# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/21 "2006-12-05T17:02:47Z")
Doorknobs. And the longer the camera lingers on them, the scarier they become. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/22 "2006-12-05T17:19:08Z")
Little girls that talk in a monotone and never blink. A little girl that talks in a a monotone and never blinks wearing a red shirt and standing in a corn field that was planted in a tube station. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/23 "2006-12-05T17:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] A cat jumping out of the shadows. [/QUOTE] Close to what I came in to say. However, Spring-Loaded Cats[sup]tm[/sup] technically don’t “jump”. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/24 "2006-12-05T17:50:40Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] A little girl that talks in a a monotone and never blinks wearing a red shirt and standing in a corn field that was planted in a tube station. [/QUOTE] She’s not just talking, she’s reciting a nursery rhyme! And the tube station used to be… an Ancient Indian Burial Ground! ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/25 "2006-12-05T18:27:56Z")
nah… the scariest thing in movies is When the hero (or possibly just anyone) declares their undying love for you… might as well just die right then… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/26 "2006-12-05T18:38:33Z")
No, that’s on 60s TV series, where the girl is not a cast regular. It works out OK in movies, and does especially well if you finally say it in the last ten minutes. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/27 "2006-12-05T18:46:05Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] According to the movies, the scariest thing in the world is . . . a cornfield. [/QUOTE] I was going to say… a woman scorned. But I didn’t want anyone to think it was wordplay, what with “corn” being part of “scorned”, because a woman corned is… well… I don’t know exactly what that would be. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/28 "2006-12-05T18:47:31Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] . . . a cornfield. [/QUOTE] Well, to be fair, a cornfield only really becomes scary if a cropduster shows up. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/29 "2006-12-05T18:55:57Z")
A string ostenato in a minor key. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/30 "2006-12-05T19:13:29Z")
A flickering flourescent light bulb. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/31 "2006-12-05T19:20:23Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] No, that’s on 60s TV series, where the girl is not a cast regular. It works out OK in movies, and does especially well if you finally say it in the last ten minutes. [/QUOTE] Unless the movie is part of a franchise that centers to some degree on the protagonist’s sexual escapades. Then you might as well shoot yourself and spare SPECTRE the cost of the bullets. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/32 "2006-12-05T19:21:16Z")
**darkness** ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/33 "2006-12-05T19:36:53Z")
[Shelly Long](http://imdb.com/title/tt0098519/) ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/34 "2006-12-05T19:42:59Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] a woman corned is… well… I don’t know exactly what that would be. [/QUOTE] My fathers video store sells movies like this. They’re in the back room. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/35 "2006-12-05T19:52:55Z")
[QUOTE=Earthworm Jim] My fathers video store sells movies like this. They’re in the back room. [/QUOTE] He doesn’t sell old rentals, does he? I hate it when the frames are stuck together. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/36 "2006-12-05T20:17:38Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] …because a woman corned is… well… I don’t know exactly what that would be. [/QUOTE] Pickled in a brine of coarse salt, black pepper and other spices. A staple of cannibal delicatessens everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/37 "2006-12-05T21:02:45Z")
> [@](#): > > According to the movies, the scariest thing in the world is . . . > > * * * > > . . . a cornfield. Why? Is it because of: \*\*Signs Children of the Corn Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice Children of the Corn III\*\* (They lied) \*\*Children of the Corn IV:The Gathering Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return \*\* (The DEvil doesn’t have time for Roman Numerals) **Children of the Corn : Revelation** (Once you stop usinf Roman Numerals, you don’t have to go back. Ask Rocky or Bruce the Shark. Or Mike Myers) “It’s a _Good_ Life” episode of the original **Twilight Zone** (And the movie, and the 40 years later sequel on the new TZ) ---
**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/38 "2006-12-05T21:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=glee] **darkness** [/QUOTE] So obvious, yet so overlooked. Might as well throw in silence to that. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/39 "2006-12-05T21:11:42Z")
Backing into another character who was out of frame until you got there. Closing the medicine cabinet and seeing an unexpected person in the mirror behind you. A noise in a room that’s suppose to be empty. Turns out to be an non-threatening animal. But then the monster’s there too! The chimes of a clock sounding unexpectedly. And worst of all; Carrie’s hand reaching up to grab you as you place flowers on her grave! AAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!! ---
**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, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-movies-the-scariest-thing-in-the-world-is/382921/40 "2006-12-05T21:13:08Z")
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