Our first sight of Norman's "mother" in the basement rocking chair in Psycho.
Yikes!
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.
'Shindig'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
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Scrappy - Oct 24, 2005 7:28:19 am PDT #8151 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Fred Pete - Oct 24, 2005 7:29:29 am PDT #8152 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Oh, yes. What Robin said. Especially since the shower scene is so well-known that there's no shock factor.
ETA: And the look on Norman's face in the last scene. BRRRRRRRR!
Frankenbuddha - Oct 24, 2005 7:49:34 am PDT #8153 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
ETA: And the look on Norman's face in the last scene. BRRRRRRRR!
With a very fast and subtle super-imposition of Mrs. Bates' corpse over it just as it fades to the swamp.
Kathy A - Oct 24, 2005 8:01:42 am PDT #8154 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
In the last few minutes of The Blair Witch Project, when you see Mike standing in the corner. Don't ask me why, but just thinking about that scene freaks me out.
Yup yup yup. That movie was boring in the beginning, but the last half of the film, the tension ramped up slowly but inexorably, and then that last run through the house (with the bloody handprints on the walls) with the last image of Mike in the corner was completely mindblowing. Actually, I didn't understand what exactly was happening, so when the lights came up I asked my sister what he was doing. When she simply said, "Standing in the corner," I shrieked, "Oh, my GOD!!", which made her laugh at me.
Those damn flying monkeys in Wizard of Oz were a guaranteed "hide behind the couch" image from my childhood. Carrie covered in blood at the prom was also unforgettable.
Volans - Oct 24, 2005 8:44:35 am PDT #8155 of 10002
move out and draw fire
My moment from The Haunting is the same scene, but not the attack on the door. It's when Elenor says, "Theo, don't squeeze so! You're hurting my hand!" and then it's revealed that nobody was holding her hand.
I watched Wizard of Oz religiously every year (except the year The Wiz came out, when I went to see that instead), and it didn't scare me...much.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, now THAT was hide-behind-the-chair material. Also the Grinch.
Theodosia - Oct 24, 2005 8:44:44 am PDT #8156 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The Wizard of Oz has come up at least three times now....
Hayden - Oct 24, 2005 9:00:12 am PDT #8157 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It's when Elenor says, "Theo, don't squeeze so! You're hurting my hand!" and then it's revealed that nobody was holding her hand.
Oh yeah. The way that the room is so dark that you can only see her face, and she's having this internal monologue about how Theo is so scared she's holding Elenor's hand and how strong Elenor's going to be for Theo. Then she sits up, realizing that she's in a bed across the room. Hey, I just gave myself the creeps thinking about it.
Dana - Oct 24, 2005 9:01:24 am PDT #8158 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hey, I just gave myself the creeps thinking about it.
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I'm having a hard time coming up with moments. It may be because I consciously forget them, so I don't end up huddled in my bed, hiding under the covers, convinced that zombies are at the door.
DavidS - Oct 24, 2005 9:03:57 am PDT #8159 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
what's-her-name
Claire Bloom. Philip Roth's longtime lover.
JZ - Oct 24, 2005 9:12:25 am PDT #8160 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
For many, many years, the squickiest thing I could possibly bear to see was the way the toes of the Wicked Witch of the East coiled up and retracted under the foundation of Dorothy's house. Freaked my shit right out.
All I can remember from Poltergeist is the grinning clown doll with far too many teeth, which is more than enough to remember. Especially when my step-grandparents, all unawares, gave me a clown doll as a surprise present just two weeks after I'd seen the movie.