Millions of people have no issue with sleeping after a good scare — in fact, they embrace it. There are scientific reasons ...

Director Rahul Sadasivan’s Dies Irae starring Pranav Mohanlal is an immersive horror thriller. The film’s genuine scares and ...

Scariest Netflix movies with jump scares to watch this Halloween. Posted: October 28, 2025 \. Get ready for a scream-filled ...

From modern dread to classic chills, we rank three notorious jump scares that still jolt hardened horror fans. No ...

From an auditory perspective, the reason we react swiftly to eerie sounds is that the auditory system processes information ...

All Things Considered producers Avery Keatley and Marc Rivers talk about movies that capture the eerie spirit of Halloween without the blood, gore, or jump scares.

“Bone-num & Skelly’s Circus” features a series of skeletons dressed as real-life sideshow performers from the late 19th and ...

A contender for this year’s best horror picture, ‘Weapons,’ is part of film traditions that conjure terror out of stillness, partly through jump scares.

Halloween season brings thrills and scares. Scientists have uncovered how our brains react to sudden frights. A new study reveals a brain circuit called the interpeduncular nucleus. This circuit helps ...

Local villagers in Sa Kaeo have voiced support for a social acti­vist’s use of powerful sound trucks and open-air movie screenings late at night to pressure Cambodian encroachers to leave two border ...

Netflix viewers have run to social media to praise the "greatest horror series ever made" on the seventh anniversary of its release. The Haunting of Hill House was released straight to Netflix in ...

What is a “jumpscare”? Well, if you live in a home without teenagers to explain it to you, it’s the thing that happens when you’re watching a horror movie and some abrupt sound, image, or other bump ...