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Your personal scariest moment in horror films

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GorillaWithDandruff said:
just to draw attention to this since all the good ones have already been talked about

kinda funny but my dad started letting me watch horror movies with him towards the end of elementary school and when I watched this one with him it fucked me up so bad that i couldn't sleep for weeks and my mom gave him so much shit for it that he wouldn't watch anything with me for a while

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Glad I wasn't the only one. I wasn't allowed to watch the movie, but I wanted so badly to see it. Terrified me. The idea that it's based on a true story certainly had an impact too.
 
There's a scene in Dead Silence where a kid accidentally tips over an open casket trying to see the body and an old woman corpse/ventriloquist dummy hybrid falls out, then gets up.

I can handle that scene now but back then it creeper me out pretty badly
 
Freyjadour said:
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Not a horror movie, and I'm not even sure if it belongs in this thread? I don't know so much that it scares me, but it definitely effects me psychologically the way an intensely scary scene/buildup does.

It's Saving Private Ryan scene where the Jewish soldier (forget his character's name) slowly gets stabbed in the heart while trying to fight it, pleading.. while the German gently shushes him.. it's really hard for me to watch and I'm very rarely disturbed by violence etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBSQEnvz6zo
 
About to see Ouija: Origin of Evil, apparently it's pretty damned good. We'll see, reviews are solid and one of my friends liked it so it can't be that bad.
 
The Hills Have Eyes reboot. The big trailer attack scene. Half the theatre left.

Jaws. All of it.

And most of all the Acrophobia toliet scene.
 
HHE is one of the few effective reboots. Pretty good stuff though not my kinda thing exactly.

You guys seen The Crazies? Not a bad flick.
 
The last 30-60 seconds of Blair Witch have an intense effect on me. I see that clip used in various "best of" YouTube videos and it still gives me goosebumps.

The handprints on the walls, the sound of him screaming for her and then the visual of him standing in the corner facing the wall are perfectly terrifying.
 
brandonh83 said:
HHE is one of the few effective reboots. Pretty good stuff though not my kinda thing exactly.

You guys seen The Crazies? Not a bad flick.
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The Crazies was also a great remake! I like to think it was inspired by HHE (as well as other reboots like Texas Chainsaw, Last Hill On The Left, Halloween). While just as dark as their source they all had that 2000's grittiness about them.

I also think Aja's Piranha 3D isn't nearly the cult film it should be. Maybe it was a little too tongue in cheek.
 
A certain scene in Alien that ironically doesn't involve the Alien is the one that shocked and bewildered me the most. If you've seen it you know it, and if you haven't I don't want to spoil it because its sudden, seemingly inexplicable occurrance is such a big part of why it's so powerful. Decades after release I had somehow remained unspoiled on it, and it was the most disoriented I've ever felt while watching a film. There's so much I want to say about it, but I just can't spoil it!

In terms of absolute horror, The Thing's kennel sequence seems impossible to top. The dread leading to the initial transformation can't prepare you for the utter hell that follows. I don't think words alone can do it justice. It'll never leave my mind.
 
brandonh83 said:
About to see Ouija: Origin of Evil, apparently it's pretty damned good. We'll see, reviews are solid and one of my friends liked it so it can't be that bad.
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It's very conventional and heavily indulges in modern horror tropes. The polar opposite of smart, carefully crafted and artfully executed movies like The Witch and The Wailing.

It's a really good ride though, and well made for what it is. Fun theater experience.
 
It was okay for about an hour. Really did not like the climax and ending. Some decent stuff here and there, by no means one of the worst horror movies out there but dogshit compared to say The Conjuring 2. I would say The Witch but The Witch was going for something way different and I can respect that.
 
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When my friends and I went to see 28 Days Later in the cinema, we actually had no fucking idea what movie we were seeing. It was a blind watch and we were expecting a comedy lol.
 
The jump scare that gets me the most is the blood test scene in The Thing. It's so effective because of how thoroughly it's set up. Carpenter uses the same angle for the moment the needle touches the blood a couple times, then some interruptions and dialogue break up the pace, and then BAM. Every godamn time.

The scariest is probably Ripley fleeing the Nostromo after Parker and Lambert are killed, only to run into the alien blocking her way. That shot of the alien slowly coming around the corner send a shudder down my spine every time.
 
The Signs birthday party works because of the music IMO. There's a tense violin building followed by a hellacious stinger when the alien moves. It also doesn't hurt that the movie had been building suspense up to that point by leaving us craving any bit of info we could get about the aliens.
 
