I can't believe one of the taglines for Freddy's Dead was "They've saved the best for last." No they didn't because it was the worst film in the series. A bad comedy pretending to be a horror film.
I agree! It’s such an odd one but this is one I always remember. It might be the single scariest moment of the franchise outside of the first 15 mins of scream.
Yes!! And the scene where she goes inside the replica of the house from the first movie and turns around and sees the bloody sheet standing up coming towards her
One of the most unnerving moments for me was actually from The Strangers. It was the scene with Liv Tyler by herself in the kitchen smoking a cigarette, but very discreetly, in the background, you see the Man in the Mask slowly, partially emerge from the shadows and just stand there. Camera shifts view for a few seconds and then goes back...he's gone.
That movie fucked me up for a bit. They did the suspense and terror so amazingly. The thought of being in your house, and being watched......such an invasive feeling. I remember I saw this not too long after I had my house broken into, it's a really violating and uneasy feeling you get when you realize your supposed "safe space" has been invaved, so that scene felt all too real to me.
That scene where Billy from Black Christmas, just peeks his eye through the door waiting for Jess to walk in so he could slaughter her really gave me chills. Was actually quite surprised it wasn’t on the list. One of the most underrated masterpieces.
Zelda is much more than a scary character. She's the monster of our conscience. The pure personification of moral conflict, guilt and shame that accompanies it. And she's unforgiving. The kind of horror that doesn't tone down the more stressed and disturbed you're.
i saw the exorcist when i was WAYYY too young with my dad and the "do you know what she did" and the staircase scenes both haunted me until this very day
1- Nightmare on elm street tina death scene 2- Halloween closet Scene 3- The Thing blood testing scene 4- Scream the opening Scene 5- The Exorcist the head turn 6- Aliens trap in the room 7- IT the projector Scene 8- Texans chainsaw massacre dinner Scene 9- Child's Play chucky coming to life 10- Friday the 13th jason coming out of the water
The entire sequence of D.B. Sweeney exploring the UFO after being abducted in Fire in the Sky. From waking up in that cocoon thing to being experimented on, this for me is hands down the scariest thing I’ve ever seen since I first saw it when I was ten or eleven years old.
Some of the scariest movie scenes for me were: 1. Pet Sematary (1989)- Zelda scenes 2. The Exorcist III- Hospital jumpscare 3. Misery- Hobbling scene 4. Black Christmas- The first kill 5. Scream- The opening sequence 6. The Exorcist- Head spin While it's not a movie, The Twilight Zone episode called "Twenty Two" has always terrified me since I was a little kid. Hospitals creep me out and the nurse with the creepy smile walking out of the morgue still creeps me out. I'm terrified of spiders, so as a kid, some non-Horror choices: 1. Son of Godzilla- Kumonga, the giant spider kaiju, freaked me out. 2. Spider-Man: Peter is bitten 3. The Amazing Spider-Man: A bunch of spiders fall on Peter and he is bitten.
I love how in The Thing, when Mac's flamethrower doesn't ignite for a hot minute while he's trying to torch Palmer, it's not a cliche and it was because he was using it to heat up the wire thus using the gas. Nice touch!
The Shining is the scariest movie for me. "HEEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY!!!" "Come and play with us, Danny, forever and ever and ever." Those moments alone are extremely unnerving. It's creepy now to walk in a long hallway in a hotel when I'm alone.
Right!, those two scenes are great!. The twins scared the s*** out of me as a kid, especially what they said. And Jack's "here's Johnny" line/scene was equally funny and scary, which is just an amazing moment in film. Also, Jack talking to ghosts bartender is my second-favorite dialogue scene OAT
^this Kubrick has forever scarred me & my relationship with old, empty hotel rooms. Actually now that i think about, most of the time the hotels are pretty modern! Being alone walking thru a quiet hotel hallway NO. THANK YOU. 👍
In no particular order: 1. Arachnophobia--the spider shower scene 2. Exorcist--during the priest's dream about his mom--the moment when the demon appears & then is gone 3. Insidious--red demon scene 4. 1980 When a Stranger Calls opening scene 5. The twins in The Shining 6. When Katie is pulled out of her bed & down the hall in Paranormal Activity 2009
Do you remember the movie trailer for Arachnophobia? It initially made it look like a wacky comedy, complete with crappy one-liners and upbeat circus-like music. It was one of the most deceitful trailers in existence, and you can probably find it on youtube.
I think it's weird that Cody considers Paranormal Activity to be a "garbage franchise." I found several of the films to be good and there were some terrifying moments.
Scariest scene in any horror movie ever for me is by far (spoilers) when the dad is revealed to be a puppet and his new wife is possessed by the town ghost in the movie Dead Silence. That plus the fact that the main character breaks the movies main rule and gives into his fear after outlasting the ghost the whole story terrified me. Couldn't sleep for weeks after watching that as a kid haha.
That’s interesting. Did NOT know Zelda was portrayed by a man. Wow. Learn something new everyday. And yes, Zelda creeped me the hell out too. Iconic character.
