David Lynch - How To Do A Jumpscare

[@holymolythejabroni9040]

The scene works because Lynch has an uncanny ability to capture the genuine feeling of dreams and nightmares. The awkward, stilted conversational exchanges, the inescapable forward momentum, the general unreality of it all. Lynch understands how to create legitimate dread. The diner scene in Mulholland is probably the closest thing to a “nightmare” anyone has ever put to film.

[@thomanarchos]

And Club Silencio scene is the closest thing to a “dream” anyone has ever put to film.

[@natalyawoop4263]

The main actor is brilliant too, the guy who faints. His expressions at the table convey a very subtle feeling of unreality.

[@sn0_]

legit the scariest scene ive ever seen in a movie to this day

[@CYON4D]

I agree that Lynch somehow manages to capture that dream-reality feeling where everything feels surreal and off.

[@extraterrephobik]

@@De_liebste_un_beste_Mensch I was just thinking that! That episode has some of the most accurate portrayals of nightmares I've ever seen. It's very odd and clunky in only a way that makes sense while you're asleep.

[@monkeyleechkoalannja]

The best jumpscare is when Bilbo suddenly went for The Ring while Froddo was wearing it. That face would forever haunt me

[@tebelel7150]

Now I have to see this

[@GZZI11ION]

same here

[@iiiazrockiii]

Yes that is totally unpredictable. Which you will not expect in that kind of settings.

[@bogfish9664]

For me, the quick cut to the dead girl in the closet from the Ring.

[@Retr0ver4]

Yeah this for sure scarred me as a 10 year old.

[@mycycleminorities]

No I didnt flinch. My heart fell out of my asshole.

[@cpmfilms7851]

David Flinch

[@alangeorge5592]

@Vinluv Handesbukia we got a genius over here!!!

[@walterwhiteyo230]

@Vinluv Handesbukia woooosshh

[@jankarl5269]

Fucking hell same here

[@kapoorvarun909]

Right

[@theuberman7170]

The Mulholland Drive scene caught me completely of guard. I saw that movie at 2am alone in a dark room and that scene actually made me feel physical pain no just psychological. The super low audio right after just made it worse.

[@lv3234]

@JamieNelsonsPool sad that they cancelled pt

[@youdbettertube]

@JamieNelsonsPool Nah, the full game would never have been as weird or scary as P.T.

[@StargirlPlaysGames]

Yours sounds almost exactly like my first viewing of it, middle of the night, first Lynch film so not knowing what to expect....and then getting so scared I about keeled over 😅 13 years later, and always knowing what's coming I STILL jump thru the ceiling every time

[@Wasnothere]

​@@StargirlPlaysGamessame here! saw it in the middle of the night as a kid and to this day I have a troubled relationship with this movie

[@SNOWSOS]

I knew that Sinister one was coming and it still fucked me up

[@ouzsnfouaenxfgfgsgsuhoauvdjd]

Got me too lol, that one is deadly

[@paynesmith3008]

It's always like that. I don't remember a scene where you don't know the jumpscare is coming. It still has the same effects.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

@@paynesmith3008 yeah, it's why the sequels are awful, rely too much on jumpscares and not actual horror

[@Chewberto]

I was eating a sandwich right when it came and the shock of the scare caused me to simultaneously bite my tongue and crush the remainder of the sandwich in the hand that was holding it

[@ckc9913studios]

@@Chewberto life is cruel.

[@dubbieditch6200]

The tall guy walking up out of the darkness in "It follows" is the most unique jumpscare i know. Freaking amazing

[@klamo5387]

This clip gives me the same feeling that moment did, but worse. Most realistic representation of a nightmare kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp2zlmB9Z8qUiNk

[@jamesfield1674]

I love film scenes like this

[@Bluebirdfalling]

k.

[@XxCupcakeHoarderxX]

yeah it scared me lol

[@DarkDoge]

It scared me too. That is a true style jump scare. No overly loud sound or anything of the such. A simple disturbing scene.

[@TyrannosaurusGaming]

I LITERALLY OPENED A VIDEO ABOUT JUMPSCARES AND WAS MAD WHEN I GOT JUMPSCARED BRUH LMFAO

[@finalfantasyenjoyer]

lmaooooo

[@Ranca666]

That's David Lynch in a nutshell: a master of cinema and a sadistic asshole, you watch his movies because they are incredibly good, well knowing you'll be disturbed (if not straight up hurt or scarred) by them, and in the end you are both satisfied and mad at him. No matter how prepared you tell yourself you are, that man grasps both your brain and your guts and squeezes them just a bit harder than you can stand it.

[@austincde]

I haven't even started and I'm laughing at this comment

[@J1283-s1k]

LMAO I literally fucking clicked on it, realised what it was and rushed to scroll down to avoid getting jump scared into a fucking heart attack. All in the dark. My relief is immeasurable and my day is saved.

[@DrickaArouche]

SAME LOL

[@gioiacobucci]

Life is just a cycle of instances of watching the Winkie’s Diner jump scare, followed by the slow build-up of the rest of your life until the next time you see it

[@Bulbasaurication]

I genuinely feel this.

[@carolineyuen3247]

I try to tell people this but they’re still upset that I punch them every time they say hello

[@Cody27]

Im sorry to tell you but life is realizing you've always been the the man lady behind the wall

[@charleeburnside3337]

Yeah it still hits hard

[@dogsgobooom]

This, and Dan Ackroyd at the start of The Twilight Zone.

[@sasoriharuno2898]

You can always tell when im getting stressed out by a horror thing when I start scrolling down just enough to see the bottom half of the screen but enough to where I can put my attention on something other than what's in the video.

[@markinscotland]

Ha :) And with the volume low, and the subtitles turned on so I can see what's being said.

[@aceaugusto]

same bruv 😂😂

[@cuervorenard]

2:40 I love that scene from Django unchained, the woman just flies to a random direction from a bullet to the torax for no reason, it's so unbelievable funny to me

[@ShadowT23]

It's because in the old days when a woman would die in a film it would always be off screen

[@vmkmorrison]

I know that actress; it took all day to do that; she was on a pulley.

