The 100 Scariest Movie Scenes

[LastSunrise1981]

From 4:50 to 8:08. Keep in mind, this came out before the original When a Stranger Calls did.



Don't really know why that didn't make the list.

Black Christmas I assume?

Spoiler

I truly think in the original When A Stranger Calls it was more creepy and the sight of the door opening with the mans shadow appearing made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

 

[TNC9852002]

I'm gonna watch Mulholland Dr. this weekend!

-TNC

 

[cerealkiller182]

That movie on a whole didnt do anything for me but the scenes individually were beautifully shot.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Am I the only one who finds none of these scary? I've never been scared by a movie ever. I think something's wrong with me.

 

[bullets]

I'm really surprised the opening scene from Scream didn't make the list.

I didnt really think that was scary.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

Am I the only one who finds none of these scary? I've never been scared by a movie ever. I think something's wrong with me.

Not really, a lot of it depends on the movie itself. I know a lot of movies that scared me when I was 9, 10, 11, or even 12 don't scare me as much anymore because I'm an older man(26) and I don't have the same fears as I had when I was a kid.

It also doesn't help that the "scary" films that are out these days are generally crap to begin with. The only decent to good/great horror films in the new milennium for me personally have been the SAW series, the remake of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Wolf Creek, and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Other than that scary films rely more of TRYING to make you scared instead of actually doing it.

It's kind of hard to scare a person with a film when EVERY horror film has to have a slow quiet scene and cue loud sound with something or someone jumping out nowhere.(Especially since they know it's coming.)

 

[WorthyStevens]

Black Christmas I assume?

Yep.

Spoiler

I truly think in the original When A Stranger Calls it was more creepy and the sight of the door opening with the mans shadow appearing made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

The first 20 and last 10 minutes of the movie were great, but the middle of the movie could've been trimmed.

I didnt really think that was scary.

I thought it was a very well-written, intense scene. Everything about it was brilliant. The location (the cliche isolated house); having the parents come home just to witness the horrific scene on hand, as well as the horrific sight of their daughter's dead body; and the mindgames the killer played with her. But what made it really work was the acting, which was top-notch from Drew Barrymore. For a slasher movie victim, she was sympathetic.

"Why do you want to know my name?"
"Because I want to know who I'm looking at."

"Is this some kind of a joke?"
"More like a game, really. Can you handle that... blondie?"

"What do you want?"
"To see what your insides look like."

 

[LastSunrise1981]

I didnt really think that was scary.

I agree, the intro to the first Scream wasn't really scary. Disturbing? Yes. Creepy? Yes. Scary? Not at all. The killer's voice and his response to Drew's character made it more amusing than anything else.

Want to know a good scary film? The original Amityville Horror. That movie ****ed with my head and I'm a 26 year old man that went on a horror movie binge watching Halloween, The Omen, Rosemary's Baby, Seven, and a host of other films that I watched and ended up going to sleep right after. However, the original Amityville Horror film just scared the piss out of me to the point that I literally slept with my lights on.

Everything about it was so creepy and realistic. Glowing red eyes in the dark, a demonic looking pig in the window, and a evil voice saying "Get out!" to a priest made my hairs stand up. I watched it one night at about 10 and went to sleep at 2 with the lights and television on, that way if there was a ghost, the lights would have to go off by themselves and so will the tv, and if that happened, my feet would quickly guide me through the wall and out of my house as well. t:

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Not really, a lot of it depends on the movie itself. I know a lot of movies that scared me when I was 9, 10, 11, or even 12 don't scare me as much anymore because I'm an older man(26) and I don't have the same fears as I had when I was a kid.

It also doesn't help that the "scary" films that are out these days are generally crap to begin with. The only decent to good/great horror films in the new milennium for me personally have been the SAW series, the remake of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Wolf Creek, and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Other than that scary films rely more of TRYING to make you scared instead of actually doing it.

It's kind of hard to scare a person with a film when EVERY horror film has to have a slow quiet scene and cue loud sound with something or someone jumping out nowhere.(Especially since they know it's coming.)

Even when I was around 12, nothing scared me. That's what I was trying to get at. I remember watching 'Nightmare on Elm Street' at that age, and I thought it was funny.