Movie moments that startled/scared the bejeezes out if you

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Movie moments that startled/scared the bejeezes out if you Not really "scary" movies, but those moments of surprise that catch you off gaurd. What started the thought was watching THE FORGOTTEN, I know, not reviewed well at all, but nothing on, it was on STARZ and in DD, so we watched it. Anyway, when they were driving down the street at night and they got slammed into the side by another car, made myself and wife jump. We had it turned up pretty good so the impact was pretty intense. Then when they are introgating the guy in the cabin and all of a sudden he's gone. But I suppose the classic pick is in JAWS when the head pops into the porthole in the night diving scene. Sure I can think of others, but those came to mind first. The funniest is when we were watching Italian Job after installing the Sub Woofer, our parrot was cover up for the night and sleeping on his perch. When the explosion at the beginning went off, so did the bird. We heard him drop to the bottom of the cage He's alright and used to it now.

 

[Jmoney715]

lets see, Stir of Echos with Kevin Bacon, by the way that movie is DTS ES 6.1 i believe... anyway, the scene when he sits down after being hypnotized, he goes down stairs to sit on his couch then he turns to his left and sees the ghost suddenly appear... the sound on that movie is pretty decent too, a few times where it made me jump.

 

[djoxygen]

Aliens. When they find the lab with the preserved face-hugger specimens and the one that's still alive slams against the wall of the jar.

The first time I saw that I almost ended up 1 row farther back in the theater. The next time, when I knew it was coming, I turned around and peeked back between the seats to watch everyone else in the theater jump!

 

[SeenThatMovie2]

I remember being so scared watching Aliens I actually backed up into my chair with my feet scrunched up...as if I could run like that!

When I saw Jurassic Park in the theater....the scene where the T-rex is chasing the 3 people in the jeep, almost catches up, and leans in to eat the chaotician....another lean back in the seat to get away from the monster moment. Didn't even realize I was doing it then laffed at myself.

 

[Doug917]

Another pretty good one is in Final Destination where the chick turns and walks right in front of the bus. That one caught me offguard. I had to rewind to see it again.

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

Jaws. When they are checking out an attacked boat, the scubadiver is looking around, goes up to a hole and TADA! out pops a head. That scared the crap out of me in 1975 when I saw it on the big screen.

 

[claudermilk]

The Aliens one got me too. A more recent one, when Bilbo goes for the Ring at Rivendell. Even the third viewing knowing it was coming I still jumped a bit.

 

[Audioholics]

When you actually first see the aliens in Signs - that scared the pants off me.

 

[gralridr]

Darkness Falls. The scenes when the tooth fairy is grabbing people is scary only due to the affects of surrounds speakers. You can hear the tooth fairy travel from one speaker to another and then when he pounce, it sounds like he is grabbing at you instead of the man.

 

[MDS]

Final Destination 2.

It was on cable one night. I had no idea what it was about. I was just watching causually while doing other things and WHAM the giant safe or something falls and crushes the person. That got my heart racing!

No offense to fans of the Alien series but I don't think it's scary at all. I think the aliens are disgusting looking, but no more.

 

[j_garcia]

Darkness Falls. The scenes when the tooth fairy is grabbing people is scary only due to the affects of surrounds speakers. You can hear the tooth fairy travel from one speaker to another and then when he pounce, it sounds like he is grabbing at you instead of the man.

That movie has EXCELLENT sound; it really adds to the experience. It's not a great movie, but the sound alone is worth it. One scene in that movie always gets me at the beginning - when the kid pulls the covers away from his face.... (those who have seen it know what I'm talking about).

The Grudge - when the girl sticks her head up into the attic. Even the first time I saw it, I knew it was coming, but it still made me jump.

Meet Joe Black - when Brad Pitt is walking across the street and gets hit and flung through the air. I was not expecting that.

Constantine - The guy finds the dagger, then walks away and BLAM!

 

[claudermilk]

No offense to fans of the Alien series but I don't think it's scary at all. I think the aliens are disgusting looking, but no more.

I think now that we've seen them, no the aliens aren't nearly as scary. But the first time watching the first movie, yes it was. The second movie was a different type of movie & I try and forget about all the rest. It's the classic problem with monster movies; they are scary while you haven't seen it yet, or only get glimpses & your imagination runs wild--once you actually SEE the monster it isn't so scary any more. Movies like that that come to mind, Signs, In the Mouth of Madness, Alien, etc.

 

[dloweman]

How about the opening scene of kill bill? When he shoots her in the head, i have only watched it twice, but both times it made me jump and i knew it was coming the second time!

 

[corysmith01]

The Sixth Sense

2 times. One, when Cole (Haley Joel Osment) wakes up in the middle of the night and goes to the bathroom. As he's relieving himself, that figure suddenly walks by behind him...only lasts a second, but damn if it's not scary. Second one is right after that when he makes it back to his bedroom, into his tent and he drops his flashlight and the screen goes black. He finally gets it, cuts it on and *BAM*...there's the creepy girl ghost inches from him throwing up all over the place. Dang.

 

[rgriffin25]

Butterfly Effect- When the Dad starts to strangle Ashton's character when he went to visit as a young boy. Actually there are several spots in that movie that made me jump. Pretty convincing soundtrack DTS-ES 6.1!

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

Darkness Falls. The scenes when the tooth fairy is grabbing people is scary only due to the affects of surrounds speakers. You can hear the tooth fairy travel from one speaker to another and then when he pounce, it sounds like he is grabbing at you instead of the man.

Am I missing something? You're afraid of... the TOOTH FAIRY?

 

[j_garcia]

Am I missing something? You're afraid of... the TOOTH FAIRY?

If THAT came to take my teeth, YES.

 

[soundsfine]

An old one, but... "Wait Until Dark" at the end.

 

[gralridr]

The tooth fairy that was in that movie was no fairy. Plus it was the sound affects that caught you off guard and the fact I was looking at it in the dark made me jump.

 

[Francious70]

The first time I saw Event Horizon it freaked me the hell out.

But no movie has really scared me.