Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ranting at the 'jumpscare'; the fallback trick for modern horror films. We're getting films packed with them, and nothing much else to be afraid of...

Is reliance on 'jumpscares' crippling horror films, robbing them of real impact, scares, or originality? This video tries to take apart where modern horror might be going wrong, and how it might be fixed.

Happy Halloween everyone!

*SPOILERS* 'Alien', 'The Shining', 'Annabelle' 'The Terminator', 'Psycho', "Halloween' (1978), 'It Follows', 'The Babadook', and some other minor ones.

If you want a recommendation for a type of horror film leave it in the comments below!

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Did you find the deliberate mistake in the video?

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Halloween Theme - John Carpenter
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Psycho (Theme) - Bernard Herrmann
Time Crisis (Stage 1 -1) - Koji Nakagawa

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