No, this is not an original idea. I started this list literally 5 minutes after reading Patton Oswalt’s list in the “Collected Writings On Film” chapter of Silver Screen Fiend. It’s good. You should read it even if you’re not a big ol’ movie nerd.
Originally I was going to list my 100 Favorite Movie Moments. Some time maybe I will, but given the kind of blog this happens to be, I felt it was only fair to list my favorite Horror Moments.
A few other points:
1) My goal was 100. A bit overly ambitious, so I settled for 50
2) Horror moments aren’t limited to horror movies
3) “Favorite” means many things- well composed, stunning, disturbing, silly, beautifully shot, gorgeous color, or just makes me happy
4) Alphabetized for your safety and protection and so I don’t have to rank anything on any kind of scale.
Here. We. Go.
- Addams Family– Mamushka
- American Psycho– Huey Lewis analysis
- Audition– What’s in the bag
- Brain That Wouldn’t Die– Arm rip
- Children Of The Corn (1984)- “Outlander!”
- Clockwork Orange– Drunk in the underpass
- Darkman– Finger break
- The Devil’s Advocate– God speech
- Evil Dead (1981)- Tape recorder scene
- Fear No Evil– Death by dodgeball
- The Fly (1958)- “Help me!”
- Freaks– Attack of the freaks
- From Dusk Til Dawn– Satanico’s dance
- Galaxy Of Terror– Giant maggot
- Get Out– “Oh, no. No. No! No, no. No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no”
- Halloween– Michael Myers’s head tilt
- Häxan– Demon holding a baby
- Homicidal– Fright Break
- House On Haunted Hill– Acid pool
- Hush…Hush Sweet Charlotte– Death from above
- Interview With The Vampire– “Have you heard enough? I’ve had to listen to that. For centuries”
- Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)- Final scream
- Kiss Of The Tarantula– Volkswagen Death Trap
- Marathon Man– “Is it safe?”
- Near Dark– Bar scene
- Night Of The Demon– The demon
- Night Of The Living Dead (1968)- Trowel
- Nosferatu– Count Orlok rises from his coffin
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest– “You know, Billy, what worries me is how your mother’s going to take this”
- Psycho– Arbogasts’s death
- Psycho II– “You sure you won’t have a sandwich?”
- Requiem For A Dream– Last 10 minutes
- Rollerball– Last 2 minutes
- Scanners– First head explosion
- Scrooge (1951)- “Business! Mankind was my business!”
- Seconds– The last 8 minutes
- The Shining– “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”
- Shaun Of The Dead– “Don’t Stop Me Now”
- Shock Waves– Underwater Nazis
- Sleepaway Camp– Last 2 minutes
- Sun Choke– Janie slits Irma’s throat
- Sunset Boulevard– “Alright, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my closeup.”
- Suspiria– First 3 minutes 40 seconds
- Trilogy Of Terror– Last 2 minutes
- Troll II– Nilbog
- Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil– Wood chipper
- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?– Rat dinner
- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?– “When I’m Very Good”
- The Wicker Man (1973)- Edward Woodward loses his shit
- Zombie– The ultimate eye gouge
And that’s the list. Many things are missing, but I just couldn’t commit to 100. Maybe another 50 another time.
#31! 🖤
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Nice call out for Seconds! Great movie!
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I think the end is absolutely chilling. If I were to rank these moments, Seconds would be in the Top 5
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I see there are two different moments from What Ever Happened to Baby Jane and couldn’t agree more: that movie is incredibly creepy! But now you need to explain Mamushka to me (I guess that is one of the funny ones…)
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Mostly I think Mamushka is hilarious, but the look on Christopher Lloyd’s face when he’s got those knives is pretty maniacal.
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