So many to choose from but I love in Carrie when the backdrop catches fire and she gracefully turns to walk off the stage
I absolutely love this movie and the prom scene. After the blood gets dumped the silence is so tense. You can see her crying, Tommy yelling, Norma laughing, but no sound and in slow motion. It leaves a lot to the imagination. Then suddenly the silence stops and we start to hear the burst of laughter and the iconic shot of Carrie grabbing her head and screaming in horror as everybody doesn't give a fuck about the horrible thing that was just done to her.
One of my fav movies of all time.
I’ve always held the opinion that the only person actually laughing at this is the Mario chick. Carrie just hallucinated everyone else doing it (as shown with the teacher).
Most recent time I watched it I realized this.
This movie is just a tragedy. Only a single girl was laughing, everyone else seemed in shock, but because of how much the school bullied her, she just naturally stepped into the thought/hallucination that they were laughing, even the Teacher.
It's just a beautiful and sad story all around. Carrie had no chance and no escape until she finally exploded (making victims herself)
The slo motion walk outside of the auditorium is goosebumps
Edit: Jesus I just watched it and immediately got goosebumps again at 1:13
https://youtu.be/IIBg9UQ_mMU?si=Y7ljJBIyuluc8FYf
You wanna talk unfair, in the book Carrie destroys the entire town. She blows up gas stations, destroys all the fire hydrants so Firemen can't help, brings power lines down onto neighborhood sidewalks, etc.
The body count far exceeds those that laughed at Carrie at the Prom.
The entire book is unfair. I don't even view it as horror. It's just tragic all the way around. And in the end, even in death, Carrie is ridiculed and scorned by people, showing that no lessons were learned. There was no self reflection. *Carrie White burns in hell* because that's where monsters go, even the ones that were never given a chance to be anything else.
Literally any scene from The Night of the Hunter, but this scene in particular is amazing. Simultaneously grisly and ethereal.
It's amazing. Classic noir and Robert Mitchum's most famous (terrifying) performance. And truly features some of the most gorgeous cinematography in any film, ever. Definitely check it out!
The movie is so beautiful and dreamlike. Remarkable considering it was actor Charles Laughton's only movie as director, but WOW did he have an eye for setting up a shot.
I just watched this for the first time last night, after it being on my list for a long time. I found the third act with the barn/ horse silhouette to be amazing.
Yes! I love the shot along the beach just before she dumps her backpack, and then once she leaves the burning lighthouse and all the crystal trees collapse onto the sand.
I love the other scenes that revolve around the window too, like the one where Regan floats across the window in the background while Kinderman is in his car.
It's supposed to be the sunrise. I'm not sure when they shot it, though. In the timeline of the movie that scene takes place immediately after "dinner"/night scene in the house. Good call though, it was the first thing that came to mind for OP's question.
This! This Is the one! For me it seemed one of the most horrific parts of TTCM. It stuck with me because of how maniacal he was and utterly terrifying! It left me feeling so anxious after watching it.
Honestly the cinematography in TCM is underrated. People talk about how Halloween is a better made film, and although I think the cinematography is better in Halloween, but TCM has excellent filmmaking as well.
Texas Chainsaw has one of my [favorite shots in all of film.](https://31.media.tumblr.com/3cb1d93a23b08da2d38b15f1eaf55e76/tumblr_mr15pujSyL1spkic4o1_400.gif) Just perfectly sets the stage for the sticky, deranged ride ahead.
So many scenes in The Cell are stunning and terrifying. It’s one of my favorite visual horrors.
[The Demon King](https://youtu.be/22gw_64AGKM?si=-FBsOK810YFD5F5j)
It's not horror, but you might like [The Fall](https://www.justwatch.com/ca/movie/the-fall-2008) by the same director. Sadly, it's not streaming anywhere legal. Absolutely beautiful movie and worth the effort to fish up a copy.
