be the way to describe it. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243/8 "2021-01-23T19:47:04Z")
Seems like we are all hearing variations of the same thing. I hear ch-ch-ch huh-huh-huh sometimes followed by ki-ki-ki. Accorging to the guy that made the sound effects it is the first sounds of “kill mommy”. If you saw a tee-shirt that said some version of this would you get the reference? The actual project will have a drawing of Jason on it also but I am wondering if the words will enhance it or confuse people. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243/9 "2021-02-03T16:36:17Z")
There was a documentary about the F13 movies, I think on Netflix, and the guy who made the sound effect says it’s “Ki Ki Ki Ma Ma Ma” as in “Kill them, Mommy”.