Sentences with phrase «cheap jump scares»

It doesn't rely on cheap jump scares or gore to be scary.

If the film is anything like the trailer, it could be in trouble because it's entirely full of cheap jump scares.

The movie had incredible underlying tones of mental disease and disorders as well as a commentary for family dysfunction, but it was all replaced by cheap jump scares and poor attempts at comedy.

The majority of the film is taken up by cheap jump scares.

Scary movies are horribly unimaginative with their music and sound design, using them for cheap jump scares and obvious emotional cues rather than for truly enhancing the atmosphere.

That's why so many horror movies have annoying soundtracks that employ cheap jump scare tactics.

By design, it's a psychological thriller masquerading as a haunted house movie, and Flanagan wisely avoids cheap jump scares in favor of letting the dread develop naturally.

The film didn't need cheap jump scares to creep you out, but tossing in some musical stings at select reveals created some of the most effective and talked about scares of the whole festival.

There's only one remotely cheap jump scare in the movie, because the real scares of the movie come in the fact that you don't know what's going to happen.

Instead, it's a fairly tame genre flick that is sorely lacking in atmosphere or frights of any kind save for a few cheap jump scares early on.

He allows the characters to breathe in the early stages as the dread builds slowly, rather than blowing its wad with cheap jump scares.

Evil Dead never veers into cheap jump scares and false promises like a lot of bigger - release horror films.

While elements of these films aren't always 100 % original, they are executed and placed in such a way that gives a much needed breath of fresh air to a dusty and tired formula that is for some reason composed mostly of cheap jump scares and bad acting.

It keeps it's creepy fill throughout and doesn't rely on cheap jump scares to carry the film.

Prowling around like a mixture of a velociraptor, a deep sea monster, a Lovecraftian nightmare and the Grim Reaper's pet dog, Giger's xenomorph is so frightening that it just doesn't need cheap jump scares to scare the pants off somebody.

For a horror movie, The Lazarus Effect is pretty weak as it relies mostly on cheap jump scares that you can see coming from a mile away.

MY CALL: This oddity stars a lot of before - they - were - stars and aims high with a low budget to deliver a dumb but fun romp full of cheap jump scares.

However, scenes like this are few and far between, and they're mostly buried in bad dialogue and cheap jump scares.

It can't just be cheap jump scares, it can't be a silent film gimmick.

A massive improvement over its bland predecessor in just about every way, «Ouija: Origin of Evil» focuses more on creating a creepy atmosphere rather than the usual gore or cheap jump scares, and it works pretty well for the most part.

P.T. is not a cliche horror game that rely's on cheap jump scares, it's a game that constantly petrifies players just by using the houses atmosphere.

Robitel resorts to cheap jump scares to keep them invested.

In an R - rated horror genre that has come to be dominated by gimmicky hooks and cheap jump scares, it's a square peg in a round hole.

Eisner starts poking around for grandiose gore zone set - pieces (including an inane clash inside a working car wash), expelling more energy on cheap jump scares and hackneyed visual touches than sustaining the unsettling devastation.

I'm also tired of movies that instead of using creativity and intelligence to frighten, they rely on cheap jump scares.

It wasn't because I didn't like the characters, but cheap jump scares are just that... cheap.

The refreshingly self - reliant Creepy trusts its sense of the surreal, perfectly judged performances, and ruthlessly honed script to create terror, rather than the desperate orchestral stabs of cheap jump scares.

It did not at all rely on shaky cam and cheap jump scares to set a frantic mood to scare the audience.

The movie had genuine moments of terror and didn't rely on cheap jump scares to make the audience scream.

This teaser is all about creating mood and atmosphere, rather than going the conventional route of cheap jump scares and quick montage editing.

When it comes to creating tension, however, «Life» fires on all cylinders — cinematographer Seamus McGarvey («Nocturnal Animals») makes great use of the claustrophobia - inducing interiors, and editors Mary Jo Markey («Star Wars: The Force Awakens») and Frances Parker («Game of Thrones») never rely on cheap jump scares, instead tightening the vise of suspense with subtlety and effectiveness.

Instead they become 90 - minute flicks filled with fluff and cheap jump scares.

And save for a cheap jump scare or two, it isn't very frightening either.

Director Ed Gass - Donnelly's film seems to wrestle between delivering on cheap jump scares and delving into something considerably more unsettling, the tale of a fundamentally good...

Billed by publisher TheHorrorShow.TV as «the only horror movie review compendium you will ever need,» the massive e-book will be available as a Kindle e-book exclusive, sensibly alphabetized, and comprising 800 + reviews from 2000 to 2015, with an easy jump - to - an - entry contents page — but no cheap jump scares.

Like The Babadook, Under the Shadow relies more on tension and dread than cheap jump scares.

Profound without ever being didactic, sordid without being gratuitous, above all the film succeeds by deftly dancing between the poles of dark and light, allowing for both cheap jump scares and sophisticated and subtle moments of performance.

The Sacrament is a refreshing change of pace for the found footage genre, with West opting for a more cerebral thriller as opposed to relying on gore and cheap jump scares.

However there is more to horror than cheap jump scares and ghosts.

Sure, its reliance on cheap jump scares and clunky gameplay may turn some off, but those that stick with the title will be rewarded with a unique and engaging meditation on grief and loss.

Playing horror games with headphones results in a lot of cheap jump scares, but Layers of Fear only scares you when it has something legitimately scary on hand.

Some may call the game underwhelming with its use of cheap jump scares and the like, but I think it does a wonderful job with it's patiently executed style.

The game never relies on cheap jump scares to send a shiver down your spine.

You expect a big fuck off monster to appear, but this is Silent Hill, it tortures you, it doesn't break its routine to offer a cheap jump scare.

The Evil Within is not a game that relies on cheap jump scares.

In a sea of horror games that treat mental illness as the vehicle for a cheap jump scare, games like The Town of Light and the recent Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice are a breath of fresh air.

We want to offer more than just a lazy story and cheap jump scares.

And preferably a loud and horrifying noise as a cheap jump scare tactic.

While other horror games are relying on cheap jump scares and loud noises to send you pulling the headset off in a cold sweat, The Brookhaven Experiment is legitimately terrifying.