This was the movie that invented the “jump scare,” created not by the director, but by editor Mark Robson.
Continuing movement in one direction, a through line in a direction between cuts, and then had something come in parallel to the continuing movement. This resulted in a jarring sense shock and fear. The jump scare was extremely rare prior to the 1980s.
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Starring: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, Elizabeth Dunne, Elizabeth Russell, Alec Craig, Dot Farley, Theresa Harris, Mary Halsey
Tim Holt, Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston in the 1948 western The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre. The last picture shows them with director John Huston and Jack Holt (Tim's dad).