What do you consider the best jump scare of them all? Is it from a movie? A TV show? A game? Is it from outside of the horror genre?
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What Do You Consider The Best Jump Scare of All Time?
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I remember there was this image people posted on forums of a living room scene or something, and they said to stare at it and after a few seconds, it would change and you were to post what differences you saw or something like that. Me, being young and new to the internet at the time, fell for this nonsense. Once the jumpscare popped up, I jumped halfway across the room in fright.
This is an amazing question that I have not gotten much thought to. Probably the time where Pyramid Head shows up in the hospital in Silent Hill 2. Legit had to put the game down because I practically had a heart attack
...or the tent scene in The Blair Witch Project. I've seen that movie a dozen times and yet I have to brace myself every time because it scares the daylights out of me
...or the tent scene in The Blair Witch Project. I've seen that movie a dozen times and yet I have to brace myself every time because it scares the daylights out of me
From what I've seen, as someone who avoids stuff that is clearly meant to be scary, it's Arkham Knight when you first zip to a rooftop when you get to the second island I think and Man Bat jumps out. The game later doing that again with Joker made me drop it..
Hill House had one that legit made me and my husband scream 😂
I was playing Alien Isolation with headphones and I was in the medical ward where the alien is always close. It dawned on me that the lamp in my room had turned off and I was in complete darkness - and then something grabbed my ankle. My husband, who was lying on the floor, got kicked in the head.
Hahaha. That would have killed me.
OT: The Exorcist 3, hospital scene almost ended my life at a young age.
Shock (1977)
woman and son's house haunted by spirit of abusive husband/father
Jesus, that gave me chills.
Talking about Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 in the other thread, I jumped at this one:
Also agree with Exorcist III, Jaws, and that one scene from Sinister.
^^^ The only good thing about that movie, IMO.
Also agree with Exorcist III, Jaws, and that one scene from Sinister.
^^^ The only good thing about that movie, IMO.
Never saw this. I remember that one movie that came out recently had a similar shot that people were talking about. Guess THAT one wasn't even the first to do such a thing. This one should be the one people talk about!Shock (1977)
woman and son's house haunted by spirit of abusive husband/father
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Holy shit that's a terrifying concept for a movieShock (1977)
woman and son's house haunted by spirit of abusive husband/father
Came here to say this. The build up and tension generated from these two scenes are so fucking intense. The expectation of a jumpscare doesn't dull the moment at all, in fact quite the opposite.
Alien by a whisker. Coming right at the end of the extended sequence in the air vents, the context of the situation, the lighting... it's just sublime, classy and slick.
A whisker behind it id put Mulholland Drive behind the diner jump scare: that mofo I'd plain evil and in broad daylight (but I expected it because I knew Lynch wouldn't literally explain what was about to happen then wouldn't do it).
I second this one. I watched the series again about a month ago and I knew it was coming and I still damn near came out of my seat. Masterful stuff.Hill House had one that legit made me and my husband scream 😂
This was the latest one to make me shit my pants because of how out of the blue it is.Hill House had one that legit made me and my husband scream 😂
