When Are Jump Scares Earned?

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[@kaexewires7531]

and he HAD to use that smiledog image lol

[@d3ltazer0judgement]

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[@MilkyPotsu]

Hereditary - the click was one of the best jumpscares I've seen in a while.. no background music, no visuals, just a single click.

[@WarpGhost]

Ohhh, yesss!

[@drawfiend3104]

The best jump scare I've seen is from the blood testing scene in John Carpenter's The Thing. You know the Thing is violent, you know something bad will happen, you know the blood test will reveal the monster... But nobody expects the blood to screech. Not only is the "scare chord" a part of the world, but it works because the Thing is so alien that *of course* its blood can scream. They even set up the fact that each part of it can act as its own independent being.

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This is the type of quality content put together by a single individual that the KZbin algorithm refuses to promote for whatever reason.

[@bottlebeard]

well you answered your own question

[@underthetreeproductionsOffical]

I just discovered this channel recently I can agree with you on that I love this type of content but it didn’t recommend it to me

[@2weekoldpickle]

I feel that "The Thing" handles jump scares very well. They are some of my favorites because they all have a reason. Any one could be infected at anytime always preparing you for the jump scare, but even when some of the tension is dropped through a reveal, you know that it is still out there, so the tension never seems to drop.

[@muffinman2546]

It also help that the thing mutates & contorts it's host's body into a different forms of monsters all the time.

[@Yaggert]

I will never not be anxious seeing the table scene in insidious. I saw this movie when I was around 10 and I still feel that was a really good scare

[@VinceVanZan]

This was a really enjoyable analysis. Thanks!

[@nisnast]

Jesus that scare from Mulholland Dr. I watched it before I knew it was coming and it still sent chills down my spine

[@TheChnecht]

I remember when i saw the 2 jumpscares at the beginning of "the ring". I was way too young but curious because my father told me not to watch the movie. I think i'd seen saw at this point but that was with my uncle and i was kinda used to gore. But those distorted faces at the beginning made me abandoning the movie instantly. This also was the first and last time i had immediate nightmares after watching a horror movie.

[@Irondrone4]

The best jumpscare I've ever experienced wasn't in a horror movie. It was in Fallout: New Vegas's Dead Money expansion pack, and it was entirely unscripted. I had just broken into the Sierra Madre Casino, the supposed final challenge of the expansion. You are warned that the casino uses security holograms (sounds dumb writing it out just now) to patrol it's halls, and to steer clear of them since they're invincible and will trigger security systems. I was in the upper floors scavenging for anything that wasn't nailed down, because I just have to steal everything in these kinds of games, when I turned around...and there she was. A hologram of a woman in a flowing dress, standing right behind me, changing colors from a calm blue to a blood red. My brain had maybe a quarter of a second to recognize what I was even looking at before she screamed. I did not know the holograms screamed. I was so startled I nearly fell out of my chair.

[@EvilCreampuff]

I have to pause the video to comment because it was a super interesting experience. The anticipated jumpscare got me because as I stared, knowing it would come, I felt the tension rise and genuinely jumped. The surprised jumpscare with smile dog didn't scare me at all because I didn't have time to spook myself.

[@fatmonkey9757]

How does this have so few views, this is a excellent video

[@mathiasivanpardo4901]

This channel as a whole should have more views. It's really good content.

[@ThePhantomTommy]

That Mulholland Drive scene. It nearly gave me a heart attack when I watched the movie. Jumped out of my chair and dropped my laptop on the floor and everything.

[@IAMHAPPY5290]

10:00 ok in all seriousness that whole sequence was kinda fucking genius

[@zipperchildmemes1052]

I just found this channel, its pretty awesome I never thought about horror movies like this

[@the13throse]

Some of my favorite jumpscares are the locker jumpscare from the first Silent Hill game, and the blood test jumpscare from The Thing. The locker jumpscare because it's one of the few times I've ever seen a fake-out jumpscare with actual payoff later on because it lulls you into a false sense of security for the second time it happens (only to catch you off guard with something a lot scarier than a cat), and the blood test jumpscare because of how well it's built up and how teeth-clenchingly tense that build up makes you. Also because of how amazing the payoff of that particular jumpscare is. I will never get tired of that movie.

