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sidburn
11-03-2009, 12:42 AM
What are some of the most chilling, disturbing, and nerve-racking scenes in horror movies?
Some I can think of:
Something Wicked This Way Comes - lady in ice coffin
The Shining - twins in hallway
The Omen - goat/demon in mirror (any mirror scene like that really gets to me)
Childs Play 1 - when Chucky speaks after Andy's mom discovers that there are no batteries in him
The Others - don't know how to describe it but it's parodied in Scary Movie 3 with Michael Jackson
Friday the 13th (forget which one) - Jason bursts through window after main character (forgot her name) lets a cute little puppy in
Amityville Horror (original) - Red Room/"passage to hell" scene
Stephen King's IT - Mrs. Kersh scene
Tagia_Romero
11-03-2009, 01:39 AM
All of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
The opening chase sequence in Scream (well, not scary, but the situation is pretty creepy if you put yourself in Barrymore's socks)
The reveal in Don't Look Now
The final 10 minutes of The Blair Witch Project (Honorable mention to the 'stick men' the film makers stumble across)
The last sequence of [REC]
The blood test scene in The Thing
The wheelchair in The Changeling
And while not a horror, I also consider the underwater combat scenes in Das Boot to be highly intense.
screamer581
11-03-2009, 08:52 AM
http://cdn.videogum.com/img/thumbnails/photos/lost_highway.jpg
I didn't even like the movie that much, but christ....
Antonio141
11-03-2009, 12:44 PM
Denise Crosby being tortured by her dead sister Zelda in PET SEMATARY was the first thing that came to mind!
Frosty_86
11-03-2009, 12:47 PM
Freddy cutting of his fingers in Nightmare on Elm Street always creeps me out
Badbird
11-03-2009, 04:41 PM
Poltergeist - when the kitchen chairs first move. It's not exactly a scary moment, but it is creepy knowing that there are forces at play right there.
Natty
11-03-2009, 05:38 PM
SPOILERS!!!
The Bathroom scene in The Shining
The Crucifix masterbation scene in The Exorcist
When all the masked men pop up and watch Sargeant Howie try and fix his sabotaged boat and we realise that these people are indeed psycho's - The Wicker Man
Mrs Bates kills the police captain - Psycho
The Reveal - Don't Look Now
Impregnation (?) scene - Rosemary's Baby
Tagia_Romero
11-03-2009, 06:20 PM
SPOILERS!!!
Mrs Bates kills the police captain - Psycho
Oh God, yes. It actually startled me more than the shower scene did. Just the above angle and the quick movement. Oi.
Jig Saw 123
11-03-2009, 06:38 PM
When the girls discover the creatures-The Descent
George meets Pennywise- IT
Nancy sees Tina's body in the hallway- A Nightmare on Elm Street
Doctor Weir's missing eyes- Event Horizon
The hospital sequence- Jacob's Ladder
Salieri
11-03-2009, 09:32 PM
Mulholland Dr - Winkies
Prince of Darkness - Recurring nightmare
Ghostwatch - Various Pipes sitings
Jacobs Ladder - Subway
Black Sabbath - Drop of Water corpse thing
In the Mouth of Madness - Guy on the bike
Tale of Two Sisters - Nightmare
ScaryFreak1827
11-04-2009, 02:01 PM
Event Horizon: The lost video tape of the crew is found
Blair Witch: The voices heard from the tent/the ending
Jacob's Ladder: The hospital
IT: "I worry about you, Bevvy"
Changeling: The flashback to the boys' murders
INLAND EMPIRE: The entire movie
Mulholland Dr: The corpse found on the bed
Clownhouse: The flash of light and the clown revealed in the attic
Jaws: Ben Gardener (or what's left of him)
dannywalker17
11-05-2009, 01:55 AM
Easy choice for me.
The mirror reveal with REDRUM in The Shining. The most terrifying scene ever. When you realize what it means... Shudder.
Inglorious
11-05-2009, 02:16 AM
http://cdn.videogum.com/img/thumbnails/photos/lost_highway.jpg
I didn't even like the movie that much, but christ....
This looks relatively familiar... but Im not sure what it is. Mind if I ask?
