I came across a list earlier today of the 100 scariest movies scenes that Bravo put together and wondered what other people thought. Do you agree with this list? Is your favorite scary scene on here? If not, what is it?

http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Scariest_Movie_Moments/

Some of it I agree with, but not all e.g. I don"t think "The Wizard Of Oz" is scary.

Some of the scariest movie moments I have seen.

The scene in The Exorcist where she twists her head around. Also the scene where the little girl goes down the stars on her back crawling, while blood is spurting out of her mouth.

The scene in the Shining where Jack is breaking into the bathroom. Also the scene where he is following Wendy up the stairs.

The scene in the Blair Witch project where their tent is being all moved. Also, the scene at the end in the house.

The scence in Halloween, where the murderer is in the house and wont die.

The scene in Stir Of Echoes where the main character is hypnotized and things arent how they are supposed to be.

The scene in What Lies Beneath when Michelle Pheiffer is drugged in the bathtub.

The scene in Psycho in the shower. Also the scene where the detective is going into the house and the "mother" comes out.

The scene in Silence of the Lambs where Clarice is in Buffalo Bill's house.

The scene in the Ring where the Boyfriend is being killed.

I could list a lot more, but thats enough for now.

Hm, scariest scenes huh? Lets see...
(in no particular order)

-Dark Water (original): The scene in the elevator at the end.

-The Shining: Twins in the corridor

-Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original): The creepy opening scene. (and countless other scenes)

-The Ring (original): Flash of dead girl in little room at the beginning.

-Carrie: Carrie's hand rises from the grave.

-The Grudge (remake): Ghost girl in the attic appears out of nowhere.

-Poltergeist: The guy's face melts, ugh.

-Psycho (original): The mother kills the detective. The creepy last scene is scary too.

-Sixth Sense: Grose ghost girl in tent vomits.

-The Birds: Guy with no eyes.

-The Fly: Nails coming off.

That's all for now.

Nice call on these! I like the psychologically scary ones more than the gory ones...

Edward, are you a fan of the Japanese horror movies?

yeah, I really like japanese horror films. Ringu is obviously the most famous one but, for some reason, my favourite one is Dark Water. Ring 2 wasn't very scary but still an interesting film. I liked the Grudge but preferred the American one.
I like the fact that these films rely on a mounting creepy atmosphere rather than blood and guts splattering all over the place. hehe

Mister E, so interesting that you prefered the American Grudge...how so? its much more common to hear that someone didn't like the american version of japanese films!

Are you planning to see the new Dark Water?

yeah, i know, i surprised myself actually. I wasnt expecting much from the Grudge American version. I actually didn't like the American remakes of the Ring But I thought The Grudge was genuinely spooky and less confusing than the original. It seems as if the director put right many of the wrongs of his original film.
As for the remake of Dark Water, i'm looking forward to it and hope the Americans do a good job on it.
Other asian horror films i like are The Eye and A Tale of Two Sisters, both brilliant.

I saw the Eye. It felt so different from many movies. It could have satisfied two movies, for the second half felt like a completely different movie. I definitely became more interested during the second half.

I see what you mean, for me it's a film that works not only as a Ringu-style horror tale but also dramatically: the scenes where the girl progressively learns to cope with her new ability to see and, of course, the big explosion in the end, are scenes that you don't really expect to see in a horror film. What I like about this film I guess is that it cares about its main character and doesn't just try to freak you out but also tell you a decent story.

EDIT: I'm going to get better at this, I promise... SPOILER ALERT! ...there, I said it.

My picks are due mostly to a vivid imagination as a child… I haven’t been really freaked out by a movie in a very long time… unfortunately. I really liked The Blair Witch Project though. I’ll never look at someone standing in the corner of a dark room the same way again.

Creepy Factor: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original)
The family introduces Grandpa to the captive girl. All the audience is presented with is a corpse sitting slumped over in a chair. How clever, I thought… the cannibalistic family doesn’t even realize that he’s dead. Then, in a seemingly insignificant camera shot, a cruel smile creeps across his withered, hollow face.