[@purgeouterim]

During a date with a guy who worked as a sound engineer we watched some Lynch’s movies because I told him that I was a fan of the horror genre. I remember being scared when this scene happened but then he paused and played back the scene. All along it, he would explain me the whole work on the sound design, pressing pause everytime he needed to elaborate. His explanations about the sounds, the absence of the people's noises around the protagonists and more importantly his soothing and calm voice created a really uneasy mixture for me so when the "jumpscare" happened, even tho I knew it already I got even more scared that I felt a pain in my stomach lmao

[@1marcelo]

No second date, I assume

[@mugsy5893]

Did he get the buns though (jk)

[@jeremyphelps5140]

This is why I love being around people who are more inclined to dig deeper into something, especially when it’s their passion. They have a knack for pulling you deeper in with them, and your experience of whatever the subject is, is greatly increased.

[@michaelknight4099]

​@@mugsy5893 well we sure know now that you never do

[@OnlySushiCat]

You explained all the shit my bf has to listen every time I make him watch a horror movie I just discovered lmao

[@plasticfrog4533]

i remember watching mulholand drive and that jumpscare with the man around the corner scared me so much i literally had to pause it

[@SpikimaMovies]

Creating this video wasn't easy- i never get used to this scene

[@Lylyfock]

So true

[@WendyMalone-fi9vi]

I don't think any horror film has ever filled me with such pre-jumpscare dread as that

[@mrbungle3310]

I watched it thinking it was as a thriller,i was just 14 and home alone,that scene grabbed me,and i couldn't sleep

[@Macalaka]

I remember when we were shown Mulholland drive in film studies class, when this scene came on i just got sucked into it, I related so much with the feeling he was describing that when that face came around the corner I almost fainted aswell hahaha

[@valmarsiglia]

If Lynch turned his mind to horror, he'd blow everyone out of the water.

[@ardenaudreyarji]

That would be dangerous.

[@undyingwatch2962]

What was Mulholland Dr and the rest of his films? This scene was a summary of Mulholland Dr.

[@JotaC]

Inland empire, rabbits and lost highway are already pretty terrifying without ever needing blood, gore or cheap haunted settings. Lynch does what he does and it's amazing.

[@thoso1973]

Lost Highway is one of the most unsettling psychological mystery thrillers I've ever seen. It also features one of my favorite film soundtracks of all time. When Lynch goes full on dreamy (or, nightmarish), no other filmmaker in the World can touch him.

[@JRandaII]

Exactly. People would actually die in theatres...

[@LookingGlass1865]

Lynch doesn't even make horror movies, and yet his movies still have some of the most terrifying and creepy moments I've ever seen.

[@rubaidaallen2764]

Yes! Mulholland, Lost Highway, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet. Even Twin Peaks has those unsettling moments. Excellent stuff.

[@kristin7121]

How’s Annie?

[@aknownwizard1908]

Lol like most of his movies are horror tho

[@JC-kl3uc]

Got a light?

[@marcjohnson3553]

The Inland Empire one really got me as well

[@manifestgtr]

That Exorcist 3 jumpscare will *never* be cheap in my eyes...it’s almost as perfect as they get. Static shot, nothing going on, brutally ordinary hallway scene. Then, timed PERFECTLY, in a precise choreography...the figure appears, the camera man zooms in *manually* and the worst sound you’ve ever heard blares. It’s so thoughtful and well done. It’s the same with Mulholland Drive’s tramp scare. They’re both truly unexpected...and that’s the essence of terror. You’re going about your daily life, all of the sudden “huh?” and BAM. That’s the difference between a “cheap” scare and one you’ll rewatch a hundred times.

[@coopdville855]

I totally agree! That has got to be one of the all-time most effective jump scares. One of the few that can still get you even after repeat viewings even if you make it a point to brace yourself beforehand. That almost makes it worse sometimes, because you've built it up in your own head. Fun fact: Exorcist III is based upon the William Peter Blatty novel Legion that he wrote as a sequel to his earlier novel,The Exorcist (obviously). Exorcist III's director made the film under the impression that it would just be called Legion, like the book. He was particularly unhappy with the studio for forcing that title upon his film, because first and foremost he was concerned with faithfully adapting the source material. It makes sense that he would, because the guy who directed Exorcist III was William Peter Blatty. I don't know how many films based on novels have been directed by the author of that novel,but I can't imagine that there would be more than a small handful at the most.

[@patrickshaffer2138]

I'm pretty sure that's the film Jefferey Dahmer would watch with his victims, I know it was one of the Exorcist movies, probably 3, he was obsessed with it.

[@coopdville855]

@@patrickshaffer2138 really!? I didn't know that. I almost wish that I still didn't. That is interesting though. In the novel that Exorcist III was based upon there was this kind of genuine spirituality woven into the very fabric of the narrative. There was this strangely hopeful and uplifting element to it that you wouldn't expect from a story dealing with this kind of subject matter. It left me with the distinct impression that William Peter Blatty is a decidedly religious and (probably more importantly) spiritual individual. ....but I doubt that any of these things acted as a draw for Dahmer. There must have been something else he found appealing about it...🤔

[@patrickshaffer2138]

@@coopdville855 Yeah crazy world..."As reported by The Chicago Tribune, one of Dahmer's near-victims, Tracy Edwards, escaped from the killer's clutches and narrowly avoided becoming an addition to his long list of victims, which totaled 17 men and boys. During his confinement in Dahmer's apartment, where he was restrained with handcuffs, Edward was forced to watch "Exorcist III," which allegedly sent the killer into a trance of humming and rocking." Luckily Tracy was able to break free from his handcuffs and flee out of the apartment, he was Dahmer's last victim, he brought police back to Dahmer's apartment where they discovered his "collection". o.O

[@coopdville855]

@@patrickshaffer2138 so in a way, it's kind of like the film saved his life. A trance-like state, huh? How insane is that!? Makes me wonder if it was just this film that affected Dahmer in such a way,or if there were more. I remember when the news broke about this story when I was a kid. At least this isn't one of those "this was unheard of at the time, even though there have been several similar cases in the years since" kind of situations. It continues to stand alone as being largely unique,at least to my knowledge. If there is an infamous serial killer from the past who stands out from the others as as being just the most wretched human being I've ever heard of, I would say that it was Richard Ramirez. It's only been comparatively recently that I learned a lot of the specifics of that case. So much more horrifying than any other that springs immediately to mind. And as you seem well aware,there is no shortage of these kinds of cases that are absolutely sickening.