[@austindahu]

First time blind playing through Resident Evil 8, the entire house Beneviento segment is such a good buildup to a great scare. I don't wanna spoil, but until this point, the game had been a tense and creepy, but a little cheesy, action focused experience. When you realize your limitations in this segment, and when you notice there are hints that you'll need to hide, suddenly you have to shift your mindset. You're not able to shoot whatever is coming, whenever it comes, and it slowly builds to that point, surprising you in such a great way when you think you're nearly free.

[@conormcelroy158]

I was ready to shit my pants with the basement scene and ended up jumping out of my seat and laughing like a lunatic

[@FightDirtyRS]

The first scare at the beginning of Hereditary, when the mother looks into the gloom and sees the outline of her own late mother. Its just silent, but she sees it, and we see it. And surely it CAN'T be there... her breathing picks up and its just dreadful. Absolutely perfect

[@EvilCreampuff]

I feel like Smile (2022) handled both surprise and expected jumpscares very well. The tension is absolutely relentless throughout and every scare is earned and builds on itself. That movie is all around super effective, despite using formulas and plot devices we've seen countless times. Turns out that groundbreaking originality isn't necessary for a good horror movie... not when you've mastered the classic.

[@Dollar_Store_Cacodemon]

The Mulholland Dr jump scare with the hobo is def one that I'll never forget. I pretty much reacted the way the character does lol. My favourite jump scare is in The Exorcist 3. The hospital night shift corridor scene. Its perfectly built up and executed, using zoom and sound perfectly.

[@overlord7310]

The 'Scream-THUMP' from the first Paranormal Activity stands out in my memory as a good jump-scare, particularly as one that actually got me. Something sudden and unexpected after like a full minute of tension building, besides the film just generally spending most of its runtime maintaining tension.

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[@ursa_margo]

My scare tolerance is extremely low. I can easily be frigthened by any face-like shape with black eyes. That said, my favourite scares come from the FEAR 1 game, for a number of reasons. First, the game builds up gloomy atmosphere with its level design: water processing plant, condemned city block, empty offices at night. Second, the game has very dark story overall. Third, the composer, Nathan Grigg, came up with some highly exotic, unsettling sound for the music. And fourth, the gam actually trains you like a pavlovian dog to become frightened once you hear a very specific sound - the static. Oohhhh man, that game was brutal.

[@thedukeofweasels6870]

"the goverment" rofl that was good enough to make me forgive you for the jump scare

[@kiwimilkDecaf]

my cat jumpscared me while i was watching

[@ethanandlanehall1357]

I love the Chernobyl diaries. Although the movie does have some cheap tropes, like the bear scene and some others, the overall buildup is really good, and instead of constant jumpscares, in the end it is constant fear. The main characters are being chased, and they know that they must keep running to escape, but they can't. Easily my favorite horror movie.

[@austinh1571]

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[@mr.hoohoot4850]

I've alway seen people talking about how jumpscares ruin the moment, but i've yet to someone who actually explains it this throughly.

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[@underthetreeproductionsOffical]

The unexpected jump scare didn’t even phase me… I kind of assumed it would’ve happened when you mentioned the unexpected jumpscares

[@snowelle25]

my favorite types of jumpscares are probably the most relatable ones, at least for me youre just walking absolutely no music at all, then you turn the corner and get jumpscared, freak out for a split second while not making any noise and quickly walk out of there

[@Rubashow]

To me the best jumpscare is in Alien, when Dallas is ambushed in the vents. It builds tension as it picks up speed. Skerrit plays this wonderful. He stays calm but you can see the stress rising in him. There is the added element of the beeping motion tracker that beeps faster like a count down. It's in a dark and claustrophobic place. It's so insanely intense. I've seen this movie 6-7 times and each time watching it grips me.

