Melissa was honestly not a villain at all. She was probably my favorite of all the characters and her reactions to the tornadoes were totally understandable.
Who ever said she was a villain? She was just overwhelmed by the whole situation and potentially fatal consequences of chasing. Not to mention she did overhear Bill admitting that he still loved Jo. I felt that she did the right thing by breaking it off in such a peaceful and amicable manner instead of storming off.
She never was a villian. She is the result of someone shrinking their comfort zone, and then bringing someone from that realm back into their comfort zone. It's little differenct from the current ":Climate change" crisis, where the rural folk realise that they have to take the world as itr is, and the world will forever change; and city folk thinking that somehow the earth climate can be stopped in one state eternally.
Any one who thinks that any of the 3 main characters are the villain is crazy the only ones who villain is the dude in the other truck who’s so arrogant that when Bill and Jo try to warn them that they are going headfirst into the danger zone and they willingly ignore them and then even mock them before they get killed by the flying tree or whatever it was
I love how this movie introduced us to every kind of tornado. The first one in the ditch with the truck was an F1. The one in the field was a "solid F2", followed by several waterspouts. A stronger F3 hits on the hill when Jo and Bill reaffirm their love for each other. A stronger F4 hits the drive-in at night and then concluding with the massive F5 at the end.
Each twister is visually accurate if you to count from F1-F5, scientifically speaking, even though the first twister they chase physically looks like an F1, it does the damage of an F4. The F2 and following water twisters don’t do enough damage so they could really be the F1’s. The remaining 3 are all fajita scale accurate in rope size and destruction.
It’s so funny how The Shining was playing at the drive in. Not long after this movie was released, not only did Helen hunt work with Nicholson in As good As It Gets, but they both won Oscar’s the following year
@@ericradford2142 An even more perfect coincidence as the movie was at exactly the point when Shelley Duvall's character was showing the same terror everyone else at the drive in must have been experiencing at the sight of a violent tornado bearing down on them.
@jamesfracasse8178 did you see it at that time? I'd think kindergarten would be a little too young for a movie like this. But I was in 3rd grade, I saw it and loved it!!
Probably more terrifying at night vs day. I imagine not having a light source to look for them and it's to late.. Maybe I'm wrong I live in Arizona we don't get them practically ever extremely rare
Just came back from seeing it and it was *_awesome,_* personally found it more enjoyable than the original, as someone who was really itching for another tornado movie that seemed rad enough to give the time of day like I would the og Twister, (I mainly found it more fun _because_ it was something new, and because the tornado facts were way more accurate... excluding the pipedream wish fulfillment of trying to stop a tornado, though seeing them try to achieve that goal was made cool enough to be exciting and not eye rolling, "so bad it's good" like I thought it'd be, which ruled,) but it could never come close to having the same... _feel_ of excitement that the original does, nah. They each build up and execute the blood pumping stuff in their own way. I don't think either is better or worse than the other in that regard. It was a super fun ride, my whole family's still talking about it, and I think that made it a worthy successor, but I don't think anyone who adamantly wants it to have that same feel as the original Twister, or see the characters stay one-track-minded on achieving a specific goal throughout the entire film like the ogs did, will enjoy it very much. Anyone who just wants to see an awesome tornado flick with great effects, infinitely more believable tornado trivia, and a fantastic lead to weather the worst the film can throw at her, I think will have a great time at the movies :)
@@HolaEspinelathe actors sucked and the movie was boring other then when the tornadoes were on screen (which weren’t enough). The ending could have been waayyyy more dramatic by making the two people hold onto each other longer before the tornado disappears. Modern movies have no soul and rely HEAVILY on lazy cgi and green screen work.
This is how females increase their survival in dangerous situations. Not thru brute strength, but a deep sense of foreboding and “I need to get out of here/somewhere safe NOW.” People call it “Witchcraft” or “Hysteria“ no it’s called intuition. Or “Sensing the Force”. Some guys have it to. That bad gut feeling. I have had those a few times, I listen to it!
@@frequentblondie I found her totally relatable. She responded as I imagine 90+% of the population would respond to the terrifying experiences she had with the tornadoes. The adrenaline junkies Bill and Jo were truly the exceptional ones. Most people just don't have the guts and insanity to do what our storm chasers do.
This scene terrified me as a kid. They spend the whole movie chasing tornadoes, but this time, the monster is chasing them. We're all at the mercy of Nature's fury.
@@thewewguy8t88This is my favourite scene in the movie, the building up of the tension and stress is just on point. At first, the TV lost signal, and the singing soon stopped. When Melissa turned the TV off, wind started picking up speed (and the awesome BGM started playing) as lighting flashed across the night sky, illuminating the shape of the tornado as it approached. Then, the sirens started blaring and the twister was here, ready to wreak havoc while all humans ran for their lives.
@@juliusma4880honestlly with a little of tweaking you have a scene straight out of a monster movie I mean heck with a bit of tweaking the entire movie could be a monster movie lol
I really see what they mean by not having enough warning 0:49 TV goes out 1:53 they see it 2:04 tornado warning issued 2:23 tornado sirens go off 3:13 hits the theatre That’s less than 3 minutes. Dang
What’s worse is that F4 was a bit slower as everyone had time to run. By the time you would see it from that distance, it would have already been in the drive in after 10 seconds.