Ben Gardeners head popping out the boat in Jaws scared the hell out of me as a kid, definitely up there with the Exorcist 3 in terms of great jumpscares
These are scenes that mostly scared me as a kid: 1. When Georgie meets Pennywise 2. The Jackal from Thirteen Ghosts 3. The claustrophobia tunnel scene from The Descent 4. Mary Shaw's origin scene
One scene that scared the shit out of my 10 year old self was in house on haunted hill... when the woman is walking around with the video camera and she sees the ghosts in the operating theatre, then they just look up at her... never watched it since.. I’m 32 now lol
One of my scariest movie moments, even though I don’t love the movie, is the end of The Strangers. When the couple asks the strangers why they’re targeting them, and the only reply they get is “because you were home.” That thought is just terrifying to me. Being preyed on in the place where you’re supposed to feel most safe, simply because you were there at the “wrong time.”
The one that gets me is in the "Exorcism of Emily Rose" When her boyfriend wakes up, the camera is at the foot of the bed, eye level. Then he sits up, looks past the camera, and then Emily is there, all contorted and Staring at him!! Aaaahhh 🤯
I found the Gemini Killer's rant about how Karras is trapped with him and that he'll make him watch him kill people using Karras's own body pretty scary in Exorcist III.
I pestered Lee at DrumDums until he finally watched and reviewed E3. And sir you are BOTH correct, the jump scare in that hospital is the greatest EVER!!
I personally think that the opening to the original When A Stranger Calls is scarier than the opening to Scream. Good to see it mentioned it freaked me the hell out when I saw it as a kid👍
Hospitals and schools are utterly terrifying. I used to go to the same school my dad taught at, and sometimes he’d stay late, so we’d end up leaving when nobody was in the building. All of the lights were off besides the exit signs. Now that was terrifying to walk through lol
Zelda scared the living hell out of me. Should be illegal to view now. “ never get out of bed again! “ Jesus she gave me serious nightmares for years to a point where I won’t dare watch this again as a result.
Hell yes hospitals are creepy! When I was a kid I had strept throat sitting in a hospital waiting room. My mom had gone to the restroom, and Wes Cravens New Nightmare hospital scene was on the TV!
13:37 I think the thing that makes hospitals creepy is that depending on what's wrong with someone they might die in there so hospitals are quite often associated with death. I've always hated the smell of plasters in hospitals. How warm they are makes you feel sleepy too.
I would add aged care facilities to that. I work in one as a nurse and during the day, its fine, but working a night shift, especially in the secure dementia wing? That can lead to some cases of the willies. Nothing has actually HAPPENED of course, but sometimes you just get those feelings.
What is amazing about Shaw's speech is that he is going full ad lib! Speaking Alien, that moment at the end of the first movie when Ripley is in the escape pod and you think the movie is over, then the xenomorph slowly comes out of the wall behind her, scares me every time.
Personally I've always kinda thought the lawnmower scene from sinister and the basement scene from the conjuring when the hanging feet turn around were unsettling to me at least
I can definitely recommend the When a Stranger Calls 2006 remake! The entire movie is suspenseful. It doesn’t just blow its entire load in the beginning like the original
The wedding dress ghost scene in the movie The Others absolutely terrified me the first time i saw it. Chilling movie with a great twist ending as well.
Supernatural horror is the only horror that actually scares me, but as for slashers, Black Christmas is easily the scariest slasher movie I’ve ever seen. Billy’s phone calls are just so effective and disturbing that I actually had to take a break after watching it just because of how great it is that it took me back a little 😂😂
One of my scariest movie moments was actually in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. While the movie itself is more comedic than frightening, I think it has one of the best jump scares in horror history. The entire scene where Stretch first meets Chop-Top in her studio and nervously tries to get him to leave only for Leatherface to pop out of the record room with his chainsaw scared the crap out of me. "Dog will hunt" indeed. Another great one is in Friday the 13th Part 2 where Jason bursts through the window and grabs Ginny. The fake-out with Muffin actually fooled me into thinking nothing was going to happen, so you can imagine my surprise when an unmasked Jason suddenly crashes through the small window behind Ginny in slow motion. Honestly, I think this jump scare is on par with Jason popping out of the water at the end of the first film. I even re-watched Parts 1 and 2 recently with my sister (who is also a big horror fan) and those scenes actually made her scream out loud. God, I love the classics.
Both scenes you just mentioned are classic jump scares that scared the shit out of me my first viewing. The set-up to those scares was brilliant. Perfect 👍 examples!
The window scenes in "Salem's Lot" really scared me as a kid. Actually, that movie is loaded with scary/creepy scenes: the hospital morgue scene, the cemetery scene, the rocking chair scene, etc.
awesome list cody and the quint speech is quite possibly one of the most iconic speeches in any movie ever made.one of my favorite scary moments was the reveal at the end of frailty when matthew mconauhey reveals that powers booth has been talking to fenton meeks the whole time classic stuff and any of pennywise's lines from the 1990 it are iconic.
