Horror films are filled with jump scares - moments that shock and startle viewers as monsters, serial killers, ghosts, and even cats pop out of the darkness. While jump scares are a very common ...

Filmmakers, Foley artists, composers, and sound designers explain how they keep the surefire horror trick fresh in modern film.

Studio 360, which is now part of the Slate empire, looks at how jump scares have grown in recent decades. You didn’t see nearly as many of them before the 1980s. Classics like Carrie and The ...