That Exorcist 3 scene of the nurse is damn scary. Salem's Lot, I agree with and The Devil Rides Out.
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Made me really jump!
Carrie - The grave scene at the end
Jaws - Retrieving the tooth from the sunken fishing boat (and the leg scene)
I'm really surprised that the Empire list didn't include the scene from The Haunting (original version).
I grew up watching loads of horror and was fairly blase about it but I watched that film on my own, in the middle of the night when I was about 12 and found the scene where the 'haunting' is thumping down the corridor outside the girl's bedroom absolutely terrifying.
The only film scene that has EVER really scared me. I didn't really know anything about the film, I'd only read a review in Fortean Times before it got well known over here. It was seriously eery the way she jerked towards the camera but it scared the crap out of me when she started climbing out of the screen. Fantastic!
There's a scene I saw in a movie when I was maybe seven where a Haitian guy does some voodoo on socialite woman's powder puff causing her cheek to swell up, burst and spew out spiders. Couldn't tell you the title but it scared the poo out of me.
For me, the scene in Wolf Creek where the girl has her spine severed just to stop her running off. It's quite nasty thing to do.
(Incidentally, the film Bussel is talking about could be Wes Craven's The Serpent and The Rainbow. That's voodoo themed).
Quote: chipolata @ November 3 2008, 10:32 AM GMTFor me, the scene in Wolf Creek where the girl has her spine severed just to stop her running off. It's quite nasty thing to do.
(Incidentally, the film Bussel is talking about could be Wes Craven's The Serpent and The Rainbow. That's voodoo themed).
Cheers, but definitely not The Serpent and the Rainbow. It was some shitty low budget eighties flick - the kind my dad used to rent three at a time back in the day. Highly unlikely I'll ever get a title for it.
Quote: David Bussell @ November 3 2008, 10:34 AM GMTCheers, but definitely not The Serpent and the Rainbow. It was some shitty low budget eighties flick - the kind my dad used to rent three at a time back in the day. Highly unlikely I'll ever get a title for it.
I think you'll find it's Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing.
Quote: Bad dog @ November 3 2008, 10:48 AM GMTI think you'll find it's Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing.
Hasn't that got Amish people in it?
Quote: Bad dog @ November 3 2008, 10:48 AM GMTI think you'll find it's Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing.
Definitely not Deadly Blessing. Cheers though.
Do you know, David, for years I've thought the scene with the spiders coming out of the cheek was in that movie! Thinking about it now, I've just thought of a film called The Believers, which seems to be the one.
Quote: Pete @ November 2 2008, 11:13 PM GMTalien on the camcorder at the kids party in Signs.....scared the hell out of me!
It was Joaquin Pheonix's reaction in that scene that made it scary I think. Genuine, pant-soiling terror on his face. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RGtC2S22Z0
I've mentioned this before, but another terrifying scene ocurrs in original Blob when the farmer pokes a pile of goo, and the goo goes up his stick and attaches itself to the farmers hand. Gave me nightmares when I was a boy. The remakes pretty good to (Frank Darabont script) but I've never seen it on DVD.
Quote: Griff @ November 2 2008, 11:40 PM GMTMy first comedy sketch I ever wrote involves the American Werewolf phoning NHS Direct when he starts changing. It didn't sell. I'm determined to flog it one day.
I wrote an American Werewolf sketch for our Comedy Lab punt but it didn't get filmed because we couldn't get Jimmy Saville. Work THAT one out if you can!
Quote: Bad dog @ November 3 2008, 10:59 AM GMTDo you know, David, for years I've thought the scene with the spiders coming out of the cheek was in that movie! Thinking about it now, I've just thought of a film called The Believers, which seems to be the one.
That could very well be it! I'll have to check it out. Cheers.