I'll say the scene with the nurse in Exorcist 3 (if you've seen it, you know which scene I'm talking about :) ). I've seen that movie a dozen times, and that scene still scares me every time. Great movie, in general, brilliant writing.

Most of Nosferatu!

The scene in the boiler room where Freddy is slicing off his fingers (Nightmare on Elm Street 1)

The original movie still is one of the scariest movies in my mind :)

- Noel

Oh yeah, and the scene in Halloween when you think Michael is dead and in the background he suddenly sits straight up (if you've seen the movie, you know where I am talking!) :)

- Noel

Any scene with Madonna in it.

**Paris**

Any scene in the latter half of Eraserhead.

While it may not be the scariest, the one that made me jump most was the scene from "Jaws". No further explanation needed! :)

Ed

While it may not be the scariest, the one that made me jump most was the scene from "Jaws". No further explanation needed! :)

Ed

Ed:

You stole my thunder (popcorn?). When Jaws first came out, the lines stretched around the block to get in. Our party got the last four tickets for this particular show... and they were in (about) row six. The joint was packed.

So when "Bruce" (the cast's name for the star of the flick) unexpectely showed his smiling face while Roy Scheider was chumming from the stern, I went about two rows backwards. The collective gasps by the entire audience and numerous cries of terror were unforgetable.

Seeing this same scene 30 some years later (on a TV screen), it looks pretty low tech and cheesy, but for its time and from row six in front of a huge movie screen, it left a lifelong impression!

The deadpan "We need a bigger boat" observation was a priceless.

~Danny~

That's right Danny. It seems a little low tech now. My wife took the kids to see it the night before she was able to pry me away from TV to see it. She told me she sat next to a stranger when she saw it the previous evening. The other woman grabbed my wife's arm, and screamed when that scene was shown. It was pretty good for it's time.

Ed

i "loved" that scene in "the night of the living dead" [as my avatar already suggests :happy: ;) ], where that girl slowly dies, and then kills her mother in that basement of the house where they hid.... this scene is just perfectly done in that remake - the colour version of the first movie...

:hat:

The first Alien movie scared the stuffing out of me!

The Changeling with George C. Scott.
As if the very opening scene wasn't scary enough for a family man.
The thumping sound and the brief glimpses of a young face under water...
Ah!
This is the only movie that *seriously* creeped me out.

I remember watching Jaws back in middle school. During lunch break, they would show a movie in the theatre and it only took a dime to get in. It would take a whole week to see just one movie, starting on Monday and ending on Friday. That Friday the entire theater jumped and screamed something awlful. It was awesome.

Some of the slower scenes in Fargo creeped me a bit as well. Like when 'Marlboro Man' was sitting in the room all by himself.

The Changeling was the first movie I ever saw that used stereo effects to scare you (the child's voice behind you, etc.). I was really impressed (and scared) at the time. But I wonder how it translates to home viewing? Now I want to see it again to check it out in 5.1 Dolby :)

The Changeling + 5.1 = envy
I'll bring some pizza and a few brews.

i have to agree with Just Checking about the original Night of the Living Dead movie. i went with a bunch of friends and the movie was over sold, so we down in front of the first row and layed on the carpet. mind you, this was when theatres were still BIG and had BIG screens. now imagine laying down below that big screen and looking up to see a bunch of living dead walking around. an interesting experience.

and like raniday, the first Alien had me on the edge of the seat throughout most of it. odd that the rest of the series seemed mundane.

and let's also give a nod to Hitchcock. Psycho and Vertigo were great.

and what was that one where the house, in fact the whole subdivision, was built on an ancient Indian burial grounds. that was the one where the little girl is watching the static on the tv and says something like, 'they're baaa-aack!'.

ya gotta love a good scare movie :)

Craig

In the original Carrie, at the end. Her friend goes to visit Carrie's grave. While she is sitting on the grave that hand reaches out from the dirt and grabs her. I've seen that movie a lot--and even though I know it's coiming, it still gets me...