[@o.c.jackson]

Great video, loved both of your examples too. Really enjoying your content :)

[@TubeHeader]

Alien is great, because it doesn't actually have jumpscares. The characters are shocked by certain things, but those things are clearly presented to the audience beforehand

[@beantown567]

3:45 I knew it was going to happen, still startled me

[@LucyTheBox]

Know the Dark Pictures Anthology? Those games have some of my least favorite jumpscares. They are almost always accompanied by a loud noise and more than half the time aren't even something scary. It's just a loud noise placed over things like animals appearing into the frame or objects falling. They are games, but still have that annoying feeling because A, there is nothing you have to do after the jumpscare because B, it wasn't even scary. The same game also has one of my favorite scares. You're just cassually walking trough a corridor with one of the characters. The game is third person. While the character you're controlling goes trough a door, the camera stays in the corridor for 1 more second and you can see a sailor girl standing in a corner. No noise, no focus on them, no one acknowledges it, but if you see it, it can easily scare you (because the ship is supposed to be abandoned) I'll see if I can link a video Edit: found it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3OliYuCh7Z_gtE

[@MementoTurtle]

that scare is very good, i love it when its subtle

[@СергейДементьев-ы9р]

Man, Until Dawn was probably their best work, followed immediately by House of Ashes (hadnt checked out The Quarry yet, but im going to)

[@LucyTheBox]

@@СергейДементьев-ы9р Same here. I'm currently trying to gather Friends to play the Quarry. I've already convinced the group of 5 that I'm doing the dark pictures anthology with, to join me, now I just need to find 3 more people.

[@starwarsfan7726]

Im super late to this, but my favorite jumpscare ever is the first facehugger scene in Alien. The shots, sounds, and the process of them reaching that egg is perfect.

[@orangebucket6485]

2:30 never seen this show/movie but im so happy there wasnt a scare noise because seeing that just felt so wrong, like disturbing scary instead of AAAA scary

[@xeno703]

for real it felt like some random moment from a bad dream

[@Brabbs]

I think no sound in a tension scene has no distractions, which FORCES you to be alone with your thoughts.

[@matthewford6715]

Wow this video was very well put together, bravo

[@papaln1894]

Signs still is the scariest for me, ever since I was a kid.

[@HorkSupreme]

That example at 9:00 wasn't scary at all. Partially because I imagined you might edit Vsauce to pop up and I was giggling too much. Also that I was examining details of the scene and ignoring whatever you said was there. Edit: The next "scare" wasn't scary either. I wasn't mad either, only had a momentary thrill. "horror" movies, warning! contains no horror in it.

[@mudnarchist]

The smile dog jumpscare didn't get me lol

[@spinyslasher6586]

I think that scare from Mulholland Dr. hits so hard is because the film is not horror, it's not really advertised as a horror film, so nobody expects a jumpscare that horrific at the start of the movie.

[@SnowPaw404]

I just noticed sweet hollow road in the background

[@ValentineStare]

My phone alarm went off as soon as "That" Jumpscare appeared, holy shit

[@djaymeijer9858]

9:40 how the f you know

[@nothinghere8434]

My favourite "jump scares" are the sudden spooky faces in the game "Afraid of Monsters". They are just some ghostly png faces that appear suddenly and vanish just as swiftly without sound cues. One is shoved into your face while you crawl through a bright light ray, the other is seen popping up in a window while going through an abandoned shack in the nightly woods. In both instances you are neither scared nor startled, but left wondering what you just saw. It strenghtens the gloomy dreamlike atmosphere of this game.

[@alessandroburza4568]

I remember them all, fucking floating pngs

[@victoriaevelyn3953]

one of my best and worst has to be that from the new chucky film the shot starts out with an open door way and the doll in frame the set is set up so perfect with strange angles as if from another view the music builds theres clear tension as the camera zooms and focuses in slowly and right as the camera gets closer.... someone walks past the door breaking all that tension its so annoying all set up and wasted on a stupid jumpscare that one scene made me despise jumpscars forever

[@cyber_dragon_123]

"And now that you've turned it back up, you probably won't be able to turn--" _slams K at lightning speed_

[@antispiral1159]

Another flawless video (:

[@xoudian4290]

10:26 THE GODDAMN GOV'MINT

[@WarpGhost]

I like the jumpscare in The Haunting Of Hill House the most, where - SPOILERS AHEAD - the sisters Shirley and Theo are having an argument during a car driving scene, when the argument is suddenly broken up by a ghastly appearance of their dead sister Nell, pushing herself between the fight. What I really like about it is that it serves a big narrative purpose & therefore feels totally earned

[@stormart9134]

Have you watched *Sinister?* That movie had jumpscare but they weren't actually jumpscares... It was a build up... A good one. It was built up... Effectively. But it was never released... Even at the end of the movie the build up still remained... So, I quickly started watching the 2n one. It was refreshing seeing something actually good... After so many crappy jumpscare based horror films.

