It's kind of funny how Tom Felton was the only good child actor in the Potter films but now Radcliffe's proven to be just as good now that he's an adult.
10. 1:15 The Woman in Black 9. 2:18 The Tingler 8. 3:15 The Last Horror Movie 7. 4:15 In the Mouth of Madness 6. 5:16 Unfriended 5. 6:20 The Devil's Chair 4. 7:26 Funny Games 3. 8:26 Blue Velvet 2. 9:26 Wes Craven's New Nightmare 1. 10:26 Psycho
I'm surprised "The Ring" wasn't on here. Sure, my adult self knew I was safe, but my inner brat was convinced I was going to die seven days after watching the movie. After all, I had seen Samara's cursed tape! I had nightmares for three weeks. Horror movies never scare me that much. I would also include the original movie "Ringu" on here, except it didn't entirely have a fourth wall break implied by the ending like the American remake did. Still, the feeling that I had cursed myself by watching the movie was there, and it was very effective. "Unfriended" was awesome! I loved that movie. Everyone in the theatre laughed their asses off watching those awful two-faced brats get offed. Much better than you would think knowing it was made by Mtv.
Watched it with two of my friends in the cinema.. and got a phone call from an unknown number as soon as we left the cinema.. that was creppy, not gonna lie. I didn't pick up.
Same. I watched it with my brother when our parents weren't home and right after watching the tape the phone ringed. Neither of us wanted to pick up. I kept remembering the girl's angry face for a while.
I'm so glad you included Wes Craven's New Nightmare! For me, it was the only sequel to the original that held up. When her kid tries to show her the monsters under the sheets but she doesn't see anything, and then he says, "It's different when you're not here," I actually shouted out loud because it freaked me out SO much. Such an underrated movie.
The plot is great but it just didn’t execute the horror very great in my opinion and this is coming from when i was like 12 and usually to scared to watch horror movies it was still a decent movie though
I heard of The Tingler for YEARS before I finally saw it because my dad saw it in theaters when he was a kid. It’s one of his most memorable theatre experiences. He just happen to be in one of the seats that vibrate. He had nightmares for a very long time. He’s in his late 60’s and still talks about it regularly 🤣
Wait.... You think Prince of Darkness is a "campy", "Vampire Film"... ....? ... ... ? Probably should watch it again or perhaps, for the first time....
Part of the problem with these videos is the presenter is not the person who wrote the article, they are just reading a script. So while most of the negativity is directed at the likes of Kirsten, it is actually the writer who needs to do their research and I really wish they would as so many of these videos are full of mistakes and ignorance. I love it when Ash does these lists and makes it obvious she disagrees with whatever the writer of the article wrote by ad libbing a line where say the writer says a film is bad and she will say she does not agree as she loves it.
Correction about John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness. The Prince of Darkness is not a vampier. No Spoiler from me You'll have to see the movie to find out.
I don’t think they watch any of these movies that they talk about. I’ve seen stuff like this before on this and their other channels too. But, I guess it’s easier to read a script rather than do actual research. Whatever gets you paid.
It's incredible how "Psycho" is still relevant today. I had a chance to see it at a cinematheque and… the sheer beauty of the black and white photography and Hitchcock's incredible camera angles are a treat indeed. And let's not forget, as Hitch pointed out numerous times, that plot-wise, it's all in Robert Bloch's novel…
Love that shot when the detective is questioning Norman the first time and he leans over to look at the register and the camera points right under his chin; it's so creepy and uncomfortable somehow...
The Tingler is amazing. The color sequence, Vincent Price hallucinating on acid. It's a great film. It doesnt need the gimmick, just like all of Castle's other films. It stands on it's own.
I actually did a report on the film and Castle's gimmicks and that blood scene was actually filmed in color, they just painted evrything else in greyscale
How is it low budget dramas, adventure & horror films (especially b&w) from way back are so enjoyable to watch on various media? As for Vincent Price he steals every movie he's in. He would have made a great superhero movie villain!
Seems like quite a few of Castle’s films broke the fourth wall. What a genius. My favorite movie maker. The man didn’t just make movies. He made experiences.
It still kills me that Johnny Depp said he would have been in a new nightmare, but wasn't asked, due to him being too big and expensive at the time. That would have been epic.
One of my favorites, is The House That Dripped Blood. After the stories are all told and the main character has met his fate, the house caretaker tells the audience that the house is for rent again, and asks if any in the audience would be interested. That is a perfect fourth wall break in my opinion.
Prince of Darkness is not a vampire film, but a movie about a found canister that has been keeping contained the devil's evil spawn, kept secret by the Catholic church. John Carpenter does eventually direct a movie called Vampires, but not until 1998.
Yeah, whoever the researcher was for this one needs to really take a hard look at their work. Modern cosmic horror versus 'campy vampire film' is a _huge_ mistake.
Prince of Darkness is one of his most underrated for sure, so underrated these guys have seemingly never heard of it! I'd say Mouth of Madness is way campier, the concepts and imagery in Prince of Darkness always freaked me the hell out.
