Jump Scares in Castle Rock (Season 1)

See below for the exact times and descriptions of the 13 jump scares in Castle Rock, which has a jump scare rating of 2.0.

Jump Scare Rating: There are only a couple of major scares in Castle Rock with the most significant happening early in the first episode.

Synopsis: A mysterious young man found in a cage in Shawshank Prison leads criminal attorney Henry Devers back to his home town of Castle Rock.

Contributor: Anthony Wilson contributed all the information on this page (Sign up now to become a contributor too! Learn more)

Jump Scare Times

—Episode 1—

00:07:09 – The camera zooms in on a man in his car looking at a dog, after some time he suddenly slams his foot on the accelerator (although not a jump scare as such, the resulting loud noise during a quiet scene may startle some viewers).

00:14:51 – After a long tense scene where Dennis climbs down a ladder into the prison septic tank, Dennis looks around and two eyes suddenly appear on screen as Dennis shines his torch on “The Kid” in the cage.

—Episode 2—

00:02:49 – During a tense scene, Dennis senses someone behind him and spins around firing his gun (although it turns out to be a false alarm).

—Episode 3—

00:06:13 – After Molly walks into a church she approaches a coffin and is about to lift it when the preacher, with his head bandaged, says “Why?” (this is accompanied by a sound effect).

00:46:50 – Molly turns around to once again see the preacher, now with his head and face fully bandaged, standing directly in front of her (this is again accompanied by a sound effect).

—Episode 4—

00:01:14 – A bulb flash (occurring during a dream sequence) may startle some viewers.

00:11:41 – There is another bulb flash, this time as a brief flashback that Henry experiences while talking to Molly.

00:46:13 – A man is suddenly shot mid sentence as he approaches Henry to tell him to sit down.

—Episode 7—

00:47:28 – Ruth picks up the chess piece and a dog suddenly barks at her.

—Episode 8—

00:31:34 – A bird hits the bus window.

—Episode 9—

00:17:52 – Henry shines his torch on a boy in a cage.

—Episode 10—

00:21:32 – A woman walks on to the road and is suddenly hit by a bus.

00:41:05 – Henry points the gun at The Kid who is curled up on the ground. The Kid looks up and his face briefly becomes old and shriveled as he makes a shrieking noise.

(Major jump scares in bold)

Report inaccurate data: Contact us with the URL of this page and a description of what data is inaccurate. We’ll work to get it fixed!