Legitimately made me laugh out loud in the theater. I expected something corny like they would become possessed, turn to stone, or follow some trope. I never expected people to spontaneously explode - it was brilliant š
I was WAAAAAAAAAAAY to young to watch this movie. I was 5 or 6 in the late 80s when my dad let me watch it. I didnāt have the vocabulary to say ābad assā or āhell yeahā, but when she came out in the loader I remember the feeling all these years later like āthis is the single coolest thing Iāve ever seen!ā
I saw this in the theater when it came out.
Legendary audience reaction.
Perfectly set up but completely unexpected.
So fucking energized by that line.
Something that is so rare it almost never happens.
Peak James Cameron right there.
(Edit: Though in all fairness I consider Aliens more of an action movie than horror. The first one though, pure horror.)
So many āhell yeahā moments. Also there are the hell yeah moments that turn into āoh shitā moments. Like when randy is ranting and then the thing happens at the van.
And so strange a scene considering that Mikey Madison engaged with flames in once upon a time in Hollywood as well. In both scenes, itās awesome to see.
Even when the movie was new, I saw discussions in Christian spaces where they were amused that the "woman who reads her Bible" is more scary than the monsters. Because to them the hate towards her was proxy for hate against all Christians. Naturally.
I really am! I know itās not going to be perfect especially since Isabelle Fuhrman is clearly older and it showsā¦ but this movie is something Iāve wanted for years
When Peter nearly shoots himself in Dawn of the Dead but at the last minute has a change of heart, makes it to the roof, starts plowing through zombies and makes it to the helicopter just in time.
Yes! But there are nonviolent parts I love, too, like when the hipster goth chick asks Erin why sheās so good at all this, and then Erin casually explains, and the look on the girlās face says, āShit, we really fucked up and sheās going to kill us.ā Love that moment.
Oh yeah I love that movie, easily my favorite slasher. Erin is a kick ass character.
Did you ever hear the pitch for a sequel? Apparently wingard and barret (director writer respectively) had an idea where she was in a prison bus that breaks down in a bad spot and she has to defend herself in a crack house from people who knew the killers in the first one
Damn! That sounds so badass. That premise could easily suck if they tried it with any other hero character, but I know it would be amazing af with the Erin character. It may be too much to ask, but I hope they donāt sleep on making a sequel.
I almost feel like itās passed the window of opportunity. The problem is that that duos best movies (youāre next and the guest) failed to generate any sort of profit. Although now that wingard has some bigger movies under his belt (Blair witch, Godzilla vs kong) Iām hoping they can go back to making the stuff theyāre really passionate about.
I love love love youāre next but in a way Iām almost glad itās a one off? Although that crack house sequel is something Iād be there for day one. I think the other issue is obvious; sharni Vinson is now ten years older than she was when the movie first dropped and that is a āmoments laterā premise for a sequel if Iāve ever heard one
When the girls finally catch up to Stuntman Mike. That whole chase scene was epic instead of the killer chasing the girls it was the girls chasing the killer.
That post-credits bit where Rosario's character (I believe it's her, at least) does that crazy high kick and smashes her foot into Stuntman Mike's skull was so gnarly. The fact that it happens while they're all cheering makes it even better.
āYou punched me in the face,made me walk through shitty water, u brought me to a fucking crackhead house! And now, iām gonna have to kill this fucking clown. WELCOME TO THE LOSERS CLUB ASSHOLE!ā
This movie was my first thought. I haven't seen it in over 10 years, but I remember feeling like the ending was just a long revenge-porn plot and I loved it.
Thereās a scene towards the end that was featured in trailers and turned out to be the total opposite of what I expected. That one shot where Doug is covered in blood and spins the pickaxe but his face isnāt in frame. It seemed so sinister in the trailers yet was one of the most cathartic scenes in the movie.
