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Door Creak Sound Effects

35 free door creak sound effects for opening doors and suspense scenes · last 0.5–3.4 s · WAV & MP3 · CC0 · no signup

35 door creak sound effects: short creaks, old wooden doors creaking, slow eerie creaks, swinging doors and rusty hinges. Use one for a haunted house, an old cabin, a saloon door or a door eased open in a stealth game.

Quick picks: Old Wooden Door Creaking 42 (0.55 s, reviewed) · Old Wooden Door Creaking 45 (0.5 s, the shortest, reviewed) · Short Door Creaking 36 (3.4 s, the longest, reviewed)

Slow Eerie Door Creaking 01balanced · 0.55 s

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Common uses: opening doors, suspense scenes.

Which door creak variation to use

For a short creak, start with Old Wooden Door Creaking 42 or Slow Eerie Door Creaking 01, both 0.55 s. Slow Eerie creaks suit a horror scene, Rusty Hinges a door that has not been opened in years and Swinging Door creaks a saloon or a kitchen door. Short Door Creaking 36 runs longest, at 3.4 s.

Need a comparison method? Try the playable examples and selection checklist.

Common questions about door creak

Is there a short door creak?

Yes. Old Wooden Door Creaking 42 and Slow Eerie Door Creaking 01 are 0.55 s, and the Old Wooden files all run under 1.5 s.

Is there a swinging door sound?

Yes: the Swinging Door Creaking files, from 0.65 to 1.3 s.

In code: GET https://sfxmint.com/api/v1/roles/door-creak returns a default door creak file with alternates, and the MCP tool get_role_sound does the same for coding assistants. No key needed.

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