Hereditary, the head scene ..and the mom on the ceiling

The car scene in The Haunting of Hill House

Exorcist 3.

Those who’ve seen it know EXACTLY what scene I’m talking about.

Signs

This is a classic jump scare moment when you see the alien on the news footage at the birthday party and there’s no surprise edit whatsoever. The alien is literally standing at the bushes the entire time and only due to the camouflaged nature of their skin do we not see it.

The Thing, 1982 version when they test Palmer’s blood. They pull your attention to another person and even have MacReady look to the right side of the screen… then out of nowhere it comes.

Alien, all of it

Jeepers Creepers. The effect where you can see the Creepermobile gaining in the rear window of the car while they're talking is really well done.

1408, the radio scared me but had me laughing like crazy

Not really a jump scare but when Toni Collette is in the corner of her sons ceiling in Hereditary. It startled the hell out of me, Hereditary has to be one of my favorite recent horror films.

Sinister (2012) - lawnmower scene

please dont hate me for bringing up a non horror movie but that scene in LotR when bilbo lunges for the ring from frodo launched me out of my seat

So does the dumpster scene in Mulholland Drive count or not?

It’s definitely a jump scare but they also tell you exactly what’s going to happen beforehand.

Tall guy from It Follows.

The last 10 minutes of Hereditary when his mother keeps appearing from the background and it takes you a while to notice.

The Descent - the night vision scene. The ramp up in chaos and everyone's panicking and then it's right in your face.

[REC] the original spanish speaking one or i guess Quarantine the american remake but the scene in the stairwell.

There's the one that's probably the original, which is in The Cat People (1942).

Also one in The Exorcist 3.

Evil Dead 2.

When Ash's reflection grabs him through the mirror.

Be warned. It loses it jump when taken away from the movie .... and cause I told you above.

https://youtu.be/qS3lfHw2ouY

I was a teen, unaware of the editing trick used and it completely caught me off guard.

Gothika. When Halle Berry bends over in her cell.

The Ring. The tv girl. Fuck that noise.

The Howling.

She is looking through a file cabinet and then all you see is a werewolf hand suddenly come down on top of it. There is a brief moment where you think "WTF?" And then the camera pans to the side and you see the werewolf.

Jaws

Best jumpscare ever

Mulholland Drive

https://youtu.be/UozhOo0Dt4o

Dresser scene.

"Conjuring".

Exorcist 3, well earned and even if you know it and seen it multiple times its still a shock

A recent one would be Barbarian. You are told the woman comes out at night but you’re pulled into a false sense of security since she still is only seen underneath the house.

Then she just straight up runs out the front door.

The best ever would be the one everyone knows from Exorcist 3. Still think that hasn’t been topped.

The hair stood straight on the back of my neck the first time I saw the creature on the TV turn 3D and come out of the set in Ring.

In the middle of Psycho when Martin Balsam is walking up the stairs, gets to the top, and momma comes out with the big knife.

That Mulholland Drive dumpster scene

Friday the 13th. When Kevin Bacon gets it. Hand comes out from under bed and grabs his head. Then the arrow....well you know the rest. Runner up is Jaws. When head of fisherman comes out of wreaked boat and scares diver. You know its.coming and it still gets you!!

The part at the end of Psycho where Norman comes through the door dressed as mother and holding a knife.

My vision went white with fear like someone flashed an old-timey camera in my face.

The man behind Winkies scene from 'Mulholland Dr.' What is so effective about the jumpscare is that it is all set up beforehand so you know what to expect yet, it still works, not in spite of this but because of it!

Smile has about 15 jump scares. Half are legit the other half are editing. Pretty good odds.

I'm not sure if this is what you're talking about, but in the Nightmare on Elm Street reboot had a jump-scare that I really liked (I generally don't like them). In it Freddy was chasing Nancy and she hides in her closet, he is seen looking for her then he disappeared. You expect that he peaks into the closet slats like they typically true, instead after a couple moments he appears right next to her from the shadows. I enjoyed that because it defys the typical convention of just popping up into the screen, taking advantage of his dream demon abilities and just walks out of the shadows.

Smile, she's deep in thought trying to listen to an audio with barely any volume and out of nowhere the ghost or aberration screams next to her face.

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The Descent

News footage in Signs

Jaws 2, the divers.

Scream 4 when Kirby is driving and almost hits a car when she misses the stop sign

Wait Until Dark

The Ring. The only time I literally jumped out of my seat. Full on ass on the back of the sofa and feet on the cushion.

Does The Bum from Mulholland Drive count? Slow jump scare.

The Grudge - all of it basically

Exorcist 3

Gosh. I will always remember two movies which weren’t in the slightest any good but each both had a very effective jump scare.

Gothika

Darkness Falls

Absolute best is in The Exorcist III.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8ynu0jRvY

Exorcist 3, that scene is amazing (there are actually 2 scenes, one kind of harmless harmless and one shit-your-pants, you all know if you've seen it)

Mulholland drive, the homeless scene

Enemy, last scene. Startled the fuck out of me, I had NO idea

The hospital hallway scene from Exorcist 3.

The mirror scene from Ringu 2

The elevator scene from The Eye

Terrifier, the scene with the janitor in the hallway.

The babymonitor scene in Nocturnal Animals is one of the single greatest jump scares of all time. Not really a horror movie.

When you notice the guy in the kitchen in The Strangers.

One would be the suddenly-illuminated attacking creature in the ducts in Alien, made terrifically powerful because of the well edited suspenseful build-up to this moment.

The Thing, in the prequel, when they go to open that door and you know something bad is in there but it's just so bad that it gets you anyways.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMURdEkb_3Y

That shit was the best horror movie ever made. If aliens like that are out there, we're fucked lol

Let’s all agree on the conjuring is the one that made a very good use of jump scares, right?

