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{{quote|''"Survival Horror" is a fancy way of saying "Monsters will come through windows."''
|''[[Penny Arcade]]'', "[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/9/29/ Dino Crisis Sucks]"}}
Building up suspense without boring the audience is not easy. Whatever is a director to do? Jump scares to the rescue! Everyone knows what a jump scare is. It's the overused horror technique of the '''Jump Scare''' -- having a sudden image pop up on screen with an [[Scare Chord|equally sudden, loud noise]], usually a loud brass horn, or a woman's scream, emphasizing it. This is considered a cheap shot as far as scares go, because really, the image could be anything and it will still give viewers a rush. But hey, it is guaranteed to work and it's easy, which means this gets used to death and beyond. In a way, jump scares are a close relative of [[Gorn]], because both tend to be used as substitutes for actual suspense.
Unfortunately, even jump scares can be handled poorly. Films often have obvious "safe scenes" where the audience knows nothing interesting will actually happen, and very few horror movies use this predisposition to their advantage, however if they did so regularly, they wouldn't be considered "safe scenes" in the first place. Using too many jump scares will also make them more of a nuisance than a genuine scare.
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