Box Office: ‘Zootopia 2’ Returns to No. 1 as ‘Ella McCay’ Suffers One of Worst Debuts Ever for Disney With $2 Million

Disney is experiencing the highs and lows the box office has to offer. On one hand, the studio’s animated sequel “Zootopia 2” ...

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ scares up audiences to top weekend box office

Universal Pictures’ “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” zoomed past Disney’s “Zootopia 2” to take the top spot at the weekend box office. The video game adaptation grossed an estimated $63 million ...
Rolling Stone

I Can’t Stop Listening to the Ice Spice SpongeBob Song ‘Big Guy’

In her Rolling Stone cover story last summer, Ice Spice likened her hustle to none other than SpongeBob SquarePants, the cartoon crustacean whose eponymous animated series premiered in 1999, just a ...
NextGen Player

SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide Review (PS5)

Karate kicks, ghost tricks and pure platform joy By Paul Hunter SpongeBob platformers have long been a reliable part of the ...
Gizmodo

How ‘Paranormal Activity’ Is Making the Jump (Scare) from Screen to Stage

Paranormal Activity, one of the most recognizable franchises in modern horror, is about to do something none of the others have ever done. It’s coming off the screen and into your reality as part of a ...
FilmBook

Film Review: SHELBY OAKS (2024): A Creepy Fusion of Found Footage Thrills with Intense Jump Scares

Shelby Oaks (2024) Film Review, a movie directed by Chris Stuckmann, written by Sam Liz and Chris Stuckmann and starring Sarah Durn, Mason Heidger, Joe Quinn, Mariah Burks, Rebecca DeMarco, C.L.
CU Boulder News & Events

'Jump scare' science: Study explains how the brain responds to fear

In haunted houses across the country this month, threatening figures will jump out of the shadows, prompting visitors — wide-eyed and heart racing —to instinctively freeze and flee. Evolutionarily ...
The New York Times

Have Halloween Decorations Become Too Scary?

The skeletons are taller, the witches seem to be more lifelike and the blood and gore is more plentiful. Credit... Supported by By Alyson Krueger Visuals by OK McCausland On a recent Sunday evening, ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ Review: The Bikini Bottom Crew Triumphs in Another Rollicking Undersea Comedy

Regulars Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass and Bill Fagerbakke return to the franchise, along with guests George Lopez, Sherry Cola, Regina Hall and Mark Hamill. By Justin Lowe Breathlessly ...
The Forward

In HBO’s new Stephen King series, the Holocaust is fuel for jump scares

This article contains spoilers for the first episode of the HBO Max series It: Welcome to Derry. In the first episode of It: Welcome to Derry, it’s immediately clear that the local high school has a ...
Game Rant

Horror Games All About Jump Scares

Evan is a Communications student based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly a sports writer, he was drawn to Game Rant by his longtime passion for video games. An avid gamer since the age of 13, Evan has ...