Here's the real story behind "Friday the 13th's" creepy "ki ki ki, ma, ma, ma" sound effect

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Originally published at: Here's the real story behind "Friday the 13th's" creepy "ki ki ki, ma, ma, ma" sound effect | Boing Boing

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“Chuh-cha-chuh…”

It does not now and never has sounded like “Ki (ll) Ma (ma)” to me.

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I don’t care what it actually is. All I know is it is noon on Monday in my well-lighted kitchen and I’m looking behind me and getting up to close all the closet doors.

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Remembering how rare high fidelity sound was for the average homeowner television back then, I always thought it was, “Kill, kill, die, die” but extremely muffled.

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The following could have made a solid Jason theme.

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Posted word-for-word, this will be a great addition to the reboing collection:

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I thought it was more like, “Chi, chi, chi, ah, ah, ah.”

Anyways, credit to the creator for making something that’s right up there with, “Da-dum… da-dum…da-dum…da-dum.da-dum.da-dum.da-dum”

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Yes, there are some classic posts that I repost on the appropriate day each year. You win an imaginary goldfish for noticing!

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Yeah, I always thought it was “ch-ch-ch ah-ah-ah”. Maybe it’s the Yanny/Laurel effect.

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