[@NateTheKnifeArt]

Citing this scene, I asked Lynch (at Artists Studio talk) about where his understanding in creating something that would confidently evoke that fear in a viewer. He told me he learned about fear in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And that’s it.

[@dogsgobooom]

And now I never want to go to Philadelphia!

[@EGRJ]

West Philadelphia, I assume.

[@yo-Kai_]

@@EGRJ Born and raised, perhaps?

[@belugabandit7756]

@@yo-Kai_ probably spent most of his days at the playground

[@shatteredscry]

As a truck driver, I agree

[@FNEIN]

This ENTIRE fucking video is just one constant heart attack. Well done.

[@stunna6156]

clenched.

[@ryanhunter226]

8:19 10:55 11:34 Fill you with the most abject panic.

[@10DollarProductions]

It's super hard trying to watch this while I sip on a beer lol

[@duckcluck123]

weak

[@narcleptik]

It was hardly scary

[@bencarlson4300]

That scene from Mulholland Drive is the most terrifying scene I have ever experienced. It wasn’t the surprise of the jump scare (which is what most bad jumpscares are), it was the buildup of dread and the feeling of inevitability that ultimately gets paid off when the “jumpscare” happens.

[@ednguyen3822]

I have watched Mulholland Drive many times, and I *know* the scene is coming. Yet I always shrink in dread at its approach, and it always gives me goosebumps!

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

@@ednguyen3822 same! even watching it in this video gave me goosebumps...

[@paulcooper8818]

The actor relating the dream gives a great performance relaying nervous embarrassment, anxious concern, dread, fear, and a little terror

[@Francesc1983]

It’s like a nightmare. You feel like you are approaching your impending doom with a sense of dread and predestination. Everything is leading you to it, and you know it’s there, but you don’t exactly know how it will play; somehow you hope it’s not real, that it won’t happen. But then, after an eternity of uncertain certainty, it happens. And it’s not even that sudden or startling, but it’s the fact that what you’ve been fearing all along finally presents itself to you what is absolutely horrifying.

[@pablotheimmortal6440]

Imho the only real difference between "normal" jumpscare and this one is that you just don't expect it. All jumpscares announce themselves clearly. You wouldn't expect one from Lynch though. BTW for me this jumpscare was one of the best I have ever seen.

[@SirChugsALot365]

I can confidently say in all my 20 years of being alive , I have never been so scared in my life . That scene put me through many emotions like terror , disgust , and for some reason sadness all in a matter of a few seconds . It put a pit in my stomach a sick feeling came over me my blood ran cold . The worst part is that it's not even a horror movie . Hands down best jumpscare of all time

[@arogueburrito]

Lynch captures the feeling of a dream

[@timgriffin3368]

That description is, imo, the feeling of the entire movie. Well done 👏 ✔️

[@elmendea]

I always judge this jumpscare against others by what it did to my memory: to this day, it is the ONLY scare of any sort, jump or otherwise, in a film that had me so unsettled that I misremembered the actual face of the monster. I gathered the gumption to re-watched it about a year after I first saw it (took that long to build up my courage!), and while it STILL managed to scare the shit out of me, it was even worse, because I didn't remember the monster as it was -- the monster in my memory was similar, but different enough for me to be doubly horrified upon second viewing, because what? Since when did it look like that?! I swear, it was different...it just threw me in the best/worst way. It's the only scary moment from a film in my adult life that I've misremembered, and it's amazing for that alone.

[@markinscotland]

I had a similar experience! The second time I watched it and got a good look at the monster, it was quite different to what I remembered. It's interesting to think how being in a state of fear can make you see things which weren't there in the first place.

[@kmsharley75]

David Lynch does horror better than anyone, and it's not even his point. He's a genius.

[@Lerequindemort]

Yes!

[@adamboof6769]

Better than anyone is quite a damn claim... Lynch is awesome but there are some really amazing horror directors

[@bobsbigboy_]

Shut up Cristow ball

[@adamboof6769]

Bob's Big Boy this made me lol

[@jamiemc2313]

I'd say James Wan is the master of jump scares and really revolutionized them in modern horror cinema - making many (but not all) jump scares that came before feel weak and cheap in comparison - especially from the pre-2000's. He didn't invent them obviously, and respect should be given to all of the creative people who came before - but for as much as I love Lynch as an artistic genius, I can't put his jump scares above Wan's in good conscience. I don't even really see many of them as jump scares - they're deeply unsettling scenes. Not quite the same thing.

[@ULTRAWIDE.]

Narrator: So David is this video an accurate analysis of what you were going for when filming this scene? David Lynch: No.

[@TuhTuhTool]

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[@potcupcake]

No one goes around clicking random links

[@ABCsnoopy]

@@potcupcake It’s just a ten second video of _no_

[@admiralackbar4767]

@æspa winter fanboy "No youtube link will take you somewhere weird" .... oh boy.... oh boy... you havnt seen anything yet.

[@F2die]

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[@user-jc5lf6sf7g]

I'd also like to add that Lynch brilliantly has scenes like this take place in the daytime. No one is more masterful at doing this than he is. Foggy nights and creepy warehouse settings in horror films are easy for scares. Lynch on the other hand chooses daylight and crowded/comfortable home settings, so you feel a certain sense of safety, but just like a nightmare -- nowhere is truly safe. So when Lynch does one of his jump scares it has that much more of an impact because even in the places where you'd normally feel safe you no longer feel safe. It's brilliant and why I will always defend Lynch -- no one has been able to put the feeling of a nightmare on screen as accurately and masterfully as David Lynch.

