what was the scariest movie scene you ever saw?

The ending to Eraser head.

"Stupid creepy baby thing that's laughing at my terrible life that won't get better, why don't I use these scissors to see what's REALLY under those bandages and then unleash Satan upon the world?"

As a kid, this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEdZh8a4ZvE&feature=related

The Brave Little Toaster, my first honest to god exposure to nightmare fuel.

The remake of The Manchurian Candidate. The scenes where [[spoiler they showed the squad being brainwashed were some of the most unsettling things I've seen in recent years. I don't know why; by far the most unheimlich scene was when they commanded the two squadmembers to execute the other two squadmates.]]

So many scenes from The Shining or The Blair Witch Project come to mind, I don't know where to begin. All three scenes in Psycho when that damn music plays scared me too despite them being so iconic now.

Also the scene in The Dark Knight where the corpse in the Batman costume just comes OUT OF NOWHERE and hits the window and then Joker's terrorist threat video that follows it. And any time Joker laughed was very scary in theatres with surround sound. Especially his last scene.

edited 23rd Feb '11 3:05:04 PM by ManwiththePlan

Dang near every scene in End of Evangelion.

Karen revives in Night of the livig dead.

edited 23rd Feb '11 5:11:35 PM by dontcallmewave

The Thing. The dog kennel. I'd never been scared by Body Horror - and I had played Prototype and Resident Evil and Silent Hill and such - and... well, the later line "You gotta be fucking kidding me" pops to mind.

Oh I forgot: as a kid, I had a friend who loved horror movies, and he showed me Trilogy of Terror. That. Fucking. Zulu doll.

'Nuff said.

Yes, the dog kennel scene in The Thing made me go "What the hell is happening to tha-OH SHIT ITS HEAD SPLIT IN HALF OH MY GOD GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!! OH GOD SAVE THE POOR PUPPIES OH MY GOOOOOOOOD!!!!" The blood testing scene was also pretty frightening.

And agreed with the Pale Man from Pans Labyrinth. The setup is just freakish, especially with the pile of shoes.

edited 24th Feb '11 6:57:49 AM by Scardoll

The Blood Test didn't so much as scare me as what came before or after (can't remember, it was during Halloween and I had to keep rushing to the door): the defibrillator scene.

It was so damn cheesy and yet so terrifying.

I loved The Thing! Best combination of Paranoia Fuel and Body Horror, bar none.

The first time I watched it, I got hungry in the middle of the defibrillator scene - just after the head started pulling itself off, I think - and had to pause it to go make myself a sandwich. This probably says a lot about me.

wow, you are sick Almost as much as me!

^^ I was busy eating all the candy just to piss the little kids off. Like popcorn. On second though, probably not a good idea, since I had to run around the block to chase the bastard that asked for more candy.

Up. It was so terribad it was scary.

The scene in Saw where Dr. Gordon saws off his own leg

It. You know what scene I'm talking about.

Actually, I don't, care to elaborate?

Kennel scene, right?

You"re thinking of The Thing, slowzombie. It is the one with the monster clown.

I used to be so good with remembering movies... but yeah. You're right.

I'd say that one scene from The Haunting when the woman's disheveled face appears out of nowhere.

Jacob's Ladder, though not strictly a horror movie, has the most disturbing and frightening scenes that I can remember in a movie. When I think of a nightmare, I don't think of Freddy, Jason, or Pinhead; this movie, imo, has the most realistic nightmare imagery. No wonder it was one of the things that inspired Silent Hill. The scene where Jacob gets carted through the hospital is probably the most disturbing, but the entire subway sequence is pretty damn upsetting as well.

edited 22nd May '11 9:23:51 PM by accaris

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edited 23rd May '11 8:55:06 AM by SeanMurrayI

The last 30 minutes or so of Black Swan, pretty much everything after the lights go out. The soundtrack is what sells it. Having known people with similar mental problems, it is freaky as hell.

Oh, and the part in Alien where Ripley is looking around a corner very, very slowly and then the alien is right n front of her. And then 10 minutes later she has to go through the same hallway in like a 5 minute scene that is just her walking down a hallway, but yet again the soundtrack sells it along with Sigourney Weavers acting. They did a fantastic job, all without even a hint of the alien being there, just ambient sounds and good acting.

I saw Rosemary's Baby a few years ago on TV and bought the the DVD a few months back. Right before putting it on I remembered the scene jsut at the end when Rosemary stares into the cradle, hands over her mouth and eyes wide in absolute horror of something in the cradle that the audience can't see. I haven't gone near it since.

I could just say any scene between the starting credits and the closing credits of The Exorcist.

But for some reason I can't explain, there's a scene where Fr. Karras is in a New York subway and he's about to get on a train when a homeless man asks for change. Something about the way the homeless haggard features are ghost-lit by the passing trains lights....everytime I see it, I have to fight the urge to get out the chair.