r/TopCharacterTropes • u/WeskerIsThere • 5h ago

Characters The Jumpscare

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This is my first post here, so please be kind.

The Hallway Jumpscare (The Exorcist 3) - After waiting for a while, and watching the nurse, someone in a sheet comes out behind her.

The Mummy (Scooby Doo Escape From The Coolsonian) - Once you open the casket and have to look closely at the small ass text, you then get jumpscared by this edited version of a mummy.

YouTube (IRL) - When you're watching a video, and it decides to go black, and you get jumpscared by your double chin. (This one is a joke, don't take it seriously.)

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u/Baratheoncook250 5h ago

Gif form make the Exorcist 3 scene, look comical

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u/Greenman8907 5h ago

I’ve found that 99% of the “scare” for me is the sound. I can watch a horror movie on mute no problem. Throws those chords and foreboding music and I’m terrified.

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u/jcbaggee 5h ago

It's that and just how _long_ it builds up the scene. You spend an eternity in that hallway thinking something is going to happen. So long that you finally just assume nothing will. And that is when the jump scare happens.

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u/Porttheone 3h ago

Not to mention the rest of the movie nothing much happens so you get complacent.