Movie Scenes That Frightened You The Most

[myhappyplace]

I just told my husband that I wanted to see that! Oh man...

 

[jkl2000]

The recent movie "Mama" was actually pretty scary. A lot of suspenseful, scary parts. Also the beginning, where the flipped out dad is speeding with his kids on the snowy mountain road is very tense and upsetting.

 

[Megalodumb]

Here's one from The Conjuring. I really need to see this movie now.

So...if the daughter was not hiding in the cabinet, then...

 

[WDWFREAK53]

The scene in Jaws when they find the body underwater still makes me jump no matter how many times i see that film.

This was the ONE scene that came to mind when I read the title of the thread.

Also, I believe it was Friday the 13th part II when the cat jumped in the window. Scares me every time LOL.

Also, in Signs...at the beginning when the dog barks at the little girl.

Also, the creepiness of the guy standing in the corner at the end of the Blair Witch Project was pretty weird.


Now, those are just "jumpy" scenes...but most disturbing/frightening I've seen is probably all 83 minutes of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The grainy film, the memorable sounds (the steel door slamming shut), to the shear horrific subject matter. It could happen to anybody... (and to top it off, the opening text saying that it was based on true events...even though it really wasn't a true story).

 

[WDWFREAK53]

OH! And how has nobody talked about the girl climbing out of the TV at the end of The Ring?

'1408' as a whole was pretty creepy also.

 

[Megalodumb]

This scene is more disturbing if you're one of those who has had an unfortunate altercation with a stroller or scooter at WDW:

 

[The Mom]

I was frightened by The H-Men, (sort of a Blob rip-off) because it could "ooze through window frames, under doors, etc. I saw it in the summer, and slept with my windows closed, and stuffed socks in any cracks - my mother was furious, because it was really warm, and we didn't have any A/C.

I walked out of Black Sunday in the first scene, because it started with a witch (or maybe vampire) having a mask with spikes pounded unto her face. Then it went to the future, when the cross over her coffin is destroyed and you can see her face reforming from the dust.

 

[Nemo14]

I was frightened by The H-Men, (sort of a Blob rip-off) because it could "ooze through window frames, under doors, etc. I saw it in the summer, and slept with my windows closed, and stuffed socks in any cracks - my mother was furious, because it was really warm, and we didn't have any A/C.

One of our neighbors had foam insulation installed a few years ago, and whenever it gets warm, it oozes out the bottom of the house. Their kids screamed when they saw it the first time.

 

[dr_teeth90210]

The jump scare from "The Ring" where they show the dead girl in the closet. That scene comes out of nowhere.

I second "When a Stranger Calls". The first 15 minutes were so suspenseful.

 

[ed_66503]

I remember seeing Poltergeist in the theater when I was around 9 years old. Holy crap! Still scarred! I have to say the American remake of The Ring is pretty creepy. Especially when she climbs out of the TV.

 

[kfergdisney]

The one scene that makes me jump pretty much everytime I see it is from The Sixth Sense when the boy is in the tent...and the girl opens it.....when I saw it in the theater, one of my friends told us what was coming and I still jumped.
The movie as a whole that scares me is "It". I cannot deal with evil clowns.
Poltergeist...oh man. Then when the girl from the movie died in real life....I thought it was because of the movie.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

The part in Indianna Jones Raiders of the Lost Arc when they open the arc creeps me out. Same in Last Crusade when the guys drinks from the wrong grail and he starts to transform to death.

"He chose poorly."

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I'm really not a big horror buff either...except for this time of year...Sep/Oct near Halloween I love a good scary movie. But other times of the year I don't really have a desire or taste for them.

I'm also not big on bloody/gory horror, but rather the scary/eeriness of the story & mood. Movies that play with your mind and let your imagination do the work rather than throwing CGI effects in your face non-stop. A good example of this is the first Paranormal Activity film. (No, not those terrible sequels which never should've been made in the first place). But the 2009 original (imo) was pretty darn good, and effective with it's scares. It's what the film doesn't show you that makes it creepy. During many of the nighttime scenes when the guy & girl are sleeping, you're constantly watching that open doorway with nothing but darkness down the hall, waiting to see what was going to happen. Subtle noises here & there, etc as it builds up the fear factor to it. I like those types of horror films a lot better than the constant blood/gore fest.

I don't like gory movies either. I like movies that make you think like The Sixth Sense, The Others and The Green Mile.

 

[Nemo14]

I don't like gory movies either. I like movies that make you think like The Sixth Sense, The Others and The Green Mile.

and Finding Nemo....

 

[MOXOMUMD]

The Green Mile always makes me cry.

 

[Bairstow]

Thought: what if the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror became The Shining Tower of Terror?
Imagine if the first stop of the elevator was the hallway with twins standing at the end. "Come and play with us."

I'd post that scene here but it's a little graphic during the jump cuts. I wonder if there would be a way to do that in a dark ride via mapped projection...

 

[Megalodumb]

Thought: what if the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror became The Shining Tower of Terror?
Imagine if the first stop of the elevator was the hallway with twins standing at the end. "Come and play with us."

I'd post that scene here but it's a little graphic during the jump cuts. I wonder if there would be a way to do that in a dark ride via mapped projection...

I've often thought of The Shining when hearing the ToT queue music, and lobby details, etc. Not a bad idea, though Disney would have to go through WB to get the theme park rights for this. The only setback would be many families with children being offended at just the idea of a Shining tie-in to a Disney attraction. But I would certainly ride it!

 

[Bairstow]

I've often thought of The Shining when hearing the ToT queue music, and lobby details, etc. Not a bad idea, though Disney would have to go through WB to get the theme park rights for this. The only setback would be many families with children being offended at just the idea of a Shining tie-in to a Disney attraction. But I would certainly ride it!

I'm beginning to think that The Shining was a much stronger influence on the designers of the attraction than The Twilight Zone was.
The Twilight Zone's stories were always strongly allegorical, usually by presenting some kind of ultimate irony that exposed a flaw in conventional morality.
Tower of Terror is just a ghost story.

 

[cba]

I was always scared of the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz

When I was little, I refused to look at the Wicked Witch

 

[draybook]

I found the first 2/3rds of Insidious to be creepy, and that's saying a lot because I don't get creeped out. By the way, if you watch another clip at the part where she sees the boy dancing in the house you'll see a hidden boy at the coat hangers.