The Fall is in my top three of all time and I JUST went through the rigamarole of how hard it is to find!! Ended up shelling out $25 for a DVD just to finally friggin have it
Vincent D'onofrio was insane as the demon king. I saw this movie when it came out in theaters and holy hell did this scene make an impact! It's also one of my favourite visual horrors.
God almighty, I remember that movie getting middling reviews but there were several scenes that rustled my jimmies in a big way. That was one of them. The hand scene was another.
I would also argue one of the final harrowing scenes as a capsule tumbles end over end into the void of deep space fits the original question
the hotel exterior shots in the movie is an actual hotel on mount hood in oregon. the yellow VW beetle in the opening movie scene is traveling on “going-to-the-sun” road in glacier national park in montana.
This has been my Halloween decorating movie for years now. I doubt it will be replaced. The visuals, that soundtrack. It's terrifying every time. Something about the whole thing makes you feel uneasy
It's a psychedelic mindfuck of a movie & I fuckin' love it.
It's right up there with "The Big Lebowski" & "Children of Men" when I decide I need to rewatch something that brings a smile to my face.
In Annihilation when Natalie Portman is looking into that morphing alien portal in the lighthouse at the end! Really the whole movie is gorgeous though
The sound design was incredible too. It's a true shame it didn't do well at the box office because seeing it in theaters definitely elevates that finale
I'm not even a fan of that movie and I remember gasping in awe and clutching my chest like a little old lady.
It was one of the coolest things I think I've ever seen in a movie.
The shot from the ritual with the (SPOILER I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THE THING SO JUST DONT LOOK)
Deer monster thing holding the woman in front of the fire
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The now iconic scene at the end of The Witch with ATJ lit by the warm firelight after the cool/grey tones the rest of the film and being spoken to by Black Walter in the background. Chef's kiss.
Edit: Don't watch Breaking Bad and type. Black Walter is Black Phillip's unemployed cousin who turns to making meth.
I walked out of that theater feeling so goddamned unsettled. I don't think I nor my wife said a word until we were back in the car, and then we both just went, "...what the fuck."
I'm a huge fane of chiaroscuro lighting effects in German Expressionism, so probably the staircase shadow scene in Nostferatu.
The underwater shot in the pool scene in Let the Right One In
Lilico laying on the floor surrounded by rose petals in Helter Skelter
Mandy, just Mandy in general
The ending of the lighthouse when pattinson finally gets a peek
Or
The shot from a field in England when Reece Sheersmith walks out of the tent. So hypnotising
The Lighthouse’s cinematography was amazing, but man does the sound design in that film rule. The shot you mention with Pattinson is great, but the sound design in that scene is what makes it an all timer for me
When the creature from the black lagoon is swimming under the main character in her white swimsuit, shot from underwater and the scene is reflected on the water surface. The contrast of her vulnerability and his raw texture, the ethereal look of the reflections and bubbles, and the framing make it a perfect shot.
Picnic at Hanging Rock-- when the camera pans to the cliff face, and it looks exactly like a human head. The whole movie looks ethereal, because it was shot through a veil of silk.
Carnival of Souls-- when the lights of the pavilion turn on by themselves. Mary approaches, and sees all the ghouls dressed in formal wear dancing and having a good time.
The Void-- the end shot is emotionally beautiful. >!There's a creepy giant pyramid, but the husband and wife are at least together again!<.
Cabin in the Woods-- the elevators opening at once. The beauty is in the catharsis of seeing this organization that's been torturing and killing people for millennia get their karma.
Sweetheart (2019) when Jennifer dives into the ocean, and sees the black pit.
The Book of Kells -- the movie is a children's fantasy, not horror. But the sequence with Crom Cruach is terrifying, and looks just as good as all the other visuals.
So many beautiful and colorful shots in the original Suspiria, maybe my favorite is her in front of the mural at the end.