A bunch of people have already mentioned it, but I also have to give a spotlight to the “The Strangers” when the masked man appears behind the woman. I respect that scen so much because there’s no jump scare, no loud sudden noise, no blood or gore. Just unsettling imagery and great framing/ camera work 👏🏼🙌🏼
I'm surprised the scene with Maureen Prescott scratching the window in Scream 3 never makes any of these lists. That had the same affect on me as a child that Zelda did on you. Both Zelda and the scene with Tina in a body bag scene in Nightmare on Elm Street both creeped me out in the same way as well!
TCM remake scared the hell out of me when I first saw it. IDK why?, I've seen the original. But man...best theater experience ever, until endgame of course.✌❤😁great vid Cody 🤘and thank you for showing exorcist 3 some love. Quite possibly the greatest Psychological horror film ever.
Best part of the Babadook scene you picked you didn't mention. After the door opens the damn thing just creeps in and slips into the darkness of the corner. That part alone is wonderfully terrifying. The rest of the scene doesn't live up to that amazing setup
For me the scariest movie moment of all time is in The Babadook when we see the updated version of the book. The sound design and the camera work (is that the right term?) just come together to make a scene that is absolutely terrifying. Both times that I saw The Babadook it was in the middle of the night, in pitch darkness, so yeah, scary. That whole scene just unnerved me for the rest of the movie, and the scene immediately after where the Babadook calls the house just adds to that. It takes a fair bit to scare me, but that stands out as the scariest movie moment of all time.
The hobbling scene in Misery might actually be the only time I've winced and had to turn away while watching a movie...and this is coming from a huge gore hound.
@@skyofthelivingdead Maybe it's because fake blood is often so over the top that it just comes off as entertaining to me. This is probably why slasher and torture films never disturbed me. Broken bones, however, just seem much more...realistic.
Two from the Exorsist, the famous "lick me" scene. That whole scene to this day is hard for me to watch and the crucifix deal in that scene, and the spider walk scene where Linda Blair runs down the stairs and spits out blood. One that's not The Exorsist. The graveyard scene from It. The music makes that movie. I did see an Exorcist reboot in 2021 is coming, great video.
The crucifix scene from beginning to end is sheer chaos. The shot leading up to the room is so effective in setting up the most terrifying in any movie ever. The camera leading you up the stairs and into a screaming girls room, opening the door to find a girls possessions flying across the room, her masturbating with a crucifix, yelling obscenities, demanding her mother to lick her, smacking her mother across the face sending her flying (this is where Ellen Burnstyn got hurt in real life), the dresser being moved telepathically moved across the floor, and then of course her head turning around 180 degrees to imply that Reagan killed Dennings….jeez that scene is a whirlwind. More happens in that scene than in most movies I can think of. The movie literally changes. It goes from “I dunno, could be anything” to “K, this kid is definitely housing a demon in her”. You feel the fear and helplessness in the parent, feel (some) characters realize that there’s no doubt this girl is possessed, and leave that scene as drained as the mother. This is the most terrifying and mentally destructive scene ever caught on film. You actually question the sanity of the writer, director, and ratings board. How did this movie ever get a green light with an R rating? I’m not sure, but I’m glad it did because this scene is terrifying and effective in selling what it happening. I love Jaws and all but sorry, a bunch of guys talking about a shark attack on a boat doesn’t hold a candle.
My top 15 scariest horror movie moments: 15. A family dinner (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) 14. Crawling out of the tv (The Ring) 13. Tina's death (A nightmare on elm street) 12. Zelda (Pet Cemetary) 11. Georgy's death (It) (1990/2017) 10. The reverse bear trap (Saw 3-D) 9. A hand from the grave (Carrie) 8. The hobbling scene (Misery) 7. Jason jumps out of the water (Friday the 13th) 6. The opening (Halloween) 5. The preacher being stung by bee's (Amnitiville horror) 4. The ending (Sleepaway camp) 3. Jesus wept (Hellraiser) 2. Here's Johnny (The Shining) 1. Dinner scene (Alien)
Bathtub lady in The Shining...sheer disgust, and revolting terror ranks up there, as well as Freddy's long arm,slow walk reveal...Omen 2 Raven vs. Reporter rank up there for me, but these are all great moments. Enjoy your perspectives, and keep up the awesome work.
A scary moment for me is the scene in the bedroom of “darkness falls” in the beginning when the tooth fairy is making all those screeching noises, also the basement scene in Dead Silence with young Henry use to scare me
Great list Cody. Some great moments here. That Exorcist III scene got me when I saw it ha. Personally would have the Behind the Cafe Scene from Mulholland Drive and The opening of Final Destination as it plays on my mind everytime I travel. Great video 😁👍
The one that really got in my head was the first Pazuzu face flash in the Exorcist. The way Regan was laid back and staring into what could only be the spiraling void and then you catch the glance of the demon’s humanoid face. It was the very reason I was afraid of the dark for 10 solid years.
I gave your video a like before even watching the whole thing, simply because your intro is short and sweet lol Seems like other channels are making their intros longer and longer.