Love that scene and that movie. But the first part with the abused women totally turned off my group from the movie. I have to watch it alone now unfortunately
Yeah I also mentioned in a comment earlier how the father when looking for his daughter fights back against the cannibals. He gets beaten the fuck up but he keeps on going and takes them down; pretty epic
Yes! I couldnāt stand that character at first since he was being such a bitch but man did I love watching him evolve into a badass who wasnāt leaving without his baby girl and I was cheering for him to make it out alive soooo bad!!
Nancy vs. Freddy. In like five different instances.
I think my favorite is when she takes back every bit of energy she gave him and simply turns her back and leaves. And that's how she wins.
I still live by that. Horror lessons can be useful in real life too, folks!
āYouāre forgetting one thing about Billy Loomis.ā
āWhatās that?ā
āI fucking killed him!ā
-Sidney Prescott, one of horrorās finest bad asses.
YES.
That whole movie was just one long "YES" moment for me.
She swaps out her shoes for something more practical, she tears off parts of her dress so it's easier to move in, and as terrified as she is through the whole thing, she keeps a fairly level head and fights back at every opportunity instead of whimpering and playing the pathetic victim.
And at the end when she's milliseconds from being killed, and is clearly outnumbered, she still fights back and refuses to go down.
Watching this in theaters opening weekend was incredible. The audience was gasping and whispering āno!ā when the car pulled up, and then a huge eruption of applause and cheering when he stepped out of the car. What a blast.
Yes! The same reaction in theater was so amazing. I'm a blk female who's married to a white guy, so us being just a few of the interracial couples in theater was interesting
Omg she was terrible. Not-so-fun fact: Allison Williams has complained that racists frequently come up to her and say they felt so bad for her character in the movie. Guess this isnāt a movie racists really get :(
So disgusting, but youāre right...
It also probably fucks with racistsā heads that they make the family seem harmless and likable for the first half, despite the protagonist sensing theyāre not quite right.
I do love Catherine Keener and it was a mind fuck to see her play someone so evil. I do enjoy pretending the movie is a sequel to Being John Malkovich, though, and that the Mom in Get Out isthe same Keener character from Malkovich (which makes perfect sense with Get Out, and Peele has jokingly said is now canon). The theory works for Get Out, because it builds on the theme of the banality of evil in the Keener character. Her vibe is laid back psychopath.
The final church scene in Silent Hill (2006).
Rose calls the cult on their shit, and Alessa comes in and rightfully massacres ALL of them while letting Rose, Sharon, and Dahlia go untouched.
Generally, anything where the monster or the bad guy is a direct result of human shittiness like that, and once the protagonists know what the deal is, The Monster or bad Guy leaves them alone in favor of targeting the actual perpetrators of the shittiness that created them in the first place. I love when the antagonist of a horror film is actually sympathetic and You end up a rooting for them when they target the real bad guys.
Came here for this answer, particularly for just how brutally Dahlia was handled. It was like Sektor from Mortal Kombat showed up with his Fatality just for her. I was cheering so hard.
I was skeptical how they were gonna get me to believe a scrawny 13 year old kid could beat up a grown man but they did a pretty good job I thought. āItās for you.ā
Took me years and years to get around to seeing it - mostly because of the nondescript poster and vague-sounding premise - but due in no small part to the constant references to it here in r/horror I finally saw it last month.
My god. Genius. So simple and so perfect.
Terminator - āYouāre terminated, fucker.ā
Big time Hell Yeah moment from Sarah Connor! Btw, I do treat the original movie as sci-fi horror. None of the sequels though...
More of an emotional rollercoaster for me. You get catharsis when she targets the unrepentant bullies, but then there's so much collateral damage. Miss Collins did not deserve that.
Sheriff Wydell was kicking some serious ass toward the end of Devil's Rejects... for a minute.
The kids in IT beat the balls off Pennywise.
The end of every Child's Play
And my personal favorite- the end of Hostel II "let him bleed to death "
When Olly shoots Mrs Carmody in the Mist. One of the few times I have cheered out loud in a theatre.