Prince of Darkness is the second movie of John Carpenter’s apocalypse trilogy. The bookends being The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness. The Thing and Prince of Darkness are great, but In the Mouth of Madness is a comedy to me. It’s too ridiculous to be scary. I love it, but in my family we yell jokes at it like it’s a Lovecraft Rocky Horror Picture Show
That’s not breaking the 4th wall. Literally every paranormal activity movie, the characters either film themselves or set CCTV cameras around the house. So you really can’t call that breaking the 4th wall.
Unfriendeds 4th wall break jump scare actually worked REALLY well. I randomly tapped the movie the other night while looking for a horror movie to listen to while painting, and I ended up watching the whole thing. But yeah, probably better to watch on a laptop instead of a phone. Would work even better.
Alien has an accidental 4th wall break that was left in the film. During Ripley's battle with the android Ash, the camera operator disrupts some items hanging from the ceiling and Ash reacts, looking right at "us."
The woman in black was the first horror movie I watched and I was terrified. Now that I've watched many more horror movies, I can confidently say that the woman in black is still horrifying
I remember a movie called "The Chamber of Horrors" that started out with a warning that it was so scary that it would let the audience know when a scary bit was coming up by signalling them with the 'Fear Flasher" or the 'Horror Horn'. It was a bit like the original 'House of Wax' with Vincent Price. By the way, even though it wasn't strictly breaking the 4th Wall, the 'House of Wax' was originally screened in 3D and the spruiker at the museum seemed to not only be talking to the people in the movie, but also to those in the theatre while batting ping pong balls at them using the novelty of 3D.
I don’t remember the name of the movie, but my favorite 4th wall break was a pretty literal example. It was a B movie that featured a painted skeleton that would, during a specific point in the movie, come out of the screen and fly into the audience on a wire to scare the everloving bejeezus out of them. Sadly this effect is impossible to fully replicate on a TV screen, but the moment is still pretty apparent in the dvd release.
@@crowgrl13 When Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West) said "Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies" and afterwards looks straight at the camera.
I loved The Devil's Chair. I didn't see that final twist coming at all. It really wasn't that great of a movie, but at least it had the self awareness to acknowledge it. I also really enjoyed the Clockwork Orange style narration throughout it. The film wouldn't have been nearly as enjoyable without the constant commentary from the main character.
My friend and I broke the 4th wall better than anything I've ever seen! The year was 1981. The movie was "Halloween II"! I went into the theater before it started, when no one was looking I pushed the side exit door open just enough to unlock it and put a wood block in the jam. My friend who was 6' 5" 260 at the time dressed in a jumpsuit and had a Michael Myers mask waited in his car. Halfway thru the movie he flung the door open and just stood there for a about 10 seconds! Then he slammed the door shut! Everyone in the theater went nuts! Some people jumped out of their seats and started to head to the lobby! I believe a couple of girls literally peed their pants! It took a while for people to settle down! One of the ushers braved opening the door, but by that time my friend was long gone! As soon as he slammed the door he took off his mask, got in his car and went home to have a few beers. I waited until the movie was over and talked to people, pretending of course that I was shocked as well! I didn't have to pretend to hard because even though I knew it was coming, it scared the crap out of me too! The general consensus was the theater had done it as a stunt! I went back to my friends and had some beers telling him all about it! We didn't tell too many other people it was us and the story was around the area for a while! Of course you couldn't pull off something like that now, but DAMN That was a Classic!
This is a standard rule that actors and actresses follow while shooting. I remember whenever by any chance I looked at the camera while shooting, the cameraman always use to get infuriated and tell me to not look in the camera ever. Either look slightly up from the camera lens or far away but never straight in the camera eyes/lens. So, to break the fourth wall the exact opposite rule is applied. Though, some really intelligent ways to break the fourth wall without looking in the camera must be there but audience sometimes isn't that smart and hence will not like to enjoy the movie, and then pay for the movie, so many filmmakers avoid, or simply many aren't able to think. But I'm sure there must be examples of such movies which will give you a new perspective about this.
My mom saw The Tingler, when she was a teenager, in a movie theater. When I was a teenager, she & I watched it together on tv. It still managed to shake her up, even without the rigged seats. 😄
my favourite story my dad tells is when he and my mum went on a date to see Arachnophobia at an old theatre with an upper balcony. He spent the majority of the movie throwing bits of popcorn down into the audience below freaking them out thinking spiders were dropping on their heads!
I distinctly remember seeing The Tingler on TV as a kid. It actually has a fairly scary opening before descending into the pure schlock that you expect. The Alamo here in Austin once showed it with more wired seats the even William Castle could afford (or, more likely, was willing to pay for). I rather hope that they paired it with Matinee. Also, where is Peeping Tom?? This film literally drags the ausdience, kicking and screaming all the way, into its madness, and it completely killed the career of director Michael Powell. No one was ready for THIS. It came out the same year as Psycho, 1960.
