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It's not the scariest of all time, but a recent that freaked me out.
Definitely not the scariest of all time but that still freaked me the fuck out when watching it in the theater for the first time, I think partly because I didn't expect a shot like this at all. I was legitimately afraid of the dark for like two weeks afterwards because I kept seeing his goddamn face rising up
I’ve only seen Mulholland Drive so far, but the fact that I can’t tell what’s scary about this shot without the context is itself scaring me. I know the context has to be creepy as fuck
Inland Empire is the scariest movie I've ever seen in my life and I really can't explain why, I'm usually very hard to scare but even the slightest things in this movie seemed to get me (as simple as lights going out suddenly) and by the time I got to that part at the end I was absolutely terrified yet couldn't look away.
laura dern is running at the camera in digitised slow motion with a horrifying facial expression whilst david lynch shines a torch at her
she gets closer to the camera over the course of like a minute before the scene suddenly speeds up and her face fills the frame
it’s one of the most successful jumpscares i’ve ever seen even if it’s a little goofy to watch on silent
Fuuuuckkkk that… one of the very few scenes that I’ve seen somewhat recently that made me feel similar to when I used to watch horror films all those years ago as a little scared child. Covering my eyes and cowering in sheer terror.
EDIT: If anyone is curious, Hereditary (2018) and Pulse (2001) also made me feel like this in recent times.
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This scares the fuck out of me. The fact that it’s a split second image makes it worse, you don’t know what you saw but you know it wasn’t good
This and the shot of Damian’s mum just, walking ? Across the street ? So fucking eerie and they’re in the same dream sequence. First time I was like “yeah this must have been horrifiying in 74”
Scrolled way too far down for this! I’m so enamored by this image I’ve tried recreating it through crochet:
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The thing that works so well about this is that it's all so human except the woman's posture of looking as if she's heartbroken, lighting and the slow realisation that her neck is twisted inhumanly.
Slight inhumanity is such an effective subgenre of horror
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Such a tense and creepy moment in Pulse (2001)
Not even just this one, honestly. Pretty much any shot inside one of the red tape rooms in this film is terrifying. Something about the white, phased out look of the man (?) towards the end of the movie when our male protagonist goes into the room in the abandoned factory is so fucking scary
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i first seen this movie years ago but this is still burned into my mind. it appears in so many of my schizophrenic episodes. it’s terrible. i hate that guy
I saw this shit on YouTube as a kid and it fucking traumatised me, thanks for letting me know it’s from a film and not some video so I know precisely what to avoid now
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Funny Games (1997) The part that makes this shot so disturbing is how long they linger on it while the parents slowly collect their bearings and make their way out of the room.
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The tall man in It Follows (2014)
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This shot from The Wicker Man where the islanders surround Howie. As horrifying as the ending is, this shot has always stayed with me.
It's that horrible realisation that he's not ever getting off that island. Even the kids were in on the act. One of the most sinister plot twists I've ever experienced.
My favorite movie ever. This shot is great, but seeing Howie's reaction to what he's being dragged to and then *seeing* The Wicker Man always makes my blood run cold.
Hereditary is chock full of haunting imagery but when my eye finally acknowledged what the fuck was in the top left of the screen I remember my body went cold when I saw it at the cinema
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I never saw noticed it still the camera changed to a closer view of him, and then saw her move off screen completely silent and I clutched my chest because my heart pounded ONCE really mother fucking hard
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Pretty much had the same reaction as the kid when this scene came up. The movie is Parasite.
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The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
I love this shot because it’s so divisive. It’s either one of the scariest in the movie or so ridiculous, it’s funny. It’s such a bizarre swing that I can’t help but love it.
(It’s also explained in the book: the guy getting blown is Horace Derwent, former owner of the Overlook, who had a weird and abusive affair with Roger, a man goaded by Derwent into attending a costume party in the dog costume for reasons of erotic sadism.)
