![The 'Wilhelm Scream' was first used in the 1951 movie Distant Drums, as a sound effect for someone being bit by a crocodile. It has since become something of a Hollywood inside The 'Wilhelm Scream' was first used in the 1951 movie Distant Drums, as a sound effect for someone being bit by a crocodile. It has since become something of a Hollywood inside](https://external-preview.redd.it/imbngivQ9iU6IRda68i1ZLycsaIgly7gVsBl5SUb7Kc.png?format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90090b7a04ca5925621cd3806f906669c177be58)
The 'Wilhelm Scream' was first used in the 1951 movie Distant Drums, as a sound effect for someone being bit by a crocodile. It has since become something of a Hollywood inside
![tolkiens legendarium - Why did the LOTR and Hobbit films use the "Wilhelm Scream" so much? - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange tolkiens legendarium - Why did the LOTR and Hobbit films use the "Wilhelm Scream" so much? - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wWvK4NMgx8U/maxresdefault.jpg)
tolkiens legendarium - Why did the LOTR and Hobbit films use the "Wilhelm Scream" so much? - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange
![In the LOTR films, the Wilhelm scream can be heard several times. This is a reference that Sheb Wooley (the Wilhelm voice actor) was born thousands of years ago in Middle Earth In the LOTR films, the Wilhelm scream can be heard several times. This is a reference that Sheb Wooley (the Wilhelm voice actor) was born thousands of years ago in Middle Earth](https://i.redd.it/su2hk6vkcy941.png)