I'm sick of jump scares in any movie. They are a lazy technique.

Any movie! A jump scare in a horror movie is super boring it is not horror it is not clever or ever used well. It is just boring!

I have always admired John Carpenter for working in the opposite direction. He likes to show you a scene where you gradually realize that something is wrong. When you do, you get the same adrenaline jolt as from a jump scare. Or he will show you something terrifying that is going to happen, then make you wait while watching it arrive.

They should just include jump scares in the movie rating so people who don't like them can avoid them. It's like listing main ingredients in menu food descriptions. I don't like mushrooms, but I can understand that others might like them included. Just let me know what dishes they're in.

I don't like jump scares, even in horror movies. I feel like they use jump scares and excessive gore as cheat codes when they can't write a decent plot.

Edit: Not that excessive gore bothers me, and it can be cool at times, but it needs to be backed up by a decent story or its pointless to me.

I can't say I agree or even recognise this as a problem with films themselves, but I'm very sympathetic as I know someone who also avoids many films because of their panic disorder. They also mostly watch at home now, unless it's something very light with minimal shocks.

Extend this to Horror movies.

Amazingly though, jump scare pranks are quite popular in the low effort short videos communities.

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