Arty the clown!!!!! When he’s stalking the camera and slowly getting closer. In that movie of short horror stories. I still can’t watch it now or I can’t sleep for a while 😂
"Psycho" was so intense for its time that the final scene in custody serves to settle the viewer's jangled nerves. The movie was so weirdly scary that something familiar had to be done.
Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory, tunnel scene, Gene Wilder, saying that famous terrifying dialogue about the rowers that keep rowing etc. He says it directly to the audience!
Haha, I heard The Tingler from bed when I was a little girl (my parents were watching), and it scared me half to death! I finally watched it about 15 years ago, and I got such a kick out of it, especially with Vincent Price, one of my favorite actors ever.
William Castle was a marketing genius - the Tingler is probably my favourite of his gimmicks, but there are so many to choose from (seriously, you could do a list of ten times William Castle broke the fourth wall without too much difficulty!). Not only that, but if it weren't for his work, we wouldn't have another entry on this list. Yes, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was directly influenced by William Castle's success!
Wait was that part of a post credit scene where it takes you back to the start of the film where we as the audience open the door and see Samara standing there. Also, love the mention of the last horror movie. The final part of it where Max is saying “this is the last horror movie you’ll ever see” is really effective even though you know it’s coming.
I was wondering if you would include Warp Speed a little known sci-fi horror from 1981, which includes a completely unexpected and horrific 4th wall break
You forgot the cultish Man Bites Dog, a Belgian mockumentry horror where a film crew follow a serial killer around where he breaks the fourth wall by showing them his crimes but he’s killed by an unseen sniper and so are the crew, the last shot being the cameraman.
Not the movie itself...but one fourth wall prank I'll always remember. When I watched The Ring with a bunch of friends after it first came out on dvd, one guy had quietly borrowed a bunch of cell phones, and had them ready to dial everyone before the showing, so as soon as the movie ended...everyone got a phone call immediately. The sound in that room...
I thought Unfriended was a great movie that for a while gave me a little panic every time I heard the Skype ringtone, but the ending was awful and genuinely made me sigh because it was so disappointing. If they HAD to do a jump scare ending they could’ve at least done it from the final girl getting killed after a bit of silence and then the scream but through the laptop and then the screen can go black. It would still be disappointing but I wouldn’t be as upset if that was how it ended.
I went to see the woman in black in theaters when it first came out. Good movie, but doing one of the intense quiet scenes I said "you're a wizard Harry." I thought I said it low enough only my friend could hear but the whole auditorium broke out in uncontrollable laughter. It was that day I discovered I don't know how to whisper.
Bit of an unfair characterisation of Prince of Darkness, often left out in the void between the masterful The Thing & Lovecraftastic In The Mouth of Madness. It's a really good film in its own right.
There is a point in Death Proof when Kurt Russel is about to get in the rubber ducky Nova and turns to the camera and gives a very sinister smile...one of my very favorite 4th wall breaks
Robb White, screenwriter of _The Tingler, House on Haunted Hill,_ and other William Castle classics, said in an interview with _Fangoria_ magazine that in order for them to be ready, the motors were installed a week before _The Tingler_ premiered. One theater in Hollywood Hills was showing the Audrey Hepburn/Peter Finch melodrama _The Nun's Story_ that week, and during the last night's showing an unwary projectionist happened to notice the little button in his booth which controlled the motors under some of the seats. You can guess the rest.
I LOVE William Castle. The Tingler is one of his best IMO. I'd give anything to see it in a theater with the buzzing seats! Blue Velvet is just a freaking classic. Brilliant film, one of my favorites of all time. "Heineken? Fuck that shit! PABST BLUE RIBBON!"
The fourth wall break in Funny Games involving the rewind was honestly so depressing. It almost makes you feel as hopeless as the family’s situation ends up being.
In The Mouth of Madness is a masterclass in mind-bending cosmic horror. Sam Neill was perfectly cast as a skeptic that slowly loses his grip on his own mind.
Unfriended really had you rooting for the demon girl
Good movie
Ikr
Me too, I wanted her to get her revenge 😒
@@ThisisRubbishlo it was a terrible movie
@@ThisisRubbishlo if you're an old person who doesnt know how video calls work...like the writers
Radcliffe does NOT get enough credit. watch "Horns", or "Jungle". hell even "Viktor Frankenstein" showed his awesomeness.
Even swiss army man as awkward as that film was and how little he did it was amazing lol
It's kind of funny how Tom Felton was the only good child actor in the Potter films but now Radcliffe's proven to be just as good now that he's an adult.
He was awesome in Victor Frankenstein.
I lovveedd Horns.
Guns Akimbo is pretty amazing as well. He’s made some great choices of movies after the Harry Potter series!
“Starring Harry Potter himself” LMAOOO
Uhhhh
🤣🤣🤣
@@BobbySacamano exactly my reaction
😂
Marques Terry it’s crazy how he’s pretty much synonymous with Harry Potter even after all these years haha
I don't count the one from Unfriended. It's more of a POV shot and BS jumpscare ending than an actual fourth wall break.
