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* In ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bill: Vol. 1]]'', O-Ren Ishii gets like this when, after cutting off Tanaka's head, she warns,[[SuddenlyShouting "The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is... I collect your fucking head. JUST like this fucker here. Now, if ANY of you sons of bitches GOT ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, NOW'S THE FUCKING TIME!!!!!!"]]
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* In ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bill: Vol. 1]]'', O-Ren Ishii gets like this when, after cutting off Tanaka's head, she warns,[[SuddenlyShouting warns, "The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is... is...I collect your fucking head. [[DecapitationPresentation JUST like this fucker here. here]]. Now, if ANY of you sons of bitches [[SuddenlyShouting GOT ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, NOW'S THE FUCKING TIME!!!!!!"]]
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* Reportedly, there were incidents with viewers fainting of shock at the unmasking scene in the silent film version of ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925'', starring Creator/LonChaney Sr. who did his own make-up, going as far as to use metal wires to mold his face. To this day, his portrayal of the Phantom remains by far the most faithful to the original novel - and certainly one of the most effective. Its use of this trope is one of the {{Ur Example}}s within film.
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* Reportedly, there were incidents with viewers fainting of in shock at the unmasking scene in the silent film version of ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925'', starring Creator/LonChaney Sr. who did his own make-up, going as far as to use metal wires to mold his face. To this day, his portrayal of the Phantom remains by far the most faithful to the original novel - and certainly one of the most effective. Its use of this trope is one of the {{Ur Example}}s within film.
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* [[http://www.neodymsystems.com/ring/r_img/remake/hq/ue_katie_face1.jpg The]] [[http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120711142109/headhuntershorrorhouse/images/b/b4/Katie_-_The_Ring.jpg victims']] [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110804141236/ring/images/0/09/Noah.jpg faces]] in ''Film/TheRing'' are prime examples.
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* ''Film/NutcrackerMassacre'': Whenever the 6-foot tall Nutcracker kills someone, it does so with an angry face that shows off its sharp teeth, as seen [[https://thepeoplesmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nutcracker-Massacre-2022.jpg here]].
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* During the finale of the final battle in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', a close-up is given of Godzilla's head as he begins to enter the final throes leading up to his meltdown... as his flesh slowly begins to ''literally melt off his skull!''
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* During Godzilla's meltdown at the finale end of the final battle in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', a close-up is given of Godzilla's head as he begins to enter the final throes leading up to his meltdown... as his flesh slowly begins to ''literally melt off his skull!''skull.''
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* ''Film/{{Orphan}}'' already has an effective DeathGlare from Esther, and when she has a VillainousBreakdown and sloppily takes off her make-up [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/orphan_nightmare_fuel.jpg the resulting expression is chilling]].
* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' has a few of these with the Mask itself, but they're mostly [[UnintentionalUncannyValley meant]] to be funny.
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* Lothar, TheBrute employed by the Nazis in ''Film/TheRocketeer''. What's scariest about his face is that it doesn't look like it could actually move, let alone change expression... but it can.
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* Lothar, TheBrute employed by the Nazis in ''Film/TheRocketeer''. What's scariest about his face is that it doesn't look like it could actually move, let alone change expression... but it can. Sadly, based on a real actor with acromegaly, Creator/RondoHatton.
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* ''Film/{{Psycho}}'': Norman Bates' KubrickStare during the ending.[[http://imgur.com/5ut4fxm]]
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* ''Film/TheShining'''s most iconic moment ("Here's Johnny!") is Jack Nicholson's SlasherSmile as he [[AnAxeToGrind hacks]] his way through a door.
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* Creator/WillemDafoe didn't get a lot of chances to do so in ''Film/SpiderMan1'', since the mask covered his face for most of his moments as the Green Goblin. But when he reprised the role in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', he loses the mask early on, letting him go all out with terrifying facial expressions of all kinds.
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** Betelgeuse shows Adam and Barbara that he can be scary - [[UnrevealAngle we only see him from the back]] as his face erupts into...''something''.
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* ''Film/BatmanBegins'' has some surprisingly freaky hallucination scenes as a result of Scarecrow's fear gas, with characters turning into demons and things.
* Notable filmmaker Drew Daywalt makes you imagine sleeping right beside [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=j6flB0XvmTo#t=74 this]] in his short film ''Bedfellows''.
* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'':
** Betelgeuse shows Adam and Barbara that he can be scary - [[UnrevealAngle we only see him from the back]] as his face erupts into...''something''.
