11:59 am - 10/14/2012
10 Tension-Filled Scenes from Horror Movies
(From House of Geekery) These clearly aren't the only tension-filled scenes from horror movies and they’re not even necessarily the best ones. They’re just 10 scenes that stand out to me and that I love so I wanted to share them with you. Spoilers for all of these movies, obviously
1. Tina’s death - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Arguably one of the most famous (and awesome) death scenes in the history of cinema, the audience watches as helplessly as Rod does as Tina’s body rolls across the ceiling being slashed at by an invisible force. This scene proved that ANOES was not going to follow the rules.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UP1vv0wW
2. Helen's chase scene - I Know What You Did Last Summer
Helen has one of the longest chase scenes in a horror film. She escapes a police car and makes it to the safety of her sister’s store, only to be chased throughout the building and the alley outside. The worst part is she almost makes it to safety before the bad guy gets her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzEWZY9Yd
3. Opening Scene - Scream
Viewers went into this movie believing that Drew Barrymore was playing the lead girl. Instead they got a funny, terrifying, and smart opening death scene that threw the formula book out the window and preceded a wild ride.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtztARBVg
4. Inside the apartment - Rear Window
Rear Window is one of Hitchcock’s classics for a reason. He built extreme suspense without relying on cheap tricks. Watching Grace Kelly rummage through a supposed killer’s apartment without knowing how close she is to danger and Jimmy Stewart desperately trying to warn her sends chills down your spine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ez6dw3yw
5. Joke’s on you - Trick r Treat
Trick r Treat is a rare Halloween gem that doesn't get enough praise. After a few mean kids prank the local weird girl they soon find out not to disrespect the dead when their joke gets turned around on them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGz00SKti
6. The Exorcism - The Exorcist
The exorcism of Regan lasted longer than we’d ever want it to. The priests compelling Christ, the girl’s body rising off the bed, the silhouette of her against the shadows making those horrible noises: these are the stuff of nightmares.
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1
7. Laurie vs. Michael Myers - Halloween
For most of the movie Laurie sees shadows and feels uneasy but doesn't really know the danger she’s in until Michael Myers finally finds her and chases her into a closet. The scene (and what happens after) is cemented in horror history for being legitimately terrifying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFnthx6C
8. Ending scene - Hatchet
You know that moment in the horror movie when the heroes finally win against the bad guy and ride off into the sunset? Well, not this time. The ending to Hatchet came out of nowhere and ended the movie with a bang.
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De
9. Opening - The Ring
The opening scene of The Ring is one that scared countless teenagers when it was released. More than your typical opening kill, it set the path for the rest of the movie and made audiences scared to turn on their TV’s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYkw8PMyG
10. Pool Chase - Cat People
Cat People is one of Val Lewton’s amazing films about a girl who believes she can change into a wild feline when angered. Suspicious of the girl she believes her husband to be cheating on her with, Irena stalks the young lady into the pool of her gym. Shadows and sounds create a most creepy atmosphere worth re-watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfbGJrAVW
This is only a fraction of the memorable horror scenes that freak out audiences. What are you favorite tension-filled scenes from horror movies!
Source
I couldn't get the videos to embed right without the lj cut messing up. I must have tried for an hour. Sorry guys.
But.....creepy post?!
