For me, the most memorable one is when the body drops out of the partially destroyed boat early on in Jaws. Scared the life out of me and my mum when we saw it on tv.
"You'll like Mister Barlow... And he'll like you..." My favourite jump scare, because it comes from nowhere, is from 1957's 'Night Of The Demon'. There's a character, called Rand Hobart, a farmer, played by Brian Wilde. Now Hobart has actually seen the Demon, and has had a total mental collapse because of this. A meeting of psychologists decide to see if they can get him to tell what he saw, and, against good advice revive him with an injection. Nothing happens... Until he springs up, and screams, full close up in the camera. He then runs out of the room and defenestrates himself. It's completely unexpected, as at the start of the scene, he's in a vegetative state. The film was directed by the same person who directed 'Cat People', Jacques Tourneur. It's my all-time favourite movie, and I have watched it dozens of times, and Hobart's awakening never fails to make me jump.
My favourite jump scare is in the original House of Wax when Charles Bronson's character appears to jump up from the front row of the stalls and run into the movie. It's even more effective in 3D. It always makes me jump because I can never remember where it occurs. Trivia note: those massive autopsy shears in Exorcist 3 don't actually exist and were specially created for the movie.
My #1 is a different DePalma. The end of Raising Cain when the mom bends down to pick up her daughter and HOLY SH!T! Lithgow as the female personality behind her with this mix of love and evil on his face.
Same number one as you Mitch. Similar circumstances, similar age when I first saw it, alone in my bedroom on an old B&W portable telly. I needed scraping off the ceiling.
The jump scare that always sticks with me is the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Been years since I've seen it but as I recall, Orlando Bloom is wondering through a jungle looking for something, he stops to pear through some plants and spy on someone and then out of nowhere this perfectly camouflaged man bursts out from the tree right next to him.
I was taken to see 2001: A Space Odyssey on its release when I was 8 years old. My Dad knew I liked astronomy etc and he was slightly interested too. When, right at the end, David Bowman (lying aged on the bed) turns into the Star Child I about leapt into the air. The Star Child haunted me for years, to the point where I've now seen the film countless times, read the Arthur C. Clarke book just as many and also ''The Making of 2001'' by Jerome Ager. Thanks to a jump scare that wasn't meant to be one, I now consider myself an expert on the movie lol.
@@mitchbennpatreon3997 Yes, thanks for that. I only wish I could unsee it lol. The problem is I don't think you put a foot wrong so I won't accuse you of heresy 🙂. Very nicely done 👍👍👍
My two favurite jump scares are both in the same movie. I know this is cliche, but in John Carpenter's the Thing. If you have seen the movie you know which ones I am refering to. Another more modern jump scare I really liked was in It Follows, when the titular "it" barges into the bedroom coming out of the shadowy hallway.
I'm on tour (mitchbenn.com/tour-dates) and I'll be doing my one-man version of A Christmas Carol again in December (www.baronscourttheatre.com/christmas). If you just miss hearing my voice, wander over to Bandcamp, as it is rapidly expanding with the back catalogue (including all the podcasts).
For me, the most memorable one is when the body drops out of the partially destroyed boat early on in Jaws. Scared the life out of me and my mum when we saw it on tv.
"You'll like Mister Barlow... And he'll like you..."
My favourite jump scare, because it comes from nowhere, is from 1957's 'Night Of The Demon'.
There's a character, called Rand Hobart, a farmer, played by Brian Wilde. Now Hobart has actually seen the Demon, and has had a total mental collapse because of this. A meeting of psychologists decide to see if they can get him to tell what he saw, and, against good advice revive him with an injection. Nothing happens... Until he springs up, and screams, full close up in the camera. He then runs out of the room and defenestrates himself. It's completely unexpected, as at the start of the scene, he's in a vegetative state.
The film was directed by the same person who directed 'Cat People', Jacques Tourneur.
It's my all-time favourite movie, and I have watched it dozens of times, and Hobart's awakening never fails to make me jump.
My favourite jump scare is in the original House of Wax when Charles Bronson's character appears to jump up from the front row of the stalls and run into the movie. It's even more effective in 3D. It always makes me jump because I can never remember where it occurs.
Trivia note: those massive autopsy shears in Exorcist 3 don't actually exist and were specially created for the movie.
My #1 is a different DePalma. The end of Raising Cain when the mom bends down to pick up her daughter and HOLY SH!T! Lithgow as the female personality behind her with this mix of love and evil on his face.
Same number one as you Mitch. Similar circumstances, similar age when I first saw it, alone in my bedroom on an old B&W portable telly.
I needed scraping off the ceiling.
The jump scare that always sticks with me is the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
Been years since I've seen it but as I recall, Orlando Bloom is wondering through a jungle looking for something, he stops to pear through some plants and spy on someone and then out of nowhere this perfectly camouflaged man bursts out from the tree right next to him.
Peer* dang autocorrect.
The scariest thing in the original Salem's Lot is Fred Willard playing it straight as the town lothario.
I was taken to see 2001: A Space Odyssey on its release when I was 8 years old. My Dad knew I liked astronomy etc and he was slightly interested too. When, right at the end, David Bowman (lying aged on the bed) turns into the Star Child I about leapt into the air. The Star Child haunted me for years, to the point where I've now seen the film countless times, read the Arthur C. Clarke book just as many and also ''The Making of 2001'' by Jerome Ager. Thanks to a jump scare that wasn't meant to be one, I now consider myself an expert on the movie lol.
Given your interest in 2001, you might enjoy this: ua-cam.com/video/kvzYNrZmZG8/v-deo.html
@@mitchbennpatreon3997 Yes, thanks for that. I only wish I could unsee it lol. The problem is I don't think you put a foot wrong so I won't accuse you of heresy 🙂. Very nicely done 👍👍👍
Wait Until Dark...my fave.
My two favurite jump scares are both in the same movie. I know this is cliche, but in John Carpenter's the Thing. If you have seen the movie you know which ones I am refering to.
Another more modern jump scare I really liked was in It Follows, when the titular "it" barges into the bedroom coming out of the shadowy hallway.
What projects are you working on these days, Mitch? I miss your voice on the radio. You podcast was amazing too.
I'm on tour (mitchbenn.com/tour-dates) and I'll be doing my one-man version of A Christmas Carol again in December (www.baronscourttheatre.com/christmas). If you just miss hearing my voice, wander over to Bandcamp, as it is rapidly expanding with the back catalogue (including all the podcasts).
there's no jumpscare in Terrifier and it works 😃😃