In Your Face Factor: Jaws (Can’t remember which one… I think it was the first.)
I can’t even remember the circumstances behind the scene, but it’s when that poor sap’s face pops out with the mangled eye underwater.

Gross Out Factor: Dead Alive (Uncut Version)
Poor mother doesn’t realize that her ear has fallen off her head and into her soup. It lucky for the other dinner guests that all goes unnoticed… too bad for the audience. Munching on one’s diseased and rotting ear has never been so beautifully captured before. ;-)

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A interesting topic because a movie with a scariest moment may not necessarily be the scariest movie. Classic scary movies have the ability to sustain the scary tension throughout the movie with periods of elevated relief and then a sudden rush of fearful flashes that rip your soul apart.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the original version maintained a high level of anxiety though not a pronounced number of actually scary moments).

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Personally, John Carpenter's remake of The Thing where the dog became rapid alien transformed hit me very hard because it raised the possibility that in that contemporary moment (not black and white) that perhaps any living entity could suddenly become a threat to my life. It scared me.

Wait Until Dark (seen in complete darkness) had a very powerful impact at the end.

Psycho and the shower scene was brilliant.

Alien and the chestburster scene was classic.

Jaws and Exorcist were also very potent in their fear factor.

The scene in Alien -re-release I do believe- where Ripley comes across where the alien has been storing its victims. It was so good they used it in the sequel.

"ki..ki...kiiiiill meeeee" EGAD! It gave me creeps that went all the way up my spine into the back of my head.

The Shining the old woman scene. Creeped me right out of my skin.

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The scene in Alien -re-release I do believe- where Ripley comes across where the alien has been storing its victims. It was so good they used it in the sequel.

"ki..ki...kiiiiill meeeee" EGAD! It gave me creeps that went all the way up my spine into the back of my head.

As a long time fan of this movie since it originally came out, I knew that something like the director's cut version of this seen with Dallas existed. Personally, I didn't find the movie very scary as I knew what was happening. Having seen this movie many, many times, I found this particularly scene slowed the pacing of Ripley's thrilling escape from the Nostromo and actually detracted from the scariness of the sequence. There wasn't any suspense, there wasn't any question. It was eerie, but the scene wasn't scary for me personally. I'm glad, however, that you found it so and thus supports the Director's cut. For me, I like the original release better.

The wheelchair scene from The Changeling frightened me as a child and the camera angles still do the trick. George C. Scott ascending the attic stairs is also a great scary moment.

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The wheelchair scene from The Changeling frightened me as a child and the camera angles still do the trick. George C. Scott ascending the attic stairs is also a great scary moment.

Very true! The whole movie was scary. It was kinda boring too, but it was one of those weird movies where the boring parts made the scare scenes better. Maybe that's not that weird.

Scariest movie moment?
Don't Look Now, the ending. God, that creeps me out. And it stays with me, that's the worst part.

During Poltergeist, when I found out I enjoyed this movie and not because I found it embarrassingly hilarious and dumb.

Signs: The hand from the coal shaft and the reflection of the alien in the TV at the end

The Sixth Sense: The kid with the massive head wound, and the girl vomitting in the tent

Saw: The man snapping photos in the dark

The Amityville Horror (remake): little kid in the bathroom

28 Days Later: zombies smashing into the main character's parents house

The Ring: the girl crawling out of the TV and the flashback to the girl in the closet

The Others: the kids hiding in the closet when the old lady appears

The Hills Have Eyes (remake): the entire attack on the trailer

The Blair Witch Project: the final scene

I was never really scared in a lot of movies but as a kid Pet Cemetry scared me when the little boy came back to life. Next, was The Exorcist and everything she did, actually the scene where she comes down the stairs awkwardly was freaky. Finally, the entire trailer scene in The Hills Have Eyes. OMG!!!