# Movie moments that caused genuine shock **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 17, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807 "2020-09-17T03:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/21 "2020-09-17T12:48:33Z")
The Wait Until Dark scene was the first that came to my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/22 "2020-09-17T12:49:01Z")
Likewise, the cold open to _The Spy Who Loved Me_. The Union Jack was icing on the cake. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/23 "2020-09-17T12:59:59Z")
Saw _The Sixth Sense_ in a packed theater about a week after it opened, so before spoilers were widespread. Enormous collective gasp at the reveal of the big twist. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/24 "2020-09-17T13:17:46Z")
Everyone talked about sitting in stunned silence at the end of Avengers: Infinity War. Guess folks weren’t expecting the bad guy to win. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/25 "2020-09-17T13:32:11Z")
In the film _Sorry to Bother You_, which has many WTF moments, there’s a scene where the black MC is at a party with a bunch of white people and they pressure him into performing a rap. Well, he raps. He screams “N\*\*\*\* shit! N\*\*\*\* shit! N\*\*\*\* n\*\*\*\* n\*\*\*\* shit!” And the white people enthusiastically shout it right back. Apparently the white extras were so horrified by this scene they didn’t want to do it. It definitely ranks as among my top most uncomfortable moments in film. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/26 "2020-09-17T13:35:06Z")
We were at the movie Shazam! and nearing the climax when a little boy behind us piped up, "Oh, no, he’s going to lose just like the Avengers! That movie messed kids up. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/27 "2020-09-17T13:52:01Z")
I showed my brother a movie he hadn’t seen before but I had: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. When the Chief said, “Thank you”, my brother just about fell off the couch. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/28 "2020-09-17T13:52:29Z")
The ending of “The Mist” caught me off guard completely. That was not expected after a fairly mundane and cookie-cutter horror movie. Especially since the Stephen King short story ended so much differently. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/29 "2020-09-17T13:53:00Z")
I had heard the spoiler but didn’t see the movie for so long that I forgot it and it worked quite well on me. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/30 "2020-09-17T13:55:52Z")
That was one of Tarantino’s most brilliant moments. He knows what audiences have been trained to expect, the moment of silence, fluttering of eyelids, gradual awakening… and turned it into a shot of adrenaline directly into our own hearts. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/31 "2020-09-17T14:01:18Z")
Surprised no one has mentioned it yet, but the ending of _The Usual Suspects._ “And like that…he’s gone.” ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/32 "2020-09-17T14:05:50Z")
“Seven”- What was in the box. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/33 "2020-09-17T14:07:53Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Speaking of Tarantino movies, Uma Thurman’s adrenaline shot to the heart in _Pulp Fiction_ made the audience sit up too. I saw Pulp Fiction at a Screen Actors Guild screening, so this was a very sophisticated audience used to seeing absolutely everything. There were people literally jumping up out of their seats and shouting. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/34 "2020-09-17T14:12:13Z")
Planet of the Apes… Yeah, I was just a 12 yr old kid, but damn that ending hit me hard. After enjoying an hour of a nice but kind of silly movie, suddenly in the last minute there’s a whole new meaning to think seriously about. . And the way it comes on slowly…the gradual reveal (starting with just a shadow, then the full statue), is good cinematography… ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/35 "2020-09-17T14:15:41Z")
'Twas an excellent scene ! And for any who don’t know the back story … it’s equally cool ! > **[Harrison Ford Explained The Story Behind The Best Scene In 'Indiana Jones'](https://www.businessinsider.com/harrison-ford-reddit-ama-2014-4)** > > Why Indiana Jones shot the swordsman instead of engaging in an epic duel. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/36 "2020-09-17T14:17:17Z")
[“See if you can guess what I am now!"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG-Mnt5ZcXQ) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/37 "2020-09-17T14:20:57Z")
Same movie - different scene. When Bruce first surfaces and smiles at Chief Brody, I dropped my beer! (Saw it at a drive-in.) ---
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/38 "2020-09-17T14:35:48Z")
I’ll add The Line from _Shark Attack 3: Megalodon._ Completely unexpected, but anyone who watched the DVD immediately rewound to see if they really heard what they thought they did. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/39 "2020-09-17T14:35:54Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > “Seven”- What was in the box Not long after the release of _Seven_ ( **SE7EN** ) I was at a friend’s housewarming party. When they were opening gifts, he shook a box, opened a bit of the top, looked in, and I SCREAMED, “WHAT’S IN THE BOX???”. Three people had seen Seven, and cracked up. The remaining 20 or so guests didn’t have a clue. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807/40 "2020-09-17T14:46:10Z")
Just that line got an immediate (laughing) response from me. I didn’t even have to click on the link! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807.md?page=3)