[@carolineyuen3247]

I watched it thinking at least they’re going outside but then I was like please fucking don’t go behind the building 😫

[@powerofberzerker9487]

Watch Gozu. Miike did a great job. What I always found scary bout the MD scene is that the guy fuckin dies or ar least, passes out. The whole scene connects us to him and the whole moment, so when he falls, seemingly dead, I feel like I wanna fall too, or get a mild heart attack.

[@user-jc5lf6sf7g]

@@powerofberzerker9487 yeah 100%. I’ve seen Gozu and Miike can definitely get under your skin in a similar way.

[@powerofberzerker9487]

@@user-jc5lf6sf7g He managed to get that funny, bizarrish and spooky atmosphere in one film almost perfectly.

[@samhyde6395]

I can't believe he didn't mention that. I think that's one of the big things that makes this such a good jumpscare.

[@kingjstin]

Nah that homeless dude behind the building didn't scare me one bit. I've lived in San Diego long enough.

[@jdog7797]

Lol

[@shatteredscry]

😂

[@HeyhitmeBAM]

It’s not about the guy (woman) themselves, have u seen the scene in the film

[@CNYKnifeNerd]

@@HeyhitmeBAM Can't you turn your pretentiousness off for a second and just recognize a joke?

[@HeyhitmeBAM]

@@CNYKnifeNerd pretentiousness lol

[@Woodroffski]

I agree that the Winkie's Diner scene is a jump scare, but I remember when I watched it for the first time I didn't jump or get shocked. I remember just being appallingly and inescapably horrified to my core.

[@aknownwizard1908]

Man first time i saw it I thought I was gonna have an actual heart attack just like that dude was afraid of. A cat could have walked out from behind the dumpster and I would have screamed.

[@rul787]

I had to pause the movie and think if I wanted it to continue, the most scarier thing is that I watched it before noon and the scene happens in daylight yet I don't remember feeling more terrified than at that moment.

[@mr.guydude]

To this day I have never witnessed a jump scare more effective than this one. David Lynch executes some of the most effective horror out there.

[@vikingsong2068]

The Exorcist III nurse decapitation scene is generally considered the best executed jump scare scene in cinematic history.

[@mr.guydude]

@@vikingsong2068 I consider it second best. It's executed extremely efficiently, though.

[@Ujuani68]

How about the very first time we see Bob in Twin Peaks? 😖😱😰

[@parisgreen4600]

@@vikingsong2068 Yes, the thing that particularly makes it work for me is the way he's walking on tiptoes - it's just so 'uncanny valley' and dreamlike.

[@NoToBigBro]

The only time I ever screamed out loud while watching a movie. I literally thought something happened to my heart.

[@redadamearth]

As Hitchcock said - suspense works when the audience knows something is coming. The scare in MD is all about the suspense of knowing that something is coming, but not knowing exactly what we're going to see - just the vague description the guy gives of the dream - so the audience, the entire time during the build-up, is imagining their own version of a scary face - and Lynch's editing is so meticulously timed that you never know when it's coming - and when it finally does, it's not someone jumping out suddenly - which is what we're expecting - but a smooth gliding movement and a non-descript make-up job on the face that allows us to put our own face we've been imagining ONTO that face in a way, which makes it more about what we're afraid of and what was in our imagination than the face that was actually there. If you pause the face - it's NOT that frightening-looking - it's not pretty or anything - but it's our memory of the face we imagined that makes the scene work. In other words, it's a jump scare - but unlike one that comes out of nowhere, it's the suspense and the audience themselves who make it work. And that's why Lynch is brilliant.

[@semisemicoloncolon]

Very, very, very well said. Not sure how this doesn’t have more likes.

[@dicklaurent1]

Sound effect makes it even more efficient. Just listen that sound; it's disturbing even it itself.

[@dollynina8992]

Oooo very well said my brother

[@chameleon47]

That is ONE of the MANY reasons why Lynch is brilliant

[@1marcelo]

I think Hitchcock said that suspense works when the audience knows something that the characters on the film don't. In the case of MD, the character also knows but he wants to believe it's a dream and that is why the scene is brilliant.

[@oneinathousand2156]

For me the jumpscare that got me the most was in Se7en when the Sloth victim is revealed to still be alive. Him just taking that breath came totally out of nowhere cause the movie before had a pattern of how the victims were presented. You wouldn’t think in a million years that this guy could still be alive in the state that he’s in.

[@Julio-kr1pf]

yep, i remember this one, send me some chills down my spine and i started shaking a lil bit as well lol

[@MHammonds18]

That made me jump 😂

[@La_Horca]

It's definitely a jumpscare worth talking about.

[@nicofromtheweb4891]

That scene... I know everything that happens, I've watched it countless times and everytime I'm scared *shitless*

[@borntogazeintonightskies]

David Lynch movies: When we do a jumpscare, it'll not only scare the shit out of you the first time you see it but it'll penetrate your mind and never ever leave you alone. And it won't get any better the next time you watch the film. It'll get worse and worse until you're finally rendered insane much like the characters on screen. Other movies: Let's just put in a jumpscare to make up for the fact that there's nothing going on in this movie.

[@cuislemadden3422]

the BOB jump-scare of him climbing over the couch gets me every time.

[@robertschmidt6916]

That is not a jump-scare, but it is probably the most unnerving horror-type scene ever that is not a jump-scare.

[@EmlynBoyle]

I know what you mean. My little brother (at the time) accidently caught that scene when it originally aired and was screaming for nearly five minutes afterwards. Pure nightmare fuel.

[@swisstexan7812]

Right! It feel like he is exciting the screen and entertaining your body or so.

[@_sleazy_c]

For some reason, BOB is the scariest character ever created for me, and every time I see him, I wanna die

[@YourLoyalDeserter]

@@robertschmidt6916 The moment when he reaches the camera kinda is a jump scare even though you know exactly what's about to happen.

[@JakeBrannan5499]

the hallway/hospital scene in The Exorcist is one of the best jumpscares ever put to film. It fakes you out with the angry patient yelling & making the nurse scream, but then the scene continues & ultimately hits you with the killer coming out and killing the nurse.

[@redadamearth]

Absolutely. That scene scared the hell out of me when I saw it in the theater at the time. I've always said it's one of the best ever done. It's an underrated movie, period. Deserves a lot more respect.

