10 Biggest Jump Scares In Star Trek

2. Turbolift's Tension II: The Wrath Of Garak

Off to the abandoned, almost exact copy of Deep Space 9, formerly Terok Nor, are we? Watch out for booby traps! What they saved on budget on Empok Nor in Empok Nor, they reinvested in the sheer horror of the redressed place. Stalked in the dark by a band of Cardassian super-soldiers, and then by Garak, Chief O'Brien's salvage team barely stood a chance. Add in a few jump scares, and neither did we! All they really wanted was a plasma manifold!

If something weird happens to the turbolift, it's definitely time to split up. Never mind the remnants of the regiment whose motto is "Death to All". It's practically page one of the Starfleet Officer's Manual to leave your colleagues alone in the dark. Crewman Stolzoff went to the upper level. Crewman Pechetti stayed down below. Oooh, an emblem! Oh, s**t, a guy from the Third Battalion, First Order on psychotropics come crashing through the glass! The shock for the viewer was more than just a surprise for poor Pechetti, then for Stolzoff over the ramparts.

The biggest, most literal, jump scare was reserved for Garak at the end. Having succumbed to the same psychotropic drug, the tailor went on a rampage of his own. He killed the two other Cardassians and turned a flux coupler on and up Crewman Amaro. With Nog a hostage, the Chief had to be an engineer. His phaser-tricorder-combadge combo explosion launched Garak into the air. Was he dead? No. But scary also being the pragmatic, "that was the plan".