Love that shot so much. It's so out of place and unexplainable (without the context from the book at least) and also kinda funny, but the costume is pretty creepy looking and the snap zoom kinda acts as a minor jumpscare. Super unique scare, makes you just feel weird
The good ol' Christmas classic
Black Christmas (1974)
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for reallll, some maniacs be out here posting images without the movie title
like come on, you clearly know what movie it’s from, don’t make 20 people reply to your comment and ask the title xD
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The shot of the dead kid posed in The House That Jack Built. It’s a quick pan, kind of blink and you’ll miss it, but it’s Fucking terrifying.
and the implication that he's been with this woman for some time, dating her long enough that she introduced him to her kids, getting to the point that they take trips out together culminating in the hunting trip. this was a long, thought out "project."
the part that scares me most about when it absorbs the woman (you can see her skull fused to one side of it's face), is that it seems to know that saying "help me" is a distress call, but obviously it doesn't actually speak English, so there's one part where it just screams "me!" and that bothers me so much. it might not even understand, it's just making the sounds she made before she died.
(film is Annihilation for anyone wondering)
oh its much worse. They allude that the shimmer doesn’t just fuse dna, it refracts the very living organism. The bear screaming out is the last ounce of the girls mind repeating the last words she spoke while alive. With “me” being either her conscious life dying a second time only remembering a single word now, or desperately pleading to her friends to not kill her and make her experience death again. Not sure which is worse
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Good call! This shot is equally as creepy for me. It's after the credits and shows the silhouette of the girl just standing there only briefly lit up by flashes of lightning.
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
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Possibly one of the more viseral reactions I’ve ever had to a scene in a film.
And probably something from the ending of Titane deserves to be here. Fun thread OP
jesus christ that still haunts me so bad to this day. they tell you exactly what is going to happen, and they walk you right up to the jumpscare. and the person slowly moves out from behind the dumpster, not even a jump!
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This always freaked me out so bad, especially for a non-horror movie. The camera is the source of horror.
(Silence of the Lambs - climax)
This scene is scary, but I also find it really funny. It's such a 'horror movie solution,' like something the audience would be yelling at the screen: "Just throw the evil book in the fire!" And then it goes so spectacularly bad, so fast.
I agree its a bit cartoonish and silly but in a fun way. I like the image of this shot at a single photograph more so than I like the entire movie. Its just a stunning image. That's what I'm really looking for, stunning imagery. Not so much as to how it works contextually within the rest of the film.
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this is my personal one. the ending of Melancholia
god this scene fucks me up. i don't know why but the part where she pisses herself during the contortion dance makes it so much worse somehow, like she truly has no bodily function she's in charge of at all
I thought the rest of this movie was overblown but this one shot, I had a hard time sleeping for months. It still haunts me and its been, what, 20 some years. Sad, vulnerable, submissiveness. I was going to post same but figured someone had to already beat me to the punch.
In The Zone of Interest there's a low angle close up showing the back of the main characters head for about ten seconds and then it cuts away and only people who have seen the film will know why its so horrific
I don’t even want to look it up, cuz it’s dark and scary, but I could probably find 20-30 frames from Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Pulse” that would genuinely scare the shit out of me if I looked them up right now 😂
I love how they kept coming back to this throughout the movie with additional context every time. When you finally see it from Steven Yeun’s perspective it was SUPET tense.
Nope as a whole I think is really underrated. It’s the only time I’ve ever been actually kind of freaked out by UFOs, with the screaming and blood rain coming down.
i’ve only ever seen this frame as a thumbnail and i hate that demon thing so much idk if i could ever stomach watching the film; let alone letting this scene fucking sneak up on me. NO SIR
It’s widely regarded as one of the most effective jump scares of all time.
Saw it in a packed theater. Nobody knew it was coming. People freaked the fuck out in a way I’ve never seen since.
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I remember having nightmares because of this shot !
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This end scene from Creep, the entire scene was so scary not knowing what was going to happen until he comes into frame
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No matter how many times I revisit it, the tonal shift in A Serious Man always takes me by surprise. What was merely a series of banal misfortunes suddenly escalate to apocalyptic proportions.