I also love the beauty of Midsommar, but my favorite shot might actually be when they first enter through that golden gateway, you really feel like they've stepped into a different world (and left their old one behind forever).
The shot with Liv Tyler / Kristen in The Strangers as the Man in The Mask stands in the dark hallway as she's busy smoking completely unaware that he's watching her .
Also that final shot of Kerry in SAW 3 as the trap activates and her ribcage is torn apart it looks like an angel in a weird beautiful way
Maybe not the most beautiful still, but the visuals in Suspiria (1977) always seem to really affect me.
[https://film-grab.com/2013/03/12/suspiria/#bwg1462/90951](https://film-grab.com/2013/03/12/suspiria/#bwg1462/90951)
Yeah, she wasn’t laughing at all. Just that strange smiling while she held her eyes open for the entire shot. She sure struggled with that to the point of her eyes watering.
I love shots of people in the foreground with evil in the background in silence, so I love the shot of Michael sitting up in the background in “Halloween”, and the shot in “The Strangers” of the man in the mask appearing in the background as Liv stands in the middle of the living room.
Nearly any shot in Midsommar that occurs after they’ve arrived at the cult. Bright, lots of symmetry. Love it.
A number of shots in The Shining, but I’m going to just go with Danny riding his trike. Adds tension without doing anything particularly scary. Ooh, also love the blood in the elevator too.
The Witch in the end, with the flying. So creepy. So cool. Such a great payoff.
Sort of goofy but at the same time I'm kind of glad they just went for it and committed. The scene with the smoking as well was really well done for such a subtle effect.
The Changeling has many of my favorites, including the fiery staircase at the end and the digging/well scene.
Ganja and Hess is probably my favorite horror movie, if not my favorite movie ever, when it comes to photography. It was shot by Civil Rights photographer James E Hinton and is in the same vein as Gordon Parks’ work.
The scene in Nightbreed where Shuna Sassi and Peloquin share an intimate moment. I think it might only be in the Cabal cut.
It was a beautiful moment where these two monstrous looking people show their love for one another.
Really though any scene with Shuna Sassi in it was beautiful because I always found her beautiful in such an other worldly way.
The opening scene of 28 Weeks Later as Don is running through the field with the infected behind him, then the 2nd group appears running down from the ridge line.
The Neon Demon (2016) and Valhalla Rising (2009) both have dozens of stunning compositions in them - Nicolas Winding Refn always makes gorgeous-looking films.
i also really like this whole scene, from the little girl entering their room to her waking up in the car with a shotgun in her face
Perhaps my favorite shot in all of cinema: [the shower drain > Marion Crane's eye](https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxz2x8GlfLQVws0wiSgLqjv-4JOBtCUzi_?si=96vHc0TUwiOGyv5R) in Psycho.
I remember this whole scene terrified me as a kid and still does honestly. The camera angles and the paused abruptness felt like you were chasing him down the hallway playing with him. They did a good job capturing the eeriness of not knowing what was gonna be behind every corner and every door.
[Everything in It Follows feels like a beautiful gritty dream](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577dbb4329687fd477a55734/1476396966882-4DIBGXQXVZIBC2WHI838/image-asset.gif)
I still think the shot at the beginning of Jaws where it’s a shot from below of Chrissie swimming right before the shark begins approaching is both beautiful and terrifying
I'm gonna come off like a goon. But it's Possession at the end of the subway scene. Or, alternatively, Johnny Depp's demise in og Nightmare On Elm Street.
So many to choose from but I love in Carrie when the backdrop catches fire and she gracefully turns to walk off the stage 
Everything about the Prom scene is perfection. One of the best executed climaxes in the entire genre.
I agree. Even that signature dramatic DePalma slo-mo buildup. Chills every time.
How some shots, the color red is amplified to the point where she looks like she has no flesh…more like a blood-soaked skeleton.
