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See also: jumpscare and jump-scare
English
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[edit]jump scare (plural jump scares)
- (narratology) The technique, typically used in horror films and video games, of having something occur suddenly and without warning to frighten the audience.
- 2011, John Rosenberg, The Healthy Edit: Creative Techniques for Perfecting Your Movie, Focal Press, →ISBN, pages 80–81:
- Drag Me to Hell capitalizes on the jump scare, scattering it liberally throughout the film to the point where it becomes almost numbing.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:jump scare.
Translations
[edit]a technique to suddenly scare the audience
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Verb
[edit]jump scare (third-person singular simple present jump scares, present participle jump scaring, simple past and past participle jump scared)
- (transitive) To frighten (a film audience or video game player, etc.) by means of something that happens suddenly without warning.
French
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[edit]From English jump scare.
Pronunciation
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[edit]jump scare m (plural jump scares)
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