As a child growing up in the 1980s Stephen King was certainly a big part of my horror learning alongside Halloween and those made for TV films that always appeared on TV on a Saturday night that Mum let me stay up for (as long as I made sure that Lainy was asleep in bed of course!) – anyway I will write another article about those!!!

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There is an overwhelming sentiment that jump scares are unnecessary in a horror movie and that these films should be able to rely on their other merits. It’s true a lot of movies within the genre are guilty of overusing this technique. Adding a screamer scene every few minutes is tiresome for the audience.

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We watch horror movies for various reasons. Some like the exploration of life through terror-struck metaphors and fantastical situations. Others watch because they simply like to be scared. Of all the film genres, though, horror might be the one where the ending matters the most. It brings everything together, and it either validates or dispels our concerns. If a horror movie cannot land its ending, we feel disappointed.

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