WARNING: "Hereditary" spoilers below
Here are the jumpscares according to wheresthejump:
14:29 – A bird flies into the window of Charlie’s classroom however we see the bird flying towards the window beforehand which substantially reduces the impact.
37:50 – We see a decapitated head on the road crawling with ants (not a jump scare but some viewers might find the image disturbing).
1:08:50 – As Annie drives home from the seance she is startled by the tongue-clicking noise that her daughter makes.
1:18:19 – After the seance at home, Peter starts to freak out however this is interrupted when a glass cabinet suddenly breaks.
1:18:29 – Shortly after Annie says “Charlie, what’s wrong?” the candle on the table flares up.
1:27:58 – Peter thinks he sees Charlie in the corner of the room but it turns out to be a ball that drops and rolls across the floor. After a short pause, an arm suddenly grabs Peter around the head.
1:49:47 – Peter hears a loud noise from upstairs.
1:53:22 – During a very tense scene, Peter sees a naked man in the doorway. He then looks up to the ceiling where Annie previously was but no one is there. Suddenly, Annie rushes at him from the corner of the room.
That's quite a few (not counting the ant one as noted that's not a jumpscare), not as much as most modern horrors but it still prevents me from praising it for not having jumpscares. Think the 1:53:22 one with Collette running out from an unexpected place very quickly with booming music and the last part of the 1:27:58 one with the hand certainly come at you, the glass cabinet and bird too actually.
The idea of the sleepwalking scene is scary but i thought Collette looked ridiculous and the son barely conveyed terror, he sounded more annoyed than scared, that may be down to the actor who was pretty weak but still. The fire scene was absurd to me we disagree there, especially Collette's face that just came across as overacting to me.
14:29 – A bird flies into the window of Charlie’s classroom however we see the bird flying towards the window beforehand which substantially reduces the impact.
37:50 – We see a decapitated head on the road crawling with ants (not a jump scare but some viewers might find the image disturbing).
1:08:50 – As Annie drives home from the seance she is startled by the tongue-clicking noise that her daughter makes.
1:18:19 – After the seance at home, Peter starts to freak out however this is interrupted when a glass cabinet suddenly breaks.
1:18:29 – Shortly after Annie says “Charlie, what’s wrong?” the candle on the table flares up.
1:27:58 – Peter thinks he sees Charlie in the corner of the room but it turns out to be a ball that drops and rolls across the floor. After a short pause, an arm suddenly grabs Peter around the head.
1:49:47 – Peter hears a loud noise from upstairs.
1:53:22 – During a very tense scene, Peter sees a naked man in the doorway. He then looks up to the ceiling where Annie previously was but no one is there. Suddenly, Annie rushes at him from the corner of the room.
That's quite a few (not counting the ant one as noted that's not a jumpscare), not as much as most modern horrors but it still prevents me from praising it for not having jumpscares. Think the 1:53:22 one with Collette running out from an unexpected place very quickly with booming music and the last part of the 1:27:58 one with the hand certainly come at you, the glass cabinet and bird too actually.
The idea of the sleepwalking scene is scary but i thought Collette looked ridiculous and the son barely conveyed terror, he sounded more annoyed than scared, that may be down to the actor who was pretty weak but still. The fire scene was absurd to me we disagree there, especially Collette's face that just came across as overacting to me.
Yeah, to each his own we don't agree on this but it's just personal reactions not anything fundamentally wrong with the film. I did quite like it i just didn't think of it as a horror masterpiece, gave it 3/5.
WARNING: spoilers below
I'll give you the bird. The clicking noise I also don't consider a "jump scare" as I saw that as a natural process of the story. As are the others, which is why I disagree about calling them jump scares. When I talk jump scares I mean those instances where the loud noise or sudden occurrence isn't crucial or beneficial to the story in any way and it's only there to get a sudden shock/scare. That's just my personal take. I'm talking about the cheap jump scares basically.
I'm not saying the movie is perfect, but the good far outweigh the bad and it does what a Horror film is supposed to do. At least it did for me.