I hated seeing her beautiful house destroyed. After a storm people always says things can be replaced, but some things absolutely can not ever be replaced.
Can I just say that looking at this scene now, that the filmmakers and editors did an AMAZING job with this scene of the approaching twister. In some tornadoes due to direction inflows and outflows of the storm, there can be a calmness in the air that you wouldn't know there's anything wrong (DEADLY wrong at that), and with it being at night makes a tornado ten times more terrifying. The fact that they gave you next to no warning that its coming and going to scrape right by them is true to life, since night time and rain-wrapped tornadoes are far more likely to kill than during the day just because of the fact you can't see them. Right before it hits, they have the effects for the lightning going off and the F4 if you can pause the video at 1:52 at just the right frame, you can see it for a split second and how close its gotten. They really did a good job with the effects on how scary an F4 at night really can be.
Not to mention if you are wearing headphones or listening through surround sound, you'll notice they added a low bellowing growl (kinda like Godzilla's low bellow growl) to add more of a horror aspect of a night time tornado. You can even hear it when they switch perspectives to Aunt Meg over her chimes.
My Midwest county just had a tornado warning days ago. Though I know there can be a calm, the ones I've experienced are usually during thunderstorms. However, this time there was that eerie calm. No wind. My backyard swings didn't move at all. Luckily my area was unaffected.
The ENTIRE new “Twisters” movie doesn’t even come CLOSE to the ominous suspense of this scene. The musical score and sound effects in this are incredible.
Absolutely. There was no build up whatsoever…..and don’t even get me started on the acting. All the actors in Twister deserve Oscar’s compared to the new one.
There is NONE of that creepy ominous music or sound in the new movie. It’s incredibly pathetic. There is more suspense in the title sequence of Twister than the ENTIRETY of the new movie...
I remember seeing this in theaters, it scared the crap out of me. Lol The slow build up of the music, the close up shots, and wind in the back ground. The excellent pan shot from the twister to Joe. Great cinematography!
This movie plays like the horror genre so well. That building tension, ominous reveal, screams of terror. Then once they're all in shelter, no music. Just ambient sound of howling. Gradual destruction of the building, not knowing what will happen next. Cameras swaying in all directions like panic. Then once we think it's scary enough, they throw a WHOLE car at the set followed by the neon sign. Truly a great shock and awe moment and really concludes the scene with thrilling intensity. Without a doubt one of the greatest weather scenes in cinema history.
I respectfully disagree. Although very entertaining, this movie plays more like tornadoes are hiding behind tree ready to spring on you. It's haha I'm a tornadoe run!!
It is a hybrid film, a mix of slasher and man vs nature but instead of it being a beast like Jaws, it is the primal forces of physics that is the thing man contends with.
Give me a break. You Zoomers try to make everything a horror movie these days. Cut the shit already. Next thing you know, y'all idiots will try to compare the Wizard of Oz to a horror movie. Oh that's right, too late, the damn flying monkeys. 🙄🤦🏽♂️
I was 9 years old when I saw Twister for the first time (this was around early 1998). This scene was, easily, the scariest part of the movie for me. From the eerie atmosphere (you know something's going to happen, but you don't know what or when), to the comic relief Dusty showing genuine fear and panic, to the visuals, it all works perfectly at instilling fear. The fact The Shining is playing only adds to that (this was my first exposure to it, and even without context, Danny encountering the twins is scary). I'm 35 and this scene still gives me chills.
Exact same here actually. Only for me it was in Russia and in that same year we had a night-time tornado hit our town just like that. I recall waking up around midnight to some horrible lightning. Like nothing I've ever seen in my young life back then. That, along with Twister pretty much made me who I am today. A storm-crazed Russian chaser :D
this whole scene was done so well. the way the cable cuts off..just the wind blowing then bill and jo looking at the tv and the way melissa looks at the windown and it just keeps building and building...then all hell breaks loose...so freaking good...oh and the music...the music is so good.
watching this scene at 37 is just as thrilling as when I was 10. This movie holds up after all these years. The fact it was blessed with PSH in a comedic relief role is the cherry on top.
I just watched it with my kids and i wholeheartedly AGREE…gave me goosebumps watching it with them as I was almost their age and watched it with my parents. 🙏🙏🙏
Love this scene!! 2:36 is such a terrifying shot of the twister, especially when the lightning illuminates it so the funnel is half-lit, half-dark!! It just adds to the suspense and feeling of imminent danger! Twister is, and always will be, the #1 storm-disaster movie for me!! 😎⚡️🌪️👍🏻
The way they shot this scene, the subtleties building in a grand crescendo. Like the wind, starting off as just a breeze to a hell storm signaling its approach. Gives this Tornado a personality like that of an angry god.
@@F5_cenaExcept the Finger of God in this movie is that they're referring to the F5 that took her father's life. And it doesn't matter if it's the same one in the present day. Jo will have to face it head-on if she's able to get closure.