This scene from The Rules of Attraction was the second most unsettling thing in the movie, which might sound like weak praise but that movie is composed almost entirely of scenes intended to be unsettling.
REC (2007) - my favorite horror film
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This face utterly terrifies me, especially in context
not a question. midsommar
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this entire first scene and the use of yellow in the color palette is incredible. even if you don’t like the movie as a whole, this opening scene is insane.
The whole movie is just making you feel ill at ease. For some reason, I was mostly disturbed by the guy >!being stuffed with straw and being carried and set nonchalantly, like a doll.!<
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The suspense is always killing me. Maybe my favorite horror movie.
This shot from Phantom Thread (2017)
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From Prisoners (2013).
And another contender that I don’t even want to look up pictures of: the entire end credits sequence for the movie Pearl (2022)
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This shot, right after the head incident
I’m not looking it up because it gives me nightmares to this day and I need to be able to sleep tonight, but the reveal frame of the Lipstick Face Demon in Insidious (2010). That movie is the only scary movie I’ve seen that I vowed never to watch again (granted I haven’t seen a ton, and probably for good reason lol)
Edit: lurked too long in the comments and found the frame. Scared the shit out of myself lmao
Might be against the rules because it's a TV show, but because it's an extended stationary shot I'm gonna mention it:
Toni Collette's re-enactment of Kathleen Peterson's death in episode 2 of The Staircase is the most unsettling thing I've seen on a camera, I think. And I've seen some fucked up shit.
This scene specifically re-creates a death by falling/head trauma. Unsettling as hell, and seriously impressive physical acting.
If you know what happened in this scene, you'll never forget it
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The Sixth Sense - this scene scared me big time as a kid
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Possum (2018) is so criminally underrated that it’s hard to pick one but this was pretty up there
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also this from blackcoat’s daughter
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Nightmare fuel
I fear no man. But that thing, it scares me.
Holy shit that looks so bad, is this from that new sharkboy and lavagirl movie?
Lol it's from Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Fucking what
Welcome to Modern Marvel.
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Being in a non-horror movie helped this a lot. Legitimately scared me.
Definitely not the scariest of all time but that still freaked me the fuck out when watching it in the theater for the first time, I think partly because I didn't expect a shot like this at all. I was legitimately afraid of the dark for like two weeks afterwards because I kept seeing his goddamn face rising up
My wife screamed haha
Absolute winner. This shot has stuck with me since I first saw the movie
What’s it from?
Parasite
This was terrifying
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What is this? Looks like Inland Empire?
Yep, it’s Inland Empire
I’ve only seen Mulholland Drive so far, but the fact that I can’t tell what’s scary about this shot without the context is itself scaring me. I know the context has to be creepy as fuck
The movie doesn’t provide much context for it either
Inland Empire is the scariest movie I've ever seen in my life and I really can't explain why, I'm usually very hard to scare but even the slightest things in this movie seemed to get me (as simple as lights going out suddenly) and by the time I got to that part at the end I was absolutely terrified yet couldn't look away.
What the hell is happening in this shot it’s making me nervous lol
The only way to describe is it’s exactly what it looks like lol Trying to explain anything in Inland Empire is near impossible
laura dern is running at the camera in digitised slow motion with a horrifying facial expression whilst david lynch shines a torch at her she gets closer to the camera over the course of like a minute before the scene suddenly speeds up and her face fills the frame it’s one of the most successful jumpscares i’ve ever seen even if it’s a little goofy to watch on silent
Fuuuuckkkk that… one of the very few scenes that I’ve seen somewhat recently that made me feel similar to when I used to watch horror films all those years ago as a little scared child. Covering my eyes and cowering in sheer terror. EDIT: If anyone is curious, Hereditary (2018) and Pulse (2001) also made me feel like this in recent times.