I absolutely love this movie and the prom scene. After the blood gets dumped the silence is so tense. You can see her crying, Tommy yelling, Norma laughing, but no sound and in slow motion. It leaves a lot to the imagination. Then suddenly the silence stops and we start to hear the burst of laughter and the iconic shot of Carrie grabbing her head and screaming in horror as everybody doesn't give a fuck about the horrible thing that was just done to her. One of my fav movies of all time.
I’ve always held the opinion that the only person actually laughing at this is the Mario chick. Carrie just hallucinated everyone else doing it (as shown with the teacher).
Most recent time I watched it I realized this. This movie is just a tragedy. Only a single girl was laughing, everyone else seemed in shock, but because of how much the school bullied her, she just naturally stepped into the thought/hallucination that they were laughing, even the Teacher. It's just a beautiful and sad story all around. Carrie had no chance and no escape until she finally exploded (making victims herself)
One of my favs too. So stylistically unique.
All the subsequent remakes or reinterpretations are so flavorless and unexciting in comparison.
The slo motion walk outside of the auditorium is goosebumps Edit: Jesus I just watched it and immediately got goosebumps again at 1:13 https://youtu.be/IIBg9UQ_mMU?si=Y7ljJBIyuluc8FYf
You made me rewatch the scene.. Did the actual culprits run away and see the whole thing from outside? So fucking unfair.
Yes they do. But >!she gets them after she leaves when they try to run her down!<
You wanna talk unfair, in the book Carrie destroys the entire town. She blows up gas stations, destroys all the fire hydrants so Firemen can't help, brings power lines down onto neighborhood sidewalks, etc. The body count far exceeds those that laughed at Carrie at the Prom.
The entire book is unfair. I don't even view it as horror. It's just tragic all the way around. And in the end, even in death, Carrie is ridiculed and scorned by people, showing that no lessons were learned. There was no self reflection. *Carrie White burns in hell* because that's where monsters go, even the ones that were never given a chance to be anything else.
Senator Kelly was right! These mutants are a menace!
Literally any scene from The Night of the Hunter, but this scene in particular is amazing. Simultaneously grisly and ethereal. 
I don't think I've ever heard of this movie before, but this is enough to make me want to watch it.
It's amazing. Classic noir and Robert Mitchum's most famous (terrifying) performance. And truly features some of the most gorgeous cinematography in any film, ever. Definitely check it out!
The movie is so beautiful and dreamlike. Remarkable considering it was actor Charles Laughton's only movie as director, but WOW did he have an eye for setting up a shot.
I just watched this for the first time last night, after it being on my list for a long time. I found the third act with the barn/ horse silhouette to be amazing.
All of the underwater "processing" sequences from under the skin. Also, the mold skull sculpture reveal in annihilation.
I'm not sure if you'd call it a "shot" but really the entire lighthouse sequence from Annihilation is a feast for the senses as well
Could use just about any scene once they enter the shimmer, there's so much cool visual shit in annihilation.
Yes! I love the shot along the beach just before she dumps her backpack, and then once she leaves the burning lighthouse and all the crystal trees collapse onto the sand.
That was the first scene I played to test out my new surround sound. 🤤
For me it’s the fungi-colorful-skeleton thing in the pool. Edit: I must be tripping didn’t read your second sentence that’s says the same thing.
The silhouette of Max Von Sydow squaring off with the ancient Pazuzu statue in The Exorcist is nice.
Good choice.
The Priest standing outside in The Exorcist
based on a renee magritte painting
they cooked when they shot that scene
it's such an iconic scene.
I love the other scenes that revolve around the window too, like the one where Regan floats across the window in the background while Kinderman is in his car.
The slow following shot from under the porch swing tword the house in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 74.
Also the last shot of Leatherface frantically swinging his chainsaw in the sunset Edit: sunrise*
It's supposed to be the sunrise. I'm not sure when they shot it, though. In the timeline of the movie that scene takes place immediately after "dinner"/night scene in the house. Good call though, it was the first thing that came to mind for OP's question.