Saw this in theaters 10x it was amazing seeing on a big screen before multiplex took over. Still love watching it's so well put together, no way this new one tops it
This is the greatest Twister 🌪 movie ever made and nothing will ever come close to this movie 🎬 it has that special something that just can't be Duplicated. Or remade
On May 24, 1996, a tornado destroyed Screen No. 3 at the Can-View Drive-In, a drive-in theater in Thorold, Ontario, which was scheduled to show Twister later that evening, in a real-life parallel to a scene in the film in which a tornado destroys a drive-in during a showing of the film The Shining
Melissa playing with her ring before the storm hit, i think is really significant. Makes me think she was already considering leaving Bill. I couldnt stand her as a kid but now i understands her fully. Who wouldn't freak out in this situation?
The CGI may look a bit dated now but, in terms of setting a high suspense buildup, they nailed it! Probably more so with this night scene than the other twisters because it was all about what you COULDN'T see. But all the clues are there, and the music, lead you to suspect hell is just around the corner...
Loved this movie it's a shame Bill Paxton passed away he and Helen Hunt were great characters and had good chemistry as storm chasers. Seeing how quickly the tornado touched down with very little warning for everyone on the ground was terrifying when Bill Paxton said it's already here. Just goes to show how unpredictable mother nature can be. Excellent movie. The way that Jonas got killed also freaked me out with how he refused to listen to Bill when even though they may not have been friends he still tried to save his life
It got even scarier when that tornado met up with a tornado that was stronger and both teamed up to form that monster EF5 tornado that became the final twister in the movie. 🌪
THe scene at 3:53 with the twister destroying the screen just as the movie has a closeup of the equally unraveling Jack Torrance (Nicholson) is magnificent.
In the new Twisters film they tried to replicate this scene at the rodeo, but what makes this scene so great is the slow build. It starts at 0:43 and comes to a head with the sirens at 2:22. That minute and a half feels like 5 with how good of a job they do at pulling you into the scene as the chaos unfolds. In Twisters (2024) it felt a lot faster. Weather alert on the phone, people evacuate the rodeo in seconds, and then the tornado is there. Jan DeBont did a masterful job at playing up this scene.
My son and I love this movie, especially when tornadoes are portrayed as sounding like roaring lions. Watch it again, every tornado sounds like an MGM movie opening.
We were hit by a tornado when I was 7 years old, we had just gotten off the school bus, this is pretty accurate, the house stood afterwards, but it wasn't safe, it was like being hit by a freight train, and deafening, I'm afraid of strong winds to this day, that siren goes off. I'm in the basement almost 60 years later. From Iowa
These types of tornadoes in the night are called "Nocturnal Tornadoes" and these types of tornadoes are actually deadlier than the destruction they cause in daylight.
When a tornado is coming at you, its the most helpless feeling in the world. One touched down bn our house and our neighbor and the sound was deafening. I was about 14 when it happened & wont 4get it ever.
I saw a tornado once in real life. Cut a 30 mile or so path through western Massachusetts about 14 years ago. An area not known for this sort of weather.... Sounded like a freight train going 100 mph, just like they say. Destroyed this house and that one, leaving the one in the middle almost untouched, just like a movie. Killed a few people. Just sat on the highway, stuck in traffic, watched it cross in front of us and spin through a neighborhood....pick up a whole house and just throw it like nothing.... Absolutely the scariest goddamn thing ever. I mean EVER. That said, I loved this movie in the 90s but life got a little too real that day))
This is the best tornado movie ever, twisters doesn't hold a candle to this one, this scene alone makes this movie amazing, nothing creepier then a night tornado especially a beast like this F4.
not quite, this was an F4, pa was killed by an F5, but i get what you mean, her face says it all and it's like these tornadoes are playing mind games with her.
Was caught in a tornado this week, came out of nowhere, never again do I want to go through that. It was a ef1 but still. Never had a tornado in canastota new york. Same storm spawned an ef2 almost ef3 not even 30 miles away.
I know this movie came out in 96 but I saw this as a kid on the tv in 2008 and it became one of my favorite movies but at the same time raised my fear for tornadoes Also I always saw the tornadoes as the main villains of the movie, these giant wind monsters that were after the storm chasers😂
The TV going to snow probably doesn't happen any more. The analog TVs could pick up the electrical output from lightning and tornadoes. There was a trick I dimly remember where you could turn to one of the low band channels ( 2 to 6) and then use the fine tuning control to zero in on the correct frequency. The TV would flash with lightning strokes, and if a tornado was close enough it would be a steady snow.
I saw this in the theater with my Sister, her ex-husband, and my niece....it was the first time the new Carmike opened, now it's gone due to a hurricane.....Dad gave me the money to go since I was unemployed an BROKE.....love and miss you, Dad!
Am I the only one that notices the hand popping up at 2:37 and tapping the metal plate behind it? Seems to me like an error of someone testing if it was sturdy enough because it feels so out of place hahah.
This is in my list of all-time favourite films. Even the effects still stand up to scrutiny, though, having watched too many tornado chasing videos, the sound effect of the tornado now seems wrong.
Melissa was honestly not a villain at all. She was probably my favorite of all the characters and her reactions to the tornadoes were totally understandable.
