# According to the movies, the scariest thing in the world is . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921 "2006-12-05T09:13:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/1 "2006-12-05T09:13:28Z")
. . . a cornfield. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/2 "2006-12-05T09:28:25Z")
Glad you cleared that up for us. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/3 "2006-12-05T09:43:56Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Glad you cleared that up for us. [/QUOTE] Well, now _I_ can sleep at night, knowing that the scariest thing in the world is likely not located anywhere near where I live. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/4 "2006-12-05T10:03:15Z")
Iā€™ve always thought the scariest thing was the door to the cellar. [QUOTE=Raguleader] Well, now _I_ can sleep at night, knowing that the scariest thing in the world is likely not located anywhere near where I live. šŸ˜› [/QUOTE] In fact, Arizona planted [50,000 acres](http://nue.okstate.edu/Crop_Information/World_Wheat_Production.htm) (2/3 of the way down) of corn last year. Be afraid. ---
**Author:** ![footbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c5a1d2/32.png) [@footbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footbag)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/5 "2006-12-05T10:09:35Z")
I think a tube station must come close. And a tube station full of corn, well thatā€™s just crazy talk. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/6 "2006-12-05T10:16:04Z")
Clown dolls are scarier than either. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/7 "2006-12-05T10:26:34Z")
[QUOTE=footbag] I think a tube station must come close. And a tube station full of corn, well thatā€™s just crazy talk. [/QUOTE] For an American in a semi-rural area, a confused moment of thought briefly brought to mind images of some kind of ā€œClonus Horrorā€ lab filled with canted critters, before I realized you meant what weā€™d call a ā€œsubway station.ā€ Which does make more sense, and is certainly scary, but I think I like mine better. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/8 "2006-12-05T10:42:05Z")
[QUOTE=footbag] I think a tube station must come close. And a tube station full of corn, well thatā€™s just crazy talk. [/QUOTE] Yetiā€™s eating cornā€¦ And thereā€™s a link to trains too, the burning train from War of the Worlds or the train full of the blind in Day of the Triffids (no, neither is a spoiler) ---
**Author:** ![footbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c5a1d2/32.png) [@footbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footbag)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/9 "2006-12-05T10:59:05Z")
Then your dead Dad walks out of the corn and you find out he was lying to you all this time. He wasnā€™t a ball player, he sold hotdogs in the stands, dressed as a clown. Awwww Dad??!!?! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/10 "2006-12-05T11:52:16Z")
I thought it was either spiders or rats. But then those were both based on books, so maybe they donā€™t count. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/11 "2006-12-05T13:15:39Z")
Stairs. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/12 "2006-12-05T13:26:11Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] . . . a cornfield. [/QUOTE] Iā€™m not going to be scared with the knowledge that I could defeat this with nothing but a smouldering cigarette butt. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/13 "2006-12-05T13:31:23Z")
What about beaming down while wearing a red shirt? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/14 "2006-12-05T15:11:59Z")
Parking garages. It never fails; when a movie character shows up in a parking garage, you automatically know something alarming is going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/15 "2006-12-05T15:17:51Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] What about beaming down while wearing a red shirt? [/QUOTE] LMAO! Yes, Iā€™d say thatā€™s the winner. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/16 "2006-12-05T15:51:13Z")
Creepy little girls. Dead, undead, possesed; itā€™s all bad. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/17 "2006-12-05T16:17:00Z")
A ringing phone. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/18 "2006-12-05T16:33:28Z")
Ventriloquistā€™s dummies, for sure. They seem to think tarantulas are scary too, for some reason. That wuss James Bond went postal over one in ā€œDr. No.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/19 "2006-12-05T16:46:07Z")
A cat jumping out of the shadows. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/20 "2006-12-05T16:56:46Z")
Cornfields are great. Cornfields are tired of this bad press. Why at cornfields you are likely to meet friendly and uber helpful Scarecrows or even late great baseball players. What more do you want from life. Please stop besmirching Cornfields. We are not scary, we are just misunderstood. _Signed, United Cornfield Anti-Defamation (UCAD)_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921.md?page=2)