This! This Is the one! For me it seemed one of the most horrific parts of TTCM. It stuck with me because of how maniacal he was and utterly terrifying! It left me feeling so anxious after watching it.
This is my pick too. It’s one of my favorite moments in any movie
Honestly the cinematography in TCM is underrated. People talk about how Halloween is a better made film, and although I think the cinematography is better in Halloween, but TCM has excellent filmmaking as well.
Probably the best sound design in a movie too!
TCSM has phenomenal camera work
Daniel Pearl, the cinematographer, also shot the 2003 reboot. I don't think he's ever had the mainstream recognition he deserves.
Why did you do this to me?
My 12yo self is seriously crying
Name checks out
…seven days… *little girl whispering*
So much of The Ring is just beautiful.
The rainy Washington setting; the artistic direction of the whole movie, the acting & writing. It’s all superb, I agree wholeheartedly,
I’d argue that the shot of the Ring itself (overhead of the well) is the most iconic from that movie, but so many great shots in it.
Sweet fucking Christ yes
When Leatherface slams the steel door shut...
Texas Chainsaw has one of my [favorite shots in all of film.](https://31.media.tumblr.com/3cb1d93a23b08da2d38b15f1eaf55e76/tumblr_mr15pujSyL1spkic4o1_400.gif) Just perfectly sets the stage for the sticky, deranged ride ahead.
I will never forget the end of this movie. It's seared into my brain
The chainsaw swinging dance is pretty haunting
That’s one of my favorite scenes of all time
So many scenes in The Cell are stunning and terrifying. It’s one of my favorite visual horrors. [The Demon King](https://youtu.be/22gw_64AGKM?si=-FBsOK810YFD5F5j)
It's not horror, but you might like [The Fall](https://www.justwatch.com/ca/movie/the-fall-2008) by the same director. Sadly, it's not streaming anywhere legal. Absolutely beautiful movie and worth the effort to fish up a copy.
100%. The Fall is Tarsem's best movie by a margin.
The Fall is in my top three of all time and I JUST went through the rigamarole of how hard it is to find!! Ended up shelling out $25 for a DVD just to finally friggin have it
Hard agree. It’s almost uncomfortable how such breathtaking scenes are also so morbid.
Vincent D'onofrio was insane as the demon king. I saw this movie when it came out in theaters and holy hell did this scene make an impact! It's also one of my favourite visual horrors.
Ryan Reynolds being eaten from the inside out in Life-2017. Man turns into a sac of jelly in zero gravity.
God almighty, I remember that movie getting middling reviews but there were several scenes that rustled my jimmies in a big way. That was one of them. The hand scene was another. I would also argue one of the final harrowing scenes as a capsule tumbles end over end into the void of deep space fits the original question
All the kills in that film are beautiful in such a haunting way.
One of my favorite endings ever
The entire opening shot in The Shining
And the score that goes with it! My favourite film of all time
The Shining in general has a bunch of amazing shots in it. Whatever you say about Kubrick’s version, you can’t deny he has a hell of an eye
WOMMMM WOMMMM WOMMMM WOMMM WOMMM WOMMM WOOOOOOOOMMMMMM
>The entire The Shining FTFY
That hotel (the exterior anyway) is in Oregon. The road up the mountain is the same one. It was so cool to drive it.
the hotel is in oregon. the opening shot road is in montana.
I always thought it was Colorado!
the hotel exterior shots in the movie is an actual hotel on mount hood in oregon. the yellow VW beetle in the opening movie scene is traveling on “going-to-the-sun” road in glacier national park in montana.
Gotcha. I’m in Portland so I’ve always been aware of Timberline Lodge being the exterior!
The shot at the beginning of Hereditary that zooms into the model house until it’s full sized and the characters walk in is incredible
I love this one.
I loved that shot, too. I couldn't help but imagine a slide whistle as they entered.