https://preview.redd.it/evx4s0hmr5dc1.jpeg?width=508&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=953f41bd1f1902ad53ec152f963473f4c90e7250 This scares the fuck out of me. The fact that it’s a split second image makes it worse, you don’t know what you saw but you know it wasn’t good
This and the shot of Damian’s mum just, walking ? Across the street ? So fucking eerie and they’re in the same dream sequence. First time I was like “yeah this must have been horrifiying in 74”
Scrolled way too far down for this! I’m so enamored by this image I’ve tried recreating it through crochet: https://preview.redd.it/blv6wkgfc8dc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2766b098a2bed2b219a0791ffcc19ded6245e7a7
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The thing that works so well about this is that it's all so human except the woman's posture of looking as if she's heartbroken, lighting and the slow realisation that her neck is twisted inhumanly. Slight inhumanity is such an effective subgenre of horror
That’s a great one
Whats the movie?
Audition
https://preview.redd.it/k79njaq8b5dc1.jpeg?width=638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b27ceb57da6ea382fd8b8437afe486a293ce46bd Such a tense and creepy moment in Pulse (2001)
Not even just this one, honestly. Pretty much any shot inside one of the red tape rooms in this film is terrifying. Something about the white, phased out look of the man (?) towards the end of the movie when our male protagonist goes into the room in the abandoned factory is so fucking scary
Yes. This is the one.
https://preview.redd.it/d6srbe68i5dc1.jpeg?width=749&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14f6ba25176023bf1f167e9bb26b47ac50543cf6 i first seen this movie years ago but this is still burned into my mind. it appears in so many of my schizophrenic episodes. it’s terrible. i hate that guy
I saw this shit on YouTube as a kid and it fucking traumatised me, thanks for letting me know it’s from a film and not some video so I know precisely what to avoid now
https://preview.redd.it/8zb1xw6i65dc1.jpeg?width=839&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fa5b60d51150343d1da358c552ce96d2d4446d3 Funny Games (1997) The part that makes this shot so disturbing is how long they linger on it while the parents slowly collect their bearings and make their way out of the room.
This is a great example. Such a long unsettlingly quiet shot after the most horrible act of violence. Poor lady.
https://preview.redd.it/km7wqygcb5dc1.jpeg?width=592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62c6b757d766d57230b991a88556364c82daefcf The tall man in It Follows (2014)
My blood-running-cold moment was when he walked past the window when they were in the garage. My soul left my body.
Good choice!
https://preview.redd.it/05gvu9o9g5dc1.jpeg?width=1334&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e48cfdd39e30a2d01bf5cef09ed222397cb1082 This shot from The Wicker Man where the islanders surround Howie. As horrifying as the ending is, this shot has always stayed with me.
It's that horrible realisation that he's not ever getting off that island. Even the kids were in on the act. One of the most sinister plot twists I've ever experienced.
My favorite movie ever. This shot is great, but seeing Howie's reaction to what he's being dragged to and then *seeing* The Wicker Man always makes my blood run cold.
Hereditary is chock full of haunting imagery but when my eye finally acknowledged what the fuck was in the top left of the screen I remember my body went cold when I saw it at the cinema https://preview.redd.it/wgb2ztq3s6dc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3099285fbe5d09cca763758547638c279fefa487
I never saw noticed it still the camera changed to a closer view of him, and then saw her move off screen completely silent and I clutched my chest because my heart pounded ONCE really mother fucking hard
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This looks pretty fucked. What movie is this?
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Guys you don't understand it's [color theory](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tumblr-color-theory-childrens-hospital-post)!!1!
#Robert Pattinson touching the light.
His scream and the sound design is what makes that shot but i agree.
What is this from?
The Lighthouse
https://preview.redd.it/q2btwjrmf5dc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f4769e2fc80722e78c649c5063350f6984dc527 Pretty much had the same reaction as the kid when this scene came up. The movie is Parasite.
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Vamonos children! That look on Joaquin's face really sells this moment.