** Adam and Barbara have their own Nightmare Face moments as well, when [[https://youtu.be/uB99OHdJWws demonstrating their ghostliness]] to their caseworker.
* ''Film/Carved2018'': The pumpkin gains [[https://bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-31-at-9.41.24-AM.png this face]] when it comes to life.
* In ''Film/{{Dagon}}'', almost everyone in Imboca has one of these.
* The title character in ''Film/{{Darkman}}'' gets this trope after mobsters attack him and destroy his lab, leaving him horrifically burned. He then goes about seeking revenge on the villains for his disfigurement.
* In ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'', John Milton (Creator/AlPacino) and all the representatives of his law firm are actually [[ItWasHisSled Satan]] and his [[HalfHumanHybrids half-human bastard children]], respectively. Several of them [[GameFace reveal their true faces]], which remind one of living corpses or vampiric cats. Milton himself goes OneWingedAngel at the film's fiery climax, showing himself as both an emaciated humanoid with wings and (subliminally) a short, greenish-skinned, grinning troll.
* In ''The Devil's Nightmare'' one of the guests says "The butler has a face that would give you a nightmare."
%%* Thai thriller ''Dorm'' includes some boarding school students sharing ghost stories. The face that accompanies the first story about the pregnant daughter... blech.
* ''Film/TheExorcist'' gave us two scary faces- namely, the girl herself and the subliminal white face that appears randomly in the movie and in the director's cut- also known as ''Captain Howdy'' or Pazuzu.
* Jason Voorhees in all the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films, and [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse]] as the films go along. He has it in [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 the remake]] as well.
* Remember Amy from ''Film/FrightNight1985''? [[http://liberthalia.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/bacetto-e-pace-fatta-frightnight2-lammazzavampiri-2.jpg You will now.]]
* Private Pyle from ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' wears a truly disturbing one during his final plunge into madness, shouting various drill commands while holding a loaded rifle.
* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' is mainly considered a comedy, but the below examples could nicely put it in the realm of horror.
** In case you never really saw what she looked like, take a look at [[http://www.gbfans.com/images/ghostbusters/special-effects-photos/library-ghost_14.jpg this behind-the-scenes photo]] of the [[http://images.wikia.com/ghostbusters/images/archive/b/ba/20091224191223!Librarian_Scare.jpg library ghost]] from the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} first film]].
*** Oh yeah, also the [[http://images.wikia.com/ghostbusters/images/b/b4/Taxidriverghost.png cab driver]].
*** "There is no [[http://076dd0a50e0c1255009e-bd4b8aabaca29897bc751dfaf75b290c.r40.cf1.rackcdn.com/images/files/000/006/994/original/original.JPG Dana]], there is [[http://reviewsjpegs5.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/Zuul.jpg only]] [[http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk2qsb53KX1qzjn3jo1_500.jpg Zuul]]".
** And of course, friggin' [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090528143742/ghostbusters/images/d/d9/JanoszPohaNanny.png Janosz]] from ''Film/GhostbustersII''.
* Two examples from [[Creator/BertIGordon Bert I. Gordon]] works:
** Bruce Barton in ''Film/TheCyclops'' has one half of his face melted off, obliterating his right eye and exposing his teeth partially. His remaining eye glares unblinkingly.
** Glenn Manning has a similar deformity in ''Film/WarOfTheColossalBeast'', except he's missing all of the skin and muscle on one half of his face, exposing parts of his skull. He's kind of a cyclops, too, in that one eye is just an empty socket.
* ''Film/TheGrudge'' ...poor [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140830071032/http://mirusoft.jp/databank/gazouita_collector/thread/1283000424/11294258087960.jpg Yoko]].
* Played for laughs in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', when Uncle Vernon makes a very over-the-top malicious face when he says "Justice!" in the beginning.
* In ''Film/HellraiserInferno'', Joseph keeps seeing visions where random people's faces momentarily transform into eyeless Cenobite faces.
* ''Film/TheHug'': We see Pandory's [[spoiler:real]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/2/2f/True_Pandory.JPG/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20181017190839 face]] for the brief moment he's [[spoiler:dragging Aiden backstage to eat him]].
* The ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' series has its fair share of Nightmare Faces, but the climax of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', where the Nazis open the Ark of the Covenant, takes the cake, with ''four'' examples of this trope in the span of 50 seconds. First, one of the spirits that come out of the Ark suddenly morphs into a skeletal Angel of Death and [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou howls angrily at the screen]]. This is followed moments later by the main villains, [[BodyHorror whose heads shrivel up, melt, and explode, respectively]]. Some first-time watchers will no doubt wish they'd heeded Indy's warning not to look.
