Video Game Jump Scare
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A Video Game Jump Scare is a technique that is used to scare or surprise players.
- AKA: Jump Scare.
- Example(s):
- The game Resident Evil uses jump scares.
- See: Suspense, Horror Film, Video Game.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_scare Retrieved:2017-5-27.
- A jump scare is a technique often used in horror films and video games, intended to scare the audience by surprising them with an abrupt change in image or event, usually co-occurring with a loud, frightening sound. The jump scare has been described as "one of the most basic building blocks of horror movies". Jump scares can surprise the viewer by appearing at a point in the film where the soundtrack is quiet and the viewer is not expecting anything alarming to happen, or can be the sudden payoff to a long period of suspense. Some critics have described jump scares as a lazy way to frighten viewers, and believe that the horror genre has undergone a decline in recent years following an over-reliance on the trope, establishing it as a cliché of modern horror films.