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.
The game never relies
on cheap jump scares to send a shiver down your spine.
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.
It doesn't rely
on cheap jump scares or gore to be scary.
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.
I'm also tired of movies that instead of using creativity and intelligence to frighten, they rely
on cheap jump scares.
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.
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.
It keeps it's creepy fill throughout and doesn't rely
on cheap jump scares to carry the film.
Not exact matches
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.
Too many
jump scares can make a film seem
cheap and unpolished, yet relying entirely
on the slow - building horrors can make a film somewhat boring.
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).
It did not at all rely
on shaky cam and
cheap jump scares to set a frantic mood to
scare the audience.
A Quiet Place is a superb exercise in understated terror that puts to shame «horror» films that rely
on jump scares and
cheap theatrics.
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.
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.
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.