The Wilhelm and The Howie are screams that have been used over and over for many, many years. I just found out about this today. My impression is that The Wilhelm is the classic and The Howie is like a more dramatic version of the part in Total Recall when Arnold gets sent out of the airlock and his eyes pop out of his head and he sort of looks like a really surprised Mickey Rooney for a second.
I will never listen to movies the same way again.
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