Yeah.
Agree
Same for at the end of sinister 2, but that’s a great horror movie
This is a copy of Open Windows with Sasha Grey
the entire movie is a trainwreck. Also, how does the camera angle at the end ghost-jump scare does makes sense? It's complete bollocks.
10. 1:15 The Woman in Black
9. 2:18 The Tingler
8. 3:15 The Last Horror Movie
7. 4:15 In the Mouth of Madness
6. 5:16 Unfriended
5. 6:20 The Devil's Chair
4. 7:26 Funny Games
3. 8:26 Blue Velvet
2. 9:26 Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1. 10:26 Psycho
You are a life save :)
@@keiramoreno8506 Aww, thank you 😉
Not the hero we want bet the hero we need
@@eduardomacias7296 Hahaha, thank you. Fighting evil was very mainstream already 😁😉 Have a nice day 🤗
Thanks man
I'm surprised "The Ring" wasn't on here. Sure, my adult self knew I was safe, but my inner brat was convinced I was going to die seven days after watching the movie. After all, I had seen Samara's cursed tape! I had nightmares for three weeks. Horror movies never scare me that much. I would also include the original movie "Ringu" on here, except it didn't entirely have a fourth wall break implied by the ending like the American remake did. Still, the feeling that I had cursed myself by watching the movie was there, and it was very effective.
"Unfriended" was awesome! I loved that movie. Everyone in the theatre laughed their asses off watching those awful two-faced brats get offed. Much better than you would think knowing it was made by Mtv.
I watched this movie in a frat house, with, like, 25 people... I had my cellphone ready to call the house as soon as it ended *teehee*
@@thebarba41 Delightfully evil! I commend you.
Watched it with two of my friends in the cinema.. and got a phone call from an unknown number as soon as we left the cinema.. that was creppy, not gonna lie.
I didn't pick up.
Same. I watched it with my brother when our parents weren't home and right after watching the tape the phone ringed. Neither of us wanted to pick up. I kept remembering the girl's angry face for a while.
Damn, I heard of it when I was around 8 or 9 and my dad bullied me by showing me the tapes and stuff. I honestly thought I was going to die
How can David lynch break the forth wall when his movies have no walls...
Off the wall
Ba dum tss
Very good!!
I am still wondering What the Fuck happened in Mulholland Drive
@@CavemanJesus4Life I know - and Lost Highway! That just switched characters halfway through!
One nitpick: he isn’t impersonating her, he is her. She became an alternate personality in his psyche.
I'm so glad you included Wes Craven's New Nightmare! For me, it was the only sequel to the original that held up. When her kid tries to show her the monsters under the sheets but she doesn't see anything, and then he says, "It's different when you're not here," I actually shouted out loud because it freaked me out SO much. Such an underrated movie.
My favorite freddy movie after part 1 and part 3 for sure.
Not a movie, but I feel "Doki Doki Litterature Club" needs a mention.
isidorn images they should do it in a video about games that break the 4th wall
YES
You're right and you should say so
N Ben drowned to frm creepypasta (OwO)
Just monika
Yep. I’ll hang around and wait.
VAMPIRE FILM!?!?! Prince of Darkness was straight Satan from the future horror.
I was just about to say the same thing. Amatuer mistake there. Obviously getting it mixed up with the old Christoper Lee film from 1966 😂
@@69crafty If anyone wants to visit the church check out the East West Players theater in LA
@@BoruffAdventures I watched it at the church last year, such a good time!
@@LeroyPatterson I did too! About four years ago. Cool place!
Just about to say that. Not a single vampire in that movie
In the Mouth of Madness... A masterpiece in my eyes, fantastic homage to Lovecraft and an awesome horror movie ❤️
He Wrote Me This Way
True Art to a true horror fan. I definitely can watch In The Mouth Of Madness over and over.
LOVE that movie
Did anyone like Event Horizon? Ik it's not quite end of the world but... Still a mind f#@k.
@@tracyrobinson9442 it wasn't bad...but compared to in the mouth of madness.....it just lacked something
"Unfriended" might look like a gimmicky movie, but it's actually really, really good, in my opinion.
I like that it takes place where I live
The plot is great but it just didn’t execute the horror very great in my opinion and this is coming from when i was like 12 and usually to scared to watch horror movies it was still a decent movie though
That’s a masterpiece compared to friend request.
I like the second one because I’ve had a few bad experiences on the dark web
The R0cketz i didn’t even watch friend request because it looked so damn stupid
I heard of The Tingler for YEARS before I finally saw it because my dad saw it in theaters when he was a kid. It’s one of his most memorable theatre experiences. He just happen to be in one of the seats that vibrate. He had nightmares for a very long time. He’s in his late 60’s and still talks about it regularly 🤣
That is an awesome family story to have!
