10 Horrific Movie Moments That Come Out Of Nowhere

What on earth was THAT?!

[@nebulawings]

Charlie's decapitation in "Hereditary". There's foreshadowing to it, but my jaw dropped when I first saw it happen.

[@kingchuckfinley]

I don’t think I’ve ever had a more dramatic reaction to anything in movie more than that. I put it on Amazon prime, and when that happened I literally yelled “what the fuck,” and had to pause the movie. I was shell shocked. And the mom finding the body in the next scene.....

[@RykerJones28]

I think this was also down to clever marketing. The trailers made it look as if Charlie was the villain or at least the creepy kid the movie would be centred around.

[@Papapalpatine310]

So did Charlie's

[@mistrjt9213]

It was such a feel-good scene. Her face was too off-putting for me. 💁🏻‍♂️

[@kentbeitel9966]

I was super stoned when I watched it, and I literally couldn’t believe it happened. And the suspense was unbearable lol

[@TheFlock83]

When Judge Doom first sticks the shoe toon into the dip in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The fear on the shoe’s face was terrifying as a kid

[@dmwingon]

thank you, that entire movie fucked me up, especially the acid and the steamroller

[@hollyknieriem5514]

Christopher Lloyd's transformation in WFRR scared me so much when I was a kiddo. The eyes and voice! 😱

[@fanuvgod1]

That scene scarred me for life

[@thenefariouspyro809]

Yea the way the shoe looked up at eddie was sad

[@ReverendMeat51]

Fuck dude I thought I repressed that, thanks a ton dick

[@alice-in-wonderland5900]

When you think it’s all over and then the sheriff starts singing in The Autopsy Of Jane Doe

[@liliazakikhani939]

Yes, thank you! That movie is fantastic!

[@gthgirl392]

That toe wiggle.

[@jaylu7021]

love that movie such a indie cult hit

[@JnEricsonx]

That fucking movie bugged me out.

[@blacksheep25251]

Horrifically underrated movie! I REALLY enjoyed it

[@magusxxx]

"They really are gonna kill the horse??!?!" - The Neverending Story.

[@robertdouth8979]

Just watched that with my kids during lockdown as a "let's watch the formative movies of daddies youth" and I forgot that and my 8 year old daughter was thoroughly wrecked. Good to know I'm traumatizing them at a young age. My wife looked at me like WTF as it was happening because there is no way I'd recommend a film where the main character's beautiful horse dies right?

[@slinds7782]

RIP Artax

[@under-dog5390]

The wolf in that film also was terrifying for my child mind. Gmork was one scary mf.

[@merchantfan]

Not only that- the horse died of depression

[@michaelking3327]

the neverending story was scary for its time length for me. i never did watch it all from start to finish.

[@eduardosantillan3048]

The child torture scene in Dr. Sleep, I didn’t expected it to get that far 😳

[@PinkJoy143]

Eduardo Santillán OHHHHHHHHH GOOOOD ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eefneleman9564]

Didn't read the book?

[@sprite-consumer7677]

Oh yeah that was genuinely upsetting to watch

[@JnEricsonx]

It gets better: According to director Mike Flanagan, the performance of Jacob Tremblay during the first take of his death scene was so intense that it surprised and scared the other actors, including Rebecca Ferguson, who was so horrified she was stammering and "couldn't get her lines out". When the scene was over, a grinning Tremblay jumped up, covered in fake blood, high-fived his father and walked over to the craft service to get a snack, leaving Ferguson and the rest of the cast "shell-shocked and traumatized".

[@pattyknox7350]

This one was VERY hard to watch!

[@paullucas7053]

The Bent Neck Lady........Episode 5 of "The Haunting of Hill House"....when you realize who she really is.......

[@joshblackman9949]

Yes!

[@keelua6746]

that show was amazing- i dont like bly manor as much

[@Alpha-nj8lj]

@@keelua6746 Yup, they took it to a sort of a love story, wasn't expecting that

[@robertdouth8979]

@@keelua6746 I saw a great review by critical drinker where he talked about how bly manor billed itself as a sequel but had much less character development, story building, and much less horror. As with a lot of these sequel movies/series, they have the great story to tell in the first series and hit all the high notes, and the 2nd series or sequel movie is a shadow of the first as they try to create something similar.

[@Queen_Kellz_1120]

There's a 3rd on its way

[@samwitch2102]

The dance floor scene from Ghostship. Total surprise

[@widdershins5383]

But so gawddamn awesome

[@DeetsterB]

@@widdershins5383 It really is so fantastic! Of those horror movies about ships ( Virus, Ghost Ship and one other I can’t remember) that all came out around the same time, Ghost Ship was the best. Not a great film, but it had some great scenes. And the ending!! Edit: Deep Rising! That was the other “horror on a ship” movie that came out in a 4 year span.

[@aldente3868]

It was quite a jaw dropping moment.

[@GrinnenBaeritt]

The end of the film "The Mist" does it for me.

[@pauladame6310]

Haha I misread it as The Moist

[@rodrigof.r.desouza3587]

THAT ending... that one was truly shocking.

