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It’s one of the most well-worn tricks in the horror handbook: An innocent victim is minding their own business, nothing happening, and then…something happens to make the watcher’s heart skip a beat.

One of the most criticized tropes of horror films is the jump scare. It's become a lazy tool in modern horror, a way to make the audience react against their will by causing a physical reaction that ...

Nearly half a century later, Dallas getting surprised by the xenomorph in the vents in Ridley Scott's Alien is still the best ...

For horror enthusiasts, any movie that gets their hearts pounding like a racehorse and makes them jump from their seats takes the cake. Most of the time, horror movies rely on jump scares to inject ...

There are several staples you can expect when playing a survival horror game: tense atmosphere, impeccable sound design, and, of course, jump scares. Love or hate jump scares, players of the horror ...