# What Movie Scene Made You Jump Out of Your Seat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006 "2002-07-26T21:11:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/21 "2002-07-27T07:08:48Z")
The scene that freaked me out was the library ghost at the beginning of **Ghostbusters**. “GET HER!” (Of course it only worked once.) ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/22 "2002-07-27T09:48:55Z")
I’ll agree with everyone who said the Sloth scene in Se7en The one I remember the most is the hand coming out of the grave in Carrie (I think). I was probably 8 or 9 at the time and it was on TV late at night. I was watching it in bed and jumped so high I damn nearly put a hole in the roof. Also remember jumping during Aliens when they realise the alien in the tube isn’t dead. And a wierd one - the car crash at the beginning of Erin Brokovitch. I watched that in a very good theatre with very good sound and it was just so unexpected. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/23 "2002-07-27T12:39:12Z")
The clown-doll scene at the end of _Poltergeist_, when it grabs the little boy and drags him under the bed…after the little boy has checked under the bed. :eek: Definitely a popcorn-spilling moment. ---
**Author:** ![Lapin\_de\_poussiere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@Lapin\_de\_poussiere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lapin_de_poussiere)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/24 "2002-07-27T14:20:26Z")
:smack: I’ve only seen _Jaws_ out of any of those movies… good grief. :making Blockbuster list: But the one movie moment where I clearly remember jumping out of my seat was in _Anaconda_, where the group thinks they’ve escaped the giant snake… and then it jumps out of the water. That was particularly mean if you were sitting in the front row. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/25 "2002-07-27T16:46:13Z")
I don’t remember the name of the film, it was late at night on cable. I just remember this line… “THANKS FOR THE RIDE, LADY!” eeks ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/26 "2002-07-27T17:03:44Z")
I nearly emptied my bowels at the end of **Friday the 13th** , part one. The survivor is sleeping in a boat on the lake, and wakes up and looks around. _SUDDENLY!_ ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/27 "2002-07-27T17:04:10Z")
_Silence of the Lambs_, when Jodie Foster enters the self-storage place, uncovers the car, and finds the glass jar with a head inside. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/28 "2002-07-27T17:05:05Z")
Yes, that’s right. Don’t hit “Enter” while typing a response. _SUDDENLY!_ Jason’s corpse jumps out of the water behind her, and grabs her and takes her under. It was just a dream!!! ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/29 "2002-07-27T18:17:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Roadwalker \* > \*\*I don’t remember the name of the film, it was late at night on cable. I just remember this line… > “THANKS FOR THE RIDE, LADY!” > eeks \*\* **Creepshow 2** Ok, my entry is the scene in **The Omen** when Peck is checking his son’s hairline and the demon-nanny pops up to protect Damien. You knew it was coming, but still… ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/30 "2002-07-27T18:54:43Z")
Those are all pretty good. Most recently, I jumped when Bilbo Baggins tried to take the One Ring from Frodo at Rivendell. The way his face changed… ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/31 "2002-07-27T20:29:01Z")
The hobbling scene in **Misery**. I hadn’t read the book prior to seeing that movie, so I wasn’t prepared for it. I swear the whole audience bounced in their chairs. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/32 "2002-07-27T21:33:35Z")
**Poltergeist** ~ seeing it for the first time in a theater and when the hand jumps out of the TV - I SCREAMED and jumped!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Iteki\_actually](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@Iteki\_actually](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki_actually)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/33 "2002-07-27T23:47:24Z")
Sloth in 7 gets a major LEAP, as said above, the whole damned audience rose about 10 inche. While never reaching the same height from seat as se7en I would also add the early hit-and-run scene in Meet Joe Black, and the “head-shot” in Boys Don’t Cry. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/34 "2002-07-27T23:51:42Z")
It’s not really scary but it’s startling - in Road to Perdition SPOILER SPACE JUST IN CASE, even though I’m going to use vague phrasing: there’s a shootout that’s filmed completely in silence - no sound effects, nothing but the music while six or ten guys get gunned down. The switch from the utter silence of that shootout to the sudden, incredibly loud burst of tommy-gun fire that follows in an individual shooting just after the big shootout made me jump out of my seat. All the others I’d mention have already been spoken of here. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/35 "2002-07-28T00:46:06Z")
Most of the time I forget scenes like this, because they’re usually just cheap shots. The only one I remember is the one from _Blood Simple_: the two main characters are basically accusing each other of murder, they’re standing in front of a screen door, it’s dead quite, the tension is thick as hell, you see a paperboy ride past on his bicycle, he tosses the paper, it hangs in the air, they’re still silent, the paper’s still flying, you can see it coming for the door, and all of a sudden _ **BAM** _! It’s cool because it’s a cheap gag but not just a cheap gag; you can see it coming forever, you know something is going to happen, and it still makes you jump. Also: People, please, for my sake. It’s “_SEVEN_.” Yes, I know that the marketing people like to make it all edgy, but “Se7en” **doesn’t spell anything!** ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/36 "2002-07-28T00:48:42Z")
Seeing “Se7en” just makes me so mad it makes me unable to spell “quiet!” ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/37 "2002-07-28T01:36:57Z")
John Carpenter’s \* The Thing \* where they’re testing each other’s blood to find out who’s been infected by the alien. You can see it coming a mile away, and you \* still \* jump! The end of \* Carrie \* when the arm comes out of the grave. The scene in \* Alien \* where the monster bursts out of the egg and plants itself on the astronaut’s face. In \* Psycho \* when the detective gets killed by Norman’s “crazy mother.” In \* The Exorcist \* when the head spins around. Lots of others, but I’ve no time to list 'em all. ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/38 "2002-07-28T06:47:32Z")
could some one better explain the sloth scene from seven? I can recall alot of scenes but not that one. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki\_actually](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@Iteki\_actually](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki_actually)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/39 "2002-07-28T07:09:36Z")
Sloth Scene Spoiler ---
**Author:** ![Iteki\_actually](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@Iteki\_actually](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki_actually)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006/40 "2002-07-28T07:32:01Z")
shit… SLOTH SCENE SPOILER!! We see the inside of an apartment with the shades drawn, after a moment we realise the small objects hanging from the ceiling of the room are those Pine-tree air freshners for cars. Thousands of them. They are there to mask the smell of the fairly rotten corpse strapped to the bed. John Doe has struck again… (dum, dum, dum) They lean in to get a better look at the corpse, shining their flashlight on it and the “corpse” takes a long shuddering breath and sitting up slightly (iirc). Thats the jump bit. Seems it’s not so much of a rotting corpse, as a rotting person. He has been strapped to the bed for exacty one year when he is found. He later dies at the hospital of shock basically. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-made-you-jump-out-of-your-seat/121006.md?page=3)