It's spooky season... do you prefer jump scares or suspenseful thrillers?
It's spooky season... do you prefer jump scares or suspenseful thrillers?
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Slow-burn, rising-tension, suspense for me.
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What's your favourite?
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That changes every five minutes or so, but some of the ones that are consistently showing up include 1963's The Haunting, the Carpenter version of The Thing, Alien (but not the later which are more action horror), the original Night of the Living Dead, the 1970s version of Nosferatu, and, if you squint right, the proto-noir, proto-psychological horror of M.
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same! I hate jump scares and prefer a slow build š
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I can't bear anything to psychologically scary, so I tend to go for lighter films. I do like a good jump scare! They're great fun
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I'm not really into either, but I love a good comedy-mystery: Clue, Glass Onion, Hot Fuzz, etc.
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Suspense is the best. A good jump scare is good, don't get me wrong, but you need the suspense leading up to it.
I've discovered I really like films that fill you with dread. The ones that keep tightening the wire and you're waiting for it to snap. Sinister is my favorite horror movie.
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i watched this horror video about someone who bought a used laptop found a cursed Minecraft world installed. Sounds cheesy but the suspense was AMAZING and the main character was actually SMART and not dumb as rocks. It might have helped that I was stoned and nostalgic while watching... but still!! it was really good and I enjoyed it.
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Jump scares can be annoying, but to be totally honest, sometimes scenes where the tension just keeps building and building with no relief can be more annoying. They're both tools that horror media should use. I think jump scares get a bad rap because it's easier to spot poor usage of them.
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Jumpscares are a crutch. They scare me when they happen. But mostly, they just piss me off.
A well-placed jump scare in the middle of ever-ratcheting tension can give you a moment's false release before you do something REALLY nasty. They're a tool, and sometimes are good.
Most often, however, they are bad. REALLY bad.