The Lewton Bus – Jump Scare Technique
One of my favourite jump scares is from Cat People (1942) credited as popularising or inventing a technique called The Lewton Bus.
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One of my favourite jump scares is from Cat People (1942) credited as popularising or inventing a technique called The Lewton Bus.
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As you know I’m partial to a jump scare and having just rewatched one of my all time favourite horror movies The Descent I’m reminded of one of my all time favourite Jump scares. Enjoy!
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Unsettling Spaces: The Role of the House as a Symbol of Unease in Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House.
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I want to try and get back to that initial, visceral disgust and fear I felt the first time I ever saw a Zombie film.
Was thinking about Jump Scares the other day, because… well you know. And remembered one that really freaked me out back in the day.
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The iconic scene where the shark makes its first appearance while Brody is shovelling bloody chum into the water.
Jaws (You’re gonna need a bigger boat) – Jump Scare Read More »
Viruses, parasites and fungi all make the species jump from animal to human on a regular basis – this is known as Zoonosis
The editing, sound mixing and Score all come together to produce a scare that makes me jump no matter how many times I’ve seen it.
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Horror films often speak to contemporary anxieties, a reflection of societal fears and concerns. So it’s interesting to observe how the haunted house sub-genre of horror movies is evolving.
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Recently I’ve been thinking a fair amount about the best weapons for surviving the zombie apocalypse
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