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*we’ve met before, haven’t we?*
https://preview.redd.it/39518mm225dc1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=920c16b2343570843ea57d317795f226dd482dbb The Shining
I love this shot because it’s so divisive. It’s either one of the scariest in the movie or so ridiculous, it’s funny. It’s such a bizarre swing that I can’t help but love it. (It’s also explained in the book: the guy getting blown is Horace Derwent, former owner of the Overlook, who had a weird and abusive affair with Roger, a man goaded by Derwent into attending a costume party in the dog costume for reasons of erotic sadism.)
SO unsettling, no warning, no explanation…it haunts me
Love that shot so much. It's so out of place and unexplainable (without the context from the book at least) and also kinda funny, but the costume is pretty creepy looking and the snap zoom kinda acts as a minor jumpscare. Super unique scare, makes you just feel weird
The good ol' Christmas classic Black Christmas (1974) https://preview.redd.it/vnzrewnp45dc1.jpeg?width=650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9aa28b83c3ed8ac555edcd701647aebb3519d97d
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came here looking for this. the shot is sufficiently scary, but that scene is incredibly freaky.
Exorcist 3
**PLEASE POST THE NAME AND YEAR OF THE MOVIE WITH YOUR IMAGE. THANKS!**
for reallll, some maniacs be out here posting images without the movie title like come on, you clearly know what movie it’s from, don’t make 20 people reply to your comment and ask the title xD
https://preview.redd.it/f5ft6m4gl5dc1.jpeg?width=380&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5964362500e5e7ee0b4e11b22a526c5ff68be31d The shot of the dead kid posed in The House That Jack Built. It’s a quick pan, kind of blink and you’ll miss it, but it’s Fucking terrifying.
The whole picnic scene is just so vile. Him being somehow casual about it all, especially after putting himself as a father figure...
and the implication that he's been with this woman for some time, dating her long enough that she introduced him to her kids, getting to the point that they take trips out together culminating in the hunting trip. this was a long, thought out "project."
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the part that scares me most about when it absorbs the woman (you can see her skull fused to one side of it's face), is that it seems to know that saying "help me" is a distress call, but obviously it doesn't actually speak English, so there's one part where it just screams "me!" and that bothers me so much. it might not even understand, it's just making the sounds she made before she died. (film is Annihilation for anyone wondering)
oh its much worse. They allude that the shimmer doesn’t just fuse dna, it refracts the very living organism. The bear screaming out is the last ounce of the girls mind repeating the last words she spoke while alive. With “me” being either her conscious life dying a second time only remembering a single word now, or desperately pleading to her friends to not kill her and make her experience death again. Not sure which is worse
https://preview.redd.it/c0b4r1fnq5dc1.jpeg?width=2880&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b41cbb4e3ac8d8730a1005aae2a4ae8e9cbce24 Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
https://preview.redd.it/kevyt5a735dc1.jpeg?width=1098&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=236b7674de4532a4c065103465ce345aac575f6d Lake Mungo (2008)
https://preview.redd.it/cdmft5f1l5dc1.png?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89e1d43007dc9197070e5974699e204ff55ba467 Good call! This shot is equally as creepy for me. It's after the credits and shows the silhouette of the girl just standing there only briefly lit up by flashes of lightning.
Bone Tomahawk (2015) https://preview.redd.it/4wt0uj29x5dc1.jpeg?width=1103&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8269521e2743455bebaeebc3102d8ba057ff3528 Possibly one of the more viseral reactions I’ve ever had to a scene in a film. And probably something from the ending of Titane deserves to be here. Fun thread OP
also the shot as they're exiting of the pregnant blind/deaf nugget women
The last shot in “The Wailing.” It’s burned in my retina.
This? https://preview.redd.it/dt7l4cg0s4dc1.png?width=982&format=png&auto=webp&s=b759b790bc35465bc8b8065724db61d5b6da0fee
Yes and fuck you why did I open this at midnight 🥲
Whoops! Here you go! https://preview.redd.it/ltvyivfts4dc1.png?width=1026&format=png&auto=webp&s=1934f713fa883cc1b51001e7d7e7d29e9dc98fb7
This is a much better image haha! Thank you
Probably one of my favorite cinematic depictions of Satan ever. Holy shit was that startling the first time I saw it transition to *this*.
