# Movie scenes that made you cover your eyes (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604 "2010-04-10T01:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/1 "2010-04-10T01:43:39Z")
The other night I watched Equus with Richard Burton because I found the DVD on Amazon. Even though I knew it was coming, I didn’t think it would actually show the scene with the horses’ eyes and the spike. I couldn’t watch it. So what scenes couldn’t you watch? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/2 "2010-04-10T01:46:25Z")
When scary stuff started happening in _Paranormal Activity_. Such a good movie. Yes, I’m a pussy. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/3 "2010-04-10T01:50:04Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > When scary stuff started happening in _Paranormal Activity_. > > Such a good movie. > > Yes, I’m a pussy. It was better than we were led to believe it would be… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/4 "2010-04-10T01:50:09Z")
_Arachnophobia_ – when Manley gets his hand chomped in the sleeping bag. I’ve seen the movie several times, but I’ve only seen that bite once. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/5 "2010-04-10T01:53:48Z")
Any and all times a hypodermic needle is involved. I don’t watch the TV news during flu season. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/6 "2010-04-10T01:57:38Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Any and all times a hypodermic needle is involved. > > I don’t watch the TV news during flu season. OMG that scene from Saw II. \>.\< Actually, EVERY scene from Saw II. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/7 "2010-04-10T02:00:00Z")
The scene at the end of _Looking for Mr. Goodbar_. Horrifying. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/8 "2010-04-10T02:17:29Z")
I read the novelization for _Alien_ before I saw the movie. So when the scene where John Hurt has woken up hungry, and they’re all eating… I kinda mewled and covered my eyes. eep. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/9 "2010-04-10T03:58:06Z")
All of the parts in the castle from the movie Hostel. I, btw, am a manly 53 years old. When The Thing came out, in the 80s, I was at a friends house watching it for the first time. I kept the eye closest to them open, but looked over the top of the television, and the eye away from them closed. I think it takes incredible courage and inner resources to fool a friend in this manner. Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/10 "2010-04-10T04:17:05Z")
There’s one bit in Saving Private Ryan that I can never watch. Spoilers, obviously. I think it’s reasonably near the end, when the tanks are coming and the sniper gets blown up, there’s a bit where ‘Steamboat Willy’ catches one of the American soldiers, fights for a bit, knocks him over and then slowly pushes a knife (or it might have been a bayonet) into his stomach whilst whispering “Shhh, shhh.” It’s not even remotely gory, as the German is right on top of him you can’t even see any blood. I can watch guys get their arms blown off and with their guts hanging out but that bit squicks me out no end. [Found it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxpSSJBwW0) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/11 "2010-04-10T04:56:09Z")
The first time I saw _ **Carrie** _, and that hand came up out of the ground. I spent the credits of that movie leaning over the seat in front of me gasping for air. That was before the slasher film craze made that sort of jump out and scare thing a cliche. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/12 "2010-04-10T05:00:15Z")
> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#): > > There’s one bit in Saving Private Ryan that I can never watch. Spoilers, obviously. > > I think it’s reasonably near the end, when the tanks are coming and the sniper gets blown up, there’s a bit where ‘Steamboat Willy’ catches one of the American soldiers, fights for a bit, knocks him over and then slowly pushes a knife (or it might have been a bayonet) into his stomach whilst whispering “Shhh, shhh.” > > It’s not even remotely gory, as the German is right on top of him you can’t even see any blood. I can watch guys get their arms blown off and with their guts hanging out but that bit squicks me out no end. > > [Found it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxpSSJBwW0) bingo. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/13 "2010-04-10T06:06:29Z")
> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#): > > There’s one bit in Saving Private Ryan that I can never watch. Spoilers, obviously. > > I think it’s reasonably near the end, when the tanks are coming and the sniper gets blown up, there’s a bit where ‘Steamboat Willy’ catches one of the American soldiers, fights for a bit, knocks him over and then slowly pushes a knife (or it might have been a bayonet) into his stomach whilst whispering “Shhh, shhh.” > > It’s not even remotely gory, as the German is right on top of him you can’t even see any blood. I can watch guys get their arms blown off and with their guts hanging out but that bit squicks me out no end. > > [Found it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxpSSJBwW0) That isn’t Steamboat Willy. Seriously, google side by side comparisons, it’s a common misconception. I was corrected myself not too long ago right here on the boards. It’s just some other German who looks like him. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/14 "2010-04-10T06:25:28Z")
The librarian scene in Ghostbusters. You know, where they “get her”. I saw that in the theater when I was 8. I still can’t watch it today. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/15 "2010-04-10T07:01:04Z")
Pulp Fiction…the syringe. Misery…the “hobbling.” ---
**Author:** ![lshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@lshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lshaw)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/16 "2010-04-10T07:12:53Z")
> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#): > > There’s one bit in Saving Private Ryan that I can never watch. Spoilers, obviously. > > I think it’s reasonably near the end, when the tanks are coming and the sniper gets blown up, there’s a bit where ‘Steamboat Willy’ catches one of the American soldiers, fights for a bit, knocks him over and then slowly pushes a knife (or it might have been a bayonet) into his stomach whilst whispering “Shhh, shhh.” Yes, this one. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/17 "2010-04-10T07:35:53Z")
The scene in the new Superman when he gets shot in the eyeball. I know what they were trying to achieve, but it just squicks me out. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/18 "2010-04-10T07:47:37Z")
In Pan’s Labyrinth it’s the cheek scenes. Cutting it, sewing it up, and taking the shot. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/19 "2010-04-10T09:45:48Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > That isn’t Steamboat Willy. Seriously, google side by side comparisons, it’s a common misconception. I was corrected myself not too long ago right here on the boards. > > It’s just some other German who looks like him. Thank you, I’ve seen that said here before(maybe it was you), and I was all but sure it wasn’t the same guy. Actually, When Steamboat Willie gets gunned down a few minutes later, I think the soldier doing it is a little shit. He let his buddy get stabbed to death, then walks up and shoots the defenseless guy. How useless. ---
**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604/20 "2010-04-10T09:52:17Z")
Pan’s Labyrinth. The bottle-stabbing scene. Ugh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-that-made-you-cover-your-eyes-spoilers/535604.md?page=2)