The scene reminded Heath of some horror movies and games he had seen before. Some of their scares were designed exactly like this: whenever the protagonist turned their head or switched the lights off and on, the other party would keep drawing closer, before finally lunging at them. Then came a scream, followed by a splash of ketchup and a big red "Dead," or "You suck," or some other closing message. Some horror shorts simply ended the moment the evil ghost lunged, giving the impression that they were scaring people purely for the sake of it.
Heath remembered that this sort of scare was called something like an in-your-face jump scare. The oppressive music beforehand made the audience tense, and then a sudden fright scared them in an instant.
In truth, Heath did not think much of this method. After all, there were so many ways to frighten people. If they insisted on using this kind of sudden attack, it certainly felt frightening at first, but the more scenes like this people watched, the less frightening it naturally became. It could even be described as boring. After all, if you knew what the ghost would do next the moment you saw it, the fear naturally diminished considerably. Humanity's most fundamental fear was still the unknown.
Curious, Heath turned his head away and back again. The woman was now standing right in front of him, her head lowered and her hair trailing all the way to the floor. She looked somewhat creepy, but Heath felt nothing much. He curiously reached out to touch the woman's hair, only to grasp empty air. Instead, he felt himself touch something soft.
Heath paused and instinctively gave it a squeeze. Fortunately, it was not the sort of thing he had imagined, but rather something that