The horror movies with the most jumpscares will leave viewers awake at night, from Talk to Me to The Conjuring to Sinister.

It’s one of the most well-worn tricks in the horror handbook: An innocent victim is minding their own business, nothing happening, and then…something happens to make the watcher’s heart skip ...

Spooky season is upon us, which means a bevy of new thrillers, slashers and monster features ... "It's What's Inside" is not so much "scary as kind of psychologically nauseating," and it offers ...

Groupon deals and buckets of fake blood. And the centerpiece is Stitchy ... Cedillos and other veterans teach the basic textbook scares. In the classic jump scare, an actor pops out from behind ...

The 1980s not only brought neon lights and loud fashion into existence. They also gave us monsters that ripped people apart without even looking back.

In the case of My Bloody Valentine, it’s some of the gory ... Then there’s what I consider to be the second-best jump scare of cinematic history after The Exorcist III, specifically the ...

Imagine you're standing in a hallway in a game - what does the scene need in order to make it scary ... the corridor and the monster is gone. Where is it - will it jump out at you from another ...

Even more than the jolt, though, there is something psychologically rudimentary in the jump scare. This relates to what we may call the "Unseen Thing." The Unseen Thing is the monster that we know ...

Horror film aficionados, rejoice! Spooky season is upon us, which means a bevy of new thrillers, slashers and monster features. Including a Stephen King classic and a found-footage gem ...