# The best scream in Sci-Fi **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733 "2005-10-18T12:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/1 "2005-10-18T12:07:44Z")
My Nominees: Dr. Zachary Smith - Lost In Space Ensign Pavel Chekov - Star Trek ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/2 "2005-10-18T12:14:58Z")
All those great 1950s _babes_ screaming in **The Hideous Sun Demon** and **The Phantom Planet** (a pivotal moment in the plot!) and **The Curse of the Faceless Man** and tons of others, and you choose a couple of **guys**??? ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/3 "2005-10-18T12:16:41Z")
Any of the screams in the first segment of 2001: A Space Odyssey ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/4 "2005-10-18T12:18:26Z")
Piercing monotone scream? Newt, from Aliens. That kid could bring it. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/5 "2005-10-18T12:18:29Z")
Sorry. I was going for humor. For babeage screams, I’ll throw in Dale Arden from **Flash Gordon.** ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/6 "2005-10-18T13:19:49Z")
C’mon, guys, you know who it is: Fay Wray, in the grip of the King. ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/7 "2005-10-18T14:58:26Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > C’mon, guys, you know who it is: Fay Wray, in the grip of the King. Agreed. But I gotta give props to the falling stormtrooper in _Star Wars_. You know the one: “AaaaaAAAAaaahh!!!” Not sure if it originated in that flick, but I hear it in a lot of movies. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/8 "2005-10-18T15:03:25Z")
Kkkkkhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/9 "2005-10-18T15:20:31Z")
Godzilla, in the original B&W flick. For sheer volume, at least. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/10 "2005-10-18T15:24:24Z")
Let’s not forget Kirk in that Twilite Zone ep. Earned Shatner the title of “The Male Fay Wray.” _“IT’S ON THE WING!” AAAAAAAaaaaaEEEEEEaaaaOOOOOOaaaaaaaag … !!! urp_ ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/11 "2005-10-18T15:25:54Z")
> [@Tixenfleaz](#): > > Agreed. But I gotta give props to the falling stormtrooper in _Star Wars_. You know the one: “AaaaaAAAAaaahh!!!” > > Not sure if it originated in that flick, but I hear it in a lot of movies. That’s [the Wilhelm Scream](http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/), which was first heard in the 1951 movie “Distant Drums”. ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/12 "2005-10-18T15:52:12Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > That’s [the Wilhelm Scream](http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/), which was first heard in the 1951 movie “Distant Drums”. That’s the one. Thanks **Terminus**. I always thought there might be an interesting story behind that sound clip. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/13 "2005-10-18T16:29:08Z")
Nathan Lane in _The Birdcage_, when he pierces the alien toast. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/14 "2005-10-19T00:20:47Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > That’s [the Wilhelm Scream](http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/), which was first heard in the 1951 movie “Distant Drums”. That might be one of the coolest pages I’ve ever read. And I desperately want to believe that Sheb did the scream. We’re distant cousins. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/15 "2005-10-19T00:53:51Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Kkkkkhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!! I’d go with that, not just because of the acoustic quality, but because of the way Shatner screwed up his face and shook right before. Priceless. Apart from that, does Fullmetal Alchemist count? Whoever does the voice of Ed Elric in the dub can _shriek_. After they try to transmute their mother in the first episode and Ed sees the result, the scream he lets out is friggin’ awesome. ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/16 "2005-10-19T00:56:04Z")
Jerry Colonna was famous for his (seemingly) 5 minutes yells back in the 40’s.Does that count as a scream? Also,Vincent Price (and most of the cast) in the Tingler ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/17 "2005-10-19T00:56:37Z")
It was in “Alien”, and it wasn’t an actual scream, but the advert for the movie: In space, no one can hear you scream. So, it’s kind of a Zen thing. The non-sound of someone screaming. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/18 "2005-10-19T01:04:30Z")
Not Sci-Fi, but does Fantasy count? All those “Arabian Knights” movies where someone meets a horrible death (often ordered by the despotic sultan); and as they’re sawn in two, crushed beneath a lowing ceiling of spikes or have boiling lead poured on them, they scream (nearest possible spelling:) AYE-EEEEEEE! I’d LOVE a .wav of that. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/19 "2005-10-19T02:12:20Z")
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo!!! ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733/20 "2005-10-19T03:15:51Z")
How about Taffee O’Connell in _Galaxy of Terror?_ Pretty good for a weather girl. \*Please note: _Galaxy of Terror_ is an extremely obscure and silly sci-fi/horror film. View at your own risk. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-scream-in-sci-fi/326733.md?page=2)