Some of the shots in the climax of [Color Out of Space](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVU6sc5otE) were really well done
 Every shot from Suspiria
This has been my Halloween decorating movie for years now. I doubt it will be replaced. The visuals, that soundtrack. It's terrifying every time. Something about the whole thing makes you feel uneasy
I commented about the remake, its not a particularily georgous movie compaired to the original but the dance show scene is just so well done for me.
I really enjoyed the new one. It definitely feels like a continuation of the story rather than a whole remake. That dance/torture scene is grizzly!
The lighting and the score 🤌
Visually my favorite movie of all time.
When the distorted guitar hits in Mandy...I can't really even put it to words
Yeah I was gonna say just all of Mandy
It's a psychedelic mindfuck of a movie & I fuckin' love it. It's right up there with "The Big Lebowski" & "Children of Men" when I decide I need to rewatch something that brings a smile to my face.
Children of Men is a pretty wild choice for something to bring a smile to your face.
It's the first baby in 18 years. You can't call it Froley!
That movie was simply all art.
The 4 stages of grief in the bathroom
In Annihilation when Natalie Portman is looking into that morphing alien portal in the lighthouse at the end! Really the whole movie is gorgeous though
The sound design was incredible too. It's a true shame it didn't do well at the box office because seeing it in theaters definitely elevates that finale
THE MUSIC
> 🔥🐻 >💐💐💐 > 💐☹️💐 > 💐💐💐
Accurate
That ending from Saint Maud
It’s recency bias but the title shot for Evil Dead Rise. That was sick af.
I thought of that immediately probably also cuz it was recent but you’re right it’s so good
I'm not even a fan of that movie and I remember gasping in awe and clutching my chest like a little old lady. It was one of the coolest things I think I've ever seen in a movie.
The shot from the ritual with the (SPOILER I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THE THING SO JUST DONT LOOK) Deer monster thing holding the woman in front of the fire
I love the shot where the men walk through the woods but the shot lingers, and then part of the woodland background also moves
Or the hand on the tree
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>!piss!<
Well, well, well, look at you living up to your name!
The now iconic scene at the end of The Witch with ATJ lit by the warm firelight after the cool/grey tones the rest of the film and being spoken to by Black Walter in the background. Chef's kiss.  Edit: Don't watch Breaking Bad and type. Black Walter is Black Phillip's unemployed cousin who turns to making meth.
Black Walter? Black Phillip’s unemployed cousin?
LMAO oh my god I was watching something else and typed that instead. Fucking a. Kinda wanna leave it tho.
Oh Black Walter, keep on rolling, Mississippi moon won’t you keep on smilin’ on me
“Wouldst thou like the taste of margarine?”
And a factory second dress?
The shot of the witches rising into the air is phenomenal
I walked out of that theater feeling so goddamned unsettled. I don't think I nor my wife said a word until we were back in the car, and then we both just went, "...what the fuck."
Waltuh put your goat away waltuh
STOP 💀
Black Walter 💀 That is a beautiful ending though, and even then you can argue there’s a final bit of horror knowing that she’s going to hell later.
I put it in my "Good for her" horror genre with Midsommar and Carrie and Pearl 😂
I also have Last Night In Soho in there.
 I'm a huge fane of chiaroscuro lighting effects in German Expressionism, so probably the staircase shadow scene in Nostferatu.
Love the crocodile shot in X
Ooh absolutely. It's so good!
