Sentences with phrase «of cheap jump scares»

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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He occasionally tries to bolster its sense of danger with montages of white - supremacist movements and imagery that plays like cheap tricks, this film's version of a jump scare.

Many modern day horror films often opt for «cheap scares» by turning down the score and all of a sudden have something jump into the screen.

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.

The majority of the film is taken up by 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.

These are all examples of effective jump scares, but all too often movies rely on them to much, and they become cheap.

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).

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

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.

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.

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 are no gallons of fake blood or cheap jump - scares, but instead you get just enough blood to whet your whistle and an overabundance of psychological horror and terror to make sure you sleep with the lights on tonight.

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.

«A Quiet Place» is full of jump scares, cheap ones too.

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.

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.