# Most Disturbing Movie Lines **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140 "2005-03-12T02:38:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/41 "2005-03-13T00:59:52Z")
David Lynch’s pictures are so disturbing that it should be easy to pick out a particularly disturbing line – but I’m having a hard time thinking of any. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/42 "2005-03-13T03:04:06Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > “Put down the bunny!!” > > Menacingly murmured by Nick Cage in Con Air. Isn’t that line “Put the bunny back in the box.”? ---
**Author:** ![Leroy\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Leroy\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leroy_Brown)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/43 "2005-03-13T04:54:05Z")
I watched _2001_ for the umpteenth time a few days ago. In the scene where HAL and Bowman are discussing the mission and it’s unique aspects, HAL interrupts the conversation with: **"Just a moment, just a moment"** then goes on to explain the impending failure of the ship’s antenna. This is, of course, all a set up to murder the crew Watching HAL unemotionally and almost instantly make his decision to start the chain of events is pretty creepy. In _The Shining_, Delbert Grady calmy describes “correcting” his wife and two daughters. Phillip Stone’s delivery is sublime. He’s perfectly calm, but obviously insane, much like HAL. I love Kubrick’s villians. ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/44 "2005-03-13T05:03:45Z")
Ironically enough, a line that I found particularly chilling was from a movie that I thought was _totally_ inane. Start Trek Generations: Dr. Soran, “They say time is a fire in which we burn.” If this is a quote from something I would like to know what it is. That line really hit home to me. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/45 "2005-03-13T05:35:49Z")
Silence of the Lambs - It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/46 "2005-03-13T05:37:48Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > Isn’t that line “Put the bunny back in the box.”? Yep. Followed shortly thereafter by the plaintive, “Why couldn’t he put the bunny back in the box?” 😉 **Lisa-go-Blind** , good call on _Heavenly Creatures_. The line is subtle, but I agree it’s chilling (I like subtle). Speaking of which, some of Lecter’s more “innocent-sounding” phrases are downright disturbing, just in the intonation and the revelation of what it is he’s divined about his opponent:[ul] [li]You still wake up sometimes, don’t you? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs.[/li][li]You know how quickly the boys found you . . all those tedious sticky fumblings in the back seats of cars. While you could only dream of getting out . . getting anywhere . . . getting all the way to the F . . . B . . . I.[/li][\*]I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner. Bye.[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/47 "2005-03-13T05:40:47Z")
_Red Dragon:_ Dinner guest: “What is it?” Hannibal Lecter (ever so gently): “If I told you . . you wouldn’t even try it.” ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/48 "2005-03-13T08:31:15Z")
Private Pyle" “Seven-six-two millimeter. Full Metal Jacket”, chilling and pivotal. mm ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/49 "2005-03-13T12:31:59Z")
Joe Pesci (in [Goodfellas](http://henancius.martin-scorsese.net/pesci/jpgoodfe.html)): …I’m funny how? I mean, funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh… I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you? From the same movie, but without the .wav: Hey, Ma, can I borrow this knife?the guy in the trunk of the car would be happier if she said, no! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/50 "2005-03-13T14:03:55Z")
Another one from Alien. Ash is dissecting the ‘face hugger’ thing. He talks about what a ‘tough son of a bitch it is’ or some such. Ripley - “And you let it in.” ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/51 "2005-03-13T16:12:51Z")
> [@Quixotic](#): > > **Lisa-go-Blind** , good call on _Heavenly Creatures_. The line is subtle, but I agree it’s chilling (I like subtle). To be fair, **Alias** was the one who mentioned it, I just explained it. But agree - it’s very creepy. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/52 "2005-03-13T16:39:49Z")
