What is the scariest scene in any movie you have watched?

[RamseyGordon]

If you watch horror movies, what is one scene that you can think of that sticks out as being one of the scariest scenes you've watched?

I think it is interesting to see what is effective and what different people find scary.

For me it's the scene in hereditary where she's on the ceiling sawing her head off with chicken wire. Absolutely hated that imagery and felt so disturbed!

Usually ghosts, monsters etc do nothing to scare me. Films about bad people and what humans do to one another are far more terrifying to me ! A few that did disturb me though have already been mentioned so

The Descent - A group of girls go potholing. Things go very very wrong. This one terrified me! Really recommend. Best watched in the dark.

Wolf Creek - the rape scenes and the things he said whilst leading up to it were just too much. Knowing they were based on a true story didn't help. I will never ever watch this again.

Eden Lake - Just far too realistic feeling which is really sad.

Creep - the one set in the London underground.

Creep - the one where a guy advertises for someone to come and film his story for a weekend. Better if you know nothing about it before watching it.

Creep - the one where a guy advertises for someone to come and film his story for a weekend. Better if you know nothing about it before watching it.

Oh that was good.

I was thinking about it this morning and couldn't remember the name. So thank you!

oh yes, the Descent - not the actual film but the accident at the start of it. I'm still freaked out to drive behind any kind of construction type vehicle.

Absolutely yes to the ending of The Blair Witch Project - so chilling.
Also, the opening scene of Final Destination, (the first one). That film is the reason I'm now petrified of flying. Never had an issue before! <shudders at the memory>

Annihilation - a woman is killed by a bear type thing which then wanders into the derelict house where her 2 friends (iirc) are hiding. When it roars it sounds exactly like their friend screaming for help as she did when it killed her.

SO creepy.

The Joe Absolom film is Long Time Dead.
When one of them is under the bed and the dead friend is dumped on the floor with the face looking at them

The scene at the end of The Borderlands where they are “swallowed” by the tunnels under the church.

And the scene at the end of Saint Maud (which is essentially about religious mania) where you get a brief glimpse of what is actually happening, rather than what the main character imagines.

Both of those made my blood run cold.

The final scene in Saint Maude still haunts ne.

This scene from a Japanese film, ‘Kairo’ (Pulse), when I first saw it gave me the full body chills:

Eden lake.. hands down the most horrific film I have ever watched.. I honestly had nightmares for week. It was far too real. X

Me too! Really disturbing film, I remember watching it on my own and getting up halfway through to make sure all the doors and windows were locked in the house

I've just watched it on YouTube and it was very mediocre. Maybe I need context.

I saw Trainspotting pre-children and this didn't affect me.

I've just watched it on YouTube now and OMG, I'm in absolute bits.

Most scenes from The Shining, it's my all time scariest film:

Woman in the Bath
the son riding his trike with the creepy twins watching
'Here's Johnny'

OP you seem like my kinda gal

As soon as I saw your thread, I literally thought about that scene in Hereditary and then I see you’ve mentioned it in your opening post!! That bit was scary as fuck! I haven’t watched Hereditary since and I probably won’t ever watch it again.

I saw Evil Dead Rise in cinema and my GOD. The scene that you’re talking about had me squinting😂 I was barely able to look at the screen! Great film all the way though.

Another for me is Tusk. When they reveal what’s happened to Wallace I actually can’t stand to look at him. It makes me feel so scared/uncomfortable/unsettled. I’ll never watch that film again either

Also the bit where the Tall man comes in the doorway of ‘It Follows.’ I screamed so loudly😂

I’m a real wuss so even reading this thread is shitting me up. I just can’t really watch horror films as they scare me so much and stay with me for ages. My choices are probably pretty tame to most horror fans but: the bit in It where penny wise is in the drain talking to the little boy and suddenly his face changes and he has really sharp teeth, and he drags him into the drain. Even more upsetting as I think that was loosely based on a real life child killer.

also Jack Nicholsons face when he’s frozen in the snow at the end of the shining. In fact all of the shining.

And the bit in twin peaks: fire walk with me when Bob climbs over the back of the sofa

Sinister - there's two instances where the demon in the photo (and under the water in the swimming pool iirc) turns it's head slowly to look straight at the camera.

That really freaked me out - i think it's something to do with it's unexpectedly breaking the 4th wall. Which is rare in a horror film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall

When a Stranger Calls terrified me as a young teen-

Dressed to Kill is a fantastic suspense film-those feet under the curtain-so so creepy. Highly recommend!!!

Weeping Angels-my DC all scared of statues for years

Twin Peaks-brilliant and so ground breaking and so so so creepy scary-like jump and scream scary

Yes!! The way the camera turns and her mum is just standing there. WTF. I hate that film so much😂

So I’m pretty sure it was a recent film released the last 4 years? Pretty sure it was wrong turn (or similar/can’t remember which number but deffo recent)

and not so much scary but it’s stuck with me.

the very last scene where they throw their victim into a dark cave, fully alive but they cut off their ears, eyes and tongue. And they were left to roam around in the cave with other people kidnapped from the forest.

it made me feel sick and I thought how scary that would be!

going to now keep searching for the film because it’s bugging me.

got it! Was Wrong Turn 2021.

Definately, it is so believable, and really could happen, which is why is is so scary.

I love a good horror film. Used to be shit scared of zombies but have well and truly cured myself of that.

I think they worst thing I’ve seen is when I accidentally found one of the Saw films on the tele. It was a clip of a girl tied down with a man over her blowtorching her eyeball out while she screamed and screamed. Absolutely turned my stomach. It wasn’t a made up monster, it was a human being. Terrifying.

I don’t know how people manage to make these films. Some of them are just horrible.

I associate this film with Christmas eve as well. I watched it for the first time when I was a kid, maybe 13, and in the house alone on Christmas eve. My parents had gone to church. It made such an impression on me I can remember where I was sitting (on the floor in front of the fire) and which cushion I was hiding behind.