ProgWizardry
11-05-2009, 05:27 AM
Signs - the kitchen knife under the pantry door
The Birds - Tippi gets locked in the room
Audition - The bag moves
The Brood - Dr. Raglan's Little Helpers(all scenes)
The Others - the door slams on Nicole Kidman
The Exorcist - "HELP ME"
Cujo - Dee wakes up with the dog staring at her/when he gets in the pinto
Pet Semetary - ZELDA
The Changeling(1980) - the ball and the wheelchair
The Amityville Horror(1979) - the daughter's "friend" appears outside the window
The Thing(1982) - the test
The Descent - seeing the creatures in infrared
Poltergeist - Tangina's speech about "the beast"
When A Stranger Calls(1979) - the beginning
Ghost Story - certain pivotal parts
The Beast Within - mother remembers beast in marsh
Phenomena - the child in the house
Dark Night Of The Scarecrow - the whole thing
screamer581
11-05-2009, 08:09 AM
This looks relatively familiar... but Im not sure what it is. Mind if I ask?
It's from Lost Highway. Robert Blake was creepy as hell in it.
DorkisFig
11-05-2009, 10:53 PM
The last scene of REC
Pretty much all of Pennywise's scenes in IT
can't really think of anymore right now ...
QUENTIN
11-06-2009, 08:00 PM
The Exorcist
http://www.darkromance.com/dr-bod/dr-bod-0706/images/dr-bod-073106-01.jpghttp://media.photobucket.com/image/exorcist%20demon%20face/thehousenextdoor/2008/Links%20for%20the%20Day/June%202008/June%2028%202008/exorcist-demon.jpghttp://www.the-exorcist.co.uk/articles/exorfce2.jpg
The Shining
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g3IRMXdaMFc/RpeTeFrvP4I/AAAAAAAAAQU/oAvYkkrgEfQ/s400/shining35.jpg
rossjohnson2806
11-07-2009, 08:55 PM
The last scene in the Blair Witch creeps me out to no end.
Le_Big_Mac
11-08-2009, 06:58 PM
The Shining
http://www.collativelearning.com/PICS%20FOR%20WEBSITE/SHINING%20EXPANDED%203/237%20mirror.jpg
Mulholland Dr.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/276812548_b9403e1d75.jpg
Eraserhead
http://www.horrorphile.net/images/eraserhead-babyhead1.jpg
Bourne101
11-08-2009, 07:54 PM
These aren't really horror films, but any scene with:
This fucker:
http://api.ning.com/files/RHxJm3w9LyPsFPC5alRrkB6Mq2RRcjFsxUnJJuUNfsYTqu1gtL pIvYEe0xr6SbXjzvdasc8cVP2hujKBBZGko4MqYLnG7u64/230pxRobert_Helpmann_child_catcher_.jpg
Or this bitch:
http://www.amphi.com/teachers/tambrosio/images/9EC41F4CC372421A8F417819429AEB8C.jpg
Mr.HyDe807
11-08-2009, 08:30 PM
If there is something I learn, it's to not fall asleep during a David Lynch's Wild At Heart. Nothing like waking up to Daine Ladd's "makeup on her face" breakdown, or when Harry Dean Stanton's character is kidnapped by those 2 psychopaths. I nearly freaked out when I woke up to those two scenes.
Mr. Creasy
11-20-2009, 11:34 PM
What about the last scene from Sleepaway Camp?... this scene is one of the creepiest ever!
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5701/sleepawaycamp.jpg (http://img685.imageshack.us/i/sleepawaycamp.jpg/)
Friday the 13th (1980)
http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae283/elmoye/Fridaythe13th1980.jpg
The Ring
http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae283/elmoye/ue_samara_emerges2.jpg
Lady Stardust
11-23-2009, 05:14 AM
Any moment with BOB-Twin Peaks.
SykkBoy
11-28-2009, 02:37 AM
The Brood - When Nola "cleans her cub"
The Eye (original version) the elevator scene and "why are you sitting in my chair?"
Ichi The Killer - not scary, but creepy: when the chinese hooker gets a nipple-ectomy with the sound of the scalpel squeaking along the glass...
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