There are some good chilling quotes from **Alien** , as it is a pretty creepy movie. But **Aliens** has a couple good creepy quotes: Ripley: _Promise me we’re going there to destroy them, not to study…_ Burke: _You have my word._ Newt: _They mostly come at night…mostly._ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/53 "2005-03-13T18:53:32Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > To be fair, **Alias** was the one who mentioned it, I just explained it. But agree - it’s very creepy. Thank you; my apologies to **Alias** for the misattribution. To continue with the thread, how about another from Lector - only this time from Michael Mann’s _Manhunter_, with Brian Cox: “And if one does what God does enough times, one will become as God is.” And this one from Robert DeNiro as Louis Cyphere in _Angel Heart_: “No matter how cleverly you sneak up on a mirror, your reflection always looks you straight in the eye.” ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/54 "2005-03-13T19:36:51Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > In _Chinatown_: > Just by chance, I saw this specific scene today, and it is still disturbing: > _Jake Gittes_ Who is she? And don’t give me that crap about your sister because you don’t have a sister. > > _Evelyn Mulwray_ I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you the truth. > > _Jake Gittes_ Good. What’s her name? > > _Evelyn Mulwray_ Katherine. > > _Jake Gittes_ Katherine who? > > _Evelyn Mulwray_ She’s my daughter. > > [Jake slaps Evelyn] > > _Jake Gittes_ I said I want the truth. > > _Evelyn Mulwray_ She’s my sister. (Another slap) She’s my daughter. (Another slap) My sister, my daughter. > > [Two more slaps.] > > _Jake Gittes_ I said I want the truth! > > _Evelyn Mulwray_ **She’s my sister and my daughter!!!** This was the one that came to mind when I saw the thread title, too. Although the Vincent Price line from the original **The Fly** still treads uncomfortably on my subconsious. “Help me…” ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/55 "2005-03-14T19:44:52Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Actually, that line was from the promo posters; it was not spoken, or even alluded to, anywhere in the movie. What are you taklking about?!?! From the original 1978 version: Francine: They’re still here. Stephen: They’re after us. They know we’re still in here. Peter: They’re after the place. They don’t know why, they just remember. Remember that they want to be in here. Francine: What the hell are they? Peter: They’re us that’s all, when there’s no more room in hell. Stephen: What? Peter: Something my grand-dad used to tell us. You know Mucumba? Voodoo. My grand-dad was a priest in Trinidad. He used to tell us, “when there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.” The as pointed out this was restated in the remake by the same actor playing a preacher on the TV ---
**Author:** ![bauble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bauble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bauble)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/56 "2005-03-14T20:24:49Z")
Clifford Worley (Dennis Hopper) in _True Romance_ > [@](#): > > Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid… now, if that’s a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you’re part eggplant. Actually, just about anything Christopher Walken says in that scene; but that quote got to me because it shows that Hopper’s characters knows he’s going to die. Also, from _The Ring_: > [@](#): > > You weren’t supposed to help her. Changed the whole movie for me from a “let’s help the poor, murdered girl-ghost find some peace” thing to “Oh, crap! She was evil all along!”. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/57 "2005-03-14T20:40:43Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > In regards to **Heavenly Creatures** , (briefly) > > The movie’s about two young girls who become obsessed with each other and their fantasy world. When they’re threatened with separation, they make a plan to kill one of the girl’s mothers on a walk. Before the walk, the two girls and the mother have tea. The daughter offers her mother a cookie, but she declines because she’s watching her weight. Daughter then tells her, “Go ahead mum, treat yourself.” > > I probably didn’t do a good job of capturing why it’s so creepy, but it’s an excellent film that I recommend highly. On the contrary, you reminded me perfectly of why it was so creepy, and the subsequent scene which I could barely watch. If only PJ wouldn’t make it sound so real. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/58 "2005-03-14T21:02:17Z")
_“Ready when you are, Sergeant Pembry”_ Actually uttered twice: once when Lecter was still confined and ready to have his hands bound in preparation for having his dinner delivered; and a second time, after Lecter had escapsed and beaten the other officer to death, and was casually ambling over to the wounded Pembry with a knife in his hand. It’s ‘better’ the second time. Lecter may be the champ of this category. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/59 "2005-03-14T21:47:45Z")
**Psycho** : “Well, a boy’s best friend is his mother.” From **Jaws** (Not necessarily disturbing - just cool): “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140/60 "2005-03-14T22:50:12Z")
From **2001 a Space Odyssey** : very softly and politely by the HAL 9000 computer. “I’m sorry Dave, I can’t let you do that.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disturbing-movie-lines/294140.md?page=4)