Whether it’s a cat leaping out of a closet or a demon popping up from nowhere and screaming into the camera lens, everyone knows the visceral feeling of a movie jump scare. But does that sudden jolt of adrenaline actually count as effective filmmaking?

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 excitement and tension. Here are the most frightening jump ...

What is a “jumpscare”? Well, if you live in a home without teenagers to explain it to you, it’s the thing that happens when you’re watching a horror movie and some abrupt sound, image, or other bump in the night causes you to jump out of your seat ...

If you've ever seen a horror film, you've likely experienced a jump scare. A mix of cinematic build-up, sonic tension, play on expectations and intent to scare, the jump scare is a classic building block in horror movies with one goal: catching the ...

Halloween Horror Nights is the marquee event of the year at both Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood. I am somebody who loves theme parks, who has written about them professionally for a decade, and yet, until just recently, I had ...