A well-executed jump scare gets the heart racing and makes you jolt with shock and terror. Many times, jump scares don't work because they often feel cheap, a way to ...

When I asked friends about watching the film “Wait Until Dark,” their response was along the lines of, “It scared the (expletive) out of me!” How scary? The 1967 film starring Audrey Hepburn and Alan ...

The Oscar-winning actor turned irascibility into an art form — and made it seem like the most natural and intelligent response to a world gone mad. By Frank Scheck The first time I saw Alan Arkin ...

Alan Arkin, an Oscar-winning actor for “Little Miss Sunshine” with a body of work that spans seven decades of stage and screen acting, died June 29 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif, Variety has ...

The creators of best suspense thrillers and horror stories understand that the way to drive home the feeling of anxiety and fear is to regularly utilize settings without a lot of light, where someone ...