Jumpscares are a crutch. They scare me when they happen. But mostly, they just piss me off.
I’m not really into either, but I love a good comedy-mystery: Clue, Glass Onion, Hot Fuzz, etc.
Suspense is the best. A good jump scare is good, don’t get me wrong, but you need the suspense leading up to it.
I’ve discovered I really like films that fill you with dread. The ones that keep tightening the wire and you’re waiting for it to snap. Sinister is my favorite horror movie.
Slow-burn, rising-tension, suspense for me.
What’s your favourite?
That changes every five minutes or so, but some of the ones that are consistently showing up include 1963’s The Haunting, the Carpenter version of The Thing, Alien (but not the later which are more action horror), the original Night of the Living Dead, the 1970s version of Nosferatu, and, if you squint right, the proto-noir, proto-psychological horror of M.
Oh, and Ghostbusters.
No, really.
Stop laughing! I’m serious!
I love the original Alien trilogy! I tried to watch Alien Covenant yesterday I had to switch it off after 30 minutes cos the characters were making such ludicrous decisions.
I can’t bear anything to psychologically scary, so I tend to go for lighter films. I do like a good jump scare! They’re great fun
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