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One of the most common staples in horror films is the jump scare. This technique involves having a character enter a threatening situation, then get lulled into a false sense of safety, and then… bam!

It’s one of the most well-worn tricks in the horror handbook: An innocent victim is minding their own business, nothing happening, and then…something happens to make the watcher’s heart skip a beat.

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.