[@TrueGamer22887]

Adam Stevenson what? Who is underrating the exorcist?

[@JakeBrannan5499]

@@TrueGamer22887 My initial comment should say The Exorcist III

[@JakeMcClake2]

When it comes to the movie "The Exorcist". the last shot in the "Iraq Sequence" is pretty frighting. This is partly because of the quietness of the Iraq Sequence, which is suddenly interrupted loudly with sound of the dogs fighting, the wind howling, and man who is bashing into the rock. But it is mostly because of the view of what Father Merrin, has suddenly come upon. Yeah that is a scary scene.

[@ghoulish6125]

You showed it my friend. So many films are actually relying on the quite literal "audible shock" response of being loud and sudden, which doesnt make the scene scary, but rather triggers us in a roundabout way, contrary to the narrative. The jumpscare in Mulholland Drive actually made my face grow very hot instantly and I felt a strong desire to flee but was paralyzed. Haven't felt that from a film since, though the creepy inagerybhidden throughout Heredity has an effect that approaches these levels.

[@jpeg204]

It’s so strange reading all these comments describing the same experience, and the same happened to me when I saw this scene, I think this scene is the closest thing I’ve ever seen to a nightmare put on film and that’s why everyone’s experience is practically the same

[@shatteredscry]

Ali Aster is a genius. I watched Midsommar in the movies and was *shocked*

[@ghoulish6125]

@Zayne simard moore absolutely. One of my favorite parts of Ringu is what footage of the tape they do show, something that the remakes or sequels never captured again. Ju-On perfected creepy movement, I felt that same stiffening fear you speak of.

[@cambruh5992]

The Mulholland Drive jump scare is one of the few I've seen as an adult that made me stop the film and take a break from the unexpected anxiety, and the face still haunts me like Reagan in The Exorcist

[@cambruh5992]

SonOfABytch it got me the second time the clip plays because I forgot to turn the volume down 🙃

[@professorplum3858]

I remember my wife convinced me to buy Eraser Head when we were still dating because she watched it with a group of people who were stoned and she only remembered that it was "a funny movie" because everyone was laughing. I bought it thinking it was going to be some niche comedy I had never heard of and we took it home to watch immediately. I followed the instructions on the screen being sure to close the shades, turn off the lights and change the picture color settings on my tv. Imagine my surprise. I only made it about 30 minutes in before I couldn't watch it anymore. Although it is an amazing piece of film, it is way to similar to my nightmares for me to watch. I think I got as far as the part where the inspiration for the P.T. sink baby showed up and I was out. To Lynch's credit it is an amzing piece of art. Some day I may even bring myself to sit through the rest of it. I've seen a lot of horror movies, but this one actually struck some deep primal fear in me.

[@timothycossette762]

Mulholland drive was the reason why I obtained a fear of thinking about things happening.... I had dreams of something scaring me to the point I just passed out..

[@BloodylocksBathory]

Have you ever seen Lake Mungo? It has a similar concept.

[@Logan-cw9yr]

@@BloodylocksBathory Lake Mungo has my personal record for lasting impressions from a horror movie. Thinking of the climax scene still makes my skin tighten up and creates butterflies in my stomach.

[@smith2354]

No kidding, I had a similar dream right after watching Mulholland drive. Dreamt I was passing by an empty unlit bedroom in the middle of the night when a smile just appeared from within dark. I tried to run and tell someone in the living room but I started losing consciousness out of fear and the same muffled sound heard in the movie was ringing in my ear.

[@davidfrehner1]

The snap zoom in Exorcist III hospital scene is a classic. And shouldn’t be considered a bad example of a jump scare.

[@ssrunner]

Seriously, he didn't even do it justice by showing the whole scene ... Such an unfair way to frame that awesome sequence.

[@darkjapan]

The long shot of the nurse locking the door tricks the audience into thinking its a regular scene. Then the strange being appears and the camera zooms in suddenly. The real jump scare is the image of the headless statue with outstretched arms. A bizarre image indeed.

[@shineperishingrepublic]

exorcist 3 is sooo underrated

[@Hell-Awaits]

They did the same scene in season's 2 last episode of The Exorcist tv series.

[@nicole9volt]

Absolute amazing scene.. It was the zoom more than anything for me! Underrated film

[@riva2003]

Not only scary, the build up also gives me a strong sense of anxiousness.

[@elburtoKU11]

Anxiousness aka anxiety

[@KhoaNguyen-df1tt]

That’s what it was suppose to do

[@thomanarchos]

The word is “dread”.

[@waterguyroks]

Great videos. Two details -- I've always found the dialogue in the scene to be very strange. Whereas most film dialogue is very utilitarian and pointedly clear, there's something unnerving about both the stilted delivery and the unusually circumlocutory dialogue. On paper it seems almost casual and natural, but it's delivered with the formality usually associated with artificial "conversations" found in film. To me it adds to the eeriness. Another thing is the way the film seemingly intentionally points out a continuity error. On one shot it pans down to show the table with food on it, in the parting shot the table is empty. This seems very deliberate and another way to clue the audience into the dream.

[@Juggler4071]

Good spot on the food. Those very subtle continuity errors are a great way of creating that sense of unease. Your eyes are seeing 'Nothing odd here', but part of your brain is going 'Something isn't right...'

[@rdr4095]

Good video, i think something you didn’t mention with MD is we expect Dan to turn the corner in order to see the man. At least that’s what I expected. The man also “sliding” into the frame horizontally completely adds to the scare. You expected a scare but its the way it happened that was unexpected.

[@lydiac9118]

Paused the video at 1:30 to explore the comments and see if I had the stones to finish a video about jumpscares when I am abominable at consuming them. Lots of comments about MD but your description, right here, with the man sliding out from behind the corner horizontally? Nope. Nope. It's enough. The imagination does enough. NOT finishing this video 😂

[@derplueschdoktor1566]

A detail I just noticed: When the two guys walk in the direction where the man/woman is going to appear, they pass a dried palm leaf hanging on the white wall that matches the hair of the figure. Definitely not a coincidence.

