As long as horror movies have existed, they've all figured out different ways to scare the viewer. Be it by building a slow sense of dread over time that culminates in an anxiety-fueled climax, or by ...

Horror movies notoriously make audiences jump. After all, most fans expect at least a few jump scares in the genre. These moments — which, as the term implies, are supposed to give viewers a jolt — ...

Stellan Skarsgård, who recently played a prominent role in Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, got a jarring surprise from his ...

These horror games turn silence into a weapon, using atmosphere and tension to create fear far more unsettling than jump ...

A well-executed jump scare gets the heart racing and makes you jolt with shock and terror. Many times, jump scares don't work because they often feel cheap, a way to ...

Chris Messina is slightly underused in the role of the grieving father. But one new patient throws the Harpers’ fragile harmony off-kilter. Lester Billings (David Dastmalchian, perfectly chilling in ...

Jump scares are a successful enough part of the studio horror movie formula that they're probably never going away - they can ...

Having published his first poem at the at of 11, Joshua Vazquez has been a writer for over two decades. A respected canine trainer, decorated public servant, and a United States Army veteran, Joshua ...