David Lynch - How To Do A Jumpscare

pretty lame for a jumpscare lol

The jumpscare legitimately terrifies me with the exact same things the character feels, I fear having a heartattack when I watch it. I close my eyes until the bum goes away.
I can't remember the term but there is a hyperstition about images or information so dangerous that it could kill someone, this scene is a masterpiece example of it.

I first saw this film while tripping on mushrooms. This scene was unnerving.

David Lynch is a genius. I love him! Love his soul and LOVE LOVE LOVE TWIN PEAKS!

Wonderful video and explanation, love learning the "science" for lack of a better word behind jump scares and much like everyone else here, I did indeed get the jump scare even knowing what was coming and I've seen Mulholland more times than I can count on both hands 😂😅😅👌🏽

The first time I watched this scene I could not breathe. It was breathtaking in a horrifying way.

I got really high and watched it follows for the first time. The tall guy jump scare haunted me for days afterwards

BRILLIANT analysis

The most terrifying jump scare I have seen is from The Brood. It was so terrifying to me because it was identical to a repetitive nightmare I had as a child. You can see the back of two kids and when they turn around casually their faces are deformed. Then they kill a woman with an ice pick. I think most people thought the twist was obvious but I had the same reaction as the guy in mullholland drive. All the blood went out of my head and I was out. Those are the most amazing moments in horror films. When they are your nightmares.

None of the jumpscares shown here were good wtf

Idk but I bursted out laughing when the “man” popped up

Prestige was awesome

This film probably rivals Exorcist 3 as having the best jumpscare of all time.

I expected a mention of the jumpscare in Lynch's Fire Walk With Me, too, when possessed Laura goes down hard on poor Harold.

The Mulholland drive scene had me actually peaking through my fingers to look at the screen

Am I the only one who didn't find the mulholland dr scene scary

Flinchy Lynchy

I watched this a few weeks ago and I knew about this, it was the one thing I knew about the movie, when the scene came up, I was prepared, but it was taking so long that I let my guard down, and then it happened, it terrified me. This and Inland Empire are the only jumpscares that stuck with me and I couldn't love them more, David is a genius.

Be honest, how many here were pinching their nipples when they saw this?

Great work!

Exorcist III had a couple of gems. Glad that scene made the cut

I thought that you gonna get me at the end with last “prestige” hahahah thanks for silent black ending.

You're editing is friggin amazing.

Also the pillow scene in Muholland Drive. Goddamn!

I thought i gotta get the prestige after the outro

Top 10 scariest thing I've seen in cinema. I was truly shocked the first time I saw this scene.

Fun fact:The Homeless "Man" is the lady that played the Nun in..The Nun

If you wanna see a scary movie check out Terrifier 2.

this fkn scene wasn’t scary at all, keep on sucking david’s d, this scene does work yes, but i mean it’s a technically well done build up to a jump scare, but it was not scary or whatsoever at all

The loud sound metallic like sound effects that are so common in jump scares is what really annoys me, I love how Lynch approached it with a more subtle way

casi me muero ostia

There’s so much more to film and what makes movies excellent, and alluring! ❤

best jumpscare i had is in M. Night Shyamalans movie The Visit. when grandma appears under the house i just shit my pants

Watching this at 1am is SUCH A GOOD IDEA ISN'T IT!?

I had to turn the video off after the first one.

God Lynch is a fucking genius!!

Am I the only one NOT freaked out by this scene? I think the build up is nice but the payoff is a letdown, imo. Some chimney sweeping hippie chick popping around the corner doesn't quite scream life ending horror. Plus, the guy dropping to the ground immediately seemed a little over dramatic. Again, I know horror is subjective, but I feel like there are a lot better jump scares out there in movies.

m8 you´re taking lynch exactly for what is not. is like if you struggle to tell the differences between a shark and an elephant, and arguing how the shark is a better fish than the elephant.

Mulholland Drive is an amazing film that...I just don't fully get. I can accept that. Whatever does on in David Lynch's head is not something I can comprehend.

This is the second most effective jump scare I have ever seen in a movie, the best one being the last scene of Denis Villeneuve's Enemy!

Modern Horror Movies: *couldn't scare a mormon*

David Lynch: "I'm gonna tell you exactly how and when the jump scare is gonna happen and you're still gonna shit your pants."

i indeed flynched

I know it’s coming and it still gets me 😄

Lately I've come to believe that the best jump scares aren't sudden. They broadcast themselves for a long time. They tell you, "I'm going to jump out and scare you in just a few minutes". Like this one.

I recently read a book -- not even horror -- where characters are talking badly about an evil character. Then they begin to wonder, what if he's outside listening right now? They discuss it for a bit, then they go to open the door, and yup, there he is just standing there. Until that moment, I never believed a book could pull off a jump scare, but I jumped.