[@bananamilk1976]

yess i noticed it too

[@inspir.edmusic]

Yes! That's the part that gets me... The palm leaf almost scares me first, thinking it's something else, a split second before the actual face appears.

[@counterintuitivepanda4555]

Yea that almost is a small, less powerful but still a prestige

[@La_Horca]

Wow, so that is the prestige. It was subtle and completely harmless, but it prepared us for the actual danger. The fact that The Man looks like something harmless we saw just seconds ago probably makes our mind even more terrified for not detecting the danger earlier... WTF. So by association, we probably get even more scared.

[@MorgMorg-uf6ps]

And that pay phone, so jump scary😂

[@HO-yc3pv]

the jumpscare in Inland Empire was actually traumatic.

[@m.w.9899]

Which one? They're all traumatic. I assume you mean the one in the green hallway because that's the one that still haunts me.

[@AcolytesOfHorror]

The Cinema Cartographers have that face as the thumbnail for their Lynch retrospective and every time it pops on my feed it's like a new jump scare all over again

[@21Cayque12]

@@m.w.9899 _THAT_ one

[@chrisv7004]

​@@m.w.9899 The one where she's slowly running up to the camera scared me way more

[@m.w.9899]

@@chrisv7004 At first, it seems normal, but confusing. Laura Dern is running at the camera in slow motion in the woods. As she gets closer, you can tell something is off- but what is it? She gets even closer, and you can tell something is wrong with her face. But before you can react, it catches you off guard by switching off the slow motion. That shot is definitely also brilliant.

[@tomhahnl1927]

I remember this in theaters, almost collapsed like the guy in the movie!

[@ethancanterburyofficial3783]

I can't imagine how scary it must've been to see that in the theater

[@-criedjupiter-8464]

@@ethancanterburyofficial3783 omg and the surround sounds and even better 3D glasses whew!!!!

[@ethancanterburyofficial3783]

@@-criedjupiter-8464 yeah for real! 😂 That would be so terrifying

[@13enwarner]

The diner scene was one of the few jump scares that actually made me scream. I can't even put my finger on why it caused me so much terror. The weird "green man" isn't really scary on it's own. All I know is I was scared the moment he mentioned an evil being hiding behind the diner.

[@C.G.Jr.]

I'm very happy you brought up David's camera work in the dinner, the seemingly floating camera really sinks you into the dreamy feeling of the whole film - especially that scene.

[@hellbenderdesign]

I like the examples - _Exorcist III_ is a wildly underrated movie.

[@facethestrange15yearsago81]

True. The second one is God(less) awful. But the third one is a solid horror. Some great scenes.

[@FYTSMILE]

I like that meeting of a Halloween Jack and a Thomas Jerome Newton under a David Lynch related video.:)

[@mangolassi_.]

Arguably everything David has done after Wild at Heart is essentially in the horror film genre.

[@mangolassi_.]

Ok, maybe except A Straight Story.

[@AcolytesOfHorror]

@@mangolassi_. lol came here to take you to task for that

[@diegobrando6742]

He would probably do an interesting version of the shining

[@jelonlennon5607]

I agree. Low key horror.

[@rifkolosi]

Bobby Peru is Horror

[@SlamDunk514]

I always interpreted it as he had a heart attack and died from straight up shock.

[@jpeg204]

I think that it’s Lynch’s take on what a nightmare is like, for me personally when I’m having a nightmare I often become paralyzed and then wake up, very similar to what happens to the guy in the scene

[@SlamDunk514]

@@jpeg204 yah Tru hasn’t happens to me in a good while but I used to wake up paralyzed to see a large spider or creepy ghostly looking dude just staring at me from the corner of my ceiling, it’s terrifying. Ever since smoking up every night tho hasn’t happened lol.

[@EATROCKZ]

the drowning of the sound after is so good cuz it lets the suspense of the moment linger in the air alone, and it forces the viewer just sit there fully aware of the silence in the film and the world around them making the paranoia a step closer to real... which ig is the goal of any art so 10/10 scene i agree!!

[@ivankaramasov]

When I watched Mullholland Drive the first time in an almost full theatre, I found this scene almost intolerably frightening.

[@SpikimaMovies]

What's your favorite jumpscare? Also, what do you think is the WORST jumpscare ever? PS: Since many asked, 2:57 is from 'It Follows'

[@GasStationMan]

Oddly enough the jumpscare that has stuck with me was the reveal of Harvey Dents burned face from The Dark Knight of all things, if you can even call it a jumpscare 😅

[@BlightedTunnel]

Mulholland Drive was traumatizing, also the shaft scene in Alien was effective The worst one is the hole The Nun movie

[@minteclairs247]

Spikima Movies personally, I liked the jump scare in “Wait Until Dark” when the man leaps towards Susy (It was in this video too). With the unsettling sound effect on top of it, it really freaked me out 😂

[@gabriellecarvalho2614]

that scary maze game with the girl from The Exorcist,, answers both questions

[@joshnite9265]

Mulholland Drive's is iconic.

[@Jasons_Arcade_PLUS]

This jump scare in MD was one of the most memorable of any I can remember. The buildup was insanely intense, followed by the emergence of the beast from around the corner. David Lynch is a genius.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

I LOVE Man A's delivery and his expression between the lines of... "I can see him through the wall... I can see his face..." *incredible acting with a great expression* "...I hope I never...ever... see that face outside of a dream.". Excellent stuff.

[@operadood]

Yes the energy is crawling across his face like a separate entity. It's quite a spectacular acting performance.

[@potato-whiz]

The guy's performance is a really underrated part of why this scene works so well. He really sold it and his reaction to the person was so genuine.

[@thomanarchos]

it’s more than just his lines. The nervous laughs. The bulging veins on his forehead. The increasing sweat all over his face. Just a slow build up of Terror.

[@kayleighbrown459]

The guy's dead faint is honestly so apt cause I swear the first time I watched this scene, I think my soul just up and left my body for a sec. We studied this film in Uni and when this scene came on there was just like this weird noise from everyone. Like, no-one screamed, it was just this big collective "Uuuughhh." And what's great is that this is the only bloody time in the film where something like this happens. You're just watching this weird little love story and suddenly you're confronted with your paralysis demon for the next week.

