jumpscare

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) * 2011, Justin Mancini, "'Paranormal Activity 3' delivers more of the same scares", The Signal (College of New Jersey), Volume 135, Number 8, 20 October 2011, page 21:
 * Do you like jumpscares? Well then, here's your movie!
 * 1) * 2013, Patrick Shanahan, "Insidious Chapter 2 Falls Flat", The Record (Saint Louis Priory School), Volume 44, Issue 5, 27 September 2013, page 6:
 * It seemed that for every legitimate moment of tension and terror caused by Wan's brilliant style of camerawork (of which there surprisingly weren't many), there was a cheap jumpscare that just made you think: “Did they really just do that to me?”
 * 1) * 2013, Patrick Shanahan, "Insidious Chapter 2 Falls Flat", The Record (Saint Louis Priory School), Volume 44, Issue 5, 27 September 2013, page 6:
 * It seemed that for every legitimate moment of tension and terror caused by Wan's brilliant style of camerawork (of which there surprisingly weren't many), there was a cheap jumpscare that just made you think: “Did they really just do that to me?”