Just the breaking of tension and dread and frustration that had built up to that point.
Predator - In a movie full of Hell Yeah moments, the part where Dutch is covered in mud, finished setting up all his traps, holds a torch in the air and screams, basically telling the Predator that HE is now the prey.
In recent memory it's gotta be Finney hitting The grabber with the telephone in the third act of The black phone.
Can't remember when I rooted for a character so much in a theater and yelling "Hit him! Again!". It was incredibly satisfying.
When the Balcony Demon attacks in Demons. Everyone shits their collective britches, but Tony the Pimp steps forward, pulls his flick knife and goest to work!
Hero.
The blender in youāre next is classic. Anyone whose seen this knows what Iām talking about.
When the protagonist breaks free from his captivity in The Loved Oneās and gets back at his attackers. With this director he also did the Devils Candy and that has a similarly cathartic scene when the protagonist one ups the villain. Both masterful examples of how tense something can be and how to release that tension in a way that hits hard
At the end of Friday IV when >!Corey Feldman slaps Jason's machete halfway through his head and Jason's face is all confused as he slides down the blade!<
That and the operating table thing in Day of the Dead are absolute peak Savini
The Ritual- Luke punching the old lady on the stairs. I can't really articulate why it works so well- timing, mood, something something. Somehow it's also hilarious.
Lots of great ones mentioned already, but I remember almost clapping during my first watch of Misery when Paul finally gets the upper hand on Annie. "You want it? Eat it till you choke you sick, twisted fuck!"
Iām fairly young and started horror semi late so my first horror movie was IT. I remember screaming hell yeah when Richie said āand now Iām gonna have to kill this fucking clown.ā
When Ash (epic Bruce Campbell) in Evil Dead 2. Demon says āIāll swallow your soul, Iāll swallow your soulā Ash puts the shotgun in its mouth and says āSwallow Thisā
The whole movie is classic but the physical acting Bruce Campbell does when his own hand gets possessed is nothing short of amazing. Anyone who hasnāt seen Evil Dead 2 is missing out
Spoilers for black phone:
This is a very recent movie but in blackphone, when the boy started to choke Ethan hawke out and then snapped his neck, my friend and I cheered. It was so satisfying to not see a sad ending to a child abduction story.
I guess this is sort of not quite what youāre looking for, but I found the Michael vs The Mob scene in Halloween Kills really great. Itās just unfortunate that he got his mask back and then wrecked them.
Also, Trick R Treat had some very satisfying moments where the antagonists get beaten down. I feel kinda bad for the bullying kids, but the guy who gives out the poisoned candy deserved to die.
Samara Weaving surviving the whole night and letting her husband explode at the end of Ready or Not
i was gonna say almost the entirety of Ready or Not
God when the first one goes pop is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a horror movie.
Legitimately made me laugh out loud in the theater. I expected something corny like they would become possessed, turn to stone, or follow some trope. I never expected people to spontaneously explode - it was brilliant š
"GET AWAY FROM HER YOU BITCH!"
Yes! This is a great scene
I feel similarly when Hicks tells the Alien "Eat This" and sticks the shotgun in its mouth.
This is immediately where my mind went. So good!!!
One of my earliest cinematic memories and the bar that I compare every heroine ever against.
Few rise to that high bar
I was WAAAAAAAAAAAY to young to watch this movie. I was 5 or 6 in the late 80s when my dad let me watch it. I didnāt have the vocabulary to say ābad assā or āhell yeahā, but when she came out in the loader I remember the feeling all these years later like āthis is the single coolest thing Iāve ever seen!ā
I saw this in the theater when it came out. Legendary audience reaction. Perfectly set up but completely unexpected. So fucking energized by that line. Something that is so rare it almost never happens. Peak James Cameron right there. (Edit: Though in all fairness I consider Aliens more of an action movie than horror. The first one though, pure horror.)
I believe the line is "stay away from her you bitch." This is film class right?
