These 20 horror movies depend too much on jump scare

Modified Jan 15, 2025 09:01 ET

Mirabai Pease in Evil Dead Rise| Image via Warner Bros. Pictures

16) The Possession Of Hannah Grace (2012)

Shay Mitchell in The Possession Of Hannah Grace| Image via Sony Pictures Entertainment

Possession Of Hannah Grace tries to build tension but resolves to work with low-budget thrills, whose story is derivative and trivial. The plot focuses on a police officer turned mortuary attendant, who is faced with an eerily mysterious situation that a corpse is possessed by a demon. Poor culture-building, coupled with a formulaic story, gives this movie more of a sense of decolored mediocrity, and its exaggerated reliance on jumpscare makes it feel lazy and unoriginal.