* The movie ''Film/{{Ink}}'' has these in the form of Incubi.
* Probably the most memorable scene of ''Film/InlandEmpire'' is Laura Dern's face grotesquely distorting as she gazes right into the camera.
** Also from Creator/DavidLynch, ''Film/TwinPeaksFireWalkWithMe'' has a very unsettling closeup on a monkey's face during a dream sequence. BOB's SlasherSmile may also qualify.
* [[https://youtu.be/GEStsLJZhzo The ending]] of ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978'' has [[spoiler: Donald Sutherland giving an unearthly scream as he points out the one remaining human]]. Also scary because it's a shocking plot twist.
* Many of the protagonist's visions in ''Film/JacobsLadder'' manifest in this way.
* Arthur Fleck, the ''Film/Joker2019'' version of the [[ComicBook/TheJoker archenemy of Batman]], give himself one after being freed from a police car after his believers slammed an ambulance into it by sporting a SlasherSmile and smearing his own blood from his mouth and nose onto his cheeks to replace the "lips" of his makeup.
* In ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bill: Vol. 1]]'', O-Ren Ishii gets like this when, after cutting off Tanaka's head, she warns,[[SuddenlyShouting "The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is... I collect your fucking head. JUST like this fucker here. Now, if ANY of you sons of bitches GOT ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, NOW'S THE FUCKING TIME!!!!!!"]]
* David Sandberg and Lotta Losten's award-winning short horror film ''[[https://youtu.be/-fDzdDfviLI Lights Out]]''. Night-night.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** [[http://roedersrants.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/bilbo-bilbo-baggins-9578038-678-392.jpg Bilbo]] in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' when he catches sight of Frodo wearing the Ring around his neck.
** The Mouth of Sauron from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'' definitely counts.
* ''Film/TheManWhoLaughs'' is about a man whose face is carved into a permanent SlasherSmile - although he's actually the movie's romantic hero. A poster for it is said to have inspired ''Batman'' villain The Joker.
* Film/MrSardonicus's face from the film of the [[AntagonistTitle same name]] froze into a hideous grimace after he opened a grave and saw its inhabitant.
* ''Film/{{The Mummy|2017}}'' (2017) has the faces of Ahmanet's zombie mooks, as well as [[spoiler:[[Creator/TomCruise Nick Morton's]] face as he uses Set's powers to bring Jenny back to life.]]
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%%* ''Film/TheOmen2006'' shows [[http://ilarge.listal.com/image/6537384/968full-the-omen-screenshot.jpg this]] as part of a MirrorScare.
* The 2008 U.S. remake of ''Film/OneMissedCall'' basically uses one of these as its unofficial mascot: a sinisterly smiling face with screaming mouths for eyes. It's on the DVD case as well, as well as in all promotional material.
* In ''Film/PansLabyrinth'', "The Pale Man" was a ChildEater whose most memorable feature was his EyelessFace. His eyes are kept on a plate, and he ''[[EyesDoNotBelongThere picks them up and sticks them into sockets in his palms]]'' whenever he needs to see.
* Who could forget Large Marge's [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/large+marge+/blonde1971/large-marge-animated.gif claymation face]] from ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''?
* Reportedly, there were incidents with viewers fainting of shock at the unmasking scene in the silent film version of ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925'', starring Creator/LonChaney Sr. who did his own make-up, going as far as to use metal wires to mold his face. To this day, his portrayal of the Phantom remains by far the most faithful to the original novel - and certainly one of the most effective. Its use of this trope is one of the {{Ur Example}}s within film.
* The titular creatures from the ''Film/{{Predator}}'' series have a face terrifying enough to warrant the phrase [[PhraseCatcher "You're one ugly motherfucker!"]]
* The main possessed character in ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness'' winds up getting this. [[spoiler: At the very end, we have a jump scare where the main character wakes up and sees his love interest, having previously [[HeroicSacrifice trapped herself in Hell]], appears next to him now also with a possessed appearance.]]
* ''Film/{{Psycho}}'': Norman Bates' KubrickStare during the ending.[[http://imgur.com/5ut4fxm]]
* [[http://www.neodymsystems.com/ring/r_img/remake/hq/ue_katie_face1.jpg The]] [[http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120711142109/headhuntershorrorhouse/images/b/b4/Katie_-_The_Ring.jpg victims']] [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110804141236/ring/images/0/09/Noah.jpg faces]] in ''Film/TheRing'' are prime examples.