[@wawawuu1514]

Paulie's run-in with the Virgin Mary in The Sopranos. It works especially well because The Sopranos isn't even a fucking horror series.

[@redbug1017]

3:47 Darth Maul looks kinda odd these days...

[@novik7818]

it 1 and 2 might be the wrost movies ever bc the jumpscares are just cheap and not even well done and are showing the monster too much , fear of the unknown is way scarier then fear of the known

[@StarKratos]

Jokes on you, my volume was at 2% precisely because it was too obvious you would do it.

[@gomez7339]

Okay i bet there will be a jumpscare at the end of the video. Ill let you know if there is. Gimme a sec Edit ok there is one. Be careful

[@SnowPaw404]

-_-

[@omarm6678]

There isn't a jumpscare. @Gomez is trolling.

[@gomez7339]

@@omarm6678 :c

[@SnowPaw404]

@@omarm6678 he's lying there is a jumpscare at the end

[@cometface]

Why did the Louie jump scare mess with me so much lol

[@lilredfezzl]

Honestly I’d do the most opposite of a jumpscare and just torture them with suspense when really nothing is gonna happen.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

"scare cord" I think you mean play the sound of someone abusing a violin or blowing up a tuba.

[@gumpling69]

Where is the large marge scene from peewees big adventure?!

[@TheLibrarianYT]

I thought about including it! I'm definitely going to talk about it at some point.

[@GriKoLPriKoL420]

I have not slept for 20 hours and those jumpscares didn't work lol

[@Haluhabba]

2:30 Movie?

[@TheLibrarianYT]

Louie, episode "Untitled".

[@forgottenrift5088]

such a good vid.

[@gustavocolomaoporto2055]

favorite? videogames least? videogames

[@jhonjhon-lz3xu]

Even at the end ?

[@NotBigSurprise]

not really mad, on the contrary that jump was really clever probably would've scared me if i hadn't been in analytical mode lol

[@gomez7339]

Interesting video

[@djaymeijer9858]

its just you dont know what its gonna be and that makes you unconftable and sound does allot most of the time

[@benreinig8986]

You need more subs

[@handIes.]

Alright, writing this 30 secs before I get fucking spooked

[@handIes.]

Can’t believe I’m gonna watch this rn

[@handIes.]

😂 it was a pretty good jump scare, had my phone on phone screen up to my face in my pitch black room

[@illiiilli24601]

I left the volume down, luckily

[@pogcompagni]

Movie at 0:40?

[@bugpocket]

The smile dog jumpscare didnt get me. I watch my videos with low volume

[@postminchoppa]

I hated the friday the 13th ending jump scare because (to me) it ignored the plot just for a cheap startle.

[@thirdpartypariah6514]

SunlessKhan doing movie stuff now?

[@TheLibrarianYT]

Not for long if I have to keep making last-minute edits due to copyright claims like this one made me do.

[@SprocketWatchclock]

"Jump scares" aren't scary, they're startling. Fear has to be built up, crafted carefully. The experiment failed on me. I wasn't scared or startled.

[@michaelcrescio2804]

BuIlD uP and TeNsIoN

[@Toxicblackmambahs]

ahhh insidious... i remember I was scratching my nuts at that moment.

[@glassramen]

I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed.

[@IxodesPersulcatus]

I actually got so angry at the first jumpscare in Cry of Fear that I have spent the next half of the game angry before eventually dropping it completely, because nothing the game could throw at me afterwards made me feel anything but annoyed.

[@basimaziz]

Just lower the volume, that's my issue with jump scares. So many of them are just ear rape. That's not scary, it just made my ears hurt. Loud noise is not scary, it just pisses me off. Excellent video btw~.

[@QuietBorb]

ah the comments, how i missed you

[@MCBETAWATCHER]

That was funny

[@djaymeijer9858]

This video is fucking scary man

[@8.bit_gun340]

the guy from behind the diner looks like your average bum in L.A

[@sigmatic_cartel7780]

😂😂😂😂

[@WendigoWasTaken]

God I hate smiledog It's so uncanny and wierd