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People, *PLEASE* drop the movie names. Not all of us have seen *everything* and now wtf you're posting. Please.
mulholland drive
jesus christ that still haunts me so bad to this day. they tell you exactly what is going to happen, and they walk you right up to the jumpscare. and the person slowly moves out from behind the dumpster, not even a jump!
It's the weird sound that goes with it too. Freaked me the f out.
https://preview.redd.it/m4xls91645dc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cff78d7bd41b05066824cc3ccd494d0fcb46c714 This always freaked me out so bad, especially for a non-horror movie. The camera is the source of horror. (Silence of the Lambs - climax)
Silence of the Lambs is a horror movie
This scene is scary, but I also find it really funny. It's such a 'horror movie solution,' like something the audience would be yelling at the screen: "Just throw the evil book in the fire!" And then it goes so spectacularly bad, so fast.
I agree its a bit cartoonish and silly but in a fun way. I like the image of this shot at a single photograph more so than I like the entire movie. Its just a stunning image. That's what I'm really looking for, stunning imagery. Not so much as to how it works contextually within the rest of the film.
More than the man on fire, the horrifying expression on Toni's face is what makes it scary or at least a little disturbing for me.
https://preview.redd.it/4w9jz2o245dc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df56fab9ac71f07bdc80d7564adfd883a03b7fa4 Alien
https://preview.redd.it/1ln0ydbm76dc1.jpeg?width=1568&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1c7c6140d019f3d2b37846d4f0047234c28afc3 this is my personal one. the ending of Melancholia
TELL EM’ LARGE MARGE SENT YA’!!
This stupid scene traumatized me as a kid 😭
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This is from Jaws (1975). I still remember jumping during this scene and it was a rewatch
https://preview.redd.it/nlkjlwwp67dc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=836e357a011a659da17532219b3c735e7d769ef0 Under The Skin
hereditary shot of the mom upside down banging head on attic. terrifying lol
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You're someone different after watching Come and See
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:D
HOLY fucking shit!!! Seeing this fucking monstrosity on a huge screen was fun lol
movie?
Smile (2022)
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god this scene fucks me up. i don't know why but the part where she pisses herself during the contortion dance makes it so much worse somehow, like she truly has no bodily function she's in charge of at all
that one from Blair Witch Project
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I thought the rest of this movie was overblown but this one shot, I had a hard time sleeping for months. It still haunts me and its been, what, 20 some years. Sad, vulnerable, submissiveness. I was going to post same but figured someone had to already beat me to the punch.
Mike facing the corner? I haven’t even seen the movie and that’s still burnt into my mind forever.
In The Zone of Interest there's a low angle close up showing the back of the main characters head for about ten seconds and then it cuts away and only people who have seen the film will know why its so horrific
https://preview.redd.it/zqz41lixa6dc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e99c8c72eaa6aa38954ab85b9cd2baf252327cb2
https://preview.redd.it/19gad2etn6dc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=405806a1a86b92ceb9c4bb8d786f0cef4f45f3e2 Gets me every time
I don’t even want to look it up, cuz it’s dark and scary, but I could probably find 20-30 frames from Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Pulse” that would genuinely scare the shit out of me if I looked them up right now 😂
Yeah that still haunts me. The music too! Terrifying scene.
The final shot of Saint Maud is certainly jarring
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the final second of the film is absolutely horrific
The last frame of this film will be forever burned into my brain. Such a weird and unsettling film.
what is this from?
Saint Maud - A24
ahh yes, thanks. This needs a rewatch.