It’s funny that that woman is now richer than all of them combined in real life 😂she’s a literal billionaire because of her husband
Who ever said she was a villain? She was just overwhelmed by the whole situation and potentially fatal consequences of chasing. Not to mention she did overhear Bill admitting that he still loved Jo.
I felt that she did the right thing by breaking it off in such a peaceful and amicable manner instead of storming off.
Pretty sure the villian is the wind
She never was a villian. She is the result of someone shrinking their comfort zone, and then bringing someone from that realm back into their comfort zone.
It's little differenct from the current ":Climate change" crisis, where the rural folk realise that they have to take the world as itr is, and the world will forever change; and city folk thinking that somehow the earth climate can be stopped in one state eternally.
Any one who thinks that any of the 3 main characters are the villain is crazy the only ones who villain is the dude in the other truck who’s so arrogant that when Bill and Jo try to warn them that they are going headfirst into the danger zone and they willingly ignore them and then even mock them before they get killed by the flying tree or whatever it was
I love how this movie introduced us to every kind of tornado. The first one in the ditch with the truck was an F1. The one in the field was a "solid F2", followed by several waterspouts. A stronger F3 hits on the hill when Jo and Bill reaffirm their love for each other. A stronger F4 hits the drive-in at night and then concluding with the massive F5 at the end.
Except they forgot the F0.
Each twister is visually accurate if you to count from F1-F5, scientifically speaking, even though the first twister they chase physically looks like an F1, it does the damage of an F4. The F2 and following water twisters don’t do enough damage so they could really be the F1’s. The remaining 3 are all fajita scale accurate in rope size and destruction.
F0's are lame and don't hurt shit and they have the shortest lifespan five minutes at most
@@scarpfish waterspouts are F0
@@racersedge2511There are such things as a tornadic waterspout that can be as damaging and potentially destructive as a tornado on land.
It’s so funny how The Shining was playing at the drive in. Not long after this movie was released, not only did Helen hunt work with Nicholson in As good As It Gets, but they both won Oscar’s the following year
Coincidence that The Shining was playing as the tornado hit?
@@TheBoondoggler just a thought.
@@ericradford2142 An even more perfect coincidence as the movie was at exactly the point when Shelley Duvall's character was showing the same terror everyone else at the drive in must have been experiencing at the sight of a violent tornado bearing down on them.
Nicholson saying “here’s Johnny” as the tornado tore apart the screen was a great detail.
A classic within a classic.
Twister is such a great movie, hard to believe it was 1996!!!
Was in kindergarten when it came out in theaters 1:01
@jamesfracasse8178 did you see it at that time? I'd think kindergarten would be a little too young for a movie like this. But I was in 3rd grade, I saw it and loved it!!
@@JessG_20 I saw it alright and it was awesome,then again I also saw the original jaws movie 🍿🎥 at 5 years old so that says something there
They’re making another one from what I seen
Now 28 years old this past Friday may 10 2024
Tornados coming at night can be scary. The movie TWISTER is a thriller.
yeah
Thanks for that insiteful input 😅
True that
Night tornadoes are Nocturnal Tornadoes
Probably more terrifying at night vs day. I imagine not having a light source to look for them and it's to late..
Maybe I'm wrong I live in Arizona we don't get them practically ever extremely rare
The New Version of Twister could never top this older version. It is so well done!
No it will not live up to the original twister
They replaced the drive in tornado scene with a rodeo tornado scene
Probably Twisters is gonna be a funny disaster movie... But this one... This one is my childhood and still remain the best tornado movies ever.
Just came back from seeing it and it was *_awesome,_* personally found it more enjoyable than the original, as someone who was really itching for another tornado movie that seemed rad enough to give the time of day like I would the og Twister, (I mainly found it more fun _because_ it was something new, and because the tornado facts were way more accurate... excluding the pipedream wish fulfillment of trying to stop a tornado, though seeing them try to achieve that goal was made cool enough to be exciting and not eye rolling, "so bad it's good" like I thought it'd be, which ruled,) but it could never come close to having the same... _feel_ of excitement that the original does, nah. They each build up and execute the blood pumping stuff in their own way. I don't think either is better or worse than the other in that regard. It was a super fun ride, my whole family's still talking about it, and I think that made it a worthy successor, but I don't think anyone who adamantly wants it to have that same feel as the original Twister, or see the characters stay one-track-minded on achieving a specific goal throughout the entire film like the ogs did, will enjoy it very much. Anyone who just wants to see an awesome tornado flick with great effects, infinitely more believable tornado trivia, and a fantastic lead to weather the worst the film can throw at her, I think will have a great time at the movies :)
@@HolaEspinelathe actors sucked and the movie was boring other then when the tornadoes were on screen (which weren’t enough). The ending could have been waayyyy more dramatic by making the two people hold onto each other longer before the tornado disappears. Modern movies have no soul and rely HEAVILY on lazy cgi and green screen work.
I like how Melissa, after being with them on those chases, started to learn about the weather and developed a sense of her own that something was up.
Yep, the pure shock on her face said it all.
This is how females increase their survival in dangerous situations.
