ever wonder why so many movie screens
sound the same welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten Wilhelm screams for this
list we are reviewing the Wilhelm scream
an iconic sound bite that has been used
in a wide variety of films and TV shows
for more than half a century we’re only
considering films in which the Wilhelm
scream has been well screamed in a
memorable or notable fashion number 10
an arrow to the leg the charge at
Feather River private Wilhelm was
sitting on his horse filling his pipe
when his superior shouted his name he
then finds a Cheyenne
arrow sticking out of his left leg which
immediately triggers his yelping of the
iconic scream and it was this scream
that would be used repeatedly throughout
the movie interestingly Wilhelm was not
the first to deliver the Wilhelm scream
it originated in the 1951 film distant
drums and was yelled by a cowboy being
eaten alive by an alligator in the
Everglades
peculiarly though it was for Wilhelm
from the charge at Feather River that
the sound effect was named and
immortalized number nine Nazi soldier
falls out of truck Raiders of the Lost
Ark in this scene while Indiana Jones is
wrestling for control over a Nazi truck
from its driver a group of Nazi soldiers
in the trucks bed are being wildly
jostled around struggling not to lose
balance the driver of the Nazi Jeep
behind the truck can do little to help
out his struggling comrade as a result
he quickly finds a soldier careening out
of the back of the truck and right on to
his jeeps hood who delivers the you
guessed it Wilhelm scream number eight
buzz lightyear rolls out the window Toy
Story this moment sees woody
accidentally unleashing a series of
cataclysmic events onto Buzz Lightyear
while handling a remote-control car
woody knocks over a corkboard that sends
a globe spiraling at buzz just like the
Boulder Indiana Jones faced in Raiders
of the Lost Ark
after initially rolling to safety
the globe strikes a desk lamp that sends
buzz flying out of the rooms window at
which time he lets out the Wilhelm
scream by wonderfully referencing iconic
moments in cinema history
this scene cements itself a place in the
history books at the same time number
seven
penguin minions thrown out Batman
Returns in this scene Batman is facing
off against the red triangle circus gang
penguins ragtag criminal group of circus
performer minions
while carrying a bouquet of flowers a
clown tries to jump Batman
our hero nonchalantly punches the
villain and with the same hand
subsequently tosses the circus freak
causing him to shriek the Wilhelm scream
while airborne throughout all of this
Batman never even drops his flowers what
a gentleman
number six elf falling off the wall the
Lord of the Rings the two towers during
the Battle of Helm’s Deep at the end of
the two towers thousands of humans and
elves are trying to ward off a siege
from warders forces
it’s here in the midst of combat when a
deadly orc sends a poor elf flying off
the strongholds defensive wall which has
him shouting the Wilhelm scream as he
plummets to his doom on top of a horde
of mordor soldiers this was the first
middle-earth film to feature the Wilhelm
scream and it was thereafter used
multiple times in the return of the king
and the hobbit number 5 where rabbit
knocks over a pedestrian wallace and
gromit the curse of the where rabbit the
chipper English characters wallace and
gromit often find themselves facing
peculiar villains in their many
adventures together in this movie they
have to face off against a highly
destructive where rabbit which initially
unbeknownst to the loveable duo is
Wallace himself in this particular scene
Wallace has transformed into the where
rabbit and is on a rampage during his
tiny towns giant vegetable competition
wildly swinging his arms about the where
rabbit sends a pedestrian soaring and
causes him to cry out the Wilhelm scream
number 4 North Korean soldier falls off
balcony Team America world police South
Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker
have never shied away from pop-culture
references in their work and Team
America world police is no exception
don’t worry fellas I’ve got my pass
right here
while Team America member Gary Johnston
is storming Kim Jong Il’s compound in a
blaze of gunfire he shoots a North
Korean soldier positioned on a balcony
sending his target hurtling to the
ground while he yells the Wilhelm scream
this was perhaps unsurprisingly the
first time a puppet ever delivered the
