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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 a sudden unexpected change that is intended to scare or startle the viewer(s). 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]], and the [[K-fee commercials]]. Screamers often have a scary image and a loud scream, per example, [[Regan MacNeil]] from the movie ''[[wikipedia:The_Exorcist_(film)|The Exorcist]]''. 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. | 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 a sudden unexpected change that is intended to scare or startle the viewer(s). 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]], 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]]''. 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 [[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. | ||