What Makes You Jump?

‘The Scream’ - Edvard Munch (1893) Do you like horror? Do you enjoy a good ‘jump scare’? Some folks love that adrenaline rush and look forward to those Halloween haunted houses. They look forward to those stop-your-heart surprises and gotcha moments. Some love a good horror flick. Freddy Krueger? Chainsaws? Mad clowns? Bring ‘em on! Walking down creaky steps into a dark cellar where something or someone jumps out at you? My response? No way… never… nuh-uh… absolutely not!!!There’s a lot of thought and psychology that goes into a good horror flick or a good haunted house venue. It’s more than spider webs brushing against your face or dark rooms or bloody bodies hanging in a doorway. To be truly convincing, good horror’s got to key in on all the senses… sights, sounds, smells, touch. It has to unleash your primal fears, build up your expectations and angst to a crescendo, and then… back down and do it all over again!Scaremasters will tell you it’s a clever combination of setting- the…