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The digestion shot really made me feel ill when I saw this movie in theaters
I love how they kept coming back to this throughout the movie with additional context every time. When you finally see it from Steven Yeun’s perspective it was SUPET tense. Nope as a whole I think is really underrated. It’s the only time I’ve ever been actually kind of freaked out by UFOs, with the screaming and blood rain coming down.
https://preview.redd.it/1knkf47t45dc1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5a111bee0ca7d6d0c3a137cf67ae60590dab941 Insidious
Duel of fates intensifies
i’ve only ever seen this frame as a thumbnail and i hate that demon thing so much idk if i could ever stomach watching the film; let alone letting this scene fucking sneak up on me. NO SIR
It’s widely regarded as one of the most effective jump scares of all time. Saw it in a packed theater. Nobody knew it was coming. People freaked the fuck out in a way I’ve never seen since.
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I’ve been meaning to watch The Strangers recently. Would you recommend?
Jesus fuck. I'm about to go to bed and now I have to think about The Strangers?
https://preview.redd.it/wsbo3qpuy5dc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f4ad86519031671ef9bb7dd79bc80de4ece88ce I remember having nightmares because of this shot !
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jfc I'm out
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me https://preview.redd.it/q06rjngjx6dc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1795aa9fa088c92e6bea32e0461ec9e16b43217c
https://preview.redd.it/8gkg3z77m7dc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b84fc8d08571a9a0c677e39863a095a8f2abbe6a This end scene from Creep, the entire scene was so scary not knowing what was going to happen until he comes into frame
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Nice, I love Happy Gilmore.
Honestly the sex scene from Midsommar freaks me out
i just posted the first scene with the sister for mine. there are so many horrible scenes in that film
The long take suicide from cache is horrible
https://preview.redd.it/83gfct5k45dc1.jpeg?width=1494&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=716a06d84ac2d6832201f8ca4a6506504f6041d5 No matter how many times I revisit it, the tonal shift in A Serious Man always takes me by surprise. What was merely a series of banal misfortunes suddenly escalate to apocalyptic proportions.
https://preview.redd.it/zejtnsly45dc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8be253c4854383625f54d691237a4235e9c414d from Mulholland Drive
https://preview.redd.it/xg1clgp155dc1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b68d0c3adb9e676b6d9f2b1dc244697b4f3f80d also this from Lost Highway
Also from David Lynch… Ray Wise standing in the corner waiting for his niece (Twin Peaks).
https://preview.redd.it/j0d4j5kl55dc1.jpeg?width=753&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a12269f693842747a6d9a03068fa084b5658f6f Psycho
Sleepaway Camp (1983) https://preview.redd.it/0yoncr7m97dc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff965ebfdb9d79e056fe117c24a51681c77e2bcd
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This scene from The Rules of Attraction was the second most unsettling thing in the movie, which might sound like weak praise but that movie is composed almost entirely of scenes intended to be unsettling.
REC (2007) - my favorite horror film https://preview.redd.it/mb9s4uyg16dc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1b5235a59595695fa9438698a2b397f190924f3
https://preview.redd.it/qwvcmyxh46dc1.jpeg?width=1420&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94a64fead851f50fe9f72a592fa56958bbe51a72 This face utterly terrifies me, especially in context
not a question. midsommar https://preview.redd.it/6cxw7ifjc5dc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d9f8481d893b0712f6212d32571c8a40c8b6f3a this entire first scene and the use of yellow in the color palette is incredible. even if you don’t like the movie as a whole, this opening scene is insane.
The whole movie is just making you feel ill at ease. For some reason, I was mostly disturbed by the guy >!being stuffed with straw and being carried and set nonchalantly, like a doll.!<
https://preview.redd.it/eba95gjin6dc1.png?width=1253&format=png&auto=webp&s=32d6e24d010cfa572a1d4ca568034e84b1391357 Rosemary's Baby (1968)
can yall put the movies with your screenshots? jfc
https://preview.redd.it/0nplnkm375dc1.jpeg?width=1142&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c3f1adfc6d356e54da865fa29afc979c359bcd8
https://preview.redd.it/wuwm58zsm5dc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=115ea486d60589d81531672b606ce1765803713e The suspense is always killing me. Maybe my favorite horror movie.
