“Heeeere’s Johnny!”
It was already mentioned… you know the canoe…etc.
I interpreted that scene as imaginary, because the cops later said they saw no boy. They were clearly looking and waving at the girl, so if it was real they would have seen him.
And even if it wasn’t imaginary, it wasn’t a kill. She survived.
Yeah, but the baby with the glowing eyes ruined it.
Speaking of movies with horrible endings where the protagonist has such a revalation, Hide and Seek was pretty creepy, until it got stupid. I used to think Dakota Fanning was adorable. Now I just want to spray her with Raid.
Chilling indeed.
In the same film, how about the window that breaks when George C. Scott first lays eyes on the house? That is the first and only time that my husband jumped in his seat at a movie.
There’s a bit in the Italian giallo film Torso involving a key and a newspaper. Sounds innocuous, but it’s awesomely suspenseful and creepy. Not a BOO! moment, but it definitely builds a sense of dread and ooooohhh nooooo don’t open that door!
I’ve always really liked the scene in the kitchen towards the end of Scream:
When the two boys are stabbing each other to make it look like they were attacked too, it’s just so nasty and horrifying.
That damn clown doll in Poltergeist. Oh, that thing just bothers me.
Can someone explain the “nurse scene” in The Exorcist III? I’ve seen it mentioned on the boards and elsewhere as one of the most terrifying scenes in horror, but I can’t find a good description of it or some screenshots.
Horror movies; my favorite subject! All the ones named are good, especially The Ring. I’ve watched it probably close to a hundred times, and that scene with the closet never ceases to gak me. How about A Tale of Two Sisters with the you-know-what under the you-know-where (sorry, I don’t know how to make the spoiler box thingy). Or the Grudge where little Miss No Jaw comes out. And since I’m on an Asian kick, Ringu, which The Ring is based on, is basically lame, in my opinion, but SAdako (Samara in the American version) is the absolutely creepiest, most frightening thing I’ve ever seen. I will NEVER watch that movie again.I can’t even give you a link to her picture, because I can’t stand to look at it. Check it out on IMDB, if you dare. Blech.
The Exorcist had a number of terrifying moments.
Like when Damien looked into the bedroom and saw his dead mother looking at him.
Or any still shot of the bedroom door.
The Twilight Zone: The Movie had one great scene. It was when Uncle Walt did the hat trick.
In Friday the 13th Pt. 2, where the girl in the begining of the movie gets the icepick through the temple.
Well basically
Well after a long buildup a nurse checks a room and when she comes out suddenly from behind her a person wearing a bed sheet on their head strides out with a beheading device. The scene isn’t graphic (you never see her actually being killed) but with the long buildup, some intense music, and a camera zoom it’s fairly effective.
Here’s a small pic I found. You really have to see it in context to see why the scene is so memorable though. Actually the Exorcist III has some of the scariest, creepiest moments I’ve ever seen - making it well worth renting - though the story is overall spotty.
Well shoot. I had in there a reference to lno’s question but it got lost as I ran it through my spell checker. So that ‘spoiler’ is a brief summary of the ‘nurse scene’ in the Exorcist III
I understand that it was never really supposed to be a sequel to The Exorcist, but rather a more theoloical exploration of the subject matter. The studio figured they’d get more box office action by making it a sequel, and they sort of forced Blatty into inserting an exorcism scene into it, which was completely out of context. It would be nice to see a director’s cut.
The chest bursting scene comes to mind from Alien.
I was pleasantly pleased with the top 100 special that was on, they had some genuinely good old movies on there, like Zombie and Wicker Man. Typically those shows are aimed at the recent MTV generation with snores such as Urban Legends or Saw being considered all-time greats.
My creepiest favorites:
Poltergeist 2: The old guy at the screen door…“Let me in!” shudder
Evil Dead: The possessed girl giggling madly while getting her head smacked about.
Inv of the Body Snatchers: Donald Sutherland pointing and screaming
Alien: The original chest-bursting scene at the dinner table.
Two of them:
The Sixth Sense where you see the back of a woman in the kitchen, while the kid is saying, “Mom? Mom?” and you KNOW it’s not his mother, it’s some damn creepy ghost, and sure enough she turns around, and it’s as horrifying as you feared. Man, I’d be sleeping with my mother every night, Oedipus be damned.
The Birds: Where the woman finds the guy with no eyes. That gave me nightmares for a week, but then again, I was only nine.
Well, for my money, the creepiest horror movie scenes were (in no particular order):
Halloween: When Michael appears in the doorway wearing a bedsheet like a ghost costume, and the girl thinks it’s her boyfriend (whom Michael has already killed), and she…literally…tempts death. ("See anything you like? Tee hee)
the Exorcist: two words - spider walking.
the Exorcist III: Two words - killer nun.
Silence of the Lambs: Clarice (Jodie Foster) in the darkened basement being chased by Buffalo Bill.
the Shining: “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
the Blair Witch Project: Yeah, it was for the most part over-rated nonsense with lots & lots & lots & lots & lots of filler, but the ending in the basement still creeped me out.
I rather liked it. It was the first movie I’d seen in 20 years that made me want to sleep with the lights on. But yeah, 90% was the house. For about a year after that, I coudn’t look at an old dilapidated house without freaking out.
It’s not a horror movie but the scene in Close Encounters when Barry is abducted is pretty scary.
Alien John Hurt
Aliens 3 meters! They’re right on top of us!
Jurrasic Park the first T-Rex attack. “Where’s the goat?”