* Lothar, TheBrute employed by the Nazis in ''Film/TheRocketeer''. What's scariest about his face is that [[UncannyValley it doesn't look like it could actually move, let alone change expression... but it can]].
* ''Film/TheShining'''s most iconic moment ("Here's Johnny!") is Jack Nicholson's SlasherSmile as he [[AnAxeToGrind hacks]] his way through a door.
* [[spoiler: Angela]] [[https://youtu.be/rIDM6wqUiuM at the end of]] ''Film/SleepawayCamp'' in the most famous scene of the film. Bonus points: not only is it the last shot of the film, but the screen freezes and the end credits scroll over it, so viewers get to have the thing burned into their brain. It's somewhere between horrifying and hilarious.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** [[http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4107/5603058199_fa40f94c1e_z.jpg This]] is the real reason why Darth Vader wears a mask.
** Emperor Palpatine's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Unlimited_Power_9591.jpg post-accident mug.]] Talk about EvilMakesYouUgly.
** Two words: [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]]. He barely speaks, and his facepaint & horns make him look like a demon to boot.
%% * [[Film/{{Transformers}} Movie]] [[BigBad Megatron.]]
* ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'': [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uBVdHVD0NJk/UqbgYUjIidI/AAAAAAAABg0/jSkJlUvOlhc/s1600/Twilight+Zone+The+Movie+still.jpg "...You wanna see something really scary?"]]
** [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130722054737/http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/56-twilightgremlin.jpg "There's a man on the wing of this plane."]]
** "That's Sara, my other sister... [[http://i.imgur.com/lqFTpns.jpg she was in an accident."]]
* ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned1995''. [[http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=vopvys&s=1#.Uxnh1ChLr0c Those kids. Those eyes.]]
* The screaming face from ''Film/TheWall''.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': "[[https://youtu.be/D4B_jDp0ffI Remember me, Eddie? When I killed your brother, I talked... JUST... LIKE... THIS!!!!]]"
* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' has a few of these with the Mask itself, but they're mostly meant to be funny.
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* Notable filmmaker Drew Daywalt makes you imagine sleeping right beside [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=j6flB0XvmTo#t=74 this]] in his short film ''Bedfellows''.
* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'':
** Betelgeuse shows Adam and Barbara that he can be scary - [[UnrevealAngle we only see him from the back]] as his face erupts into...''something''.
** Adam and Barbara have their own Nightmare Face moments as well, when [[https://youtu.be/uB99OHdJWws demonstrating their ghostliness]] to their caseworker.
* ''Film/Carved2018'': The pumpkin gains [[https://bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-31-at-9.41.24-AM.png this face]] when it comes to life.
* In ''Film/{{Dagon}}'', almost everyone in Imboca has one of these.
* The title character in ''Film/{{Darkman}}'' gets this trope after mobsters attack him and destroy his lab, leaving him horrifically burned. He then goes about seeking revenge on the villains for his disfigurement.
* In ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'', John Milton (Creator/AlPacino) and all the representatives of his law firm are actually [[ItWasHisSled Satan]] and his [[HalfHumanHybrids half-human bastard children]], respectively. Several of them [[GameFace reveal their true faces]], which remind one of living corpses or vampiric cats. Milton himself goes OneWingedAngel at the film's fiery climax, showing himself as both an emaciated humanoid with wings and (subliminally) a short, greenish-skinned, grinning troll.
* In ''The Devil's Nightmare'' one of the guests says "The butler has a face that would give you a nightmare."
%%* Thai thriller ''Dorm'' includes some boarding school students sharing ghost stories. The face that accompanies the first story about the pregnant daughter... blech.
* ''Film/TheExorcist'' gave us two scary faces- namely, the girl herself and the subliminal white face that appears randomly in the movie and in the director's cut- also known as ''Captain Howdy'' or Pazuzu.
* Jason Voorhees in all the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films, and [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse]] as the films go along. He has it in [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 the remake]] as well.
* Remember Amy from ''Film/FrightNight1985''? [[http://liberthalia.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/bacetto-e-pace-fatta-frightnight2-lammazzavampiri-2.jpg You will now.]]
* Private Pyle from ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' wears a truly disturbing one during his final plunge into madness, shouting various drill commands while holding a loaded rifle.
* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' is mainly considered a comedy, but the below examples could nicely put it in the realm of horror.