[@jstratton1981]

Fucked up thing about the mist, he sacrificed his kid as the religious nutter wanted to back in the store and he was saved by the military. That coincidence is what truly gets me, that the nutter was right.

[@Zdeath]

Phantom Spaceman Gaming he didn’t sacrifice his kid tho? Didn’t he shoot them so that the monsters wouldn’t eat them

[@jstratton1981]

@@Zdeath sacrificed/shot as to prevent him from being eaten, point is, his kid is dead and soon after, the dad was saved.

[@JayDonagh]

The Dry sponge in the Green Mile takes the cake for me.

[@RM3MB3R]

And the stepping on the mouse thing.

[@JayDonagh]

@@RM3MB3R Yeah Percy was a smug little shithead. The mouse scene was bad but at least it had a happy ending. The dry sponge went on and on..

[@Kleetus_Van_Damm]

Fuck me those scenes were so sad.

[@heathenly_aesthetic7233]

Awe, I remember being so freaked by that. 😲

[@batzillamobiles9089]

Somehow seeing them fully fleshed out was better than the images the book gave me. Your mind just keeps twisting everything until it is truly terrifying but having a solid image is a great way to put that aside and just enjoy the story. What a story!

[@cooperminion825]

My honorable mention: Angela's big reveal in Sleepaway Camp

[@spookyzombie7769]

YES

[@vankimvoorjou6242]

Agreed!

[@angelspawn7734]

I just saw that for the first time last night. That was a shocker.

[@emmajohnston2007]

Dam it, while I hate the fact you already commented what I was going to. I also like the fact that you did & other people are in agreement. At least I can appreciate that I’m not alone in thinking the same. The reveal itself was a neat twist, even though some say it was obvious, I didn’t see it coming. What truly made it deserve to be on this list ‘IMO’ was the visual impact it had. That sudden close up of wide eyes darted to one side, open mouth jaw drop & the slow reveal of Angela’s entire naked body, that shows everything. They made it look like Angela wasn’t even human at that moment.

[@FanFanBessie2]

That was a truly disturbing scene.. Whew!

[@ProNorwegian]

You misunderstand Galadriel. She doesn’t innately yearn for the Ring, the Ring is tempting her as it did to Bilbo and Boromir.

[@shadowmatrix0101]

that was a WTF o.O!!!!zomgwtf moment for me when I saw it

[@Aristocratic13]

Ok but does the Lifetime channel tempt her?

[@Steve-fe4lq]

@Cobra85291 obviously, hobbits are the most resistant to the call of the ring

[@sofa_king_kool]

You... Kinda defeat your own point there. She intrinsically yearns for the Ring just like everyone else. She knows how bad things would wind up if she succumbed, like Gandalf refusing to take it.

[@bahane]

It is calling to her and him offering it her is a big thing. She shous Frodo and Sam what could be but then explains she will resist and allow the Elves to fade.

[@HDKEV65]

The head swallowing scene in The Taking of Deborah Logan!!! Seriously had to stop, take a moment then rewatch it

[@jaywhite7264]

My mind was not ready for that scene. Genuinely shocked me.

[@NordicVigilante]

That was so fuckin weird

[@taylorhanes9193]

I had fallen asleep and missed most of the movie and that’s what I first saw when I started waking up! I was like whaaaaaat is happening!? Lmao

[@MisshapenHeart]

Agreed. I've been watching horror movies since I was 11 years old. There are a lot of significant scenes in movies that have stuck with me or took me by surprise, but that one stands among the top 5 most unexpected and shocking. It was just the absolute last thing I'd expect to see happen, and everything about the atmosphere of it was terrifying. 8/10 movie, 11/10 scene.

[@PrincessOfPlunder]

YESSSSSS I S2G I thought that one was gonna be on this list! I was actually super underwhelmed with that movie and then BAM, instantly horrified.

[@The_Real_Frisbee]

The Last Unicorn is such an underrated and overlooked movie/novel. It's amazing, and I can understand why people would look away because of how it's animated, for me the animation style fits.

[@TheGhostofMrArthurs]

shit's like The Secret of Nimh and An AMerican Tail for me. I KNOW its al lBluth stuff, but my Mandella effect will fight you that its a Disney flick.

[@hat7475]

It seemed so! Underrated.

[@Jabberwocky99]

Yeah, also a fan

[@bigjedimullet]

@@TheGhostofMrArthurs Don Bluth worked for Disney before he started his own studio (if you want a quick example of his work, he did the key animation for Robin and the bunny kids in Robin Hood), so it makes a lot of sense why your brain drew that unconscious connection.

[@sophierotten3829]

How is it overlooked? I had the VHS as a young child, watched it over and over (even though some parts scared me like hell) and found out a whole lot of other people did, too. It's more well known than I tought back then, literally.

[@ferashdaib7674]

The Sloth victim in Seven was a terrifying moment that came out from nowhere

[@andrewkohler3707]

OMG yes!!!

[@reevohere]

The mutated bear thing in Annihilation. That makes my list.

