Ready to be scared? Here’s a short list of videos to watch — some have jump scares and some don’t. Click at your own risk! For best results, watch alone in the dark with headphones in full-screen mode. Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5 Video 6
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Here is a brief list of horror movies that contain at least one truly shocking jump scare — many contain more. Insidious The Descent The Ring The Exorcist III The Thing Audition Mulholland Drive (this is not a horror movie but contains a single profoundly scary jump scare early in the film)[1] X Research source
Slender (Windows, Mac) (Free to download) Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Windows, Mac, Linux) Most games in the Silent Hill series (many platforms — consult the wiki for more information) Five Nights at Freddy’s and its sequels Five Nights at Freddy’s 2,3,4, and Sister Location (Windows and mobile) Condemned: Criminal Origins (Xbox 360 and Windows)
If you do go to a haunted house, be sure to use proper etiquette even as you’re being scared. Luckily, this is mostly common sense: don’t touch the actors, don’t try to ruin scares before they happen, and so on. See our article How to Avoid Ticking Off the Actors in a Haunted House for more information.
Going on a roller coaster or amusement park ride. Standing next to the railing on the observation deck of a tall building. Rock climbing (indoor; with a harness) See a thrilling IMAX movie Going in a full-body computer flight simulator (these are often at science centers, museums, and other educational facilities)
Unsure whether or not you have a phobia? The most common phobias are arachnophobia (a fear of spiders), ophidiophobia (a fear of snakes), acrophobia (a fear of heights), necrophobia (a fear of dead things), cynophobia (a fear of dogs), and claustrophobia (a fear of tight spaces). If any of these make you feel a deep dread, you may have a phobia. [4] X Research source Note that, unlike all of the other activities in this section, this one has a small (but real) risk of causing lasting distress. People with severe phobias may be paralyzed with traumatizing fear if they attempt to confront their phobia head-on. In this case, the phobia is an issue to seek psychological help for — not something to use for a cheap thrill. See our “overcoming phobias” article for more information.
Darkness is a very effective “scare enhancer” — that is, almost anything that’s scary is more scary in the dark. Philosopher William Lyons proposes that people are afraid of darkness not because of the absence of light but, rather, “because one does not know what might be out there in the dark. “[5] X Research source Silence enhances this effect — hear a bookcase shift in the darkness and it’s only natural to assume that a serial killer is creeping into your room. Likewise, being alone can greatly increase the feeling of being creeped out. If you’re alone, you have no one to help you when the some unknown terror comes for you in the night — not a comforting thought.
If you have time to spare, try reading a classic scary novel or short story. Old favorites like The Shining by Stephen King and Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe are famous for a reason. [6] X Research source Looking for something a little quicker? Try browsing online ghost story collections like this one from Americanfolklore. net. There are literally hundreds of these types of stories online that can be found with a simple search engine query. If you want to read a story that you’ve definitely never encountered before, try visiting sites like Reddit’s “No Sleep” subreddit, where users are free to share their scariest stories and experiences.
The Dyatlov Pass Incident: Nine hikers suffered violent deaths in the Ural mountains in Russia in the late 1950s under mysterious circumstances. Their tent appeared to have been cut open from the inside. Some had nonsensical injuries, like burnt hands and skull fractures with no apparent cause. Some of the hikers’ clothing was even found to contain significant levels of radiation. No official explanation has ever been given. [7] X Research source Elisa Lam: A 21-year-old Canadian tourist was found dead in the rooftop water tank of a Los Angeles hotel after disappearing for almost a month. It is unknown how and why she got into the water tank. In addition, security footage shows her acting erratically in an elevator, leading some to think that she believed herself to be possessed. The Bell Witch of Tennessee: This apparent haunting inspired The Blair Witch Project. John Bell, a man from North Carolina, moved to Tennessee in the early 1800s and began to experience a wide range of unexplained phenomena on his property before suffering an untimely death from illness. It is unclear how much of John’s story is fact and how much is fiction.
Another good way to do this is to try to imagine things that, by their very nature, are impossible to imagine. For instance, sit in a dark room and try to concentrate on what it feels like to be dead. Alternatively, try to imagine what your vision would look like if you had eyes on every side of your head. You won’t be able to do these things, but they should help get you into the paranoid, introspective mindset that you want to be in.
A serial killer could, at this very moment, come out of the closet and abduct you. It’s possible! You could slowly start losing your mind and fall into dementia. Or have you already? You could conceivably die while you are asleep and never realize it, making these your very last thoughts ever. Nuclear war may have already started and you may have minutes before bombs start falling and civilization ends. The entire universe could, without warning, collapse into nothingness in a fraction of an instant. Scientist already believe that it may have spontaneously been created from nothing. [8] X Research source
