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Screamers often rely on deception to work. They may use clever editing, false promises, or other tricks to convince viewers that they are watching something harmless or mundane. The most famous example of this is [[What's Wrong With This Picture?]], [[The Maze]] by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]] and more. This is often done to make the eventual jump scare more effective, as the viewer is caught off guard and taken by surprise. Despite their popularity and notoriety, screamers remain a controversial and divisive form of internet content. | Screamers often rely on deception to work. They may use clever editing, false promises, or other tricks to convince viewers that they are watching something harmless or mundane. The most famous example of this is [[What's Wrong With This Picture?]], [[The Maze]] by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]] and more. This is often done to make the eventual jump scare more effective, as the viewer is caught off guard and taken by surprise. Despite their popularity and notoriety, screamers remain a controversial and divisive form of internet content. | ||
==Origins== | ==Origins== | ||
The first screamer to be aired on television in the 20th century was an anti-heroin campaign titled [[Monkey on Their Backs]], which features a wind-up monkey toy playing its cymbals while a young girl's voice discusses addiction to heroin. Suddenly, the monkey stops playing and the camera zooms in on its face, which abruptly changes to a still image of a real-life monkey screaming at the viewer, accompanied by a loud primate scream. The text "Why do you think they call it DOPE?" appears on screen. One of the earliest screamers in the 19th century was a program created by Patrick Evans, titled "[[NightMare|Nightmare]]" that, when executed, features a digital image of a skull facing right with its jaws open, covered in blood, and bearing a bullet wound. | |||
==In advertising== | ==In advertising== | ||
==Internet screamers== | ==Internet screamers== | ||
==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||
==Reaction videos== | ==Reaction videos== | ||
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