jump scare

See also: jumpscare and jump-scare

English

Alternative forms

jump-scare
jumpscare

Noun

jump scare (plural jump scares)

(narratology) The technique, typically used in horror films and video games, of having something occur suddenly and without warning to frighten the audience.
- 2011, Mira Grant, Deadline, Orbit (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
  They'd do something horrible, maybe kill off a few protagonists, and then make people sit around waiting for the next terrible thing to come along. They called it “setting up a jump scare.”
- 2011, John Rosenberg, The Healthy Edit: Creative Techniques for Perfecting Your Movie, Focal Press (2011), →ISBN, pages 80-81:
  Drag Me to Hell capitalizes on the jump scare, scattering it liberally throughout the film to the point where it becomes almost numbing.
- 2013, Jeffrey Bullins, "Hearing the Game: Sound Design", in To See the Saw Movies: Essays on Torture Porn and Post-9/11 Horror (ed. James Aston), McFarland & Company (2013), →ISBN, page 188:
  This quiet is broken suddenly with an initial jump scare of the puppet's iconic laughter.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:jump scare.

单词	jump scare
释义	jump scare See also: jumpscare and jump-scare English Alternative forms jump-scare jumpscare Noun jump scare (plural jump scares) (narratology) The technique, typically used in horror films and video games, of having something occur suddenly and without warning to frighten the audience. 2011, Mira Grant, Deadline, Orbit (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page: They'd do something horrible, maybe kill off a few protagonists, and then make people sit around waiting for the next terrible thing to come along. They called it “setting up a jump scare.” 2011, John Rosenberg, The Healthy Edit: Creative Techniques for Perfecting Your Movie, Focal Press (2011), →ISBN, pages 80-81: Drag Me to Hell capitalizes on the jump scare, scattering it liberally throughout the film to the point where it becomes almost numbing. 2013, Jeffrey Bullins, "Hearing the Game: Sound Design", in To See the Saw Movies: Essays on Torture Porn and Post-9/11 Horror (ed. James Aston), McFarland & Company (2013), →ISBN, page 188: This quiet is broken suddenly with an initial jump scare of the puppet's iconic laughter. For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:jump scare.
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