Related Words for jump scare

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horror story
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Phrase, Noun
horror
/x
Noun
horror show
/x/
Phrase, Noun
slasher
/x
Noun
thriller
/x
Noun
hook
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Noun
coup de théâtre
/xx
Name, Name
cinematic
xx/x
Adjective
stage fright
//
Phrase, Noun
chiller
/x
Noun
crawl
/
Noun
comic relief
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
shadow play
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stunt double
//x
Phrase, Noun
trailer
/x
Noun
animation
xx/x
Noun
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
jump
/
Noun
spectacle
/xx
Noun
effect
x/
Noun
scene
/
Noun
cartoon
x/
Noun
frame
/
Noun
coup de theatre
///xx
Phrase, Noun
beat
/
Noun
clown car
//
Phrase, Noun
special effect
/xx/
Name, Name
mask
/
Noun
movie
/x
Noun
farce
/
Noun
teaser
/x
Noun
ghost
/
Noun
popcorn
/x
Noun
gash
/
Noun
pornography
x/xx
Noun
skit
/
Noun
blue screen
//
Phrase, Noun
danse macabre
/xxx
Phrase, Noun
masquerade
xx/
Noun
flashback
/x
Noun
balancing act
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
motion picture
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
flash mob
//
Phrase, Noun
scenario
x/xx
Noun
flag
/
Noun
gate
/
Noun
screen
/
Noun
cutaway
/xx
Noun
induction
x/x
Noun
motion
/x
Noun
drift
/
Noun
access
/x
Noun, Verb
addled
/x
Adjective
afraid
x/
Adjective
alarm
x/
Noun, Verb
alarmist
x/x
Adjective, Noun
alert
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
altitude
/xx
Noun
arch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
awe
/
Noun, Verb
bagged
/
Adjective
bail
/
Noun, Verb
ball
/
Noun, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
barrel
/x
Noun, Verb
beaked
/
Adjective
beetle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bend
/
Noun, Verb
besotted
x/x
Adjective
blast
/
Noun, Verb
blew
/
Noun, Adjective
blitz
/
Noun, Verb
bluff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boar
/
Noun
bomb
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bond
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boost
/
Verb, Noun
bounce
/
Verb, Noun
bound
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
bout
/
Noun, Verb
brainless
/x
Adjective
break
/
Verb, Noun
bridge
/
Noun, Verb
bristling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
bully
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bump
/
Noun, Verb
burst
/
Verb, Noun
bush
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
caper
/x
Noun, Verb
carrion
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cat
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
chick
/
Noun, Verb
climb
/
Verb, Noun
concerns
x/
Noun, Verb
creepy
/x
Adjective
crow
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cry
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
dance
/
Noun, Verb
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dash
/
Noun, Verb
debacle
x/x
Noun
derail
x/
Verb, Noun
deter
x/
Verb, Noun
deterrent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
detonate
/xx
Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
disappointment
xx/x
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
disclose
x/
Verb, Noun
discourage
x/x
Verb, Noun
dismay
x/
Noun, Verb
dissuade
x/
Verb
ditch
/
Noun, Verb
dive
/
Noun, Verb
dread
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
ecstatic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
eject
x/
Verb, Noun
explode
x/
Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fiasco
x/x
Noun
flinch
/
Verb, Noun
flings
/
Verb, Noun
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flurry
/x
Noun, Verb
fracas
/x
Noun
fright
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
frighten
/x
Verb
frighten away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
frighten off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
furore
/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
green
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
happy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
header
/x
Noun, Verb
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hike
/
Noun, Verb
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hooded
/x
Adjective
hop
/
Noun, Verb
hunt
/
Noun, Verb
hup
/
Verb
hurdle
/x
Noun, Verb
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
incursion
x/x
Noun
install
x/
Verb, Noun
intimidate
x/xx
Verb
jolt
/
Noun, Verb
joy
/
Noun, Verb
jumper
/x
Noun, Verb
kick
/
Verb, Noun
kiss
/
Noun, Verb
laugh
/
Noun, Verb
launch
/
Noun, Verb
lay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
leapfrog
/x
Noun, Verb
lift
/
Verb, Noun
lit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
lock
/
Noun, Verb
marauding
x/x
Noun, Adjective
misfortune
x/x
Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
nuke
/
Noun, Verb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outbreak
/x
Noun, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
pall
/
Noun, Verb
panic
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
panic attack
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pass over
//x
Phrase, Verb
pied
/
Name, Adjective
pile
/
Noun, Verb
plunge
/
Verb, Noun
pop
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pounce
/
Verb, Noun
push
/
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
rally
/x
Noun, Verb
rebound
x/
Noun, Verb
recoil
x/
Noun, Verb
reverses
x/x
Verb, Noun
ricochet
/xx
Noun, Verb
rip
/
Verb, Name
rise
/
Noun, Verb
roll
/
Noun, Verb
rope
/
Noun, Verb
ruin
/x
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
scald
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
scandal
/x
Noun, Verb
scare away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
scare off
//
Phrase, Verb
scared
/
Adjective
scary
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
scream
/
Noun, Verb