The end scene from Blair Witch Project is one that scared the shit out of me ! I remember coming home from the theater unlocking my door as fast as I could while looking over my shoulder !
I'll always remember the scene in The Strangers where the man with the bag mask reveals he's in the house by just quietly stepping into frame in the background as he just watches the main girl and then walks back into the shadows. So good!
Dude such a good list Cody, I forgot how eerie that scene from babadook was and also remembered there’s a scene in there where once the mothers possessed she’s chasing her son and starts banging her head on the door and it’s very reminiscent of the scene in hereditary when the mother gets possessed, starts chasing her son and starts banging her head on the attic door. Babadook did it first obviously but just something I noticed now. Love your content.
The nurse scene from The Exorcist 3 and the red demon scene from Insidious are the best jump scares ever put to film in my opinion. Also, SICK SHIRT BRO! 😍
The lawn mower jumpscare in Sinister scared the shit out of me, or any of the tapes in Sinister, but also possibly Annie's possession in Hereditary, or Charlie's death in Hereditary, the craziest part is that I had already seen Charlie and the lawn mower scene before the movie
The beginning of "Final Destination 2" (log truck/freeway pileup). A couple of scenes from "Ghost Story" with Alice Krige. Quite a bit of "Body Parts" w/Jeff Fahey and Brad Dourif. I remember the DVD art was the killer walking along, silhouetted against a fire, carrying two dismembered legs. That pretty much sums up the film!
I don’t think I’ll change your mind, but for me the lawn mower scene in Sinister is a great jump scare. Just that movie in general is probably the scariest movie I’ve ever seen.
My scariest moment ever was putting freddys dead in to my dvd player
Hahaha major disappointment one of the worst horror movies along with I will always know what you did last summer and candyman 3🙄🤣
I can't believe one of the taglines for Freddy's Dead was "They've saved the best for last." No they didn't because it was the worst film in the series. A bad comedy pretending to be a horror film.
Thats torture for any DVD player! 😂
Me: “Freddys Dead can’t be that bad.”
Also me: *sees wicked witch Freddy* oh
Lol ya tht movie’s shit
The hospital scene in Exorcist III is one of the most terrifying for me and also an effective jump scare.
Definitely one of the best jump scares ever
Has got to be the lawn mower scene in sinister. That one kept me up that night after seeing it.
When Baghul pops up in the attic is also a great jump scare from that film
I commented the same thing
The opening scene of jeepers creepers with the truck that might be my number one scariest movie moment!
The scene where Chucky comes to life in the first child's play is a classic scene
That scene is pure classic horror moment
@@DodoRibeiro-ts6po agreed
Chucky was my worst childhood fear!!😂
Yeah
Yes. I also loved the original Child's play.
"So that I don't end up as a skin lamp or hobbled on your couch". You had me rolling with that statement. LOL
When Sidney dreams of her mother in Scream 3 and her face against the window still creeps me out thinking about it
I agree! It’s such an odd one but this is one I always remember. It might be the single scariest moment of the franchise outside of the first 15 mins of scream.
Yes!! And the scene where she goes inside the replica of the house from the first movie and turns around and sees the bloody sheet standing up coming towards her
That movie insidious the 1st one .. The Picture scene when Josh's mother tell him about the black bride was creepy ASF imo
One of the most unnerving moments for me was actually from The Strangers. It was the scene with Liv Tyler by herself in the kitchen smoking a cigarette, but very discreetly, in the background, you see the Man in the Mask slowly, partially emerge from the shadows and just stand there. Camera shifts view for a few seconds and then goes back...he's gone.
Totally agree, that was chilling on the first watch. Tension overload
For me it’s the ending but that scene you’re talking about is creepy as hell too.
EXACTLY
100%
That movie fucked me up for a bit. They did the suspense and terror so amazingly. The thought of being in your house, and being watched......such an invasive feeling. I remember I saw this not too long after I had my house broken into, it's a really violating and uneasy feeling you get when you realize your supposed "safe space" has been invaved, so that scene felt all too real to me.
jeepers creepers ending scene with darrys empty eyes filled with the creepers scarred me man
DAMN! I knew a jump scare was coming, but that exorcist 3 one still made me flinch.
It’s that screeching noise paired with how fast that thing is walking. I’ve never jumped like I did with that scene.
That scene where Billy from Black Christmas, just peeks his eye through the door waiting for Jess to walk in so he could slaughter her really gave me chills. Was actually quite surprised it wasn’t on the list. One of the most underrated masterpieces.
Yeah.. but the part right after that where he grabs her hair as she runs past the stairs 😖😖
Zelda is much more than a scary character. She's the monster of our conscience. The pure personification of moral conflict, guilt and shame that accompanies it. And she's unforgiving. The kind of horror that doesn't tone down the more stressed and disturbed you're.
I agree, I just feel icky after seeing that scene. And it's such a strange side plot piece that just comes from left field
Boom. Nailed it, you did.