Fimbulvetr said:
A certain scene in Alien that ironically doesn't involve the Alien is the one that shocked and bewildered me the most. If you've seen it you know it, and if you haven't I don't want to spoil it because its sudden, seemingly inexplicable occurrance is such a big part of why it's so powerful. Decades after release I had somehow remained unspoiled on it, and it was the most disoriented I've ever felt while watching a film. There's so much I want to say about it, but I just can't spoil it!

In terms of absolute horror, The Thing's kennel sequence seems impossible to top. The dread leading to the initial transformation can't prepare you for the utter hell that follows. I don't think words alone can do it justice. It'll never leave my mind.
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No idea why that scene in Alien isn't talked about more, but I'm tremendously glad. Everyone I know responds so much to that scene partially because it's apparently cinema's best kept secret.
 
brandonh83 said:
A huge prolonged build up. It's so calm for minutes upon minutes until that happens. And it's outta nowhere.
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Hmmm....will have to watch the movie later tonight then. It can't be worse than Exorcist 2, right? lol

Fimbulvetr said:
A certain scene in Alien that ironically doesn't involve the Alien is the one that shocked and bewildered me the most. If you've seen it you know it, and if you haven't I don't want to spoil it because its sudden, seemingly inexplicable occurrance is such a big part of why it's so powerful. Decades after release I had somehow remained unspoiled on it, and it was the most disoriented I've ever felt while watching a film. There's so much I want to say about it, but I just can't spoil it!

In terms of absolute horror, The Thing's kennel sequence seems impossible to top. The dread leading to the initial transformation can't prepare you for the utter hell that follows. I don't think words alone can do it justice. It'll never leave my mind.
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Mind giving a hint as to what scene it is?
 
geardo said:
That nurse part in Exorcist 3 is legit creepy as hell.

Nobody ever talks about this movie, but The Exorcism of Emily Rose has some of the most unnerving scenes I've ever witnessed. Remember that part when the dude wakes up and she's all demonic and twisted up on the ground? No?? That's because you don't want to bitch.

Remember that other part when she was freaking out in the church and started bending backwards until her back was almost splitting in half? No?? That's because you buried it away in order to keep your sanity.

Remember the end?
When she was possessed by all of those demons, and then finally Lucifer comes out and her eyes go all crazy?
Me neither because that shit gave me fucking nightmares!

Fuck that movie. It was just a scary-ass flick. It had a few jump scares, sure, but it was the vibe that really made that movie terrifying.
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I loved that movie, and I completely agree: it's criminal how little love it gets. Although that was the reason I watched the Last Exorcism, so....
 
Evil Dead: Something about the claymation-esque design of the demons really freaks me out. Particularly the scene when her head is sticking out of the cellar and she's mocking them.
Alien: No specific moment really gets me in this (outside of the chestburster on my first viewing), but the entire movie is terrifically designed and keeps me feeling nervous and on edge the whole movie.
I haven't seen it in a long while, but I seem to remember really liking the Hills Have Eyes reboot. Can't recall why.
 
The Argus said:
The Hills Have Eyes reboot. The big trailer attack scene. Half the theatre left.
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I never would've picked this as a scary scene. Disturbing - yes.


As for my top pick, probably the head turning scene in The Exorcist. The whole movie still gets to me.
 
SCULLIBUNDO said:
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When my friends and I went to see 28 Days Later in the cinema, we actually had no fucking idea what movie we were seeing. It was a blind watch and we were expecting a comedy lol.
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This and the lead up to it: Jim wakes up

When 28 Days Later came out, I used to spend a lot of time hanging around up the West End of London and to see it completely deserted like this scene was quite chilling. To see this bustling metropolis completely devoid of life, with upturned buses, the posters of missing people, strewn with litter... It chilled me to the bone because it felt so personal. It also made me develop this slight fear of zombies afterwards, too (which Shaun of the Dead cured). It's my favourite horror film.

Also, I now work nearby to a lot of where it (and 28 Weeks Later) was filmed!
 
NESpowerhouse said:
The bear scene from The Shining. Many see it merely as a WTF moment of the movie, but the entire composition of that scene just terrifies me. It comes the fuck out of nowhere, the appearance of the thing is disturbing to me on a deeper, psychological level, and what the bear actually represents is incredibly disgusting. I remember seeing that scene for the first time around 10 years ago watching The Shining on TV. Both my dad and my brother had fallen asleep, so it was just me. The scene is very quick, and it starts with Wendy wandering aimlessly up a flight of stairs, and once she reaches the top she looks down the hallway to a zoomed-out shot of some brown figure appearing to perform fellatio on somebody else, and once he stops, he gets on his knees and looks across at Wendy. Then the camera does a sudden zoom-in that catches you off-guard, and what you see is the face of a gaunt-looking man sitting on the bed along with a man in what appears to be a bear suit with some of the deadest eyes you will ever see.To me, the face of this thing is one of those things that regardless of how many times I see it, I still cannot fully process what I am looking at. The first time I saw this scene, it gave me goosebumps all over my entire body and made my hair stand on end. To this day, it's the one scene in The Shining that I still dread.