Wait.... You think Prince of Darkness is a "campy", "Vampire Film"... ....? ... ... ? Probably should watch it again or perhaps, for the first time....
Yes, I think they're getting confused with Vampires perhaps? Even that wasn't particularly camp.
Part of the problem with these videos is the presenter is not the person who wrote the article, they are just reading a script. So while most of the negativity is directed at the likes of Kirsten, it is actually the writer who needs to do their research and I really wish they would as so many of these videos are full of mistakes and ignorance.
I love it when Ash does these lists and makes it obvious she disagrees with whatever the writer of the article wrote by ad libbing a line where say the writer says a film is bad and she will say she does not agree as she loves it.
Thank You! I was like the hell they talking about? Where were the vampires i missed?
Shes never seen it
yeah, that was my first thought too, don't malign the movie like that, it wasn't about vampires AT ALL and Alice Cooper did a great job in it to boot
Bruh i remember being 5 and watching the woman in black, and being scared of the men in black because i thought it would be the same
Wait. Is this one of those "holy shit I'm old" again?! Crap. I remember it dropping and it doesn't feel like it was long ago.
What dumbass adult let a 5 year old watch a movie about a ghost that makes children kill themselves?
@@FrenkTheJoy Hey, I watched Hellraiser when I was 5, The Woman in Black doesn't seem so bad.
Correction about John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness. The Prince of Darkness is not a vampier. No Spoiler from me You'll have to see the movie to find out.
I too was confused by this, so I’m glad I’m not alone.
No Spoilers?! But this is WhatCulture!
I don’t think they watch any of these movies that they talk about. I’ve seen stuff like this before on this and their other channels too. But, I guess it’s easier to read a script rather than do actual research. Whatever gets you paid.
Thanks I don’t know what she watched but Prince of Darkness isn’t campy either do the research and watch the movie don’t read the IMBD page
spoilers
it a sci-fi zombie movie
It's incredible how "Psycho" is still relevant today. I had a chance to see it at a cinematheque and… the sheer beauty of the black and white photography and Hitchcock's incredible camera angles are a treat indeed. And let's not forget, as Hitch pointed out numerous times, that plot-wise, it's all in Robert Bloch's novel…
72 camera angles just for the shower scene and chocolate syrup. Brilliant
Love that shot when the detective is questioning Norman the first time and he leans over to look at the register and the camera points right under his chin; it's so creepy and uncomfortable somehow...
The Tingler is amazing. The color sequence, Vincent Price hallucinating on acid. It's a great film. It doesnt need the gimmick, just like all of Castle's other films. It stands on it's own.
Hear! Hear!
My nigga!
I actually did a report on the film and Castle's gimmicks and that blood scene was actually filmed in color, they just painted evrything else in greyscale
How is it low budget dramas, adventure & horror films (especially b&w) from way back are so enjoyable to watch on various media? As for Vincent Price he steals every movie he's in. He would have made a great superhero movie villain!
Seems like quite a few of Castle’s films broke the fourth wall. What a genius. My favorite movie maker. The man didn’t just make movies. He made experiences.
It still kills me that Johnny Depp said he would have been in a new nightmare, but wasn't asked, due to him being too big and expensive at the time. That would have been epic.
One of my favorites, is The House That Dripped Blood. After the stories are all told and the main character has met his fate, the house caretaker tells the audience that the house is for rent again, and asks if any in the audience would be interested. That is a perfect fourth wall break in my opinion.
So glad you included *_The Tingler,_* a film which didn't just break the fourth wall, it crawled right through it.
Prince of Darkness is not a vampire film, but a movie about a found canister that has been keeping contained the devil's evil spawn, kept secret by the Catholic church. John Carpenter does eventually direct a movie called Vampires, but not until 1998.
Yeah, whoever the researcher was for this one needs to really take a hard look at their work. Modern cosmic horror versus 'campy vampire film' is a _huge_ mistake.
Prince of Darkness is one of his most underrated for sure, so underrated these guys have seemingly never heard of it! I'd say Mouth of Madness is way campier, the concepts and imagery in Prince of Darkness always freaked me the hell out.
@@HisNameWasCrazy Good films, both! “Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.”
Yeah I had to go back when she said that. Prince of Darkness is one of my faves. No vampires. A lot of bugs and homeless people though.
Prince of Darkness is the second movie of John Carpenter’s apocalypse trilogy. The bookends being The Thing and In the Mouth of Madness. The Thing and Prince of Darkness are great, but In the Mouth of Madness is a comedy to me. It’s too ridiculous to be scary. I love it, but in my family we yell jokes at it like it’s a Lovecraft Rocky Horror Picture Show
What, no love for “Sinister” on this list?
I came in here like "oh that has to be number 1"
lynettebr for real tho’
That film stopped me from watching horrors for years! I would have happily walked out the cinema
Paranormal Activity could have been included on this list, since the possessed Katie lunges at the camera in the final shot.
I always thought it's weird, that she eats the camera in the end.
