Sentences with phrase «cheap jump scares in»

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.

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.

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With so many teen thrillers taking the route of bad, sensationalist horror, it's nice to see a standard suspense vehicle come out once in a while, with better characterizations and fright earned through putting characters in potential jeopardy, rather than just cheap jump - scares and shrill music.

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

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.

There are no creepy clowns under the bed or in the storm drains, and there is an absence of cheap jump - scares (OK, there is one that is the director's prank on the audience).

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.

A Quiet Place is a superb exercise in understated terror that puts to shame «horror» films that rely on jump scares and cheap theatrics.

Annihilation delights in surprises — not cheap thrills and jump scares but effective turns that have narrative or character intent — they're much more satisfying in the long run.

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.

The game also isn't really that scary (though thankfully it doesn't resort to using cheap jump - scares), but overall this outing has taken the franchise a step in the right direction.

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.

Each step to modernize the game has taken away one of those clunky barriers that made the games legitimately frightening in the first place, diluting the formula until all that was left was the occasional cheap jump - scare.

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.