Scariest film moment?

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by King of Snake

gotta agree with Holden here. The chest-burst sequence in the first Alien movie must have been one of the scariest things I've seen.

Yeah, me too. I first saw that movie at the cinema when I was 17 with a group of friends. And a gf and I spent most of it in the toilet absolutely scared witless.

[mmm skyscraper]

The beginning of Pet Sematary freaks me out everytime. I've never even even watched the rest of the movie.

[dog]

Originally Posted by Sean

Well the first thing that pops to mind is in Signs by M. Night Shyamalan. It's that scene where they're showing footage on the news from that kid's birthday party in Brazil or somewhere. It's all hand-held video camera footage and they're running from one window to another trying to see, and then that alien walks past the end of the alley.

YES! I thought i was the only one! Completely down to the ol' subconcious which makes it all the worse.

Oh and that clicking noise they make. My girlfriend does it sometimes at night to wind me up- creeps the shit outta me!

[Stephen]

I watched 'Them' recently and most of the first 3/4 of that really had me on edge.

Other than that, things that I've noticed 'scaring' me in films recently are threats of violence to reasonably fleshed out characters. Like the scene in Training Day when Denzel abandons Ethan Hawke at the latino place and they've got him in the bath and are about to blow his head off with a shotgun. That was fucking intense.

[myrrh]

This part of Ju-On.


That whole movie is probably the most scary movie I have seen. But in particular that part of the movie was the worst. It had that sound playing in the backround, and the kid was on the foot of the bed moving his fingers on his knees...

This is definately better than the American remake because this scene wasn't even in the American version!!!

[Flywaver]

That scene in American Werewolf In London in Tottenham Court Road tube station had my sister refusing to use the tube.

Myself it must of been Ghostbusters....

[Deckard]

@Myrrh: Yeah, some of those Japanese (and, more generally, Asian) horrors are really quite disturbing - the Eye, the Ring, Audition, etc.

Separately, can anyone tell me what film had a trail of zombies or vampires (can't quite remember which) just horrifically "floating up" to someone's bedroom window at night and scratching to be let in? I saw it a long time ago on TV. Damn that disturbed me! Put me off ever opening my bedroom curtains at night in case there was a face staring in at me!

[holden]

Originally Posted by dog

YES! I thought i was the only one! Completely down to the ol' subconcious which makes it all the worse.

Oh and that clicking noise they make. My girlfriend does it sometimes at night to wind me up- creeps the shit outta me!

Me, too! You know it's coming, but the style of the scene, realistic documentary and the creepy walk of the alien, are very effective. i saw that in the theater, and people actually screamed.

[myrrh]

Originally Posted by Deckard

turbing - the Eye, the Ring, Audition, etc.

Separately, can anyone tell me what film had a trail of zombies or vampires (can't quite remember which) just horrifically "floating up" to someone's bedroom window at night and scratching to be let in? I saw it a long time ago on TV. Damn that disturbed me! Put me off ever opening my bedroom curtains at night in case there was a face staring in at me!

I believe that you are talking about Salem's Lot. And those were vampires.

[Malt Refund]

Hannibal - Brain Eating.
Irreversible - First 10 minutes or so.