The phrase
"to scare the audience" means to intentionally make the people watching or listening feel afraid or frightened. It is often used in the context of movies, plays, or other forms of entertainment where the creators want to evoke a sense of fear in the viewers or listeners.
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Monster movies have
scared audiences for decades, but giant monsters are a different breed altogether.
That love of horror makes the future of Crypt less frightening for Davis, as long as he continues to
scare his audience with menacing trees and evil clowns.
Ever since the movie Silence of the Lambs
scared its audiences into a stress panic, psychological thrillers have been released at a phenomenal rate.
Critics Consensus: A coolly calculating psychological thriller that manages to
scare the audience even if it is just using textbook thrills.
Often, in an attempt to
simply scare audiences, horror becomes silly and more often than not, the scares are replaced...
Four years later, Cohen returned to
scare audiences again as Mr. Davis, still trying to forgive himself, tries to warn other parents of mutant killer babies.
«Pan's Labyrinth» director Guillermo del Toro steps away from the epic blockbusting robotics of «Pacific Rim» and gets back to his first love:
scaring audiences senseless.
Winstead, who has appeared in several genre films throughout her career, admitted that she
loves scaring audiences, but the experience of filming ’10 Cloverfield Lane» wasn't entirely frightening.
Not content with
scaring audiences silly with Insidious one through three, Australian actor, writer and director, Leigh Whanell has announced a fourth, that's right a fourth Insidious film.
It can be hard to
scare an audience so consistently, but Sandberg knows what he is doing, cleverly lining his set - pieces up and watching the audience play right into his hands.
In recent years, nothing has
scared audiences quite like the likes of the Conjuring series and their spinoff, Annabelle.
While The Sixth Sense does feature its share of shock sequences where Cole is visited by (often bleeding) phantoms, Shyamalan's main interest isn't
necessarily scaring the audience.
I've been keeping a close eye on this one around these parts because Derrickson proved with Sinister that he knows how to
scare an audience with slow, grueling tension and any horror film with his name on it is certainly worth paying attention to.
I had begun to worry that this movie was going to peak too soon, but Wan wisely shifts from wanting to
scare the audience into focusing on the families.
Critic Consensus: A coolly calculating psychological thriller that manages to
scare the audience even if it is just using textbook thrills.
JURASSIC WORLD Director: Colin Trevorrow Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Vincent D'Onofrio, BD Wong, Jake Johnson, Irrfan Khan, Judy Greer The original 1993 Steven Spielberg film, Jurassic Park, is a classic that has
scared audiences for two decades.
Often, in an attempt to
simply scare audiences, horror becomes silly and more often than not, the scares are replaced with gore and lots of screaming.
While the first film focused on creating an atmosphere of pure tension, this sequel is much more action - oriented, even if its first hour is actually very slow - and instead of one alien, Cameron has now a horde of goo - spewing, acid - blood creatures to
scare the audience to death.
CG monstrosities aren't as impressive, but the thrills are consistent; generating dread is the film's high point, since it otherwise relies on typical, ghastly visuals to
scare the audience.
Wingard and Barrett want to shock and
scare their audience (and they do), but they also want to make them laugh, often simultaneously and just as often uncomfortably.
It's rare to see a genre crossover like this, but Rogen and Goldberg stunned me with their understanding of the horror genre, the beats, and how to
scare the audience,» I state in my review.
I've been keeping a close eye on this one around these parts because Derrickson proved with Sinister that he knows how to
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Ghosts jump out and
scare audiences, but the wickedness of the human heart can leave an impression that can never be scrubbed away.
You can almost tick off every element ever used to
scare an audience.
My favorite part was sneaking in through a back entrance in the middle of the show and
scaring the audience.
It did not at all rely on shaky cam and cheap jump scares to set a frantic mood to
scare the audience.
It's a perfect example of a horror movie for whom a PG - 13 or an R rating is irrelevant, because it relies on creeping dread rather than brutal violence to
scare its audience.
I would not say that Edwards is ripping Spielberg off, but learning from what he did in those films to
scare the audience.
Unlike its predecessors, will
it scare audiences with an original story or is it just a Paranormal Activity o...
I have a big problem with the newer horror films only using loud noises in the dark to
scare its audience.
There are elements that may haunt or
scare audiences, but it's not a scary movie.
Ultimately, the eerie setting of Personal Shopper is enough to
scare audiences and fascinate them at the same time.
Unlike its predecessors, will
it scare audiences with an original story or is it just a Paranormal Activity of the Third Kindrip off?
It is hard to sharply critique generations of insidious, controlling racism whilst still crafting a horror narrative that finds unique ways to
scare the audience.
The things that
scare audiences, such as spiders or gators came alive in the original, and the wonder we had as children for escaping the real world was what made the risk of playing the game worth it.
Unlike its predecessors, will
it scare audiences with an or... Read On
This forces them to keep levels tight and claustrophobic, while using subtle cues like lighting and sound design to
scare audiences.
The Charnel House Trilogy is too eager to
scare its audience and in its rush to do so, it leaves some of its plot behind.
On Good Morning America Besser did not pull any punches — he accused Oz of fear - mongering, irresponsible reporting, and using bad science to
scare his audience.
In his attempt at creating a thrilling film about two teenage siblings visit and meet their grandparents for the first time, M. Night Shyamalan fails to
scare the audience and even takes away from the slight terror that he builds in small moments with his comedic interpretations of the situation.