Not thru brute strength, but a deep sense of foreboding and “I need to get out of here/somewhere safe NOW.”
People call it “Witchcraft” or “Hysteria“ no it’s called intuition.
Or “Sensing the Force”.
Some guys have it to. That bad gut feeling.
I have had those a few times, I listen to it!
I hated her. For no reason. 😂 I just hated her I have no idea why...
@@frequentblondie I found her totally relatable. She responded as I imagine 90+% of the population would respond to the terrifying experiences she had with the tornadoes. The adrenaline junkies Bill and Jo were truly the exceptional ones. Most people just don't have the guts and insanity to do what our storm chasers do.
@@10Peter25shit if you threw a Jeep at me, I definitely wouldn’t have the reflexes that Melissa had.
This scene terrified me as a kid. They spend the whole movie chasing tornadoes, but this time, the monster is chasing them. We're all at the mercy of Nature's fury.
Yeah I like the way the Twisters in twister are basically like the raptors in Jurassic Park
yeah i have to admit this scene was pretty intense.
@@thewewguy8t88This is my favourite scene in the movie, the building up of the tension and stress is just on point. At first, the TV lost signal, and the singing soon stopped. When Melissa turned the TV off, wind started picking up speed (and the awesome BGM started playing) as lighting flashed across the night sky, illuminating the shape of the tornado as it approached. Then, the sirens started blaring and the twister was here, ready to wreak havoc while all humans ran for their lives.
@@juliusma4880honestlly with a little of tweaking you have a scene straight out of a monster movie I mean heck with a bit of tweaking the entire movie could be a monster movie lol
The only "real" Twister movie! The Nineties were the best era for great movies. Every month another masterpiece!
SO true
The 80s too!
Ok boomer
@@xJeremySx I mean I’m gen z and I agree too lol
@@will15888ok zoomer
1:04 he immediately looks to the sky because his intuition is kicking in. awesome acting👍
That distinct chill in the air followed by volatile lightning meant one thing: trouble was coming
Aunt Meg did say he's a human barometer. 😉
I really see what they mean by not having enough warning
0:49 TV goes out
1:53 they see it
2:04 tornado warning issued
2:23 tornado sirens go off
3:13 hits the theatre
That’s less than 3 minutes. Dang
That’s exactly why minutes count in a tornado warning.👍🏻
Holy shit I didn’t know @ 1:53 they see it
Yes
Never solely rely on warnings to be issued. The tornado could have taken out the TV towers on its way to them.
What’s worse is that F4 was a bit slower as everyone had time to run. By the time you would see it from that distance, it would have already been in the drive in after 10 seconds.
I hated seeing her beautiful house destroyed. After a storm people always says things can be replaced, but some things absolutely can not ever be replaced.
Very true
Can I just say that looking at this scene now, that the filmmakers and editors did an AMAZING job with this scene of the approaching twister. In some tornadoes due to direction inflows and outflows of the storm, there can be a calmness in the air that you wouldn't know there's anything wrong (DEADLY wrong at that), and with it being at night makes a tornado ten times more terrifying. The fact that they gave you next to no warning that its coming and going to scrape right by them is true to life, since night time and rain-wrapped tornadoes are far more likely to kill than during the day just because of the fact you can't see them. Right before it hits, they have the effects for the lightning going off and the F4 if you can pause the video at 1:52 at just the right frame, you can see it for a split second and how close its gotten. They really did a good job with the effects on how scary an F4 at night really can be.
Not to mention if you are wearing headphones or listening through surround sound, you'll notice they added a low bellowing growl (kinda like Godzilla's low bellow growl) to add more of a horror aspect of a night time tornado. You can even hear it when they switch perspectives to Aunt Meg over her chimes.
Rolling Fork dealt with this kind of situation not long ago.
Texas just lost 7 people in Sanger, Lake Ray Roberts, Valley View
My Midwest county just had a tornado warning days ago. Though I know there can be a calm, the ones I've experienced are usually during thunderstorms. However, this time there was that eerie calm. No wind. My backyard swings didn't move at all. Luckily my area was unaffected.
The perfect cameo appearance where Jack Nicholson was close to saying, "Here's Johnny!" Part where the twister destroyed the screen.
Heres Twisty!
😂
F4: Twisty is coming to get you Bill 😈
The ENTIRE new “Twisters” movie doesn’t even come CLOSE to the ominous suspense of this scene. The musical score and sound effects in this are incredible.
Saw it in the theater..so good❤
Absolutely. There was no build up whatsoever…..and don’t even get me started on the acting. All the actors in Twister deserve Oscar’s compared to the new one.
Exactly!!! I was so frustrated when I saw it it was pure spectacle
Agree to disagree the visuals on the new one made it much more threatening imo
Twister only needed one movie and it was done just fine.
Same goes for sinister
R.I.P. Bill Paxton.
I hate to say but.........Game over man game over!!!!!!
Chet will always be missed
And Eddie Van Halen
🥒🙏😭
And Philip Seymour Hoffman.
I don't care what Hollywood CGI can come up with now--nothing scared me more back in the day than the toronado scene in Wizard Of Oz 😂
yep!
a sock if I remember correctly
The second wizard of Oz was dark right?
