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Let's Talk Shit About Jumpscares

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:00 am
by Jason
This video pretty much reiterates everything I've said about what makes a great jumpscare and what makes a terrible one. They even shit on watchmojo for not knowing shit about what makes a great jumpscare. In watchmojo's own words... "It's a 1-2 punch of a scary face and a loud noise, and that's exactly what makes a jumpscare so effective". Dumbasses.

But the main reason I actually share this video is the back-and-forth sequence between the movie Prestige and Poltergeist. Gotta see it. Beautifully done.



Re: Let's Talk Shit About Jumpscares

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:55 pm
by zombie
i think that jump scares, like any kind of scene or plot construction, can be done well and done badly. it's not that jump scares inherently suck. it's that some filmmakers are lazy about it.

Re: Let's Talk Shit About Jumpscares

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:26 pm
by Jason
I forgot I made this thread.

Did you like that video?

Re: Let's Talk Shit About Jumpscares

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:45 pm
by zombie
the video is pretty good.

Re: Let's Talk Shit About Jumpscares

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 10:59 pm
by Jason
A great non-horror jumpscare.

The gun shot fuckin' got me good in the theater when I first watched it.