A film’s ending is, after all, the last thing the viewer soaks in before the end credits roll and the experience is over. Horror movies create tension then release it through scares, but the build-up and release of terror are sometimes most important in the movie’s punchline- its conclusion. Both aim to elicit an extreme, specific response from audiences, and both go about it through a build-up and release. It examines the most memorable, and often scariest, scenes in horror and what it is about them that makes them get under our skin.Ĭomedy and horror make excellent bedfellows because of their similarities. Scene Screams is a recurring column that spotlights the scenes in horror that make us scream, whether through fear, laughter, or tears.
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