Readers: what are your favorite scary movie scenes? Or ... scariest movies you ever saw?
For me - First on the list: "The Exorcist".
I would say that that movie is pretty much un-watchably scary.
And "Rosemary's Baby" too. Roman Polanski's placement of the damn camera is terrifying! It puts you on edge.
I don't find watching that movie to be pleasant. I find it to be one long shriek-fest of nail-biting anxiety.
Great acting, though.
And recently I rented "The Ring" - thinking I was in for your basic scary movie - not realizing that I was about to watch an absolute NIGHTMARE. I was literally leaping out of my skin.
There was one point which was so terrifying that I leapt out of my seat, turned the TV off, and paced around my room, just to get myself together.
Just found this over on Number 2 Pencil - 100 Scariest Movie Scenes of All Time. (Warning: I got about 10 pop-ups when I clicked on the link...) Jesus, even just seeing a movie still of the #1 "scariest scene of all time" gives me goose bumps.
Posted by sheilaThe #4 scene gets my #1 vote, though I will admit to a bias because I'm such a fan of the first two "Alien" movies.
Just the whole, protracted "birth" sequence...ugh.
Posted by: Bill McCabe at October 31, 2003 4:46 PMI agree with you about "The Ring."
Had an interesting conversation with my Dad's sister about it. She said, nahhh, it's not scary. Not at all. Didn't understand what the big deal is. Then she rented the original Japanese version.
She said "It is absolutely petrifying."
Hmm. Gonna have to rent that one.
Also, "28 Days Later" is physically terrifying.
Posted by: Michael J. Totten at October 31, 2003 7:54 PM