Se7en tho....the whole ‘Lust’ thingy was enough to give goosebumps for DAYS
The Exorcist 3 nurse station scene was so fucking scary. That scene is the greatest jump scare of all time.
i saw the exorcist when i was WAYYY too young with my dad and the "do you know what she did" and the staircase scenes both haunted me until this very day
When we see Billy's eyeball in the original Black Christmas.
1- Nightmare on elm street tina death scene
2- Halloween closet Scene
3- The Thing blood testing scene
4- Scream the opening Scene
5- The Exorcist the head turn
6- Aliens trap in the room
7- IT the projector Scene
8- Texans chainsaw massacre dinner Scene
9- Child's Play chucky coming to life
10- Friday the 13th jason coming out of the water
Jason coming out of the water is by far the best jump scene of all time.
@@mbeasley1981 it was the jack in the box scared the shit out of you
That is a fantastic list. You actually named off most of my favorites.
@@joshuanelson6795 Thank you sir I appreciate it
This list is legit.
The entire sequence of D.B. Sweeney exploring the UFO after being abducted in Fire in the Sky. From waking up in that cocoon thing to being experimented on, this for me is hands down the scariest thing I’ve ever seen since I first saw it when I was ten or eleven years old.
The calls in blackchristmas and the chooke scene is creepy as shit, just the house and the christmas setting is chilling to the bone!
And the ending where the sedated Jess is in the house but Billy's still in there and goes "Agnes it's me Billy" creeped me out.
scariest for me was the final scene in sleepaway camp, the weird face and growling sound freaked me out!
Some of the scariest movie scenes for me were:
1. Pet Sematary (1989)- Zelda scenes
2. The Exorcist III- Hospital jumpscare
3. Misery- Hobbling scene
4. Black Christmas- The first kill
5. Scream- The opening sequence
6. The Exorcist- Head spin
While it's not a movie, The Twilight Zone episode called "Twenty Two" has always terrified me since I was a little kid. Hospitals creep me out and the nurse with the creepy smile walking out of the morgue still creeps me out.
I'm terrified of spiders, so as a kid, some non-Horror choices:
1. Son of Godzilla- Kumonga, the giant spider kaiju, freaked me out.
2. Spider-Man: Peter is bitten
3. The Amazing Spider-Man: A bunch of spiders fall on Peter and he is bitten.
The movie Shutter. The end of the movie when the protagonist accidentally takes a picture of himself. Nuff said
The scariest scene that always stuck with me was the kitchen scene from the sixth sense with one of the angry ghosts.
The Hallway/Painting scene with Valak in the Conjuring 2 is another one that makes me super uneasy 😬
I love how in The Thing, when Mac's flamethrower doesn't ignite for a hot minute while he's trying to torch Palmer, it's not a cliche and it was because he was using it to heat up the wire thus using the gas. Nice touch!
Great choice from The Thing. I'd throw an honorable mention to the chest chomp scene just because it was so unexpected.
Hell yeah! The chest chomp scene . I practically jumped out of my skin.
@@rolandfuller7930 Me personally, I would put the scene where the dog transforms into the thing
The Shining is the scariest movie for me.
"HEEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY!!!"
"Come and play with us, Danny, forever and ever and ever."
Those moments alone are extremely unnerving. It's creepy now to walk in a long hallway in a hotel when I'm alone.
Right!, those two scenes are great!. The twins scared the s*** out of me as a kid, especially what they said. And Jack's "here's Johnny" line/scene was equally funny and scary, which is just an amazing moment in film.
Also, Jack talking to ghosts bartender is my second-favorite dialogue scene OAT
@@eastbaymauiboy Oh, I forgot "REDRUM" too.
^this
Kubrick has forever scarred me & my relationship with old, empty hotel rooms. Actually now that i think about, most of the time the hotels are pretty modern! Being alone walking thru a quiet hotel hallway NO. THANK YOU. 👍
In no particular order:
1. Arachnophobia--the spider shower scene
2. Exorcist--during the priest's dream about his mom--the moment when the demon appears & then is gone
3. Insidious--red demon scene
4. 1980 When a Stranger Calls opening scene
5. The twins in The Shining
6. When Katie is pulled out of her bed & down the hall in Paranormal Activity 2009
Do you remember the movie trailer for Arachnophobia? It initially made it look like a wacky comedy, complete with crappy one-liners and upbeat circus-like music. It was one of the most deceitful trailers in existence, and you can probably find it on youtube.
I think it's weird that Cody considers Paranormal Activity to be a "garbage franchise." I found several of the films to be good and there were some terrifying moments.
Scariest scene in any horror movie ever for me is by far (spoilers) when the dad is revealed to be a puppet and his new wife is possessed by the town ghost in the movie Dead Silence. That plus the fact that the main character breaks the movies main rule and gives into his fear after outlasting the ghost the whole story terrified me. Couldn't sleep for weeks after watching that as a kid haha.
Yeah that ending is a classic
That’s interesting. Did NOT know Zelda was portrayed by a man. Wow. Learn something new everyday. And yes, Zelda creeped me the hell out too. Iconic character.
Misery was definitely not Kathy Bates' first role. She had been acting for 20 years prior to that film.
it was her first leading role
@@meltyboys946 Yeah, but thats not what Cody said.