Wilhelm scream in the midst of the chaos
I could swear that I heard my goats
screaming for help
number three car crash death Proof
director Quentin Tarantino has always
been a self-proclaimed movie buff thus
it should come as no surprise that he
decided to incorporate the Wilhelm
scream into this destructive film
in this scene Kurt Russell’s character
stuntman Mike is driving his death Proof
1971 Chevrolet Nova ss396 straight into
a car of innocent civilians after the
initial moment of impact the Wilhelm
scream can be heard during this fatal
car crash
number two flame-throwing villain
showdown Lethal Weapon 4 in this
over-the-top opening LAPD sergeants
Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh face a
flame-throwing villain in downtown LA
Murtagh distracts the villain by running
out into the street in his boxers and
with the criminals back exposed Riggs
shoots the flamethrowers backpack and
jettisons the delinquent into the street
causing a Wilhelm scream
likewise during this scene Murtagh finds
out that Riggs girlfriend is pregnant
that his daughter secretly married a cop
and that she is also pregnant it’s a
wonder that blend of family drama didn’t
cause him to Yelp the Wilhelm scream
before we get to our number one Wilhelm
scream here are a few honorable mentions
number one stormtrooper falling down
chasm Star Wars Episode four a new hope
Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia are
trying to escape the Death Star in this
moment of mayhem after Luke shoots a
stormtrooper on a platform it causes him
to plummet down into a chasms abyss
while he cries the Wilhelm scream film
sound designer ben burtt edited this
scream into the scene introduced it to
modern audiences and coined the actual
term Wilhelm scream itself
he basically revives the use of this
sound effect in a new hope and it’s
since been heard in other george lucas
movies that he’s worked on such as the
previously mentioned Raiders of the Lost
Ark and the Star Wars sequel Return of
the Jedi as well as many other films do
you agree with our list no no I’m not
gonna let it in like this what are your
favorite Wilhelm screams for more
excellent top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
sound the same welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten Wilhelm screams for this
list we are reviewing the Wilhelm scream
an iconic sound bite that has been used
in a wide variety of films and TV shows
for more than half a century we’re only
considering films in which the Wilhelm
scream has been well screamed in a
memorable or notable fashion number 10
an arrow to the leg the charge at
Feather River private Wilhelm was
sitting on his horse filling his pipe
when his superior shouted his name he
then finds a Cheyenne
arrow sticking out of his left leg which
immediately triggers his yelping of the
iconic scream and it was this scream
that would be used repeatedly throughout
the movie interestingly Wilhelm was not
the first to deliver the Wilhelm scream
it originated in the 1951 film distant
drums and was yelled by a cowboy being
eaten alive by an alligator in the
Everglades
peculiarly though it was for Wilhelm
from the charge at Feather River that
the sound effect was named and
immortalized number nine Nazi soldier
falls out of truck Raiders of the Lost
Ark in this scene while Indiana Jones is
wrestling for control over a Nazi truck
from its driver a group of Nazi soldiers
in the trucks bed are being wildly
jostled around struggling not to lose
balance the driver of the Nazi Jeep
behind the truck can do little to help
out his struggling comrade as a result
he quickly finds a soldier careening out
of the back of the truck and right on to
his jeeps hood who delivers the you
guessed it Wilhelm scream number eight
buzz lightyear rolls out the window Toy
Story this moment sees woody
accidentally unleashing a series of
cataclysmic events onto Buzz Lightyear
while handling a remote-control car
woody knocks over a corkboard that sends
a globe spiraling at buzz just like the
Boulder Indiana Jones faced in Raiders
of the Lost Ark
after initially rolling to safety
the globe strikes a desk lamp that sends
buzz flying out of the rooms window at
which time he lets out the Wilhelm
scream by wonderfully referencing iconic
moments in cinema history
this scene cements itself a place in the
history books at the same time number
seven
penguin minions thrown out Batman
Returns in this scene Batman is facing
