Citations:jump-scare

English citations of jump-scare

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1995, Film Review, Issues 12-13, unknown page:
There's jump-scares a-plenty and all the obvious manipulation that goes into making a fright-flick work.
1999, Cinefantastique, Volume 31, Issues 7-11, page 60:
The film is seldom suspenseful, but the jump-scares are there, and the gross-out images (courtesy of Greg Cannom's makeup) are carefully pushed over-the-top and into the comic stratosphere.
2005, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 109, page 94:
[…] eschews that tried-and-true tactic of horror films, the jump-scare; […]
2012, Xander Bennett, Screenwriting Tips, You Hack: 150 Practical Pointers for Becoming a Better Screenwriter, Focal Press (2012), →ISBN, page 103:
Jump-scares, suspense, and sudden violence are all a major part of the horror genre.
2013, Scot Sotherrn, Cub Service: A Memoir, Soft Skull Press (2013), →ISBN, page 185:
Walking through the dark, I felt like I was drawing to a movie jump-scare.