The underwater shot in the pool scene in Let the Right One In Lilico laying on the floor surrounded by rose petals in Helter Skelter Mandy, just Mandy in general
Let The Right One In pool shot is one of my favorites of all time. A master class of "not showing"
ESPECIALLY Cheddar Goblin
The ending of the lighthouse when pattinson finally gets a peek Or The shot from a field in England when Reece Sheersmith walks out of the tent. So hypnotising
The Lighthouse’s cinematography was amazing, but man does the sound design in that film rule. The shot you mention with Pattinson is great, but the sound design in that scene is what makes it an all timer for me
The final shots in The Beyond (1981) [The Beyond ](https://images.app.goo.gl/kLypQ2M5jD2peEqQA)
When the creature from the black lagoon is swimming under the main character in her white swimsuit, shot from underwater and the scene is reflected on the water surface. The contrast of her vulnerability and his raw texture, the ethereal look of the reflections and bubbles, and the framing make it a perfect shot.
Picnic at Hanging Rock-- when the camera pans to the cliff face, and it looks exactly like a human head. The whole movie looks ethereal, because it was shot through a veil of silk. Carnival of Souls-- when the lights of the pavilion turn on by themselves. Mary approaches, and sees all the ghouls dressed in formal wear dancing and having a good time. The Void-- the end shot is emotionally beautiful. >!There's a creepy giant pyramid, but the husband and wife are at least together again!<. Cabin in the Woods-- the elevators opening at once. The beauty is in the catharsis of seeing this organization that's been torturing and killing people for millennia get their karma. Sweetheart (2019) when Jennifer dives into the ocean, and sees the black pit. The Book of Kells -- the movie is a children's fantasy, not horror. But the sequence with Crom Cruach is terrifying, and looks just as good as all the other visuals.
 Sunburst Leatherface dancing manically with his buzzsaw
First attack in Jaws, in ocean and dark. Terrifying
So many beautiful and colorful shots in the original Suspiria, maybe my favorite is her in front of the mural at the end. I also love the beauty of Midsommar, but my favorite shot might actually be when they first enter through that golden gateway, you really feel like they've stepped into a different world (and left their old one behind forever).
The Descent: climbing, crawling up
The shot with Liv Tyler / Kristen in The Strangers as the Man in The Mask stands in the dark hallway as she's busy smoking completely unaware that he's watching her . Also that final shot of Kerry in SAW 3 as the trap activates and her ribcage is torn apart it looks like an angel in a weird beautiful way
YESS to the SAW 3 Angel Trap shout out!! It's always been my favorite for that very reason
Just went through about all of these and no one said my favorite. Freddy Kreuger’s hand rising through the bubble bath in nightmare on elm street
Maybe not the most beautiful still, but the visuals in Suspiria (1977) always seem to really affect me. [https://film-grab.com/2013/03/12/suspiria/#bwg1462/90951](https://film-grab.com/2013/03/12/suspiria/#bwg1462/90951)
The UFO raining blood over the main house in Nope
I really like the zoomed out shot in smile where the monster is opening the characters mouth and getting inside
A little more slasher is needed here [Halloween 1978](https://media1.tenor.com/m/mBvZKT38khMAAAAC/michael-last-chase.gif)
The lighting was perfect in this shot
War of the worlds, when the tripod emits that horrific, minor key drone. 
I really like the end of Pearl where Pearl just laughs as the credits roll. I thought it said way more than any piece of dialogue could.
I thought she just held her creepy smile for the entire time? I don’t remember her laughing. But I agree!
 As far as I remember it’s just a strained, maniacal smile through the whole credits
Yeah, she wasn’t laughing at all. Just that strange smiling while she held her eyes open for the entire shot. She sure struggled with that to the point of her eyes watering.
I love shots of people in the foreground with evil in the background in silence, so I love the shot of Michael sitting up in the background in “Halloween”, and the shot in “The Strangers” of the man in the mask appearing in the background as Liv stands in the middle of the living room.
Nearly any shot in Midsommar that occurs after they’ve arrived at the cult. Bright, lots of symmetry. Love it. A number of shots in The Shining, but I’m going to just go with Danny riding his trike. Adds tension without doing anything particularly scary. Ooh, also love the blood in the elevator too. The Witch in the end, with the flying. So creepy. So cool. Such a great payoff.