Hunter dean exactly
Ben Gardeners head popping out the boat in Jaws scared the hell out of me as a kid, definitely up there with the Exorcist 3 in terms of great jumpscares
When Zelda flips around in/up bed and her arms are just dangling there....OH GOD NO!
My number 1 is the movie ghost, where those devils come out the floor and take them away! The noises they make chills me to the core.........
lol! That is what I would expect hell to sound like.
For me, the original Black Christmas would be up there. The scene where the killer is talking from behind the door. So chilling!
These are scenes that mostly scared me as a kid:
1. When Georgie meets Pennywise
2. The Jackal from Thirteen Ghosts
3. The claustrophobia tunnel scene from The Descent
4. Mary Shaw's origin scene
Same here! I completely forgot about how much Mary Shaw scared me 😭
One scene that scared the shit out of my 10 year old self was in house on haunted hill... when the woman is walking around with the video camera and she sees the ghosts in the operating theatre, then they just look up at her... never watched it since.. I’m 32 now lol
When the clown attacks the kid in the original Poltergeist.
That’s what I said lol
One of my scariest movie moments, even though I don’t love the movie, is the end of The Strangers. When the couple asks the strangers why they’re targeting them, and the only reply they get is “because you were home.”
That thought is just terrifying to me. Being preyed on in the place where you’re supposed to feel most safe, simply because you were there at the “wrong time.”
I love this opinion on that movie moment. Very chilling scene
The one that gets me is in the "Exorcism of Emily Rose" When her boyfriend wakes up, the camera is at the foot of the bed, eye level. Then he sits up, looks past the camera, and then Emily is there, all contorted and Staring at him!!
Aaaahhh 🤯
I found the Gemini Killer's rant about how Karras is trapped with him and that he'll make him watch him kill people using Karras's own body pretty scary in Exorcist III.
Exorcist 3 is an awesome movie. Always wanted to read the book. I've read The Exorcist that's a really good book and really scary
I pestered Lee at DrumDums until he finally watched and reviewed E3. And sir you are BOTH correct, the jump scare in that hospital is the greatest EVER!!
I personally think that the opening to the original When A Stranger Calls is scarier than the opening to Scream. Good to see it mentioned it freaked me the hell out when I saw it as a kid👍
Hospitals and schools are utterly terrifying. I used to go to the same school my dad taught at, and sometimes he’d stay late, so we’d end up leaving when nobody was in the building. All of the lights were off besides the exit signs. Now that was terrifying to walk through lol
That story about 'When a Stranger Calls' was fucking priceless😂😂
You must have been shit scared😂😂
The subway scene and the hospital scene in the original Jacob’s Ladder are both excellent in creating an unsettling and disturbing atmosphere.
Zelda scared the living hell out of me. Should be illegal to view now. “ never get out of bed again! “ Jesus she gave me serious nightmares for years to a point where I won’t dare watch this again as a result.
Hell yes hospitals are creepy! When I was a kid I had strept throat sitting in a hospital waiting room. My mom had gone to the restroom, and Wes Cravens New Nightmare hospital scene was on the TV!
13:37 I think the thing that makes hospitals creepy is that depending on what's wrong with someone they might die in there so hospitals are quite often associated with death. I've always hated the smell of plasters in hospitals. How warm they are makes you feel sleepy too.
I would add aged care facilities to that. I work in one as a nurse and during the day, its fine, but working a night shift, especially in the secure dementia wing? That can lead to some cases of the willies. Nothing has actually HAPPENED of course, but sometimes you just get those feelings.
What is amazing about Shaw's speech is that he is going full ad lib! Speaking Alien, that moment at the end of the first movie when Ripley is in the escape pod and you think the movie is over, then the xenomorph slowly comes out of the wall behind her, scares me every time.
Personally I've always kinda thought the lawnmower scene from sinister and the basement scene from the conjuring when the hanging feet turn around were unsettling to me at least
I can definitely recommend the When a Stranger Calls 2006 remake! The entire movie is suspenseful. It doesn’t just blow its entire load in the beginning like the original
The final scene in Dark Knight Of The Scarecrow ... it's not scary per say, but it caught me off guard when I was a kid.
The end chase scene in halloween as she pounds on the door and he is slowly walking across the street. Also Samara in the Ring coming out of the tv.
The wedding dress ghost scene in the movie The Others absolutely terrified me the first time i saw it. Chilling movie with a great twist ending as well.
My number 1 is easily Scream, glad it’s on this list Cody. Also the face huggers from Aliens is indeed terrifying.
Supernatural horror is the only horror that actually scares me, but as for slashers, Black Christmas is easily the scariest slasher movie I’ve ever seen. Billy’s phone calls are just so effective and disturbing that I actually had to take a break after watching it just because of how great it is that it took me back a little 😂😂
I love Exorcist 3, two of my fav actors George C Scott and Brad Dourif. The beginning is creepy and moody with the empty street scene.
