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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, and then has an unexpected change to scare or startle the viewer(s). Most of these screamers also use loud sounds or screams to increase the effect (hence the name | 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, and then has an unexpected change to scare or startle the viewer(s). Most of these screamers also use 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]], and the [[K-fee commercials]]. Screamers often have a scary image and a loud scream, per example, [[Regan MacNeil]] from The Exorcist movie. In some cases they have startling or disgusting images, and these are called [[shock site]]s. 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 [[Monkey on Their Backs|1970s]], and slowly started to make surface on the web in the 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 [[Monkey on Their Backs|1970s]], and slowly started to make surface on the web in the 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. | ||
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=== '''Drawn Together''' === | === '''Drawn Together''' === | ||
In the Comedy Central <span>animated series </span>''Drawn Together,'' the episode <nowiki>''Spelling Applebee''</nowiki> parodies the flash screamer [[Where's Waldo?]] | In the Comedy Central <span>animated series </span>''Drawn Together,'' the episode <nowiki>''Spelling Applebee''</nowiki> parodies the flash screamer [[Where's Waldo?]]. In one scene, Princess Clara disguises herself as Waldo and tells Captain Hero before she disappears into the crowd: "''You know where to find me". ''After a while, the screen cuts to a close-up picture of three monstrous-looking aliens, accompanied with a piercing screech. Earlier, The image with the screaming aliens appeared during the Foxxy Love montage in the same episode. | ||
== Reactions == | == Reactions == | ||
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As screamers made surface on the web, more reaction videos were being posted <span class="">and eventually became a trend on the Internet</span>. The concept of a reaction video is to get someone to play or watch a [[screamer]] while recording their reaction. | As screamers made surface on the web, more reaction videos were being posted <span class="">and eventually became a trend on the Internet</span>. The concept of a reaction video is to get someone to play or watch a [[screamer]] while recording their reaction. | ||
The first reaction video to [[The Maze]] was uploaded to YouTube by the user ''CantWeAllJusGetAlong'', on May 20th, 2006. In the video, a young kid, ''Justice'', is playing The Maze. Then, he gets surprised by the screamer. Shocked, he starts screaming and repeatedly hitting the computer screen. He then runs to his stepdad, ''Chad'', and starts crying. As of | The first reaction video to [[The Maze]] was uploaded to YouTube by the user ''CantWeAllJusGetAlong'', on May 20th, 2006. In the video, a young kid, ''Justice'', is playing The Maze. Then, he gets surprised by the screamer. Shocked, he starts screaming and repeatedly hitting the computer screen. He then runs to his stepdad, ''Chad'', and starts crying. As of 2018, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh87njiWTmw the video] has over 27 million views. | ||
[[Category:Videos]] | [[Category:Videos]] | ||
