# Brief scenes in films that FREAKED YOU OUT

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**Created:** [October 24, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brief-scenes-in-films-that-freaked-you-out/270841 "2004-10-24T01:52:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brief-scenes-in-films-that-freaked-you-out/270841/101 "2004-11-05T20:40:57Z")

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Prince of Darkness. I watched it again about a year ago, and while the movie, on a whole, is really bad, that damned transmission from the future is fricking terrifying. That still ranks as my number-one creepiest movie moment.

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> This is not a dream. We are using to using your brain as a receiver. We are unable to transmit through conscious neural interference. You are receiving this broadcast as a dream. We are transmitting from the year 1-9-9-9…

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**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brief-scenes-in-films-that-freaked-you-out/270841/102 "2004-11-05T20:45:13Z")

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> [@Evil Death](#):
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> Aesiron’s “bite the curb” scene is up there, though I’m still figuring out how that killed the guy rather than breaking all his teeth and his jaw.

From the look of the shadow on the street when the cops showed up it looked like his jaw was split right open to the neck, which leads me to believe a broken neck.

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