Hell yeah
This and psycho were the first movies that came to mind with breaking the fourth wall
That movie was so boring
That’s not breaking the 4th wall. Literally every paranormal activity movie, the characters either film themselves or set CCTV cameras around the house. So you really can’t call that breaking the 4th wall.
Maybe watch all the movies you’re gonna talk about, ya know.. for accuracy
Wouldn't be an what culture movie list if they didn't use google to fill it in on their lunchbreak.
I always felt that Norman was looking right at me in that final shot.
The protagonist in 1956's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" classically breaks the 4th wall in the climatic ending which deserves mention on the list:)
Kevin McCarthy yelling, "You're next, you're next!' is a classic moment in horror films and should certainly have been on this list.
The smile at the end of 'Psycho'
...brrrrr...
Gets me every time
Is it just me or like does stuff just like not scare you like most death doesnt make me uncomfortable I'm just like "it do be like that tho"
Why; she wouldn't even harm a fly.
That was genius.
I know right. Stab me daddy. Dress me up and call me mommy. Hot.
i dunno, its kinda cringey and seems a bit forced
The Original House on Haunted Hill it ended with the man staring at the screen saying who will be next and mentioning the audience
04:28 “campier vampire film Prince of Darkness” ?!? I suggest you actually watch the film and then write a letter of apology to Mr Carpenter.
Yeah, sounds like they got it confused with "Dracula, Prince of Darkness". Oh well.
thought the same thing, prince of darkness was one of his best and most seriously scary films
Cathal Gunning is probably mixing up Prince of Darkness with Dracula- Prince of Darkness, which IS a vampire film.
Or rather mixing "Price of Darkness" with the later John Carpenter movie "Vampires"
This just dawned on me: How did Michael miss stabbing Laurie in the back to only hit her shoulder?
Look, cheap Shatner masks are hard to see through, okay!
She’s his sister.
@@mightybitchy No she's not
Said so in the script.
@John Smith I think he's referring to the fact that the last Halloween retconned that.
You have improved incredibly Kirsten, thank you for another great video!
Unfriendeds 4th wall break jump scare actually worked REALLY well. I randomly tapped the movie the other night while looking for a horror movie to listen to while painting, and I ended up watching the whole thing.
But yeah, probably better to watch on a laptop instead of a phone. Would work even better.
Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness isn’t a vampire movie.
Correct, it's an anti-christ film. Clearly they didn't do that much research
Listing Characters they may have seen that Carpenter did a vampire film and got it mixed up with the Rudolph Martin movie of a similar name.
This channel (along with the sister channels) is notorious for misinformation
I think there was confusion with a Carpenter vampire film from 1988. Not a big error...not a minor one either.
The Ending of All Hallows’ eve got me
That’s more than I can say about most movies
Alien has an accidental 4th wall break that was left in the film. During Ripley's battle with the android Ash, the camera operator disrupts some items hanging from the ceiling and Ash reacts, looking right at "us."
The woman in black was the first horror movie I watched and I was terrified. Now that I've watched many more horror movies, I can confidently say that the woman in black is still horrifying
I remember a movie called "The Chamber of Horrors" that started out with a warning that it was so scary that it would let the audience know when a scary bit was coming up by signalling them with the 'Fear Flasher" or the 'Horror Horn'. It was a bit like the original 'House of Wax' with Vincent Price. By the way, even though it wasn't strictly breaking the 4th Wall, the 'House of Wax' was originally screened in 3D and the spruiker at the museum seemed to not only be talking to the people in the movie, but also to those in the theatre while batting ping pong balls at them using the novelty of 3D.
The ending twist of The Mouth of Madness is one of the best fourth wall breaks ever. It was perfect and fit the concept of the movie perfectly.
I don’t remember the name of the movie, but my favorite 4th wall break was a pretty literal example. It was a B movie that featured a painted skeleton that would, during a specific point in the movie, come out of the screen and fly into the audience on a wire to scare the everloving bejeezus out of them. Sadly this effect is impossible to fully replicate on a TV screen, but the moment is still pretty apparent in the dvd release.
That was another William Castle classic, "The House On Haunted Hill".
@@crowgrl13 When Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West) said "Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies" and afterwards looks straight at the camera.
@@scottwelch3071 That was 13 Ghost.
I feel New Nightmare was a really strong, good film that was really ahead of its time but sadly underrated by some circles. RIP Wes.
Prince of Darkness is a “campy vampire thriller “ ?!? Do some research please .
its actually about satan being found in the form of a green goo in a huge cannister in the catacombs of a church.
This is not a dream...
@@grapefruitm00n Indeed!
I can’t believe you didn’t include „The Ring“.
I was thinking the same thing.
I loved The Devil's Chair. I didn't see that final twist coming at all. It really wasn't that great of a movie, but at least it had the self awareness to acknowledge it. I also really enjoyed the Clockwork Orange style narration throughout it. The film wouldn't have been nearly as enjoyable without the constant commentary from the main character.
