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31 titles. Sort by List order. 1. The Conjuring. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. James Wan. 2. Dead Silence. After his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers.
10 de mai. de 2024 · The best jump scare movies demonstrate that horror masters throughout cinematic history have used the jump as a powerful tool to pull the audience deeper into their terrifying worlds, and while there are often cheap scares, the best ones are the scares that really take viewers by surprise.
- 15 'The Descent'
- 14 'Scream'
- 13 'It'
- 12 'The Beyond'
- 11 'Talk to Me'
- 10 'Evil Dead II'
- 9 'Candyman'
- 8 'The Conjuring'
- 7 'Sinister'
- 6 'A Quiet Place'
Directed by Neil Marshall
An underrated horror cult classic of the 2000s, The Descent is a claustrophobic, cave-dwelling film that infiltrates its audiences' minds by implementing tricks like jump scares with intelligence and precise execution. The film follows a group of women as they travel to North Carolina to embark on a cave expedition. However, when they find themselves trapped inside, they discover they are being hunted by a mystifying and haunting breed of bloodthirsty predators. With copious amounts of blood...
Directed by Wes Craven
Scream is one of the most famous titles in 90s horror and in the history of horror cinema as well, thriving as Wes Craven’s playful and refreshing spin on slasher movies and the genre at large. It centers on Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), a teenager who is targeted by a sadistic serial killer on the one-year anniversary of her mother’s horrific murder. As she is stalked by the murderer who continues to kill, she begins to realize the culprit may be someone close to her. The film’s eagerness...
Directed by Andy Muschetti
Recent years have seen horror movies surge back into mainstream popularity, with everything from psychological thrillers to monster flicks becoming landmark cultural triumphs. One of the biggest films the genre has seen in that time is 2017’s It, an adaptation of Stephen King’s esteemed novel that follows a group of outcast kids as they are tormented by a monstrous killer clown that preys on children. With its engrossing narrative and its incredible young cast, It is among the best of the man...
Directed by Lucio Fulci
Despite being met with critical disapproval upon release, The Beyond has come to be viewed as a cult classic of 80s horror and has developed a devoted following in the decades since it was made. The Lucio Fulci horrorhas also developed a reputation for its style – being a surrealist, Southern Gothic, and supernatural film that incorporated aesthetic ideas from giallo horror cinema – as well as its penchant for jump scares. The premise follows a young woman who inherits an abandoned hotel in L...
Directed by Danny and Michael Phillippou
Over the course of the past decade, A24 has made itself one of the most recognizable and captivating brands in modern horror cinema. That startling reputation was only enhanced with the release of Talk to Me, an Australian possession horror film that was a hit at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and has become an instant horror classic following a group of friends as their toying with an embalmed, spirit-conjuring hand leads to a terrifying supernatural force being unleashed. It marked a very...
Directed by Sam Raimi
Even more so than its famous predecessor, Evil Dead II has come to be remembered for the perfection with which it meshed effects-driven visual horror with hilarious slapstick comedy and a tonally perfect lead performance from Bruce Campbell. However, it should not be forgotten how effective Sam Raimicould be with a great jump scare, which is something this iconic sequel shows in spades throughout its runtime. Serving as both a sequel and partial remake of 1981's The Evil Dead, it follows Ash...
Directed by Bernard Rose
Starring one of the all-time great yet criminally underrated horror movie actors in Tony Todd, the 1992 hit Candyman became a cult classic slasher sensation. The film follows a Chicago graduate student who decides to write her folklore and urban legends thesis about a ghost known as the Candyman, the knife-wielding spirit of a slave's son who some believe is responsible for a recent murder in the Cabrini-Green Homes public housing project. The urban legend horror film has come to be celebrate...
Directed by James Wan
The paranormal investigations conducted by Ed and Lorraine Warren have inspired films such as The Conjuring, Annabelle, The Nun, and more which take place within The Conjuring Universe. Staring with The Conjuring, the story follows Roger and Carolyn Perron (Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor), along with their five daughters and a dog, who move to a farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island. Within the first few nights of staying in the farmhouse, the Perron family experiences strange and disturbing...
Directed by Scott Derrickson
Sinister follows a true crime writer Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke), who moves his family to the fictional town of Chatford into a home which, unbeknownst to his wife and kids, was where the Stevenson family was killed by hanging. Ellison's plans to use the grisly history of the house to relaunch his career as a best-selling author quickly turns sour when he discovers a hidden stash of home videos that reveal the cursed truth of the past family's demise. While Sinister 2 did have more jump scar...
Directed by John Krasinski
So often, the worst part about a jump scare isn't so much the loud bang that frightens you, but the lingering, dreadful silence which precedes it. With its unique premise ensuring characters need to stay completely silent in order to survive, A Quiet Place thrived as a masterpiece in tension-building and effective, well-earned jump scares. It follows a family struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by vicious monsters that hunt through sound. With a deaf daughter, the family...
- Ryan Heffernan
- 2 min
25 de out. de 2021 · Almost every horror film has a jump scare; it’s in the Constitution. But which horror films use the tool most effectively? These are movies that lean on jump scares, but not as a crutch: they simply work every time. Here are the fifteen best jump scare horror movies of all time.
1 de nov. de 2022 · Love a Good Jump Scare? These 20 Horror Movies Have the Most of Them. By Ellen Gutoskey | Nov 1, 2022, 12:32 AM EDT. Bruce Campbell stars as Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series. /...
13 de out. de 2023 · Here are the best jump scares of all time: 50. The Phantom of the Opera, 1925. The Scare: The Phantom’s face. The reveal of The Phantom’s disfigured face in this, the...
11 de nov. de 2023 · If you're looking for horror movies that will get your blood pumping and heart racing, here's a list of ten films with a ton of jump scares. Summary. Some horror movies rely on jump...