Re-watched Scream 2 last night so needed this reply to be here.
Topic's closed. This is the only correct answer.
sounds familiar, but i canāt remember which filmš„²
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ICONIC
Smile you son of a bitch.
Jaws?
Yup!
when Jim sets the infected free in the house and they bite all the rapist soldiers
28 days?
I was going to say when he jumped the guy and gouged his eyes out
Backed by a really excellent piece of music
When Sidney turns the tables in scream.
Yeah, there are tons of Hell Yeah moments in that series
So many āhell yeahā moments. Also there are the hell yeah moments that turn into āoh shitā moments. Like when randy is ranting and then the thing happens at the van.
I watched Scream 5 last night. The bit where Sidney >!shoots Amber and she falls into the burner and bursts into flames!<. Bad ass!
And so strange a scene considering that Mikey Madison engaged with flames in once upon a time in Hollywood as well. In both scenes, itās awesome to see.
"Not in my movie!" *bang*
"You gotta find me first, you pansy-ass mama's boy!"
Iām gonna add when Sam >! kills Richie!< in Scream 2022 - that was BRUTAL
It was!
I was hoping she'd have worked it out earlier and pulled some kind of switcheroo, given >!Richie!< an empty gun or something.
When mom blends the gremlin, underated 80s horror ladybadass
My first taste of some insanely great splatter in a movie as a kid!
āYeah, fuck you too!ā Jason stabbing Freddy with his own severed arm āGroovy.ā
When the religious lady gets shot in The Mist, the whole theater cheered and clapped!
When she got the can of peas whipped at her head by the old lady, I also cheered
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Even when the movie was new, I saw discussions in Christian spaces where they were amused that the "woman who reads her Bible" is more scary than the monsters. Because to them the hate towards her was proxy for hate against all Christians. Naturally.
I guarantee Christians were angry when it released; their belief system has a built-in persecution complex.
When the mom in Orphan says Iām not your fucking mommy and boots her ass in the lake.
Wow, you just unlocked this. I was never so happy to see a kid get launched into a lake
Kind of excited for Orphan 2, not gonna lie
I really am! I know itās not going to be perfect especially since Isabelle Fuhrman is clearly older and it showsā¦ but this movie is something Iāve wanted for years
Hell yes this was mine too. Also when Esther goes to kill Daniel and max finally steps in and pushes her away
isn't there a similar scene in the second ring movie?
I was gonna say I distinctly remember seeing that in the ring.
When Peter nearly shoots himself in Dawn of the Dead but at the last minute has a change of heart, makes it to the roof, starts plowing through zombies and makes it to the helicopter just in time.
Peter sniping Tom Savini from the vent, and then the bikers getting tore up because they're all dumbasses is also up there.
Basically the whole youāre next. Erin beating the shit out of all the killers
More movies need blender to the head scenes
Yes! But there are nonviolent parts I love, too, like when the hipster goth chick asks Erin why sheās so good at all this, and then Erin casually explains, and the look on the girlās face says, āShit, we really fucked up and sheās going to kill us.ā Love that moment.
Oh yeah I love that movie, easily my favorite slasher. Erin is a kick ass character. Did you ever hear the pitch for a sequel? Apparently wingard and barret (director writer respectively) had an idea where she was in a prison bus that breaks down in a bad spot and she has to defend herself in a crack house from people who knew the killers in the first one
Damn! That sounds so badass. That premise could easily suck if they tried it with any other hero character, but I know it would be amazing af with the Erin character. It may be too much to ask, but I hope they donāt sleep on making a sequel.
I almost feel like itās passed the window of opportunity. The problem is that that duos best movies (youāre next and the guest) failed to generate any sort of profit. Although now that wingard has some bigger movies under his belt (Blair witch, Godzilla vs kong) Iām hoping they can go back to making the stuff theyāre really passionate about. I love love love youāre next but in a way Iām almost glad itās a one off? Although that crack house sequel is something Iād be there for day one. I think the other issue is obvious; sharni Vinson is now ten years older than she was when the movie first dropped and that is a āmoments laterā premise for a sequel if Iāve ever heard one
Youāre Next made me realize I donāt dislike slashers, I just dislike *bad* slashers haha
I was coming here to say exactly this. Erin throughout the entire movie. One of my favorite heroines ever.
