Jump Scares
Found Footage Horror With the Most Jump Scares
Ranked by jump-scare count, the most first
Found Footage Horror ranked by how many jump scares they contain, the most first. Every film here has at least eight jump scares on record, which measures how often the film goes for the startle and not whether the film is any good.
- Curator Score 6.8
01Host 2020
- Jump scares
- 23
- Fear
- 7.5
- Gore
- 3.0
- Atmosphere
- 8.0
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realise they might not survive the night.
- Not yet scored
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02[REC]² 2009
- Jump scares
- 16
The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.
- Curator Score 7.4
03Deadstream 2022
- Jump scares
- 14
- Fear
- 6.8
- Gore
- 3.0
- Atmosphere
- 7.2
- Intensity
- 5.0
A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally unleashes a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.
- Not yet scored
04V/H/S/2 2013
- Jump scares
- 14
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
- Not yet scored
05V/H/S/94 2021
- Jump scares
- 12
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.
- Curator Score 7.7
06Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum 2018
- Jump scares
- 12
- Fear
- 8.7
- Gore
- 1.0
- Atmosphere
- 8.7
- Intensity
- 5.0
The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.
- Curator Score 7.7
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07[REC] 2007
- Jump scares
- 11
- Fear
- 8.5
- Gore
- 7.0
- Atmosphere
- 8.0
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
- Curator Score 6.6
08Devil's Pass 2013
- Jump scares
- 10
- Fear
- 3.0
- Gore
- 4.0
- Atmosphere
- 6.0
- Intensity
- 5.0
Nine hikers died under extremely strange and unexplainable circumstances in the Russian Ural mountains in 1959 and nobody can explain why. Five American students get a grant to go film the route because, science.
- Curator Score 7.0
09Creep 2014
- Jump scares
- 10
- Fear
- 6.0
- Gore
- 0.0
- Atmosphere
- 7.0
- Intensity
- 6.6
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.
- Curator Score 6.6
10Late Night with the Devil 2023
- Jump scares
- 10
- Fear
- 6.0
- Gore
- 4.0
- Atmosphere
- 7.0
A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
- Curator Score 6.5
11Paranormal Activity 2007
- Jump scares
- 10
- Fear
- 6.5
- Gore
- 1.0
- Atmosphere
- 6.0
- Intensity
- 3.0
After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.
- Curator Score 6.4
12The Visit 2015
- Jump scares
- 8
- Fear
- 5.0
- Gore
- 1.0
- Atmosphere
- 6.0
- Intensity
- 4.0
A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.
- Curator Score 6.8
13The Bay 2012
- Jump scares
- 8
- Fear
- 5.0
- Gore
- 5.5
- Atmosphere
- 6.8
- Intensity
- 5.5
Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been told—until now. The authorities believed they had buried the truth about the tragedy that claimed over 700 human lives. Now, three years later, a reporter has emerged with footage revealing the cover-up and an unimaginable killer: a mysterious parasitic outbreak. Told from the perspective of those who were there and saw what happened, The Bay unfolds over 24 hours through people's iPhones, Androids, 911 calls, webcams, and whatever else could be used to document the nightmare in Claridge. What follows is a nerve-shredding tale of a small town plunged into absolute terror.
Common questions about found footage horror with the most jump scares
- Which found footage horror have the most jump scares?
- This list ranks found footage horror by their jump-scare count, highest first. Every film on it has at least eight jump scares on record.
- How are jump scares counted?
- Most counts are compiled from published jump-scare databases, primarily Where's The Jump, and credited on our jump-scares page. Where Watch Darkly counted a film first-hand, that film's page says so. A film with no count on file is left off rather than estimated.