Jump-scare

"Jump-scare" in a Sentence (3 examples)

There's jump-scares a-plenty and all the obvious manipulation that goes into making a fright-flick work.

Jump-scares, suspense, and sudden violence are all a major part of the horror genre.

Walking through the dark, I felt like I was drawing to a movie jump-scare.

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