25 Jump Scares That Still Make Us Jump The floor creaks, the music turns ominous and an uneasy quiet sets in.
With Times film writers, filmmakers and stars weighing in, we ranked the 25 jump scares that still get us every time.
Jump scares are considered the fart jokes of horror: cheap, easy and lowbrow.
More ingenuity goes into certain jump scares than entire movies.
Jump scares have an advantage online, where context shifts rapidly.
Persons:
David Fincher, Andrew Kevin Walker, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, John C, McGinley, “ Andy, Brad Pitt’s, isn’t, Walker, Fincher, Rob Bottin, ” Walker, ”, Jennifer Kent, Amelia, ” Kent, “, ” Kent didn’t, Jason Zinoman, Lon, Robert Bloch peed, Chaney, It’s, James Wan, Lili Taylor
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