Damn
That tornado was done entirely with practical effects, too.
You know, you might be right.
The musical score for this movie was phenomenal. The music with this scene is spot on. Very apocalyptic.
There is NONE of that creepy ominous music or sound in the new movie. It’s incredibly pathetic. There is more suspense in the title sequence of Twister than the ENTIRETY of the new movie...
I remember seeing this in theaters, it scared the crap out of me. Lol
The slow build up of the music, the close up shots, and wind in the back ground. The excellent pan shot from the twister to Joe. Great cinematography!
Maybe this will be a flashback sequence in twister 🌀 2 coming out in theaters in July 0:52
I would've been surprised if it didn't scare you. Anybody would be scared if a giant wedge tornado appears out of the darkness suddenly
2:11 Dusty: JO, BILL IT'S COMING IT'S HEADED RIGHT FOR US
Bill: it's already here EVERYBODY UNDERGROUND NOW
2:17 - I love the way Bill says, "It's already here!"
The way Malissa was playing with her engagement ring, taking it on and off, foreshadowing what she felt was gonna happen
This movie plays like the horror genre so well. That building tension, ominous reveal, screams of terror. Then once they're all in shelter, no music. Just ambient sound of howling. Gradual destruction of the building, not knowing what will happen next. Cameras swaying in all directions like panic. Then once we think it's scary enough, they throw a WHOLE car at the set followed by the neon sign. Truly a great shock and awe moment and really concludes the scene with thrilling intensity. Without a doubt one of the greatest weather scenes in cinema history.
and HERE'S JOHNNY
I respectfully disagree. Although very entertaining, this movie plays more like tornadoes are hiding behind tree ready to spring on you. It's haha I'm a tornadoe run!!
@matthewcreech8259 much like a stalker killer in a slasher film
It is a hybrid film, a mix of slasher and man vs nature but instead of it being a beast like Jaws, it is the primal forces of physics that is the thing man contends with.
Give me a break. You Zoomers try to make everything a horror movie these days. Cut the shit already. Next thing you know, y'all idiots will try to compare the Wizard of Oz to a horror movie. Oh that's right, too late, the damn flying monkeys. 🙄🤦🏽♂️
I was 9 years old when I saw Twister for the first time (this was around early 1998). This scene was, easily, the scariest part of the movie for me. From the eerie atmosphere (you know something's going to happen, but you don't know what or when), to the comic relief Dusty showing genuine fear and panic, to the visuals, it all works perfectly at instilling fear. The fact The Shining is playing only adds to that (this was my first exposure to it, and even without context, Danny encountering the twins is scary). I'm 35 and this scene still gives me chills.
Exact same here actually. Only for me it was in Russia and in that same year we had a night-time tornado hit our town just like that. I recall waking up around midnight to some horrible lightning. Like nothing I've ever seen in my young life back then. That, along with Twister pretty much made me who I am today. A storm-crazed Russian chaser :D
Same here cause it can happen at night without warning
A large violent tornado appearing out of the darkness would scare anyone
This scene traumatized me as a kid the shining playing while the tornado was ripping through everything was too much for me
This is my fav scene in Twister. Cant wait for Twisters
Mine too!!!
Me too. I can't wait to see what happens in Twisters
The tornado hits the movie screen right as Jack Nicholson says "here's Johnny". Don't think for a moment that wasn't intentional.
this whole scene was done so well. the way the cable cuts off..just the wind blowing then bill and jo looking at the tv and the way melissa looks at the windown and it just keeps building and building...then all hell breaks loose...so freaking good...oh and the music...the music is so good.
watching this scene at 37 is just as thrilling as when I was 10. This movie holds up after all these years. The fact it was blessed with PSH in a comedic relief role is the cherry on top.
I just watched it with my kids and i wholeheartedly AGREE…gave me goosebumps watching it with them as I was almost their age and watched it with my parents. 🙏🙏🙏
What's PSH? It's not a universal acronym so you're equired to edit your poast & spell it out in addition.
@@Some_One_One use the context of that sentence and I’m almost certain you will get this figured out.
@@DragonTales129
Don't know what kind of effects called PSH cause comedic relief
@@Some_One_One it appears you may be the only one 🥲
3:54 F4 Tornado: Here’s Twisty! 😈🌪️
No no no no the f4 tornado:here's Johnny
Best scene 🤣
F4: Here's Johnny! 😈
This always felt like this is where the fun stops chasing the 🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️
Love this scene!! 2:36 is such a terrifying shot of the twister, especially when the lightning illuminates it so the funnel is half-lit, half-dark!! It just adds to the suspense and feeling of imminent danger!
Twister is, and always will be, the #1 storm-disaster movie for me!! 😎⚡️🌪️👍🏻
U ain’t lyin
I saw it in Theater back then ... What a rollercoaster ride was that
This movie is like Jurassic Park but with tornadoes.
Well, both movies are written by Michael Crichton.
The way they shot this scene, the subtleties building in a grand crescendo. Like the wind, starting off as just a breeze to a hell storm signaling its approach. Gives this Tornado a personality like that of an angry god.