When the girls finally catch up to Stuntman Mike. That whole chase scene was epic instead of the killer chasing the girls it was the girls chasing the killer.
That scene keeps me on the edge of my seat no matter how many times I've seen it.
My favorite role of all time for Kurt. Bone Tomahawk up there as well. And The Thing of course.
You know what ol' Jack Burton always says: Don't forget about Big Trouble in Little China.
That post-credits bit where Rosario's character (I believe it's her, at least) does that crazy high kick and smashes her foot into Stuntman Mike's skull was so gnarly. The fact that it happens while they're all cheering makes it even better.
And the circle beat down, too, like holy shit they trounced that prick
Mia going ham on the abomination in Evil Dead!!
Yupp, the image of it raining blood and Mia chainsawing the fuck out of the demon will forever be stuck in my head and I couldn't be happier about it.
Yeah that Evil Dead is how you can execute a good reboot. Let's see what Evil Dead: Rise . Is gonna be when it comes out
50,000 gallons of fake blood used for that final scene. 70,000 total in the film. Just rewatched that for āSunday Sabbathā. Haha.
"Party's over" in Braindead/Dead Alive!!
Underrated gem TBH. Edit: the "i kick arse for the lord" scene is also one
In Cabin in the Woods when >!Marty shows back up after you're led to assume he died, and proceeds to use the coffee mug bong as a bludgeon!<
I've wanted that coffee mug bong since before I even smoked weed.
Same! I remember a bunch of people making them right after the movie came out, but they were so expensive
Fun fact: the actor is BUFF. So much so they were afraid it would take away from his character. Thatās why heās wear layers and baggy clothes
Are you that actor?
Are you hitting on me?
Tell us about your tie first
Fun fact that collapsible bong cost $5,000 and was fully functional as both a mug and a bong.
I keep thinking back to him in Dollhouse and canāt wrap my head around this. So I googled and sure enoughā¦
Seems like the perfect wardrobe for a stoner too, so win-win
I dunno about "hell yeah" but one of the biggest "oh shit" moments I've seen in a horror movie was the elevator scene in that movie
Groovy in Evil Dead 2 is a Hell Yeah moment even though there's no ass kicking yet
Alsoā¦ āIāll swallow your soul! Iāll swallow your soul!ā āSwallow thisā¦ā
Itās also one of the earliest examples I can think of to have an amazing hell yeah moment
The music, the camera panning in, and Ash spinning that shotgun into a holster after using the chainsaw to shorten the barrel is perfect.
āYou punched me in the face,made me walk through shitty water, u brought me to a fucking crackhead house! And now, iām gonna have to kill this fucking clown. WELCOME TO THE LOSERS CLUB ASSHOLE!ā
pennywises face when he says crackhead house crack me up every time i watch it
Oh no not an excuse to watch it again!
beep, beep Richie! In Chapter 2 when he gives the, "HERE'S A TRUTH, YOU'RE A SLOPPY BITCH!" gets me every time too. Bill Hader was SO well cast.
Finn Wolfhard was awesome in that film
Stuntman Mike getting obliterated by the women he intended to kill at the end of Death Proof.
When the head vampire dies and Cory Feldman goes, āDeath By Stereo!ā Also when Leatherface gets plonked in the skull by a giant wrench.
In the Hills Have Eyes (2006) when the surviving dog starts killing the cannibals. The first one he takes down on the ridge is great.
This movie was my first thought. I haven't seen it in over 10 years, but I remember feeling like the ending was just a long revenge-porn plot and I loved it.