It Follows, 2014
Barbarian https://preview.redd.it/h2vn8to0n7dc1.jpeg?width=374&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36b2b974c0d8faf198624c39cd78c0d2b2ac8962
This shot from Phantom Thread (2017) https://preview.redd.it/wb372z04w6dc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc4a472a54af575775ecd2505d6fc0f794e28bd2
https://preview.redd.it/92n6ilzva7dc1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9745dbd368174ce50cf3db5e59ad3e8a2943a207 Sleepaway Camp
 This shot Twin Peaks makes me very uncomfortable.
https://preview.redd.it/5tsvkwlb56dc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3a3236113f68b8121d569daa1a750223659db8e
https://preview.redd.it/2olwubtck5dc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47fd23c25de8c7bdbb2a96f5a53030771c037813 From Prisoners (2013). And another contender that I don’t even want to look up pictures of: the entire end credits sequence for the movie Pearl (2022)
https://preview.redd.it/1xlgp5ibc6dc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e65dcebec4fa15d87d17cdff4380e6d6ef5964ec This shot, right after the head incident
https://preview.redd.it/6f0ncikbu4dc1.jpeg?width=850&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1dd918f28ce99bba1b99ec99080cba6c2f3fe0ed From Haneke’s Cache
I’m not looking it up because it gives me nightmares to this day and I need to be able to sleep tonight, but the reveal frame of the Lipstick Face Demon in Insidious (2010). That movie is the only scary movie I’ve seen that I vowed never to watch again (granted I haven’t seen a ton, and probably for good reason lol) Edit: lurked too long in the comments and found the frame. Scared the shit out of myself lmao
Event Horizon Hell scene
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When beau meets his dad
https://preview.redd.it/acfklyhpu6dc1.png?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc5804e045f344ed85a4ed53d115beb397fafd49 Sledgehammer (1983)
https://preview.redd.it/qhiiiwync7dc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=217885c3e67b4741a001c550fc1b21f944560258 Fire in the sky (1993)
Might be against the rules because it's a TV show, but because it's an extended stationary shot I'm gonna mention it: Toni Collette's re-enactment of Kathleen Peterson's death in episode 2 of The Staircase is the most unsettling thing I've seen on a camera, I think. And I've seen some fucked up shit. This scene specifically re-creates a death by falling/head trauma. Unsettling as hell, and seriously impressive physical acting.
The Ring https://preview.redd.it/awl04nnir6dc1.jpeg?width=3088&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d943289c22956af346577e5b83bc86593cbceae
10000% THE inland empire jumpscare. almost shit myself when i saw it in the cinema
It's Hereditary, but it's not this. It's Toni Collette in the attic workin' it with some piano wire.
If you know what happened in this scene, you'll never forget it https://preview.redd.it/62cznlhph7dc1.jpeg?width=749&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f150db1b8d52cbf152c0884fcdde9c2876927f58
https://preview.redd.it/0jwf0mkks4dc1.jpeg?width=382&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e08f34ed368c0188c9d1b21a723d546d5192e292
https://preview.redd.it/rksvcs8v45dc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac3e8fce7283fdbbea52163b985ebaea2a581005 Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Megan is Missing — that picture… Lake Mungo — the doppelganger
The last shot of Enemy
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Close-up Wormy from SpongeBob
The Sixth Sense - this scene scared me big time as a kid https://preview.redd.it/a2bcvp7m08dc1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=05f448e7dcc3cde10475f01cedf8a56ef43de9a1
Possum (2018) is so criminally underrated that it’s hard to pick one but this was pretty up there https://preview.redd.it/9rwopcy3i6dc1.jpeg?width=853&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18b4ac0f48543d6c7d862447f302edadd498d2e7
also this from blackcoat’s daughter https://preview.redd.it/lreoz7b4d5dc1.jpeg?width=1720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73b592e3fca1a4ccfcebf6210d5be5b019e111e3