No jump scare was bigger, though, than one that featured in Paranormal Activity 2, which was released 10 years ago this month. Recommended The horror branded scariest film since Hereditary gets ...

The screen cuts to black. There’s a key aspect of the theatrical ending of Paranormal Activity that stands out - it’s undeniably effective as a jump-scare finale. It’s quick, shocking ...

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Jump scares can be cheap and manipulative when ... it a paranoid second glance every now and then. The first “Paranormal ...

Horror movies notoriously make audiences jump. After all ... have replaced this moment with something more terrifying. Paranormal Activity — like The Blair Witch Project before it ...

What makes this especially difficult to come to terms with is the fact that the film didn’t have to rely on jump scares. The first three “Paranormal Activity” movies were all good and inventive to ...

It wasn’t until the late aughts with the releases of Paranormal Activity and Insidious that the jump scare became new again. Creatives with unique perspectives tried their hand at, well ...