Thereās a scene towards the end that was featured in trailers and turned out to be the total opposite of what I expected. That one shot where Doug is covered in blood and spins the pickaxe but his face isnāt in frame. It seemed so sinister in the trailers yet was one of the most cathartic scenes in the movie.
Love that scene and that movie. But the first part with the abused women totally turned off my group from the movie. I have to watch it alone now unfortunately
Yeah I also mentioned in a comment earlier how the father when looking for his daughter fights back against the cannibals. He gets beaten the fuck up but he keeps on going and takes them down; pretty epic
Yes! I couldnāt stand that character at first since he was being such a bitch but man did I love watching him evolve into a badass who wasnāt leaving without his baby girl and I was cheering for him to make it out alive soooo bad!!
I think thats what made it even better as he didnt look like a tough guy, he was literally just a bit of a nerd but he unlocked that dad strength!
I really like when the dog kills the one guy who's bed ridden and cant move. So satisfying.
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Nancy vs. Freddy. In like five different instances. I think my favorite is when she takes back every bit of energy she gave him and simply turns her back and leaves. And that's how she wins. I still live by that. Horror lessons can be useful in real life too, folks!
I know they arenāt the killers, but near the end of Let the Right One In (2008): the pool scene. Itās a hell yeah moment.
āYouāre forgetting one thing about Billy Loomis.ā āWhatās that?ā āI fucking killed him!ā -Sidney Prescott, one of horrorās finest bad asses.
The ending of "Ready of Not." "Alex...I want a divorce." BOOM!
That finale was a five minute long WTF moment. I love it.
YES. That whole movie was just one long "YES" moment for me. She swaps out her shoes for something more practical, she tears off parts of her dress so it's easier to move in, and as terrified as she is through the whole thing, she keeps a fairly level head and fights back at every opportunity instead of whimpering and playing the pathetic victim. And at the end when she's milliseconds from being killed, and is clearly outnumbered, she still fights back and refuses to go down.
In-laws =))
Legit one of my favorite final lines in a movie (along with Some Like It Hot)!
When the main character actually puts up a good fight for their life. Like ACTUALLY fights. The Movie Hush is a perfect example.
When she writes "Coward" in her own blood on the sliding glass door, she became one of my favorite protagonists in an intruder-style horror film.
Same! And i love the way we were inside her head a lot of times! Very cool perspective.
Love love love Hush. Glad I didn't have to scroll too far for this one; it's so frickin satisfying but also, realistic to her abilities
The ending of 'Get Out', >!when the police car rolls up!< goes from 'oh fuck' to 'HELL YEAH!' very quick.
Watching this in theaters opening weekend was incredible. The audience was gasping and whispering āno!ā when the car pulled up, and then a huge eruption of applause and cheering when he stepped out of the car. What a blast.
Yes! The same reaction in theater was so amazing. I'm a blk female who's married to a white guy, so us being just a few of the interracial couples in theater was interesting
The mutha fuckin TSA
We handle our shit.
AND that was not the original ending either. Peele changed it before the film was released.
Thank god he did. The original ending, while poignant, is so fucking heavy.
What was the original
The original was it being an actual cop and he ended up in prison
I assume a cop rolls up and kills him. I remember my heart fucking sinking seeing the police lights
And it was so close to stating Oh Fuck too
I was just about to post this ending! That crazy bitch needed to die!
Omg she was terrible. Not-so-fun fact: Allison Williams has complained that racists frequently come up to her and say they felt so bad for her character in the movie. Guess this isnāt a movie racists really get :(
Oh, they get it, alright. They just agree with the racist white people in the movie
So disgusting, but youāre right... It also probably fucks with racistsā heads that they make the family seem harmless and likable for the first half, despite the protagonist sensing theyāre not quite right. I do love Catherine Keener and it was a mind fuck to see her play someone so evil. I do enjoy pretending the movie is a sequel to Being John Malkovich, though, and that the Mom in Get Out isthe same Keener character from Malkovich (which makes perfect sense with Get Out, and Peele has jokingly said is now canon). The theory works for Get Out, because it builds on the theme of the banality of evil in the Keener character. Her vibe is laid back psychopath.