My friend and I broke the 4th wall better than anything I've ever seen! The year was 1981. The movie was "Halloween II"! I went into the theater before it started, when no one was looking I pushed the side exit door open just enough to unlock it and put a wood block in the jam. My friend who was 6' 5" 260 at the time dressed in a jumpsuit and had a Michael Myers mask waited in his car. Halfway thru the movie he flung the door open and just stood there for a about 10 seconds! Then he slammed the door shut! Everyone in the theater went nuts! Some people jumped out of their seats and started to head to the lobby! I believe a couple of girls literally peed their pants! It took a while for people to settle down! One of the ushers braved opening the door, but by that time my friend was long gone! As soon as he slammed the door he took off his mask, got in his car and went home to have a few beers. I waited until the movie was over and talked to people, pretending of course that I was shocked as well! I didn't have to pretend to hard because even though I knew it was coming, it scared the crap out of me too! The general consensus was the theater had done it as a stunt! I went back to my friends and had some beers telling him all about it! We didn't tell too many other people it was us and the story was around the area for a while! Of course you couldn't pull off something like that now, but DAMN That was a Classic!
so looking straight into the camera makes it a fourth wall break? Wow.
This is a standard rule that actors and actresses follow while shooting. I remember whenever by any chance I looked at the camera while shooting, the cameraman always use to get infuriated and tell me to not look in the camera ever. Either look slightly up from the camera lens or far away but never straight in the camera eyes/lens. So, to break the fourth wall the exact opposite rule is applied. Though, some really intelligent ways to break the fourth wall without looking in the camera must be there but audience sometimes isn't that smart and hence will not like to enjoy the movie, and then pay for the movie, so many filmmakers avoid, or simply many aren't able to think. But I'm sure there must be examples of such movies which will give you a new perspective about this.
My favourite is still Funny Man, then again more of a goofy comedy than horror
My mom saw The Tingler, when she was a teenager, in a movie theater. When I was a teenager, she & I watched it together on tv. It still managed to shake her up, even without the rigged seats. 😄
Your mom saw the tingler? When she was a teenager? In a movie theatre!?
@@dsmyify Shoot, I saw it too but I was a little kid.
my favourite story my dad tells is when he and my mum went on a date to see Arachnophobia at an old theatre with an upper balcony. He spent the majority of the movie throwing bits of popcorn down into the audience below freaking them out thinking spiders were dropping on their heads!
I distinctly remember seeing The Tingler on TV as a kid. It actually has a fairly scary opening before descending into the pure schlock that you expect. The Alamo here in Austin once showed it with more wired seats the even William Castle could afford (or, more likely, was willing to pay for). I rather hope that they paired it with Matinee. Also, where is Peeping Tom?? This film literally drags the ausdience, kicking and screaming all the way, into its madness, and it completely killed the career of director Michael Powell. No one was ready for THIS. It came out the same year as Psycho, 1960.
How can you not include the original Omen movie? Those last few seconds are terrifying!!
Arty the clown!!!!! When he’s stalking the camera and slowly getting closer. In that movie of short horror stories. I still can’t watch it now or I can’t sleep for a while 😂
"Psycho" was so intense for its time that the final scene in custody serves to settle the viewer's jangled nerves. The movie was so weirdly scary that something familiar had to be done.
Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory, tunnel scene, Gene Wilder, saying that famous terrifying dialogue about the rowers that keep rowing etc. He says it directly to the audience!
and also sutter cane was also a conduit for eldritch beings that were waiting to reclaim earth.
I don't recognize the movie that had the creature in a Jester's outfit, smoking a cigarette.
Funnyman 1994, it's a British Horror Comedy. I didn't care for it but if you like dry humor, go for it.
Come and see (1985) should be in this list
Haha, I heard The Tingler from bed when I was a little girl (my parents were watching), and it scared me half to death! I finally watched it about 15 years ago, and I got such a kick out of it, especially with Vincent Price, one of my favorite actors ever.
McCLACKlan? McLOCKlan, I always thought...
The original Funny Games is a masterpiece.
Agreed.
The remake too
William Castle was a marketing genius - the Tingler is probably my favourite of his gimmicks, but there are so many to choose from (seriously, you could do a list of ten times William Castle broke the fourth wall without too much difficulty!).
Not only that, but if it weren't for his work, we wouldn't have another entry on this list. Yes, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was directly influenced by William Castle's success!
This "Psycho" shot is still thrilling.
The movies I've seen on this list are some of my favourites now I've got to watch the rest.
"Prince of Darkness" and vampires?? Are you sure we have been watching the same movie? ;)
They probably just looked at the title and assumed vampires. I enjoy these types of videos, but the lack of research is cringey af.
"In the Mouth of Madness" left my brain scrambled for three days.
No mention of the ending of the 'The Ring?' The way the screen goes to static in a subtle yet chilling 4th wall breaking moment....
