He was ready for racism. But he’s rattled by their groundskeeper’s midnight sprint — a surreal jump scare that deepens when it’s revealed he was body-snatched by Grandpa, who resents ...

Most of the time, horror movies rely on jump scares to inject excitement and tension. Here are the most frightening jump scares in horror movie history. The second installment of the Final ...

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 ...

As Halloween approaches, it’s getting scary out there. But, surprisingly, it’s not as jump-scary as it used to be. Since 2014, the number of jump scares cranked out by Hollywood has fallen ...

Aarhus University researchers in Denmark have put up a theory that explains why jump scares frequently cause anxiety to transform into laughing. Under the direction of Marc Hye-Knudsen ...

Halloween games are a perfect way to bring party guests and trick-or-treaters together — there’s something brilliant about a group of friends or kids laughing over a silly game in their costumes, says ...

There are franchises here you’re probably already very familiar with, like Resident Evil and Dead Space, which entered the pantheon of iconic horror games long ago. At the same time, there are games ...

At this point, you feel confidently prepared for the inevitable, maybe even lazy, “jump scare” about to take place on screen. The killer leaps from a closet, hatchet in hand, as the actor ...

There are a handful of places in the Tri-State where hardcore spook-seekers can fork over dough to see simulated gore and have costumed actors jump out ... 7 p.m.-midnight. "No scare tours ...

and caldron bubble,” to scary quotes including H.P. Lovecraft's “We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight," you'll find a ...