Jump Scares, plus The Lighthouse (2019)

from Spooky Bitch Gang · host Crystal Pettit & Scott Wallace

We talk about the much-anticipated and hugely lauded The Lighthouse and investigate the power and the failings of jump scares. Poor film making, or a tool for good? How does our recognition and expectation of tropes play into our experience of genre films?SPOILER WARNING FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE:13:17 - 21:00.Includes discussions of Pumpkinhead (1988), Bliss (2019), Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), The Lighthouse (2019), The Curse of the Weeping Woman / The Curse of La Llorona (2019), Sinister (2012), Annabelle (2014), The Exorcist (1973), The Innocents (1961), Cat People (1942), Paranormal Activity (2007), The Descent (2005), Resident Evil (video game, 1996), Until Dawn (2015), Santa's Slay (2005) and more.Watch the trailer for Santa's Slay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0nDG91hVu0Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.Contact us at [email protected] and [email protected].

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