Jump scares, leather gloves and squeaking moth noises: theatre horror masters on how they make their shows so scary

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Jump scares, leather gloves and squeaking moth noises: theatre horror masters on how they make their shows so scary

Whether it’s immersive chiller Blackout or the campily scary 2:22: A Ghost Story, ‘tis the season to be scared witless at the theatre. But what’s the secret to making an audience gasp in terror? It was 1am. Total darkness. Locking up a wedding venue, Sam Beech’s car sensor went off: there was something behind him. “It went on for half an hour,” the writer and director recalls, “on the front bumper, then round the bac…