1. Tina’s death - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Arguably one of the most famous (and awesome) death scenes in the history of cinema, the audience watches as helplessly as Rod does as Tina’s body rolls across the ceiling being slashed at by an invisible force. This scene proved that ANOES was not going to follow the rules.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UP1vv0wW
2. Helen's chase scene - I Know What You Did Last Summer
Helen has one of the longest chase scenes in a horror film. She escapes a police car and makes it to the safety of her sister’s store, only to be chased throughout the building and the alley outside. The worst part is she almost makes it to safety before the bad guy gets her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzEWZY9Yd
3. Opening Scene - Scream
Viewers went into this movie believing that Drew Barrymore was playing the lead girl. Instead they got a funny, terrifying, and smart opening death scene that threw the formula book out the window and preceded a wild ride.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtztARBVg
4. Inside the apartment - Rear Window
Rear Window is one of Hitchcock’s classics for a reason. He built extreme suspense without relying on cheap tricks. Watching Grace Kelly rummage through a supposed killer’s apartment without knowing how close she is to danger and Jimmy Stewart desperately trying to warn her sends chills down your spine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ez6dw3yw
5. Joke’s on you - Trick r Treat
Trick r Treat is a rare Halloween gem that doesn't get enough praise. After a few mean kids prank the local weird girl they soon find out not to disrespect the dead when their joke gets turned around on them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGz00SKti
6. The Exorcism - The Exorcist
The exorcism of Regan lasted longer than we’d ever want it to. The priests compelling Christ, the girl’s body rising off the bed, the silhouette of her against the shadows making those horrible noises: these are the stuff of nightmares.
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1
7. Laurie vs. Michael Myers - Halloween
For most of the movie Laurie sees shadows and feels uneasy but doesn't really know the danger she’s in until Michael Myers finally finds her and chases her into a closet. The scene (and what happens after) is cemented in horror history for being legitimately terrifying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFnthx6C
8. Ending scene - Hatchet
You know that moment in the horror movie when the heroes finally win against the bad guy and ride off into the sunset? Well, not this time. The ending to Hatchet came out of nowhere and ended the movie with a bang.
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De
9. Opening - The Ring
The opening scene of The Ring is one that scared countless teenagers when it was released. More than your typical opening kill, it set the path for the rest of the movie and made audiences scared to turn on their TV’s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYkw8PMyG
10. Pool Chase - Cat People
Cat People is one of Val Lewton’s amazing films about a girl who believes she can change into a wild feline when angered. Suspicious of the girl she believes her husband to be cheating on her with, Irena stalks the young lady into the pool of her gym. Shadows and sounds create a most creepy atmosphere worth re-watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfbGJrAVW
This is only a fraction of the memorable horror scenes that freak out audiences. What are you favorite tension-filled scenes from horror movies!
Source
I couldn't get the videos to embed right without the lj cut messing up. I must have tried for an hour. Sorry guys.
But.....creepy post?!
last night i had a double feature at my house; psycho and the silence of the lambs.
i forgot boss clarice is and how awesome hannibal is. luv them.
Edited at 2012-10-14 05:06 pm (UTC)
I'm going to see this in an hour.
If they had just cut out the last four or five minutes, then that movie would've been the best damn horror movie I've seen in a while.
that is my only contribution atm
When I watched the movie when it came out on video I was still in my early teens I think and I didn't find the opening sequence to be that scary.
But it does get way scarier when you have had a bit of life-experience. When you have been harassed by strangers, gotten strange anonymous calls, etc. I think the opening scene works so well because it's a scenario that is quite close to the real life of young women.
Edited at 2012-10-14 05:18 pm (UTC)
i know a lot of people disliked it, but it's still one of the only movies that has made me sleep with the lights on for weeks
It's so aesthetically pleasing.
And the guy I saw it with had a HUGE tv at the time and I really couldn't sleep.
we were like FUCK THIS
'Lovely Molly' was shit, and 'Rosewood Lane' was okay, though I couldn't stop looking at Rose McGowan's lips and how they never move the entire movie.
I also really liked 'The Innkeepers' though that movie doesn't explain a damn thing, and 'Apartment 143' was really good for a found footage type of film.
Edited at 2012-10-14 04:55 pm (UTC)
And I liked The Innkeepers. The ending, though...
Flawless opening sequence to be honest.
why did they start killing each other tho?
gonna check it out. Because my brother was a huge fan of the videogames and was stanning so hard for this movie but I never had the guts to go to the movies with him, but I guess I found my movie for this halloween :3
I'm gonna be awake the whole night :3333333
I'm excited for her >:)