Jump Scares
Slasher Movies With the Most Jump Scares
Ranked by jump-scare count, the most first
Slasher Movies 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 5.0
01Tarot 2024
- Jump scares
- 29
- Fear
- 1.0
- Gore
- 1.0
- Atmosphere
- 5.0
When a group of friends recklessly violate the sacred rule of Tarot readings, they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death.
- Not yet scored
02Freddy vs. Jason 2003
- Jump scares
- 24
Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.
- Not yet scored
03The Prowler 1981
- Jump scares
- 23
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
- Curator Score 6.3
04Scream 3 2000
- Jump scares
- 23
- Fear
- 4.0
- Gore
- 5.0
- Atmosphere
- 5.0
- Intensity
- 5.0
As bodies begin dropping around the Hollywood set of STAB 3, the third film based on the gruesome Woodsboro killings, Sidney and other survivors are once again terrorized by another Ghostface killer.
- Not yet scored
05Halloween Kills 2021
- Jump scares
- 22
Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last encounter, she inspires her daughter Karen, her granddaughter Allyson, and all of Haddonfield to rise up against the unstoppable monster.
- Curator Score 6.6
06Scream 2022
- Jump scares
- 22
- Fear
- 6.0
- Gore
- 7.0
- Atmosphere
- 6.8
- Intensity
- 5.0
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
- Not yet scored
07The Burning 1981
- Jump scares
- 21
A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.
- Curator Score 6.2
08Scream 2 1997
- Jump scares
- 19
- Fear
- 4.0
- Gore
- 5.0
- Atmosphere
- 5.0
- Intensity
- 5.0
Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
- Curator Score 7.6
09Scream 1996
- Jump scares
- 19
- Fear
- 5.7
- Gore
- 6.0
- Atmosphere
- 6.7
- Intensity
- 6.0
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
- Curator Score 6.6
10Scream 4 2011
- Jump scares
- 18
- Fear
- 4.0
- Gore
- 5.0
- Atmosphere
- 5.0
- Intensity
- 5.0
Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.
- Curator Score 5.8
11Until Dawn 2025
- Jump scares
- 17
- Fear
- 2.5
- Gore
- 4.0
- Atmosphere
- 6.0
- Intensity
- 6.0
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one...only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.
- Not yet scored
12Halloween II 2009
- Jump scares
- 16
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
- Not yet scored
- Jump scares
- 16
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed name, where she works as the headmistress of a private school. But it's not far enough to escape Myers, who soon discovers her whereabouts. As Halloween descends upon Laurie's peaceful community, a feeling of dread weighs upon her -- with good reason.
- Not yet scored
- Jump scares
- 16
After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometown in Illinois, intent on killing his niece, Jamie, who has been confined to a mental institution since his last attempt to slay her.
- Not yet scored
15Candyman 1992
- Jump scares
- 16
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
- Curator Score 7.5
16X 2022
- Jump scares
- 16
- Fear
- 1.0
- Gore
- 5.6
- Atmosphere
- 7.0
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
- Curator Score 6.0
17The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003
- Jump scares
- 16
- Fear
- 5.0
- Gore
- 7.6
- Atmosphere
- 7.5
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
- Curator Score 7.3
18Terrifier 3 2024
- Jump scares
- 16
- Fear
- 2.0
- Gore
- 10.0
- Atmosphere
- 7.0
- Intensity
- 10.0
Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they're safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. The festive season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.
- Curator Score 7.0
19Scream VI 2023
- Jump scares
- 16
- Fear
- 6.0
- Gore
- 7.0
- Atmosphere
- 8.0
- Intensity
- 5.5
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
- Curator Score 6.5
20Haunt 2019
- Jump scares
- 16
- Fear
- 7.0
- Gore
- 7.0
- Atmosphere
- 7.0
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
- Curator Score 5.5
21A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010
- Jump scares
- 15
- Fear
- 4.0
- Gore
- 6.0
- Atmosphere
- 7.0
- Intensity
- 6.0
Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.