[@cheesecrow81]

I love that you mentioned this scene. It scared the shit out of me. David Lynch's ability to create tension is incredible.

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

4:14 To be honest, the guy's face here looks like it could be the inspiration behind the tale Have You Seen This Man?

[@lXlElevatorlXl]

This jumpscare made every scene After it a horror scene

[@jpeg204]

Exactly, like there’s the one scene where they’re going into that dark house and I had to keep pausing it because I was filled with dread worrying that fucking face would pop out again lol, and when she appeared again towards the end I had to look away even though it wasn’t a “scary” scene

[@michaelbarnard3636]

I didn't rewatch this film for almost ten years because of that scene

[@x0ShYgIrL0x]

I’m so impressed, my heart was racing this entire 12min video about jumpscares - which usually is a quick tense and release but phewww I’m blown away! You have some serious editing skills.

[@JustAWriter12]

I remember watching Mulholland Drive and just being swept away by the movie, losing all logic and just feeling everything. This diner scene scared the shit out of me and I never really figured out why until now. Thank you for your great content.

[@patrickcoulombe5317]

There are countless images that instill fear in me created by Lynch. Dafoe with his hand around Dern’s neck, Pullman leaning over to see that man in lost highway. Dern, once again disfigured and blurry approaching the camera in Inland Empire. Then there’s BOB. Countless scares. Seeing him at the foot of Laura’s bed was truly a life changing experience for me. Horror pales in comparison to Lynch. Lynch creates the truth in our soul. He forces us to look inward at our darkest fears and makes them come true. Master.

[@sushisid9876]

That cliffhanger at the end was pure evil man

[@JeanPaulBeaubier]

the mulholland drive lead up to the jumpscare was so fucking terrifying I closed my eyes the first 3 times I watched the movie. when i finally saw the dumpster monster, i felt like i nearly died 😭

[@Jaydogcoolzy]

I watched this video 3 years ago when it was posted and to this day I still have recurring nightmares about the face. When I saw this video back on my recommended page again I actually didn’t want to watch it because of how much it freaks me out.

[@Sh3rlock237]

This is so crazy to me how Lynch can give us this feeling. I felt like I was slowly walking on to a stage to give a speech

[@alexr9650]

First saw this movie 4 years ago when I was 25. I can literally watch any horror movie no problem. When I saw the Winkies scene, I couldn't get up from my couch on account of the monster.

[@RadishAndBanjo]

Nothing has captured the dread-terror feeling that my ocd gives me like this scene. The feeling of knowing the threat is there, even though it makes no sense rationally; walking towards it because you have to, even though you desperately want to turn away; and the feeling that if the fear were to become reality, or your perceived reality, the horror would be so overwhelming that you would cease to be. It's so cathartic to see it on screen.

[@buzzardbeatniks]

Everyone remembers this scene, I've heard a number of people who didn't even care much for the movie recall how effective this scene was much like the reveal of Bob behind the dresser.

[@DannX68]

Bob behind the dresser is literally like a nightmare you never awake from.

[@Joshuaskehan-mk8cj]

The muhulland drive jump scare genuinely chilled me to the bones. I love horror films and watch them a lot and I'm pretty immune to jump scares for the reasons outline in the video. It's always either just a random loud noise or bang or the 3 steps, very predictable. But in muhulland drive you're not watching a horror so you're not expecting it. The jump scare is so simple but so effective. The viewer is still confused and getting a grasp of what the movies about and who these people are and then boom. Genuinely the best jump scare in any movie I've seen from memory. Lynch uses the viewers confusion and comfort to turn them inside out. Nobody would expect a jump scare 12 minutes in when you have no idea whats happening and damn it's a great scare.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

@02:24 Yes! this! Exorcist 3 is still widely regarded as the greatest jump scare of all time, and rightly so!

[@rvb7232]

It wasnt even his main objective and yet the BOB jump scares are the scariest moments in any tv show for me... chills every time

[@halfelfgaming6043]

The one from it follows always seems to find a way to get me, even now after not seeing the move for maybe a year sometimes I’ll stare into my doorway and almost hallucinate that scene and scare myself.

[@sarahhumphrey9984]

The only time I’ve ever genuinely cried from fear was a Lynch scare. The man’s a genius 🤷‍♂️

[@tgime1]

Narrator: calmy breaks down what is happening during a jump scare Me: shitting my pants with fear and anticipation

[@ryobibattery]

I watched this scene 10 years ago. I always half remembered it. Forgot the film name. Forgot what the film was about. Always remembered them creeping around the corner and the man fainting.

[@napsahtava]

Excellent presentation! Yours is perhaps the first analysis of this scene I have found that discusses the camera work, in detail and so thoughtfully. The floating effect is what struck me most the first time I saw the movie. It's not used anywhere else in the film, so far as I can recall. To me the weaving motion, like a languid figure-8 pattern, resembles the movements aboard a small boat gently rocking in the water, thus inducing a mild sea sickness sensation. It's really quite remarkable. You did justice to that particular detail, and to the scene as a whole.

[@danbal4185]

The camerawork is also great in the sequence where Betty explores Aunt Ruth's apartment for the first time. Also the scene when the camera literally flies at maximum speed from the back of the dark alley into the entrance of the Club Silencio is one of my favorite of all times! Spectacular.

[@Matthias9319]

One scene that also still scares the fuck out of me is in Twin Peaks when Sarah's mother sees Bob, or when Bob comes crawling over the couch. Amazing stuff.

[@paxe.j.1723]

Was looking for this, her scream chills me to my core and I will continue having chills for a good minute after

[@harrykingsley7915]

I was petrified when I first saw this scene. I had to pause the movie and write about what was going through my mind - which I had never done before when watching a film.