One of my scariest movie moments was actually in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. While the movie itself is more comedic than frightening, I think it has one of the best jump scares in horror history. The entire scene where Stretch first meets Chop-Top in her studio and nervously tries to get him to leave only for Leatherface to pop out of the record room with his chainsaw scared the crap out of me. "Dog will hunt" indeed.
Another great one is in Friday the 13th Part 2 where Jason bursts through the window and grabs Ginny. The fake-out with Muffin actually fooled me into thinking nothing was going to happen, so you can imagine my surprise when an unmasked Jason suddenly crashes through the small window behind Ginny in slow motion. Honestly, I think this jump scare is on par with Jason popping out of the water at the end of the first film. I even re-watched Parts 1 and 2 recently with my sister (who is also a big horror fan) and those scenes actually made her scream out loud. God, I love the classics.
Both scenes you just mentioned are classic jump scares that scared the shit out of me my first viewing. The set-up to those scares was brilliant. Perfect 👍 examples!
And You Had A Pet Semetery Shirt On LOL 😂😂😂
George C Scott's deceased daughter's red ball bouncing down the stairs in The Changeling. And the seance.
The scene with the kid on the bike from In the Mouth of Madness is one of the best.
The window scenes in "Salem's Lot" really scared me as a kid. Actually, that movie is loaded with scary/creepy scenes: the hospital morgue scene, the cemetery scene, the rocking chair scene, etc.
The Tiptoe Through the Tulips scene in the first Insidious 😱
awesome list cody and the quint speech is quite possibly one of the most iconic speeches in any movie ever made.one of my favorite scary moments was the reveal at the end of frailty when matthew mconauhey reveals that powers booth has been talking to fenton meeks the whole time classic stuff and any of pennywise's lines from the 1990 it are iconic.
A bunch of people have already mentioned it, but I also have to give a spotlight to the “The Strangers” when the masked man appears behind the woman. I respect that scen so much because there’s no jump scare, no loud sudden noise, no blood or gore. Just unsettling imagery and great framing/ camera work 👏🏼🙌🏼
I'm surprised the scene with Maureen Prescott scratching the window in Scream 3 never makes any of these lists. That had the same affect on me as a child that Zelda did on you. Both Zelda and the scene with Tina in a body bag scene in Nightmare on Elm Street both creeped me out in the same way as well!
TCM remake scared the hell out of me when I first saw it. IDK why?, I've seen the original. But man...best theater experience ever, until endgame of course.✌❤😁great vid Cody 🤘and thank you for showing exorcist 3 some love. Quite possibly the greatest Psychological horror film ever.
The TCM remake is awesome!
I can't wait for your Exorcist franchise reviews.
Best part of the Babadook scene you picked you didn't mention. After the door opens the damn thing just creeps in and slips into the darkness of the corner. That part alone is wonderfully terrifying. The rest of the scene doesn't live up to that amazing setup
I can’t say I would add any of these to my personal top 10 but I found this quite enjoyable to watch. Thanks for sharing!
For me the scariest movie moment of all time is in The Babadook when we see the updated version of the book. The sound design and the camera work (is that the right term?) just come together to make a scene that is absolutely terrifying. Both times that I saw The Babadook it was in the middle of the night, in pitch darkness, so yeah, scary. That whole scene just unnerved me for the rest of the movie, and the scene immediately after where the Babadook calls the house just adds to that. It takes a fair bit to scare me, but that stands out as the scariest movie moment of all time.
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Zelda and the old man from the Poltergeist 2 will always be the scariest movie characters to me. They still scare the shit out of me to this day lol
The hobbling scene in Misery might actually be the only time I've winced and had to turn away while watching a movie...and this is coming from a huge gore hound.
I couldn’t watch the scene from terifyer
@@pauls3147 Haven't watched the movie yet, but I know what scene you're talking about.
I’m the same. I’m a huge gore hound, but broken bones make me squeamish.
@@skyofthelivingdead Maybe it's because fake blood is often so over the top that it just comes off as entertaining to me. This is probably why slasher and torture films never disturbed me. Broken bones, however, just seem much more...realistic.
Joshua Nelson yes, I think it’s the lack of blood and the unnatural bend. Feet ain’t supposed to go that way 😂
Two from the Exorsist, the famous "lick me" scene. That whole scene to this day is hard for me to watch and the crucifix deal in that scene, and the spider walk scene where Linda Blair runs down the stairs and spits out blood. One that's not The Exorsist. The graveyard scene from It. The music makes that movie. I did see an Exorcist reboot in 2021 is coming, great video.
The crucifix scene from beginning to end is sheer chaos. The shot leading up to the room is so effective in setting up the most terrifying in any movie ever. The camera leading you up the stairs and into a screaming girls room, opening the door to find a girls possessions flying across the room, her masturbating with a crucifix, yelling obscenities, demanding her mother to lick her, smacking her mother across the face sending her flying (this is where Ellen Burnstyn got hurt in real life), the dresser being moved telepathically moved across the floor, and then of course her head turning around 180 degrees to imply that Reagan killed Dennings….jeez that scene is a whirlwind. More happens in that scene than in most movies I can think of. The movie literally changes. It goes from “I dunno, could be anything” to “K, this kid is definitely housing a demon in her”. You feel the fear and helplessness in the parent, feel (some) characters realize that there’s no doubt this girl is possessed, and leave that scene as drained as the mother.