off against the red triangle circus gang
penguins ragtag criminal group of circus
performer minions
while carrying a bouquet of flowers a
clown tries to jump Batman
our hero nonchalantly punches the
villain and with the same hand
subsequently tosses the circus freak
causing him to shriek the Wilhelm scream
while airborne throughout all of this
Batman never even drops his flowers what
a gentleman
number six elf falling off the wall the
Lord of the Rings the two towers during
the Battle of Helm’s Deep at the end of
the two towers thousands of humans and
elves are trying to ward off a siege
from warders forces
it’s here in the midst of combat when a
deadly orc sends a poor elf flying off
the strongholds defensive wall which has
him shouting the Wilhelm scream as he
plummets to his doom on top of a horde
of mordor soldiers this was the first
middle-earth film to feature the Wilhelm
scream and it was thereafter used
multiple times in the return of the king
and the hobbit number 5 where rabbit
knocks over a pedestrian wallace and
gromit the curse of the where rabbit the
chipper English characters wallace and
gromit often find themselves facing
peculiar villains in their many
adventures together in this movie they
have to face off against a highly
destructive where rabbit which initially
unbeknownst to the loveable duo is
Wallace himself in this particular scene
Wallace has transformed into the where
rabbit and is on a rampage during his
tiny towns giant vegetable competition
wildly swinging his arms about the where
rabbit sends a pedestrian soaring and
causes him to cry out the Wilhelm scream
number 4 North Korean soldier falls off
balcony Team America world police South
Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker
have never shied away from pop-culture
references in their work and Team
America world police is no exception
don’t worry fellas I’ve got my pass
right here
while Team America member Gary Johnston
is storming Kim Jong Il’s compound in a
blaze of gunfire he shoots a North
Korean soldier positioned on a balcony
sending his target hurtling to the
ground while he yells the Wilhelm scream
this was perhaps unsurprisingly the
first time a puppet ever delivered the
Wilhelm scream in the midst of the chaos
I could swear that I heard my goats
screaming for help
number three car crash death Proof
director Quentin Tarantino has always
been a self-proclaimed movie buff thus
it should come as no surprise that he
decided to incorporate the Wilhelm
scream into this destructive film
in this scene Kurt Russell’s character
stuntman Mike is driving his death Proof
1971 Chevrolet Nova ss396 straight into
a car of innocent civilians after the
initial moment of impact the Wilhelm
scream can be heard during this fatal
car crash
number two flame-throwing villain
showdown Lethal Weapon 4 in this
over-the-top opening LAPD sergeants
Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh face a
flame-throwing villain in downtown LA
Murtagh distracts the villain by running
out into the street in his boxers and
with the criminals back exposed Riggs
shoots the flamethrowers backpack and
jettisons the delinquent into the street
causing a Wilhelm scream
likewise during this scene Murtagh finds
out that Riggs girlfriend is pregnant
that his daughter secretly married a cop
and that she is also pregnant it’s a
wonder that blend of family drama didn’t
cause him to Yelp the Wilhelm scream
before we get to our number one Wilhelm
scream here are a few honorable mentions
number one stormtrooper falling down
chasm Star Wars Episode four a new hope
Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia are
trying to escape the Death Star in this
moment of mayhem after Luke shoots a
stormtrooper on a platform it causes him
to plummet down into a chasms abyss
while he cries the Wilhelm scream film
sound designer ben burtt edited this
scream into the scene introduced it to
modern audiences and coined the actual
term Wilhelm scream itself
he basically revives the use of this
sound effect in a new hope and it’s
since been heard in other george lucas
movies that he’s worked on such as the
previously mentioned Raiders of the Lost
Ark and the Star Wars sequel Return of
the Jedi as well as many other films do
you agree with our list no no I’m not
gonna let it in like this what are your
favorite Wilhelm screams for more
excellent top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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