[@byaakasha9731]

omg same, I didn't like the movie the first time I saw it but I remember I had to take a break from the movie because it got my heart going so fast

[@vitalumvitalus990]

I don't know why but this face is one of the scariest faces in any movie I've seen, like it's not even SCARY scary, it's just so dreadful that I can't bring myself to look at it

[@jimmylee2388]

I remember buying Mulholland Drive at Blockbuster from the used VHS selection. I bought it because I seen the Cannes winner logo on the cover. My rational back then was if a movie had this stamp of approval it was worth the watch and boy was I right. This was the first movie that introduced David Lynch to me. And I’ve been hooked ever since. I remember first seeing The Man behind the restaurant and it scared me so much I dropped my drink and the liquid forever stained my psyche.

[@TokyoXtreme]

One of my most memorable movie-going experiences… the only time I actually gasped in a theater.

[@semisemicoloncolon]

This- this is the type of movie I want to make. Something with such intricate detail down to the smallest things, all of it working towards something. Amazing video.

[@shawnhoelscher8164]

I remember showing this movie to a room full of friends in high school. I had seen the movie a bunch but nobody else had. Because this scene isn't set up like a regular jump scare, when the person came out from around the corner, EVERYBODY'S head went back and everyone let out a little shriek in unison. I smiled big

[@jdog7797]

The first time I discovered Twin Peaks, I put it on at night because I thought it was just a campy who dunnit to fall asleep to... I woke up to my dad pounding on my bedroom door to BOB killing Laura in the train, screaming, crying, yelling in a demonically dark manner! That's probably one of my most memorable experiences of first experiencing Twin Peaks, and when I first realized this show is more than just what I thought it was, but what I always dreamt of what a show should be! What a gift it would be to rediscover _Twin Peaks_ for ths first time again!

[@jdog7797]

Im back

[@unperson5713]

This is the first time we see these characters and we have no clue of who or where they are and why the scene is even happening. That fairly well sums up David Lynch's entire filmography.

[@undyingwatch2962]

Mulholland Dr was a horror film. Lynch just summarized the plot in this scene for people to more easily digest first.

[@jackf3644]

I feel the key to why this doesn't require the structure of the other jump scares is because in most jump scares, you know something is coming, so they have to remove that preparedness with the "turn". In the Lynch scene, we don't even know we are watching a horror film, and feel there might genuinely be nothing there, so all they need to do is jack the tension and release - we are intrigued, we are paying attention, but we are not on guard for a shock.

[@handless7677]

I think that part of what makes this scene so effective, is that we're conditioned by jumpscare conventions to expect the turn.

[@thevvvvv]

1:49 i'm very jumpy and my soul left my body when i watched that scene in theater, i'm glad you included that lol

[@fleshmasterflex7]

The most terrifying jump scare I have seen is from The Brood. It was so terrifying to me because it was identical to a repetitive nightmare I had as a child. You can see the back of two kids and when they turn around casually their faces are deformed. Then they kill a woman with an ice pick. I think most people thought the twist was obvious but I had the same reaction as the guy in mullholland drive. All the blood went out of my head and I was out. Those are the most amazing moments in horror films. When they are your nightmares.

[@TheSnoozeFox]

Should of mentioned his last film Inland Empire that jumpscare near the end was the scariest thing I've ever seen in a film

[@edodgeson1536]

This! No matter how many times I watch Mulholland Drive, never gets old. I feel a cold hand clutching my heart every time I see the reveal.

[@KMHill]

The reason jumpscares are lazy is that horror's nobler intent is to invoke fear. A jumpscare is merely a quick and sudden startle, which we instantly realize is merely a shock, and not a sustained danger. A jumpscare invokes a rush of adrenalin, but no lasting fear. I view jumpscares as a cheap substitute for horror, which should invoke sustained fear or dread.

[@constellations8572]

One of the best jumpscares ever is the one from One Hour Photo in the dream sequence when Sy approaches the camera and he opens his eyes and they are all bloody.

[@hughchapman5319]

Mulholland Drive was originally intended to be a TV series, perhaps akin to Twin Peaks set in Hollywood. When the TV series plans fell through, Lynch had to rearrange the material he'd shot - maybe a couple of episodes worth - into a feature film format with minimal reshoots/extra scenes

[@superfriendlyalpaca]

How dare you explain jumpscares and then try one on us and make us fall for it 💯 😂😂😂

[@SpikimaMovies]

Hahahahaha

[@Omegaman18]

I turned it off

[@daniellacey7129]

Thanks for the warning bro

[@amarreezlan7131]

@@daniellacey7129 the conclusion didn’t have the supposed jumpscare, you’re good

[@pritamkar9554]

When????WHEN???? 😟

[@giniibb4605]

That scene scared TF out of me, but I still want to watch that movie

[@ianbeach23]

It’s a masterpiece. One of my all time favorites, if not my absolute favorite.

[@marcopaparusso3808]

same

[@micahclawrence]

Lynch is hard for some people. Don't expect any answers

[@jdog7797]

David Lynch films are his own genres! ^●^

[@AdamButcher]

Nice analysis of my favourite scene in cinema. Only neglected to mention the AAA performance of Patrick Fischler as Man A. His fear and sweating and trying-to-keep-a-brave-face really sells that there is anything to be terrified of at all.

[@5alpha23]

I have to come back to this very video at least two times a year because it's such a good analysis to the in my eyes hands down best scary scene in all of cinema. Thank you for having made this video.

[@alexedi]

That scene is a masterclass in style, tension, editing, sound, everything gels. The way the camera moves towards the corner, a bit unstable, like it`s them making hesitant steps. Fantastic. I remember seeing this at the theater (as one should). There was a time when ”arthouse” movies fillled theaters for a few days (outside of the festival circuit). The whole audience gasped. Aaand, the dream began :). People went out after the movie in a kind of daze. I had conversations with people I had never met, just fellow viewers, trying to make out what we had just seen. Some of them I made friends with, for life, ”just” because of a movie and a chance encounter. Also, DL gave us many more unconventional scares in MH (finding ”DIane”s body, for ex). Not to mention the iconic Bob scenes in Twin Peaks (a second in the mirror, then by the bed, then climbing atop a couch towards the camera , or by a drawer or sth, when Laura comes into her room in Fire Walk with Me, etc etc ). I could rave about DL all day and night, he`s my favorite director along with Kubtick. I sure hope he has more movies in him for us. Anyway, nice analysis, and cheers from a new subscriber across the pond! :)