Terrifying Tots: Children as Horror Characters in Audio Drama
In this article, Monique delves into the unsettling and disturbing nature of malevolent child characters and their place in the horror genre.
In this article, Monique delves into the unsettling and disturbing nature of malevolent child characters and their place in the horror genre.
Learn how to create exceptional, immersive audio drama sound design with tips and techniques for script analysis, diegetic vs. non-diegetic sounds, enhancing the story with sound cues, research and preparation, crafting a design statement, and more. Discover the power of sound effects and the importance of ambience in transporting the listener to a different time and place.
Before we get to the show we wanted all of our listeners to know that 11th Hour Audio is producing the pilot episode for a new series called Brimstone Gap. Written by Philip Craig Robotham, Brimstone Gap is a dark tale set in the Old West. In the American West of the 1880s, there is … Read more
Welcome to March This month, we have two special announcements for all our eager listeners. Do you crave your monthly Creature Feature fix? Have you ever wanted to tune in and hear your own show on the Creature Feature? Well fiends, now you can. 11th Hour Audio has created a Creature Feature submissions page. Head … Read more
February brings us Valentine’s Day, a holiday associated with love. The feast of St. Valentine was founded by Pope Gelasius I in 496 in honor of the martyred priest who performed weddings for Christian couples. On February 14th, the day of his execution, legends say that he wrote a note to a judge’s daughter whose … Read more
January is the sacred month of Janus, the Roman God of all beginnings, endings, thresholds and time. He presides over the start of each new year and symbolizes the duality of change. Depicted with two faces Janus sees deep into the past and future, he resides in the passages between young and old, war and … Read more
Greetings, Listeners! This next story is something a little… different: It began as a piece of artwork. Artist and illustrator Vince Dorse has created a poster that’s laid out in a kind of narrative timeline. To showcase the poster, Vince has crafted a video that details his art process and contains a narrative version of … Read more
Welcome to December everyone. In the United States December 11th is National Make a Friend Day and we would like to take a moment to recognize all of the friends we’ve made over the years through the 11th Hour Audio Challenge. The original concept for the 11th Hour Audio Challenge was simple. Get together with … Read more
“It was the Terrible Season of the autumn, and the wild people in the mountains were preparing for the frightful ceremonies which only rumour told of in the towns. They were the very old folk who dwelt higher up in the hills and spoke a choppy language which the Vascones could not understand. …every spring … Read more
There is a city that’s nicknamed “The City of Statues.” In this city there are, unsurprisingly, many statues. But they’re not normal statues, and they’re not placed in a way that makes any sense. They are everywhere you can imagine: in the middle of streets, in the middle of sidewalks, inside buildings and rooms and … Read more