** In case you never really saw what she looked like, take a look at [[http://www.gbfans.com/images/ghostbusters/special-effects-photos/library-ghost_14.jpg this behind-the-scenes photo]] of the [[http://images.wikia.com/ghostbusters/images/archive/b/ba/20091224191223!Librarian_Scare.jpg library ghost]] from the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} first film]].
*** Oh yeah, also the [[http://images.wikia.com/ghostbusters/images/b/b4/Taxidriverghost.png cab driver]].
*** "There is no [[http://076dd0a50e0c1255009e-bd4b8aabaca29897bc751dfaf75b290c.r40.cf1.rackcdn.com/images/files/000/006/994/original/original.JPG Dana]], there is [[http://reviewsjpegs5.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/Zuul.jpg only]] [[http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk2qsb53KX1qzjn3jo1_500.jpg Zuul]]".
** And of course, friggin' [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090528143742/ghostbusters/images/d/d9/JanoszPohaNanny.png Janosz]] from ''Film/GhostbustersII''.
* Two examples from [[Creator/BertIGordon Bert I. Gordon]] works:
** Bruce Barton in ''Film/TheCyclops'' has one half of his face melted off, obliterating his right eye and exposing his teeth partially. His remaining eye glares unblinkingly.
** Glenn Manning has a similar deformity in ''Film/WarOfTheColossalBeast'', except he's missing all of the skin and muscle on one half of his face, exposing parts of his skull. He's kind of a cyclops, too, in that one eye is just an empty socket.
* ''Film/TheGrudge'' ...poor [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140830071032/http://mirusoft.jp/databank/gazouita_collector/thread/1283000424/11294258087960.jpg Yoko]].
* Played for laughs in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', when Uncle Vernon makes a very over-the-top malicious face when he says "Justice!" in the beginning.
* In ''Film/HellraiserInferno'', Joseph keeps seeing visions where random people's faces momentarily transform into eyeless Cenobite faces.
* ''Film/TheHug'': We see Pandory's [[spoiler:real]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/2/2f/True_Pandory.JPG/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20181017190839 face]] for the brief moment he's [[spoiler:dragging Aiden backstage to eat him]].
* The ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' series has its fair share of Nightmare Faces, but the climax of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', where the Nazis open the Ark of the Covenant, takes the cake, with ''four'' examples of this trope in the span of 50 seconds. First, one of the spirits that come out of the Ark suddenly morphs into a skeletal Angel of Death and [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou howls angrily at the screen]]. This is followed moments later by the main villains, [[BodyHorror whose heads shrivel up, melt, and explode, respectively]]. Some first-time watchers will no doubt wish they'd heeded Indy's warning not to look.
* The movie ''Film/{{Ink}}'' has these in the form of Incubi.
* Probably the most memorable scene of ''Film/InlandEmpire'' is Laura Dern's face grotesquely distorting as she gazes right into the camera.
** Also from Creator/DavidLynch, ''Film/TwinPeaksFireWalkWithMe'' has a very unsettling closeup on a monkey's face during a dream sequence. BOB's SlasherSmile may also qualify.
* [[https://youtu.be/GEStsLJZhzo The ending]] of ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978'' has [[spoiler: Donald Sutherland giving an unearthly scream as he points out the one remaining human]]. Also scary because it's a shocking plot twist.
* Many of the protagonist's visions in ''Film/JacobsLadder'' manifest in this way.
* Arthur Fleck, the ''Film/Joker2019'' version of the [[ComicBook/TheJoker archenemy of Batman]], give himself one after being freed from a police car after his believers slammed an ambulance into it by sporting a SlasherSmile and smearing his own blood from his mouth and nose onto his cheeks to replace the "lips" of his makeup.
* In ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bill: Vol. 1]]'', O-Ren Ishii gets like this when, after cutting off Tanaka's head, she warns,[[SuddenlyShouting "The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is... I collect your fucking head. JUST like this fucker here. Now, if ANY of you sons of bitches GOT ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, NOW'S THE FUCKING TIME!!!!!!"]]
* David Sandberg and Lotta Losten's award-winning short horror film ''[[https://youtu.be/-fDzdDfviLI Lights Out]]''. Night-night.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':
** [[http://roedersrants.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/bilbo-bilbo-baggins-9578038-678-392.jpg Bilbo]] in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' when he catches sight of Frodo wearing the Ring around his neck.
** The Mouth of Sauron from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]'' definitely counts.
* ''Film/TheManWhoLaughs'' is about a man whose face is carved into a permanent SlasherSmile - although he's actually the movie's romantic hero. A poster for it is said to have inspired ''Batman'' villain The Joker.
