Francis Rust

Sound Design and Music Composition for film, ads, theater, production company intros, games, and any other media

[Francis Rust @Francis_Rust]

Check out my latest score for the @SpitfireAudio @Darkstar Haunted House Scoring Competition!
It's such a wonderful plugin, I don't regret buying it. Sweet sounds and beautiful atmospheres.
https://t.co/VBKaM4rWyw

[MEAD The 4K💿 Master (Tom Connors) @ThomasConnorsJr]

A collection of #MichaelJackson commercials from 1980-89 in the best versions available.

[Dyerbolical Horror (☥𝐃𝐁) @DyerbolicalDB]

Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 still blows my mind.

The way old Dracula transitions from Bat-monster to rats is insane. NO CGI. Pure practical effects, baby!

(Credit: Colombia Pictures.)

[Classic Horror Films @HorrorHammer1]

BREAKING: Dracula 1931's original final scene has been presumed lost for decades and decades. 95 years later, it has unexpectedly been rediscovered and restored.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The original trailer for Alien (1979) is still one of the greatest trailers ever cut. Ridley Scott approved a near wordless montage of flashing images and that rising siren sound, created by the marketing team using the film’s own machinery audio.

[Scarred for Life @ScarredForLife2]

In the early hours of 2nd March 1986, Channel 4 showed UAP's gorgeous, expressionistic animated version of Poe's THE TELL-TALE HEART (1953), narrated by James Mason, to conclude its 'Monster Horror' season of classic fright films. It was love at first sight.

[Francis Rust @Francis_Rust]

@nineinchnails hi Trent Reznor I've been a fan of you and NIN for almost 30 years now, greatly inspired by your lyrics, music, as well as your album artwork. Truly inspired by Russel Mills, I have created art of my own for your new album, take a look.

[Hollywood Horror Museum @horrormuseum]

This 1968 BBC TV show LATE NIGHT HORROR is long lost, but this opening is nightmarish!

[Variety @Variety]

“Undertone” director Ian Tuason says his new A24 horror movie was inspired by #TheExorcist, which terrified him because it “weaponized” the safety of the home:

“I was trying to figure out why ‘The Exorcist’ scared me so much since I was a little kid. I figured it was because it took the safest place and thing in the world and weaponized it, via a daughter at home.”

“Undertone” centers on a late-night podcaster who begins receiving distressing audio recordings that blur reality and the supernatural. The buzzy horror film debuts at Sundance on Jan. 24 ahead of its March 13 theatrical release.

Read the full profile on Tuason: https://t.co/TuFS9jqV2z

[Hollywood Horror Museum @horrormuseum]

One of the best scenes from 1996 THE CRAFT was unfortunately cut from the film

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

In The Sixth Sense (1999), when Cole says “I see dead people,” the camera cuts to a tight close-up of Bruce Willis.

Producers worried that shot might give the twist away.

Test audiences never noticed. In hindsight, it’s hiding the answer in plain sight

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Reminder that the iconic whistle used in Kill Bill (and later American Horror Story) was composed by Bernard Herrmann and originates from this scene in Nervios Rotos (1968), directed by Roy Boulting. A psychological thriller that’s genuinely worth watching

[Hollywood Horror Museum @horrormuseum]

The early Max Fleischer Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons, were on a different level!

[Tom😈Loves❤️Horror😱 @ILoveHorror7]

The Fog (1980)

Produced on a modest budget of roughly $1.1 million, the film grossed over $21 million domestically, becoming a sleeper hit. Critics were originally divided; some praised its visual style and tension, while others found it inferior to Carpenter’s previous hit, Halloween (1978).

Over time, it has become a "horror classic" and a cult staple, celebrated for its slow-burn dread and minimalist synth score. Its cult status is primarily driven by its unique "old-fashioned ghost story" aesthetic, often compared to an imaginative mashup of H.P. Lovecraft and Hammer Horror. Modern fans prize its "dreaded realism" and lack of cheap jump scares, favoring its slow-build tension over modern "gore-first" horror.

Following her breakout in Halloween, The Fog was Jamie Lee Curtis's second major collaboration with Carpenter. The real-life mother of Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh (Psycho), played Kathy Williams. This was the first time the mother-daughter duo appeared in a film together. Despite sharing the same screen, their characters have minimal interaction and no direct dialogue with each other until the very end. Director John Carpenter has since admitted that the lack of direct interaction between them was a "missed opportunity."

Casting Leigh, the icon of Psycho, alongside Curtis was seen as an intentional nod to Curtis inheriting the "scream queen" title from her mother. The two would not work together again on film until Halloween H20: 20 Years Later in 1998.

[Batman Archives @TheBatHome]

The opening of Batman: The Animated Series is pure perfection
https://t.co/Our3SJ3Et6

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

This is how Disney cartoons created the zoom effect in 1957

[Carnival of Horror @HorrorCarnival]

12 Days Until Christmas! 🎄

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Unsettling Duracell commercial from the 90s.

More iconic vintage commercials: https://t.co/lMCvnQxAAu

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Before CGI, Karel Zeman made the impossible look effortless.

[Movies Scenes 🎫 @SceneinCinema]

Heath Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight (2008) was most likely influenced by a 1979 Tom Waits interview — the gravelly voice, odd mannerisms, and chaotic energy feel uncanny. Ledger never confirmed it, but the resemblance is hard to ignore.