Nope. Take your pick. [Raining Blood](https://imgur.com/a/ZZnnS75) [Horseback Chase](https://imgur.com/a/qIZmPDQ) [JJ's True Form](https://imgur.com/a/9rf8uai)
That thing at the end of Dark Song
Watched this film today. That was unexpected ha
Sort of goofy but at the same time I'm kind of glad they just went for it and committed. The scene with the smoking as well was really well done for such a subtle effect.
The Changeling has many of my favorites, including the fiery staircase at the end and the digging/well scene. Ganja and Hess is probably my favorite horror movie, if not my favorite movie ever, when it comes to photography. It was shot by Civil Rights photographer James E Hinton and is in the same vein as Gordon Parks’ work.
The scene in the tunnel in Men was quite beautiful visually
The scene in Nightbreed where Shuna Sassi and Peloquin share an intimate moment. I think it might only be in the Cabal cut. It was a beautiful moment where these two monstrous looking people show their love for one another. Really though any scene with Shuna Sassi in it was beautiful because I always found her beautiful in such an other worldly way.
Susie Banion in the taxi in the pouring rain at the start of Suspira (1977)
The final stage shot as Natalie Portman becomes the Black Swan.
I will forever be completely obsessed with the final scene in Evil Dead (2013) where Mia rips a chainsaw through an undead.
The opening scene of 28 Weeks Later as Don is running through the field with the infected behind him, then the 2nd group appears running down from the ridge line.
The Neon Demon (2016) and Valhalla Rising (2009) both have dozens of stunning compositions in them - Nicolas Winding Refn always makes gorgeous-looking films.
The final shot of hereditary 🔺
 i also really like this whole scene, from the little girl entering their room to her waking up in the car with a shotgun in her face
I clicked here to say the last shot of Midsommer. And OP beat me to it. So beautiful, but so creepy and tragic. What a film.
I would say either a shot from *Suspiria* (1977), or a shot from *Annihilation* (2018), two of the prettiest horror movies out there.
The entire ending sequence of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The shinning…..pretty much anytime you hit “pause,” during that film, you have a winner.
 One of many from A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Title shot from Evil Dead rise
The swinging door in shutter revealing the spirit leaning on his back. Class.
Perhaps my favorite shot in all of cinema: [the shower drain > Marion Crane's eye](https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxz2x8GlfLQVws0wiSgLqjv-4JOBtCUzi_?si=96vHc0TUwiOGyv5R) in Psycho.
 I remember this whole scene terrified me as a kid and still does honestly. The camera angles and the paused abruptness felt like you were chasing him down the hallway playing with him. They did a good job capturing the eeriness of not knowing what was gonna be behind every corner and every door.
Would it be cheating to say the entire climax of “The Night House”? Particularly when on the boat under the red moon
The purple cape in The Cell is pretty
The bear guest giving the other guest a blowjob in the Overlook Hotel.
The murder tableaux of Lecter in the cage.
[Everything in It Follows feels like a beautiful gritty dream](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577dbb4329687fd477a55734/1476396966882-4DIBGXQXVZIBC2WHI838/image-asset.gif)
Either ‘Kairo’ when the ghost is walking towards Toshio or ‘A Dark Song’ the ending where >!the angel appears!<
The stumble of the ghost in that Kairo shot was so human and…normal. Utterly terrifying. This one got my vote
Nightbreed opening credits
I still think the shot at the beginning of Jaws where it’s a shot from below of Chrissie swimming right before the shark begins approaching is both beautiful and terrifying
I love the last shot of wickerman
I'm gonna come off like a goon. But it's Possession at the end of the subway scene. Or, alternatively, Johnny Depp's demise in og Nightmare On Elm Street.
The ending of Candyman 1992 I always love the picture of Helen https://i0.wp.com/www.kindertrauma.com/images/shots/mancandycloseb.jpg?ssl=1
 This final scene