At that second the lights went out, as a blood-curdling scream, an almost animal noise, echoed through the room.

But I have considered acquiring an old cell phone, and putting blood-curdling screams on as the ringtone.

It was broken by a weird, blood-curdling scream from the dark wood on the opposite bank of the river.

"I heard one person give a blood-curdling scream, then three or four people screaming at the top of their lungs," she said.

In the background there was yet another blood-curdling scream.

From the same direction as the crash came a blood-curdling scream.

It has been reported to move quickly and often is described as emitting a "blood-curdling scream."

But a sudden, startling, and blood-curdling scream echoed through the air, making her pause.

A blood-curdling scream brought her head up in a jerk.

A second passed, then a blood-curdling scream ripped the air.