I saw The Silence of the Lambs in the theater right when it came out, and pretty much the entire movie scared the living shit out of me. That scene where …
… Hannibal Lector is breaking out of the cage and they’re stuck on the elevator trying to get to him
had me in a knotted-up ball in my seat. And of course the whole ending scene in …
Jame Gumb’s basement … I can still barely talk about.
This, from someone mostly impervious to scary scenes in movies. Well, The Exorcist notwithstanding.
Oh, remembered another one … The Others, with Nicole Kidman. The whole thing was so creepy I was prepared for anything horrible at any moment. Still, when …
Nicole goes up to her daughter, whose back is to her, and when she turns around it’s a hideous old lady …
Gah. Nightmare central.