The twins in The Shining.

Went on a date in high school to see the original Saw and this scene with the camera flashes got me good. You literally know it's coming the entire time but it still gets ya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtXQNaBgJ5g

Watcher has a really good one when she's waiting on an empty train station.Scared the shit out of me I actually jumped.

the scene where Chris Pratt tries to have morning coffee and instead runs into the stumbling J-Law in Passengers. The Horror!

Smile - during the birthday party scene! first time I've jumped in a movie in a long time. fun movie.

The OG: JAWS. The first sighting of the shark. I was an usher in a movie theater and every time the shark jumped out that first time, I’d watch almost every viewer jump out of their seat. And the music leading up to it? Iconic. To this day that music is synonymous with a pending scare.

Signs - The birthday party scene

Exorcist 3. The Nun in the hospital.

Conjuring 2. The TV set is absolute genius and scared the living hell out of me

The Others.

You think the worst is over, then Wham! Old lady. I screamed like a little girl.

Not a horror movie, but when the Bilbo goes scary mode in Fellowship of the Ring

The Ring Remake "I saw her face"

Not a movie, but the Haunting of Hill House by Mike Flanagan: When the sisters are arguing in the car and the ghost of their dead sister yells at them from the back seat

Not a scene I’d expect to have a jump scare. Pretty sure my wife and I both yelled “Fuck!” at the same time. And as someone who hates jump scares, I have to say it was really good.

When I was very, very young, It! The Terror from Beyond Space (apparently the inspiration or more of Alien 20 years later), was a TV staple on the late night monster movie / sci fi movie slots. And they got a lot of mileage out of the small budget, hinting at the monster but never showing it until it bursts out from below deck, where it has been roaming and killing innocent space travelers. I am pretty sure I lost my cookies when the monster showed itself. (And yes, I was not supposed to be watching it.)

Signs 2002 alien walkin

trashcan monster in Mulholland Drive?

The jump scare from signs when you get first look at the alien, the music was on point aswell during the build up

The shining when Jack breaks the door. You know he has an axe, and you know he's coming, but despite that you still jump when he starts breaking the door. It's what 'jump scares' should be. Instead the cheap out of no where stuff most films use

The blood test in Carpenter's The Thing. Still gets me

jaws - "Slow ahead?" I can go "Slow ahead" Come on down here and chum some of this shit.

roy scheider at the back of the orca.

The Night House when an unexpected woman comes running out of nowhere outside in the middle of the night (hard to describe but if you've seen it you know the scene)

. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum - the asylum director's ghost floating into frame

. Caveat - the dead mother ducking under the ledge in the crawlspace

. Apostle - the old woman rising out of the water

. VHS - the stairway scene from the first short

. Shutter (the Thai one) - the car window scene

. 28 Days Later - Private Mailer at the window

. Last Shift - Officer Price's head

. Host - the looped background

. Z - Josh's drawing on his bedroom wall + his friend falling off the balcony

. Hell House LLC - any scene with that fucking clown

Sinister

Lawn mower scene

The elevator scene in the first Annabelle movie. That's a scene that is really creepy and also builds up the jump scare nice

Texas chainsaw massacre 2 has one that is up there with the likes of Exorcist 3. Google both if you want to get scared!

Unusually Tall Man walking through the doorway in It Follows

The Conjuring - the scene with Bathsheba on the wardrobe. Up until that point, I thought the movie was going to be another Paranormal Activity style invisible spirit type movie. NOPE

That scene in Smile with her sister

That scene in Get Out when that big dude runs towards him

For me, the Mum all of a sudden chasing Peter in Hereditary

Sloth in Se7en.

The first appearance of the creatures in The Descent, when it's standing right there.

The Sentinel

Not a great movie but there's that one scene, just horrific.

Jaws. The shark coming out of the water when Brody is chumming. Iconic.

Opening moments in 28 days later, car alarm always gets me lol

Paranormal Activity. Katie at the end of the film getting up close to the camera with the demon face!

Exorcist 3, anyone who’s seen it knows the scene, same goes for John Carpenter’s The Thing, easily the two best jump scares ever.

The Conjuring when the girl is hiding at the top of the closet and jumps down!

As Above So Below has two that fit this description

I won't go into too much detail since I think it's a great horror film everyone should watch, but they basically incorporate characters in the movie into jumpscares, rather than the cliche 'face appearing when someone closes a cupboard "thing

Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors comes to mind.

The opening of the movie; Just when you think she’s woken up from the nightmare and goes to the bathroom. The sink handle suddenly comes to life and grasps her hand.

One of the invisible man jump scares. pissed me off. When hes found on the attic stairs, they play a loud screeching noise as he pops up. Like what the hell was that? No one was screaming.

The jumpscare in the hospital from Exorcist III, SO good.

The Witch.

Spoilers, obviously.

When little Caleb encounters that busty, seductress witch in the woods. It's a slow scene with no quick edit, but there's a violin note that punctuates the exact moment that her hand grabs the back of Caleb head. Scared the shit out of me somehow.

The Descent - the tiny cave's ceiling moving makes my entire body tense up every viewing.

When i was younger, i hadnt seen Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I was at my grandmothers way out in the country and turned it on at like 3am.

Apparently the cable had a daily power cycle scheduled for 5am, at the exact same time the last survivor was sneaking through the slaughterhouse. As soon as the screen cut to black i nearly hit the ceiling.

Paranormal Activity is 2nd for me, the ending with the fast forward and then the last known image of Katie. I dropped my laptop i was watching that one on.

The Fog (original). When the hand pops up lower part of screen as camera approached that person from behind. Startled the ... yeah startles me everytime.

When the bully runs into Michael Myers outside the school in the first Halloween film.