Finger of God
@@F5_cenaExcept the Finger of God in this movie is that they're referring to the F5 that took her father's life. And it doesn't matter if it's the same one in the present day. Jo will have to face it head-on if she's able to get closure.
Saw this in theaters 10x it was amazing seeing on a big screen before multiplex took over. Still love watching it's so well put together, no way this new one tops it
Great movie. RIP Bill. You were in my favorite movie of all time "Tombstone". Helen Hunt & Bill's passion is perfect.
80s knew how to come up with ideas. 90s knew how to come up with a scene.
I absolutely love this movie and I'm so stoked about Twisters
That can be scary when a tornado is hitting in the middle of the night.
Southern
It totally is. It's hard enough to see them at night. When it's rain wrapped, it's almost impossible.
Can't wait for the new twisters hopefully it can be a good as this movie
I saw the preview and wasn't really sure. It looked like Alot was AI generated. Really loved the sound track to the new movie though.
Looks to AI generated I think
I really hope we see a cameo from one of the actors rom the original
It's Hollywood, there is a good chance they will find a way to screw it up.
Twister was the first DVD my mom ever bought us. And it was my favorite movie ever since.
The way Jo protects that guy ❤
This is the greatest Twister 🌪 movie ever made and nothing will ever come close to this movie 🎬 it has that special something that just can't be Duplicated. Or remade
The new one coming out this summer will never be able to replicate the tension, suspense, and horror from this one scene alone.
You have no way of knowing this.
@@yolandaponkers1581only time will tell if the new movie will hold a candle 🕯️ to the original movie 🍿🎥 3:39
We shall see!
I would like another steak breakfast...
Hopefully they will try as hard!
Bill Paxton was an incredible actor. Grew up watching movies with him In them. Wish he was still around playing in movies.
Who’s here in 2024 right before Twisters 28 years later???????
Very very good film. Always reminds me of experiencing supercell thunderstorms abroad.
On May 24, 1996, a tornado destroyed Screen No. 3 at the Can-View Drive-In, a drive-in theater in Thorold, Ontario, which was scheduled to show Twister later that evening, in a real-life parallel to a scene in the film in which a tornado destroys a drive-in during a showing of the film The Shining
Wow.....that's surreal
Melissa playing with her ring before the storm hit, i think is really significant. Makes me think she was already considering leaving Bill.
I couldnt stand her as a kid but now i understands her fully. Who wouldn't freak out in this situation?
The CGI may look a bit dated now but, in terms of setting a high suspense buildup, they nailed it! Probably more so with this night scene than the other twisters because it was all about what you COULDN'T see. But all the clues are there, and the music, lead you to suspect hell is just around the corner...
Loved this movie it's a shame Bill Paxton passed away he and Helen Hunt were great characters and had good chemistry as storm chasers. Seeing how quickly the tornado touched down with very little warning for everyone on the ground was terrifying when Bill Paxton said it's already here. Just goes to show how unpredictable mother nature can be. Excellent movie. The way that Jonas got killed also freaked me out with how he refused to listen to Bill when even though they may not have been friends he still tried to save his life
I was about 1 year old wen I first saw this movie and im 27 and this scene still scares the crap out of me
How can you even remember watching it when you were just 1 year old? 😅
Cause it came out in 1996 an I first watched it in 1998
Doesn’t make sense lol 😂 you didn’t remember this at 1 years old come on.
@@MrAjking808 yes I do
@@MrAjking808 I have good memory
I’ve watched this movie countless times, but this is the first time I’m realizing Judy Garland. I’m guessing this is an Easter egg
I always loved how the tornado hits the screen when the HERE'S JOHNNY scene plays on the screen
''HERE'S JOHNNY!'' . .Tornado ''HERE, HOLD MY BEER''.
😂😂😂😂😂
It got even scarier when that tornado met up with a tornado that was stronger and both teamed up to form that monster EF5 tornado that became the final twister in the movie. 🌪
Best movie EVER made!!!!!!!
What a great movie! And I originally saw it when it first came out at a drive-in at Columbia PA. Wish that place was still there.
There are about 100000 cinema sins against this flick, but I still love it.
THe scene at 3:53 with the twister destroying the screen just as the movie has a closeup of the equally unraveling Jack Torrance (Nicholson) is magnificent.
In a Tornado things get picked up and blown. They don't start just falling like in an earthquake. And it's gone in a minute.
In the new Twisters film they tried to replicate this scene at the rodeo, but what makes this scene so great is the slow build. It starts at 0:43 and comes to a head with the sirens at 2:22. That minute and a half feels like 5 with how good of a job they do at pulling you into the scene as the chaos unfolds. In Twisters (2024) it felt a lot faster. Weather alert on the phone, people evacuate the rodeo in seconds, and then the tornado is there. Jan DeBont did a masterful job at playing up this scene.
This is my favorite scene in the whole movie.
2:37 Jesus that thing is terrifying
And just think, it’s not the final one.
Jesus ain’t got nothing to do with it.