- Curator Score 4.8
22Five Nights at Freddy's 2023
- Jump scares
- 14
- Fear
- 3.0
- Gore
- 3.5
- Atmosphere
- 6.0
- Intensity
- 3.0
Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.
- Not yet scored
23Halloween 2018
- Jump scares
- 14
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
- Not yet scored
24Wrong Turn 2003
- Jump scares
- 13
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
- Curator Score 7.6
25The Cabin in the Woods 2011
- Jump scares
- 13
- Fear
- 5.0
- Gore
- 7.0
- Atmosphere
- 6.0
- Intensity
- 6.0
Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.
- Curator Score 7.3
26Halloween 1978
- Jump scares
- 13
- Fear
- 6.0
- Gore
- 3.2
- Atmosphere
- 8.1
- Intensity
- 7.2
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
- Curator Score 7.0
27Friday the 13th Part 2 1981
- Jump scares
- 12
- Fear
- 5.0
- Gore
- 5.5
- Atmosphere
- 6.0
- Intensity
- 6.3
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.
- Not yet scored
28Halloween Ends 2022
- Jump scares
- 12
Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.
- Curator Score 6.2
29Fear Street Part 1: 1994 2021
- Jump scares
- 12
- Fear
- 3.0
- Gore
- 7.0
- Atmosphere
- 4.0
After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.
- Curator Score 7.2
- Jump scares
- 11
- Fear
- 4.4
- Gore
- 7.0
- Atmosphere
- 7.3
- Intensity
- 6.6
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
- Curator Score 7.5
31You're Next 2011
- Jump scares
- 11
- Fear
- 3.0
- Gore
- 5.0
- Atmosphere
- 6.0
- Intensity
- 6.0
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
- Not yet scored
32My Bloody Valentine 1981
- Jump scares
- 11
Twenty years after a Valentine's Day tragedy claimed the lives of five miners, Harry Warden returns for a vengeful massacre among teen sweethearts gearing up for another party.
- Curator Score 7.1
33Thanksgiving 2023
- Jump scares
- 11
- Fear
- 4.8
- Gore
- 7.8
- Atmosphere
- 7.3
- Intensity
- 7.3
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.
- Curator Score 8.1
34A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984
- Jump scares
- 11
- Fear
- 7.0
- Gore
- 8.0
- Atmosphere
- 8.0
- Intensity
- 7.8
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
- Not yet scored
- Jump scares
- 10
The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.
- Curator Score 7.4
36Friday the 13th 1980
- Jump scares
- 10
- Fear
- 6.0
- Gore
- 6.0
- Atmosphere
- 7.5
- Intensity
- 7.0
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
- Not yet scored
37Halloween 2007
- Jump scares
- 9
The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.
- Not yet scored
38Tucker and Dale vs. Evil 2010
- Jump scares
- 9
Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.
- Curator Score 6.5
- Jump scares
- 8
- Fear
- 4.0
- Gore
- 7.0
- Atmosphere
- 6.5
- Intensity
- 6.0
A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
- Not yet scored
40Halloween II 1981
- Jump scares
- 8
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.
- Curator Score 7.4
41Haute tension 2003
- Jump scares
- 8
- Fear
- 3.5
- Gore
- 7.8
- Atmosphere
- 6.3
- Intensity
- 7.8
Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.
- Not yet scored
42The Final Girls 2015
- Jump scares
- 8
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
- Curator Score 7.0
43Happy Death Day 2017
- Jump scares
- 8
- Fear
- 1.0
- Gore
- 1.0
- Atmosphere
- 5.0
Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.
- Curator Score 6.8
44Child's Play 1988
- Jump scares
- 8
- Fear
- 3.0
- Gore
- 6.0
- Atmosphere
- 4.0
After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.
Common questions about slasher movies with the most jump scares
- Which slasher movies have the most jump scares?
- This list ranks slasher movies 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.