This is the most terrifying and mentally destructive scene ever caught on film. You actually question the sanity of the writer, director, and ratings board. How did this movie ever get a green light with an R rating? I’m not sure, but I’m glad it did because this scene is terrifying and effective in selling what it happening.
I love Jaws and all but sorry, a bunch of guys talking about a shark attack on a boat doesn’t hold a candle.
My top 15 scariest horror movie moments: 15. A family dinner (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) 14. Crawling out of the tv (The Ring) 13. Tina's death (A nightmare on elm street) 12. Zelda (Pet Cemetary) 11. Georgy's death (It) (1990/2017) 10. The reverse bear trap (Saw 3-D) 9. A hand from the grave (Carrie) 8. The hobbling scene (Misery) 7. Jason jumps out of the water (Friday the 13th) 6. The opening (Halloween) 5. The preacher being stung by bee's (Amnitiville horror) 4. The ending (Sleepaway camp) 3. Jesus wept (Hellraiser) 2. Here's Johnny (The Shining) 1. Dinner scene (Alien)
Great list cody, actually haven't seen quite a few of these horror films but will definitely check them out! Again awesome list
Bathtub lady in The Shining...sheer disgust, and revolting terror ranks up there, as well as Freddy's long arm,slow walk reveal...Omen 2 Raven vs. Reporter rank up there for me, but these are all great moments. Enjoy your perspectives, and keep up the awesome work.
Love the content Cody greatfull for the hard work you put into the videos
A scary moment for me is the scene in the bedroom of “darkness falls” in the beginning when the tooth fairy is making all those screeching noises, also the basement scene in Dead Silence with young Henry use to scare me
MY GOD THANK YOU!!! I was looking for someone to say this about darkness falls! I agree 100%
1:28 I literally just rewatched Jaws today lol
Hell yes, I re-watch Jaws probably every year
Great list Cody. Some great moments here. That Exorcist III scene got me when I saw it ha. Personally would have the Behind the Cafe Scene from Mulholland Drive and The opening of Final Destination as it plays on my mind everytime I travel. Great video 😁👍
The one that really got in my head was the first Pazuzu face flash in the Exorcist. The way Regan was laid back and staring into what could only be the spiraling void and then you catch the glance of the demon’s humanoid face. It was the very reason I was afraid of the dark for 10 solid years.
Fun watch Cody and yea knowing you said that awhile ago made this even a more fun watch for the wife and I. Thanks to your Patrons for the idea :).
Salem’s lot(1979). That window scene. Good luck sleeping
...or the scene when Mr. Barlow crashes through the kitchen window and you get a complete look at him for the first time? Yikes.
Off to a good start. Definitely agree with number 10. Just watched Jaws the other day for the first time in quite a while actually.
I've been following you for ages and you should have way more subs! Great reviewer
The Babudook scene you showed when the door opens and we hear that voice gave me the chills, and yet I never seen it.
I gave your video a like before even watching the whole thing, simply because your intro is short and sweet lol
Seems like other channels are making their intros longer and longer.
The end scene from Blair Witch Project is one that scared the shit out of me ! I remember coming home from the theater unlocking my door as fast as I could while looking over my shoulder !
I'll always remember the scene in The Strangers where the man with the bag mask reveals he's in the house by just quietly stepping into frame in the background as he just watches the main girl and then walks back into the shadows. So good!
Dude such a good list Cody, I forgot how eerie that scene from babadook was and also remembered there’s a scene in there where once the mothers possessed she’s chasing her son and starts banging her head on the door and it’s very reminiscent of the scene in hereditary when the mother gets possessed, starts chasing her son and starts banging her head on the attic door. Babadook did it first obviously but just something I noticed now. Love your content.
The Muholland drive dumpster jumps are was very well executed and also the Baghul attic jumps are from Sinister got me really good.
The nurse scene from The Exorcist 3 and the red demon scene from Insidious are the best jump scares ever put to film in my opinion.
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The lawn mower jumpscare in Sinister scared the shit out of me, or any of the tapes in Sinister, but also possibly Annie's possession in Hereditary, or Charlie's death in Hereditary, the craziest part is that I had already seen Charlie and the lawn mower scene before the movie
The beginning of "Final Destination 2" (log truck/freeway pileup).
A couple of scenes from "Ghost Story" with Alice Krige.
Quite a bit of "Body Parts" w/Jeff Fahey and Brad Dourif. I remember the DVD art was the killer walking along, silhouetted against a fire, carrying two dismembered legs. That pretty much sums up the film!
Jaws is still scary because it’s not done with special effects it’s done with Raw and organic realism I appreciate movies when they do that.
I don’t think I’ll change your mind, but for me the lawn mower scene in Sinister is a great jump scare. Just that movie in general is probably the scariest movie I’ve ever seen.