Screamer: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
screamer>NTVM2005 No edit summary |
screamer>Tradr No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{TocDefault}} | {{TocDefault}} | ||
The term '''''screamer''''', also referred to as a ''jumpscare'', is used to describe a game, video, website, or program, that makes the user concentrate on the screen, which may happen in many ways, and then has a sudden unexpected change that is intended to scare or startle the viewer(s). | The term '''''screamer''''', also referred to as a ''jumpscare'', is used to describe a game, video, website, or program, that makes the user concentrate on the screen, which may happen in many ways, and then has a sudden unexpected change that is intended to scare or startle the viewer(s). | ||
<br><br> | <br /><br /> | ||
Most of these screamers use scary images and loud sounds or screams to increase the effect (hence the name ''screamer''). Some examples of screamers are [[The Maze]] by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]], [[Anne.jpg]], [[Ghost Caught on Tape]], [[What's Wrong?]] and the [[K-fee commercials]]. Screamers often have a scary image and a loud scream, per example, [[Regan MacNeil]] from the 1973's classic horror movie ''[[wikipedia:The_Exorcist_(film)|The Exorcist]]''. Horror films or games are not considered screamers since the users already know they will get scared. In some cases they have startling or disgusting images, and these are called [[shock sites]]. They can also be considered screamers since they do surprise the user. | Most of these screamers use scary images and loud sounds or screams to increase the effect (hence the name ''screamer''). Some examples of screamers are [[The Maze]] by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]], [[Anne.jpg]], [[Ghost Caught on Tape]], [[What's Wrong?]] and the [[K-fee commercials]]. Screamers often have a scary image and a loud scream, per example, [[Regan MacNeil]] from the 1973's classic horror movie ''[[wikipedia:The_Exorcist_(film)|The Exorcist]]''. [[File:J6VIwIU.jpg|thumb]]Horror films or games are not considered screamers since the users already know they will get scared. In some cases they have startling or disgusting images, and these are called [[shock sites]]. They can also be considered screamers since they do surprise the user. | ||
==Origins== | ==Origins== | ||
[[File:K-fee Car.png|thumb|The '''K-fee Car''' commercial.|233x233px]]Screamers have been around since as far as the early [https://screamer.fandom.com/wiki/Category:1970s 1970s], and slowly started to make surface on the web in the [https://screamer.fandom.com/wiki/Category:2000 2000s]. The first screamers to be aired on television were part of an advertising campaign named ''Wide Awake'' from [[K-fee]], for their new coffee drink called ''Turbodrink''. The nine ads consisted of a peaceful scene with soothing music, but at some point in the ad, the scene gets briefly interrupted by either a zombie or a gargoyle screaming at the camera, followed by the company's slogan and the product. | [[File:K-fee Car.png|thumb|The '''K-fee Car''' commercial.|233x233px]]Screamers have been around since as far as the early [https://screamer.fandom.com/wiki/Category:1970s 1970s], and slowly started to make surface on the web in the [https://screamer.fandom.com/wiki/Category:2000 2000s]. The first screamers to be aired on television were part of an advertising campaign named ''Wide Awake'' from [[K-fee]], for their new coffee drink called ''Turbodrink''. The nine ads consisted of a peaceful scene with soothing music, but at some point in the ad, the scene gets briefly interrupted by either a zombie or a gargoyle screaming at the camera, followed by the company's slogan and the product. | ||
== Popular Culture == | == Popular Culture == | ||