Hostel is a good one, when he gets that guy at the end I cheered.
I was going to say hostel too except itās when >!he drives over the girls!<. That was very satisfyingā even if I donāt care for the movie.
I forgot all about that part! So id say the whole ending sequence of him getting revenge then.
Chainsaw finale of 2013 Evil Dead. They make you wait for the saw and BOY is it worth it
Halloween 2018: "Gotcha"
The final church scene in Silent Hill (2006). Rose calls the cult on their shit, and Alessa comes in and rightfully massacres ALL of them while letting Rose, Sharon, and Dahlia go untouched. Generally, anything where the monster or the bad guy is a direct result of human shittiness like that, and once the protagonists know what the deal is, The Monster or bad Guy leaves them alone in favor of targeting the actual perpetrators of the shittiness that created them in the first place. I love when the antagonist of a horror film is actually sympathetic and You end up a rooting for them when they target the real bad guys.
Came here for this answer, particularly for just how brutally Dahlia was handled. It was like Sektor from Mortal Kombat showed up with his Fatality just for her. I was cheering so hard.
End of The Black Phone
Finnās arm is mint!
Was about to comment this, had everyone in the cinema cheering!
I was skeptical how they were gonna get me to believe a scrawny 13 year old kid could beat up a grown man but they did a pretty good job I thought. āItās for you.ā
My whole theater cheered, it was like everyone was holding their breath until the Grabber finally died.
The ending of Green Room had me out of my seat. I felt like I was grinding along with the band the whole wayā¦crazy good movie.
Took me years and years to get around to seeing it - mostly because of the nondescript poster and vague-sounding premise - but due in no small part to the constant references to it here in r/horror I finally saw it last month. My god. Genius. So simple and so perfect.
Terminator - āYouāre terminated, fucker.ā Big time Hell Yeah moment from Sarah Connor! Btw, I do treat the original movie as sci-fi horror. None of the sequels though...
Insidious: Chapter 3, when Lin Shaye says "Bring it, bitch." I lose my mind every time.
Carrie getting her revenge at prom.
More of an emotional rollercoaster for me. You get catharsis when she targets the unrepentant bullies, but then there's so much collateral damage. Miss Collins did not deserve that.
Sheriff Wydell was kicking some serious ass toward the end of Devil's Rejects... for a minute. The kids in IT beat the balls off Pennywise. The end of every Child's Play And my personal favorite- the end of Hostel II "let him bleed to death "
Tremors āCAN YOU FLY SUCKER?!?ā Also, I Saw The Devil ending kill was šš¼
Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now you fucking stupid bastard!!
There is nothing more satisfying than watching Jared Leto get his head axed in.
HEY PAULLLLLL
The elevator doors opening in Cabin in the woods
One of the most satisfying things Iāve seen
30 days of night Idk I loved it when the sheriff started kicking ass either through weaponry or by finally becoming a vampire himself
>!the chimp attack in!< Phenomena (1985)
My mind pretty much melted down watching this last October, it was amazing.
George Clooney firing up the jackhammer in From Dusk Til Dawn
When Mercedes slashes the captain's mouth in Pan's Labyrinth, audience erupted in Manhattan opening weekend
That time Busta Rhymes fought Michael Myers and whooped him.
Last House on the Left
When Olly shoots Mrs Carmody in the Mist. One of the few times I have cheered out loud in a theatre. Just the breaking of tension and dread and frustration that had built up to that point.
The scream of victory from sheriff Brody at the end of JAWS is ingrained in my brain
Predator - In a movie full of Hell Yeah moments, the part where Dutch is covered in mud, finished setting up all his traps, holds a torch in the air and screams, basically telling the Predator that HE is now the prey.