* Film/MrSardonicus's face from the film of the [[AntagonistTitle same name]] froze into a hideous grimace after he opened a grave and saw its inhabitant.
* ''Film/{{The Mummy|2017}}'' (2017) has the faces of Ahmanet's zombie mooks, as well as [[spoiler:[[Creator/TomCruise Nick Morton's]] face as he uses Set's powers to bring Jenny back to life.]]
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%%* ''Film/TheOmen2006'' shows [[http://ilarge.listal.com/image/6537384/968full-the-omen-screenshot.jpg this]] as part of a MirrorScare.
* The 2008 U.S. remake of ''Film/OneMissedCall'' basically uses one of these as its unofficial mascot: a sinisterly smiling face with screaming mouths for eyes. It's on the DVD case as well, as well as in all promotional material.
* In ''Film/PansLabyrinth'', "The Pale Man" was a ChildEater whose most memorable feature was his EyelessFace. His eyes are kept on a plate, and he ''[[EyesDoNotBelongThere picks them up and sticks them into sockets in his palms]]'' whenever he needs to see.
* Who could forget Large Marge's [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/large+marge+/blonde1971/large-marge-animated.gif claymation face]] from ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''?
* Reportedly, there were incidents with viewers fainting of shock at the unmasking scene in the silent film version of ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925'', starring Creator/LonChaney Sr. who did his own make-up, going as far as to use metal wires to mold his face. To this day, his portrayal of the Phantom remains by far the most faithful to the original novel - and certainly one of the most effective. Its use of this trope is one of the {{Ur Example}}s within film.
* The titular creatures from the ''Film/{{Predator}}'' series have a face terrifying enough to warrant the phrase [[PhraseCatcher "You're one ugly motherfucker!"]]
* The main possessed character in ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness'' winds up getting this. [[spoiler: At the very end, we have a jump scare where the main character wakes up and sees his love interest, having previously [[HeroicSacrifice trapped herself in Hell]], appears next to him now also with a possessed appearance.]]
* ''Film/{{Psycho}}'': Norman Bates' KubrickStare during the ending.[[http://imgur.com/5ut4fxm]]
* [[http://www.neodymsystems.com/ring/r_img/remake/hq/ue_katie_face1.jpg The]] [[http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120711142109/headhuntershorrorhouse/images/b/b4/Katie_-_The_Ring.jpg victims']] [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110804141236/ring/images/0/09/Noah.jpg faces]] in ''Film/TheRing'' are prime examples.
* Lothar, TheBrute employed by the Nazis in ''Film/TheRocketeer''. What's scariest about his face is that [[UncannyValley it doesn't look like it could actually move, let alone change expression... but it can]].
* ''Film/TheShining'''s most iconic moment ("Here's Johnny!") is Jack Nicholson's SlasherSmile as he [[AnAxeToGrind hacks]] his way through a door.
* [[spoiler: Angela]] [[https://youtu.be/rIDM6wqUiuM at the end of]] ''Film/SleepawayCamp'' in the most famous scene of the film. Bonus points: not only is it the last shot of the film, but the screen freezes and the end credits scroll over it, so viewers get to have the thing burned into their brain. It's somewhere between horrifying and hilarious.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** [[http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4107/5603058199_fa40f94c1e_z.jpg This]] is the real reason why Darth Vader wears a mask.
** Emperor Palpatine's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Unlimited_Power_9591.jpg post-accident mug.]] Talk about EvilMakesYouUgly.
** Two words: [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]]. He barely speaks, and his facepaint & horns make him look like a demon to boot.
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* ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'': [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uBVdHVD0NJk/UqbgYUjIidI/AAAAAAAABg0/jSkJlUvOlhc/s1600/Twilight+Zone+The+Movie+still.jpg "...You wanna see something really scary?"]]
** [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130722054737/http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/56-twilightgremlin.jpg "There's a man on the wing of this plane."]]
** "That's Sara, my other sister... [[http://i.imgur.com/lqFTpns.jpg she was in an accident."]]
* ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned1995''. [[http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=vopvys&s=1#.Uxnh1ChLr0c Those kids. Those eyes.]]
* The screaming face from ''Film/TheWall''.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': "[[https://youtu.be/D4B_jDp0ffI Remember me, Eddie? When I killed your brother, I talked... JUST... LIKE... THIS!!!!]]"
* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' has a few of these with the Mask itself, but they're mostly meant to be funny.
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