On a side note, I'm going to see The Shining, my favorite movie of all-time, in theaters next Wednesday, so I look forward to seeing this scene on the big-screen.
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What do you mean by "what it represents?" The Shining is one of my favorite movies but that brief scene always confused me rather than rattled me. I'm curious to hear your interpretive take on it.

As for myself, I like a good horror movie but I'm a huge wimp when it comes to jump scares so I can only bear to watch them once in in a while with company in a well-lit room. In general I prefer movies that are strange and unsettling rather than gorey and frequently terrifying. As a kid the most damaging scare for me was the clown doll in Poltergeist. I already hated clowns which definitely didn't help.
 
I'd love to know what Alien scene you guys are talking about. I watched it for the first time a few days ago and gave no idea. I thought the whole thing was underwhelming, overall the movie looks really cool but the Alien looked ridiculous, it was way too obviously a guy wearing an awkward costume. The scene near the end where it's kind of trapped just before Ripley jetisons it was the worst.

Not a bad movie by any means but I was expecting to be blown away, partially because I've always really liked the art that inspired it despite never having seen the movies.

I just got a few other horror movies I've never seen to watch this month, I'm going to watch the Thing and Mulholland Drive tomorrow and I also have Rosemary's Baby. I'll keep in eye here for other suggestions, Jacob's Ladder and Event Horizon were already on my list of what to get next.
 
I have no idea how someone can remain unfazed in a horror movie, I am scared shitless with horror. Watching the Ring as an 8 year old fucked me up so bad. I was afraid of sleeping in the dark for weeks and u still have a slight discomfort for long, black, hair covering faces.
 
NESpowerhouse said:
The bear scene from The Shining. Many see it merely as a WTF moment of the movie, but the entire composition of that scene just terrifies me. It comes the fuck out of nowhere, the appearance of the thing is disturbing to me on a deeper, psychological level, and what the bear actually represents is incredibly disgusting. I remember seeing that scene for the first time around 10 years ago watching The Shining on TV. Both my dad and my brother had fallen asleep, so it was just me. The scene is very quick, and it starts with Wendy wandering aimlessly up a flight of stairs, and once she reaches the top she looks down the hallway to a zoomed-out shot of some brown figure appearing to perform fellatio on somebody else, and once he stops, he gets on his knees and looks across at Wendy. Then the camera does a sudden zoom-in that catches you off-guard, and what you see is the face of a gaunt-looking man sitting on the bed along with a man in what appears to be a bear suit with some of the deadest eyes you will ever see.To me, the face of this thing is one of those things that regardless of how many times I see it, I still cannot fully process what I am looking at. The first time I saw this scene, it gave me goosebumps all over my entire body and made my hair stand on end. To this day, it's the one scene in The Shining that I still dread.

On a side note, I'm going to see The Shining, my favorite movie of all-time, in theaters next Wednesday, so I look forward to seeing this scene on the big-screen.
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Kubrick's the best director of all time. Now there's the guy who should have made Watchmen.

For me, it's the tendon dream from ANOES Part 3. Holy shit... I can handle most stuff, but that was both disgusting, terrifying and really damn creative.
 
The moment the girl creeped out the well and through the tv in the original Japanese ring. It screwed me up as a kid for dark places for years.
 
My mobile phone rang while I was watching The Ring. For someone who gets scared even when reading Stephen King books or reading creepy stuff on Listverse at night, it was horrifying. I hit my hands really hard on a desk and almost fell of my chair.
 
The original japanese Dark Water. When the mother runs to elevator with a child, gets there, looks back and her child walks out of their apartament..so who in the God' name is she holding :D

This damn scene from Conjouring came very close though
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Overall I've been enjoying recent couple of years. Such a horror reneissance in cinema. So many genuinelly damn scary movies.
 
GhaleonEB said:
The jump scare that gets me the most is the blood test scene in The Thing. It's so effective because of how thoroughly it's set up. Carpenter uses the same angle for the moment the needle touches the blood a couple times, then some interruptions and dialogue break up the pace, and then BAM. Every godamn time.

The scariest is probably Ripley fleeing the Nostromo after Parker and Lambert are killed, only to run into the alien blocking her way. That shot of the alien slowly coming around the corner send a shudder down my spine every time.
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Heh it's a bit weird to me that people would still be scared of these cinema classics. They were a bit scary decades ago, but now there's only mild tension for me in these movies.
 
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