And the fly running across it
Wait was that part of a post credit scene where it takes you back to the start of the film where we as the audience open the door and see Samara standing there. Also, love the mention of the last horror movie. The final part of it where Max is saying “this is the last horror movie you’ll ever see” is really effective even though you know it’s coming.
8:39 "Karl Makcacklin?"
No one:
Me when a fourth wall break happens in a horror movie: ah. Gross.
How could you miss the theatre scene in Stir of Echoes? Seeing that at the cinema was chilling
A Troma mention, surprisingly awesome
I was wondering if you would include Warp Speed a little known sci-fi horror from 1981, which includes a completely unexpected and horrific 4th wall break
Ooh, what was it?
You forgot the cultish Man Bites Dog, a Belgian mockumentry horror where a film crew follow a serial killer around where he breaks the fourth wall by showing them his crimes but he’s killed by an unseen sniper and so are the crew, the last shot being the cameraman.
So it's similar to Behind The Mask: Rise Of Leslie Vernon but.....? I'm intrigued.
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@@TheManInTheLongBlackCoat Thanks!
Not the movie itself...but one fourth wall prank I'll always remember. When I watched The Ring with a bunch of friends after it first came out on dvd, one guy had quietly borrowed a bunch of cell phones, and had them ready to dial everyone before the showing, so as soon as the movie ended...everyone got a phone call immediately. The sound in that room...
Ghostwatch is a very good example of bringing the horror from the movie through the fourth wall. I highly recommend it, it was VERY ahead of its time.
People love a good scare.
I thought Unfriended was a great movie that for a while gave me a little panic every time I heard the Skype ringtone, but the ending was awful and genuinely made me sigh because it was so disappointing. If they HAD to do a jump scare ending they could’ve at least done it from the final girl getting killed after a bit of silence and then the scream but through the laptop and then the screen can go black. It would still be disappointing but I wouldn’t be as upset if that was how it ended.
I went to see the woman in black in theaters when it first came out. Good movie, but doing one of the intense quiet scenes I said "you're a wizard Harry." I thought I said it low enough only my friend could hear but the whole auditorium broke out in uncontrollable laughter. It was that day I discovered I don't know how to whisper.
I was expecting sinister on this list, the ending of it made me jump everytime
I would add Rubber to the list.
underrated movie
Rubber is a fantastic movie!
Rubber bands are pretty terrifying
Love the movie, but it didn't break the 4th wall to scare the audience. It used 4th wall breaks like comedies do.
"Where's the remote!?"
The closing moments of PSYCHO still send chills down my spine - every time I watch it
Love The Tingler! Was one of my favorites growing up.
In The Mouth Of Madness is criminally under-rated
All three of the Apocalypse trilogy movies are fantastic
Bit of an unfair characterisation of Prince of Darkness, often left out in the void between the masterful The Thing & Lovecraftastic In The Mouth of Madness. It's a really good film in its own right.
They have to be thinking of a different film with the description they gave. There is literally nothing in it dealing with vampires lol
@@Vidar93 Probably John Carpenter's Vampires, I guess
The Tingler with vibrating buzzers 😂😂😂
There is a point in Death Proof when Kurt Russel is about to get in the rubber ducky Nova and turns to the camera and gives a very sinister smile...one of my very favorite 4th wall breaks
RIP John Saxon.
Carpenter's masterpiece, Prince of Darkness is in no way, shape of form a vampire movie and even less of a campy one . . . "Whata mistaka to maka"...
Robb White, screenwriter of _The Tingler, House on Haunted Hill,_ and other William Castle classics, said in an interview with _Fangoria_ magazine that in order for them to be ready, the motors were installed a week before _The Tingler_ premiered. One theater in Hollywood Hills was showing the Audrey Hepburn/Peter Finch melodrama _The Nun's Story_ that week, and during the last night's showing an unwary projectionist happened to notice the little button in his booth which controlled the motors under some of the seats. You can guess the rest.
All this time I’ve been wondering why I haven’t been getting any notifications. This is a Whole different channel!🤦🏾♂️
The start of the women in black was well shocking.
"Campier vampire film" Prince of Darkness? The what now?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula:_Prince_of_Darkness
They appear to have got it confused with this
At last! An intelligent TH-cam genre film clip narrator who knows how to speak properly, and intelligently convey the narrative . Thank you.
I LOVE William Castle. The Tingler is one of his best IMO. I'd give anything to see it in a theater with the buzzing seats!
Blue Velvet is just a freaking classic. Brilliant film, one of my favorites of all time.
"Heineken? Fuck that shit! PABST BLUE RIBBON!"
"In the Mouth of Madness" should've received a better position in this list.
Vampire film "prince of darkness"?? Think you're thinking of the wrong film lol. It's about the devil vs science and the end of the world lol.
The fourth wall break in Funny Games involving the rewind was honestly so depressing. It almost makes you feel as hopeless as the family’s situation ends up being.
In The Mouth of Madness is a masterclass in mind-bending cosmic horror. Sam Neill was perfectly cast as a skeptic that slowly loses his grip on his own mind.