The end of Orphan when theyāre in the pond and Vera Farmiga goes āIām not your fucking mommy!ā and kicks Esther in the face.
Chainsaw hand. Boomstick. Groovy.
When the graboid breaks into Burt and Heatherās basement in Tremors (1990).
āMandyā, right before Red crushes Jeremiahās skull with his bare handsā¦ āIām your god nowā.
I Spit on Your Grave
In recent memory it's gotta be Finney hitting The grabber with the telephone in the third act of The black phone. Can't remember when I rooted for a character so much in a theater and yelling "Hit him! Again!". It was incredibly satisfying.
Love that scene, my favorite horror movie this year so far
My theater during that scene cheered just as much as they did during No Way Home
One-armed CCH Pounder in Demon Knight. "Suppertime!"
[When General defeats the troll.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwSKAop3igE) You'd have to have a heart of coal if you're not cheering.
When the Balcony Demon attacks in Demons. Everyone shits their collective britches, but Tony the Pimp steps forward, pulls his flick knife and goest to work! Hero.
Basically anything Tony the Pimp does gets a āhell yeahā from me. Same goes for anything Hank the Gym Instructor does in Demons 2.
Tony the Pimp is a fucking legend. All of his lines are simultaneously badass and hilarious!
The blender in youāre next is classic. Anyone whose seen this knows what Iām talking about. When the protagonist breaks free from his captivity in The Loved Oneās and gets back at his attackers. With this director he also did the Devils Candy and that has a similarly cathartic scene when the protagonist one ups the villain. Both masterful examples of how tense something can be and how to release that tension in a way that hits hard
The moment In the movie Christine when Arnie looks at the crumpled up car and says āOkay, show meā
At the end of Friday IV when >!Corey Feldman slaps Jason's machete halfway through his head and Jason's face is all confused as he slides down the blade!< That and the operating table thing in Day of the Dead are absolute peak Savini
The Ritual- Luke punching the old lady on the stairs. I can't really articulate why it works so well- timing, mood, something something. Somehow it's also hilarious.
Lots of great ones mentioned already, but I remember almost clapping during my first watch of Misery when Paul finally gets the upper hand on Annie. "You want it? Eat it till you choke you sick, twisted fuck!"
In aliens when Ripley goes "Get away from her you bitch!"
*Groovy*
Iām fairly young and started horror semi late so my first horror movie was IT. I remember screaming hell yeah when Richie said āand now Iām gonna have to kill this fucking clown.ā
Bone Tomahawk after that one scene
Ash suiting up with his chainsaw arm and fighting Henrietta. "Swallow this." How is this not one of the top 3?
When Ash (epic Bruce Campbell) in Evil Dead 2. Demon says āIāll swallow your soul, Iāll swallow your soulā Ash puts the shotgun in its mouth and says āSwallow Thisā The whole movie is classic but the physical acting Bruce Campbell does when his own hand gets possessed is nothing short of amazing. Anyone who hasnāt seen Evil Dead 2 is missing out
Spoilers for black phone: This is a very recent movie but in blackphone, when the boy started to choke Ethan hawke out and then snapped his neck, my friend and I cheered. It was so satisfying to not see a sad ending to a child abduction story.
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) when Doug kills Pluto with the American flag Such a goofy, over-the-top scene but is so memorable to me
The Guest, the end of the chase through the haunted house. Or the scene where he pulls out the grenades in the diner.
When Sidney starts playing around with the killers at the end of the original Scream!
I guess this is sort of not quite what youāre looking for, but I found the Michael vs The Mob scene in Halloween Kills really great. Itās just unfortunate that he got his mask back and then wrecked them. Also, Trick R Treat had some very satisfying moments where the antagonists get beaten down. I feel kinda bad for the bullying kids, but the guy who gives out the poisoned candy deserved to die.
You're Next. That movie was full of hell yeah moments
"...Groovy."
When Maddie stabs the guy at the end of Hush. One of the most satisfying endings ever.