Movie scenes that scare the crap out of you.
 

Not necessarily a thread confined to horror movies, this is all about those scenes that get your heart rate up, induce bouts of nail-biting, and otherwise generally make you want to be somewhere else while the scene plays out.

The first scene that comes to mind whenever someone asks me about this sort of thing is from "Aliens," when THAT is how to do suspense the right way.

A runner-up would be the bathtub scene in Ghostbusters II. Even though looking back on it shows the scene to be a little goofy, my 10-year-old mind was unable to grasp the tongue-in-cheek humour of it and was appropriately freaked out.

So let's hear about your favourite (or least favourite, as it were) ZOMG FREAKED OUT scenes in movies, either as a kid or that you've seen recently. Bonus points for unexpected or unlikely scenes in movies you wouldn't normally expect to have them.

To date, there is one scene that really scares me every single time I watch it. It's from the movie Signs:



Thank God i didn't have the opportunity to watch the movie at the theaters.

Super Mario Bros
as a kid, that was a shock.

Who Framed Rodger Rabbit.
Two things, the killing of the shoe and

The ending to Friday the 13th where kid Jason jumps out of the lake and grabs the girl in the boat. The timing of it happening with the music is fucking perfect, still suprises me even though i've seen it 1000 times.

I agree with this. Even after watching it again recently after all these years (I got the DVD), I still had the shivers watching that.

In one of the many Grudge movies (theatrical and TV), there was a scene that really spooked me. It was at a TV studio when the victim was accosted by

Definitely that scene from Event Horizon...



Or Fire in the Sky...

I used to get pretty freaked out by the scene in Nightmare on Elm Street when



Also, the first time I saw the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the infamous dinner scene in the end was pretty unnerving.

And while it's not really scary, I cringe whenever I see a characters fingers or fingernails get torn off. Blood and gore doesn't bother me at all, but I just can't deal with that shit.

Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban. Harry goes to Trelawney's classroom to return a crystal ball Hermione tossed out the door, when he sees something in it... Sirius Black's face whispering "Haaaarryyyy Potteeeeeeerr...."

And all of a sudden BAM! Trelawney grabs him by the shoulder from behind. Gets me every time.

Used to be the Ring, but I watched it so many times that I don't find that movie scary anymore.

The Grudge still has me going.


Movies which didn't terrify me, but had me covering my eyes and avoiding trying to listen to anything are the more gory thrillers. Turistas and Hostel had me doing that.

The Event Horizon one is a good one. That movie has a fair amount of freaky scenes in it, but that one is up there in the top 3. Same for the scene

Also, I haven't seen Inland Empire yet, but this almost makes me not want to anymore: GODDAMN.

As creepy as that was, I feel that...



Also, major kudos to you for mentioning Event Horizon.

It's not so much scary as it is fucking disturbing, but the scene from Eraserhead when


has to be one of the more disturbing and fucked up scenes I've seen in a movie. Granted, I've not seen many movies, but that moment sticks in my mind. Vividly.

Seconded. Also, when

Many things about that movie creep me the fuck out. Also, the lady in the radiator.

Yes that scene you're talking about was very disturbing to see. I didn't like seeing that part at all.


I think another scene from a horror flick would be the part in the remake of House on Haunted Hill.



When I was a kid...FREAKED ME OUT. I couldn't sleep after that for a day or two. I look back at it now, and i'm not scared, but I liked the approach they look with it. Very creepy.