Terrifying but beautiful in its own scary way
@@ericradford2142 Always people taking Jabs at the Lord smh
@@ericradford2142 always taking jabs at the lord smh
Don't get me wrong, I liked the new Twisters movie. But nothing will ever beat how iconic, nostalgic, and honestly terrifying this scene is for me.
Between the New One and This I’d say They are Both My Favorite…..But This is The One I’ll Always Remember And Love ❤🌪️🌪️🌪️
My son and I love this movie, especially when tornadoes are portrayed as sounding like roaring lions. Watch it again, every tornado sounds like an MGM movie opening.
4:00 "EVERYBODY MOVE, CMON!!!"
"Dude, we're already down here" 😅
We were hit by a tornado when I was 7 years old, we had just gotten off the school bus, this is pretty accurate, the house stood afterwards, but it wasn't safe, it was like being hit by a freight train, and deafening, I'm afraid of strong winds to this day, that siren goes off. I'm in the basement almost 60 years later. From Iowa
If Twister is getting a sequel, I want a sequel to The Day After Tomorrow!!!!
What, "Week after tomorrow"?
1996 or not, the effects done in this movie were great.
These types of tornadoes in the night are called "Nocturnal Tornadoes" and these types of tornadoes are actually deadlier than the destruction they cause in daylight.
When a TV goes static, that means there's gonna be a twister.
When a tornado is coming at you, its the most helpless feeling in the world.
One touched down bn our house and our neighbor and the sound was deafening. I was about 14 when it happened & wont 4get it ever.
Great shot of the twister and Jack Nicholson.
I saw a tornado once in real life. Cut a 30 mile or so path through western Massachusetts about 14 years ago. An area not known for this sort of weather.... Sounded like a freight train going 100 mph, just like they say. Destroyed this house and that one, leaving the one in the middle almost untouched, just like a movie. Killed a few people. Just sat on the highway, stuck in traffic, watched it cross in front of us and spin through a neighborhood....pick up a whole house and just throw it like nothing.... Absolutely the scariest goddamn thing ever. I mean EVER.
That said, I loved this movie in the 90s but life got a little too real that day))
This is the best tornado movie ever, twisters doesn't hold a candle to this one, this scene alone makes this movie amazing, nothing creepier then a night tornado especially a beast like this F4.
Best video of this great scene on TH-cam.
I saw the movie when it came in theaters. Great acting, great story and I said to myself, it’s just a movie. Then I saw the devastation at Joplin!!!!😮
Yea. The scene where they went to Wakita after the F4 hit was a lot like Joplin: they had like no warning. Though Joplin was an EF-5.
Jo at 2:45: that's the bastard that killed my Pa.
not quite, this was an F4, pa was killed by an F5, but i get what you mean, her face says it all and it's like these tornadoes are playing mind games with her.
“It’s already here. 😨”
There are cats and ninjas that aren’t that stealthy!
I was living in South Florida then this movie😔 scared the crap out of me😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
You know for not having too much realism some tornadoes like this can go unnoticed till too late. It can be quite common especially for rain-wraps
Was caught in a tornado this week, came out of nowhere, never again do I want to go through that. It was a ef1 but still. Never had a tornado in canastota new york. Same storm spawned an ef2 almost ef3 not even 30 miles away.
I know this movie came out in 96 but I saw this as a kid on the tv in 2008 and it became one of my favorite movies but at the same time raised my fear for tornadoes
Also I always saw the tornadoes as the main villains of the movie, these giant wind monsters that were after the storm chasers😂
This was the scene used in the Universal Studios attraction Twister.
I remember had a quite long term crush with Helen Hunt at the time
3:20 the cops are like a hell no im getting out of here 😂
This is my favourite scene and the first tornsdo scene when they drive in that ditch when you see the barn get abliterated to debre
The TV going to snow probably doesn't happen any more. The analog TVs could pick up the electrical output from lightning and tornadoes.
There was a trick I dimly remember where you could turn to one of the low band channels ( 2 to 6) and then use the fine tuning control to zero in on the correct frequency. The TV would flash with lightning strokes, and if a tornado was close enough it would be a steady snow.
The power grid for that town must be insane to survive a hit from an F4 and barely start flickering after the storm was leaving.
Probably switched to a secondary line
I saw this in the theater with my Sister, her ex-husband, and my niece....it was the first time the new Carmike opened, now it's gone due to a hurricane.....Dad gave me the money to go since I was unemployed an BROKE.....love and miss you, Dad!
Am I the only one that notices the hand popping up at 2:37 and tapping the metal plate behind it? Seems to me like an error of someone testing if it was sturdy enough because it feels so out of place hahah.
That’s part of the movie that’s playing at the drive-in..
@@robertr798I feel incredibly stupid now, you're right lmao!
06:35 RIP Moose June 22, 2006
This is in my list of all-time favourite films. Even the effects still stand up to scrutiny, though, having watched too many tornado chasing videos, the sound effect of the tornado now seems wrong.
Bill Paxton is a jewel to every movie ❤ (since pvt. Hudson)
That was some real tough neon on that sign......
can't wait for the 4k blue ray release
I pre-ordered it already. Coming July 9th!
That is pretty terrifying that the tornado just showed up in the night time and it's very dangerous