My "Top 4 Most Terrifying Horror Movie Scenes"

I meant to have at least 5, but have found that I need more time to think about it. *lol*

On my way home from my GTT I was listening to a syndicated radio show, The Glenn Beck Show and he had a guest host on who had callers talk about what scene from a horror movie most terrified them. And I got to thinking about that.

Trouble is, now I can't stop. And that's probably gonna mean that I'm sleepin' with the lights on. Funny that....someone who grew up on classic horror movies [and books], especially vampire films (I cannot stand the hack 'em up/slash 'em up movies) still gets the occasional fright out of some of her favourites.

Traditionally my Halloween ritual consists of waiting for trick-or-treaters (of which we've had TWENTY tonight, a fact which surprises me seeing as how most of Pine Point Beach's sidewalks have been rolled up since early October) then turning out all the lights and lighting a few candles and watching the directors cut of The Exorcist.

I'm not doing it this year. Forget it. I'm still having flash-backs of Homey-the-Psycho-Killer- Phlebotomy-Clown from earlier this morning. I don't need anything else to feed my already overactive nighttime imagination.

Ok so I was thinking about what movies, well what moments in those movies that I have listed below, have scacred the crap out of me. And came up with this list:


Number 4
The clown scene from Poltergiest. While I couldn't find the exact still from when the little girl (or was it the brother? I've got the DVD but like hell if I'm putting it in now, after dark) looks under the bed and the clown...no, I can't even say it....you know what the clown does....anyhow, that scene just gave me the willies for the longest time.




Number 3
The scene from Phantasm when the Tall Man rises out of the fog. Such a creepy dude! If you haven't seen this film, yet are a fan of things from the horror genre, I suggest renting it. It's an amazingly chilling film that will leave you sweating ice blocks, the music score alone may accomplish that.




Number 2
Any scene from The Shining when Jack Nicholson has completely lost the plot. I remember being a kid and not being able to watch anything with him in it because he freaked me out so badly as a result of seeing The Shining.




Number 1
This specific scene from The Exorcist when Regan's eyes roll back in her bed whilst fully possessed. I was 4 when this movie came out and my parents went to see it with me in tow. We had a Ford Pinto Station Wagon (remember those, those tiny things?) at the time and they'd brought one of my pillows with me and they put the rear seat down so that I could lay down. My mom kept telling me to go to sleep and not watch the movie. Did I listen? No! Did I pay for it? Yes! When her eyes rolled back in her head I distinctly remember my head falling forward and hitting the back of the back seat. I'm not sure but I think it scared me to the point of passing out. However I recall it frightened me terribly and whenever I watch it now days I close my eyes when this scene comes on. Why oh why did I have to go and dig it up now?



Well, there you have it. My Top 4 Most Terrifying Horror Movie Scenes. I kinda wish I hadn't even started this. I can't get those images out of my head!

Now dammit, why didn't I alphabetize all our DVD's when we moved in. I can't find the Sound of Music to save my life.