What is a “jumpscare”? Well, if you live in a home without teenagers to explain it to you, it’s the thing that happens when you’re watching a horror movie and some abrupt sound, image, or other bump ...

Horror games don't necessarily need enemies for scares. Titles like Year Walk focus on impactful psychological horror. These titles emphasize eerie visuals and narratives over jump scares. Horror has ...

The world is full of sounds, and sound can affect us greatly. Some sounds are pleasant, like the laughter of a small child or a babbling brook in a peaceful forest. Other sounds are unpleasant, like ...

As part of Horror Week 2025, we sat down with a bunch of talented filmmakers to discuss the future of horror filmmaking and ...

Horror has many tropes, but one of the biggest is the jump scare. They've become commonplace in the genre over the decades as an easy way to get an audience to react, but while some, such as in ...