Comments on: Boo! The 40 Scariest Movie Moments Of All Time

By: Josh King

Josh King — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 20:02:00 +0000

yes! the final Blair Witch scene! absolutely terrifying. Classic

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

The pursuit by the hand-eye monster in Pans Labyrinth was intense, scary and creepy. Also Johnny Depp being consumed by his bed and the crawling up the wall slicing in Nightmare on Elmstreet were terrifying to a 12-year-old me.

By: AdamKoe

AdamKoe — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

I\’d throw the first Paranormal Activity on there, as well as the Babadook. Otherwise good list.

By: Edward

Edward — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

Terrence is correct. The Exorcist III has the single greatest scare of any movie I\’VE ever seen. It didn\’t help that it was one of the first horror movies I watched, at a very young age, in someone\’s home theater with a big projector screen. That turned me off from horror movies for years, but I think ultimately made me get hooked to them later in life.

By: Dorrrian

Dorrrian — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

Von Trier\’s Antichrist – \’Through the autopsy and old photos, he becomes aware that she had been systematically putting Nick’s shoes on the wrong feet, resulting in pain and deformity.\’

By: Maxruehl

Maxruehl — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

The Sentinel (1977). The scene where Cristina Raines goes upstairs to investigate the source of some sounds coming from a supposedly empty apartment.

By: buddy

buddy — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

I work in a movie theatre, and one night after recently watching \’Don\’t Look Now\’ I jokingly imagined walking into the theatre and seeing someone wearing a red cape still sitting there. When I go to tell them that we\’re closed, they turn around and it\’s the killer gnome. The problem is, many times since then I remember this scenario as I\’m shutting things down alone at night, and it still freaks me out.

By: James Simard

James Simard — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

The Eye (Japanese version)- old man in elevator
The Changeling- the ball and wheelchair
Ju-On- ghost in attic

By: Nathan Duke

Nathan Duke — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

Good call on the finale of "Friday the 13th," which was pretty shocking the first time I saw it. Also, the scene mentioned above in "The Shining" was a scary one, but I thought equally horrifying were the scenes in which Danny was having a spell and the little girls in the hallway and river of blood.

By: Dr. Hinkfus

Dr. Hinkfus — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

I know it´s just a jump scare, but the original "Friday the 13th" ending at the lake is exemplary and glorious (and iconic). Worth to be mentioned, at least at comments. And "Ringu" is a must, but I want to remind everyone "Dark Water", also Hideo Nakata´s, whose elevator climax still haunts me, due to its simplicity and drama.

By: Emperor Zerg Rush

Emperor Zerg Rush — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

I saw The Blair Witch Project the night it opened. I have no problem admitting to being scared in general, but the movie didn\’t scare me. I think I was more enthralled by the mystery in the story to acknowledge that something was attempting to scare me. I didn\’t buy into the whole "this is real" nonsense, but I was hooked on the rest of it – the lore/etc. As I\’ve reflected back on it through the years, it still holds up as a moderately compelling story even if time and critical reception to it have beaten it down to where it\’s often referenced as little more than "that movie that paved the road for films like Paranormal Activity". Overall, I have the same appreciation for it that I do for The Last Broadcast, which managed to pull off much of the same tricks with its story despite its ending being wildly different from the rest of the film itself.

By: ShogunOfHarlem

ShogunOfHarlem — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

If we\’re going to put THE VANISHING in here, I think we need to at least consider the ending to BURIED (2012). What a gut punch…

By: Malick

Malick — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

What, no Pulse (Kairo)?

By: Nathan Duke

Nathan Duke — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

Excellent choice for #1. I saw "Don\’t Look Now" for the first time years ago in the middle of the night and that ending nearly traumatized me.

By: Terrence

Terrence — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:15:24 +0000

Come on, now but how can you have a list of scariest film moments and not have the Exorcist 3\’s hospital scene with the giant shears?