[@Huskeroni]

YES! Its crazy how many people have not seen that movie. I watched it by myself when my wife was out and that part GOT to me bad

[@joshuakehl5891]

Definitely!!!

[@sandorclegane6080]

How it stole her voice- I cant

[@PinkJoy143]

GOOD ONE!!! That movie was trippy!

[@katcooper-parker6213]

Yessss, I ended up watching that movie with my dad and I'm so glad he chose it lol, it feels exactly like something you would read on the SCP website

[@StraightouttaBristol]

Jaws.. The decapitated head popping out of the hole in the boat. It still gets me...damn

[@lonecapricorn9518]

Omg nightmares!

[@TheTeethgrinder]

Every time

[@bobbybogan3787]

Every time! I read it was a reshoot in a swimming pool after wrapping. Fun fact: the guy who played the severed head was a local fisherman - they helped script Quint's (Robert Shaw) idiosyncrasies based on his speech and mannerisms.

[@mightybitchy]

It should be on the jump scares list.

[@batzillamobiles9089]

I watches this movie way too young and my sister used that against me all the time when she wanted swim without me. I finally stopped swimming at age 11 because of the torture.

[@Kapacidad]

The secret room full of tied up mutilated people in The Road. It's been the only scene in a horror movie that actually left me feeling scared as an adult.

[@qadashchaayah7485]

That scene was wild.

[@virgilvollmar988]

I know right ,you should read his book blood meridian or no country for old men,I had nightmare Evey night reading blood meridian

[@radleyisidore1900]

Oh, now I don't think I'll be able to watch it

[@alannahstirling473]

I read the book in school and still can’t bring myself to watch the movie solely for this scene

[@Shafferhead]

I was about to write this. Holy hell that scene scarred me for life

[@CrackingCody]

Man, sure would be nice if you actually SHOWED THE MOMENTS YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.

[@MorkandGork]

Heh 69

[@nosuchthing8]

You miss the point. This show is basically an advertisement for these movies. They tease you with some scenes and you are compelled to pay for the full movie.

[@Raccido]

For most of these, if they show them they get demonetised.

[@FieryFlamingFajitas]

Some of them would be far too gory for KZbin1

[@kterhune100]

Google them.. that's what I do but Terrified isn't really that impressive, sure the OTHER monsters are but its just a guy whos been turned into one

[@kharma7755]

The scene with the fairy in Pan's Labyrinth.. If you know, you know

[@mattman1127]

the fucking bottle

[@dethwizard]

@@mattman1127 Yeah, the bottle was Real unexpected horror shot there.

[@mattman1127]

@@dethwizard I was watching it for the first time with my girlfriend and thought it was a movie okay for kids and then that scene happened hahaha

[@dethwizard]

@@mattman1127 That is exactly what happened to me, except I was with my girlfriend and her sister's family (her husband and 2 young kids). I told them then movie was ok for the kids, it's got fantasy stuff but is sometimes a little scary. They're spanish as well, so it would be all good right? All of a sudden this dude calls the guy a motherfucker and smashes his face in. My future brother in law looked at me in total horror! 😳

[@hernandogaribaldi8627]

Pan's labyrinth is a semi horror movie in more than one way.

[@colling83]

the “i saw her body” jumpscare scene from the american version of “the ring”!!! comes out of nowhere and in the middle of dialogue!!

[@donutlettuce4633]

I completely forgot about this scene, so thank you for bringing back those memories lmao

[@adaeeva]

It's in the original as well. Scared the shit out of me when I was a teen.

[@colling83]

ada eeva wait really? it’s been so long since i’ve seen the original i must’ve forgotten 😭

[@tshelby5212]

The ring USA is shit and predictable

[@CashelOConnolly]

Collin Goessling the American version is an abomination of a great Asian horror

[@aliciaspencer9613]

Movie list: 10- Spring 9- The Last Unicorn 8- The Lord of the ring: Fellowship of the ring 7- The invisible Man 6- Atterados 5- Looper 4- The Boy 3- Watership down 2- Enemy 1- Summer of 84’ Cause I like to go back and watch the movies I didn’t see.😊

[@Unangeltatuado]

Thank you for this!

[@aliciaspencer9613]

Your Welcome!

[@channallmcclendon2388]

Me too..thanks I scrolled for So long tryma see uf someone made a list..

[@denisotieno1130]

came for this

[@sparramusic3268]

Mvp

[@everettmcfarland8961]

Bone Tomahawk does it for me. About 80% of the movie is almost comedic and then suddenly at the end there is just a brutal scene with some of the craziest on screen gore I have ever witnessed.

[@suchitradas6216]

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[@keithferris9574]

Yup

[@huyentang8925]

Agreed! My jaw literally dropped at several points. Worth a watch but not for the faint of heart...

[@blindgamingplays3678]

Terrefier

[@_stillborn]

Where did you see anything comedic in this movie?

[@chloesbigworld6595]

I watched The Last Unicorn when I was like, 5 years old- AND THAT EXPLAINS A LOT

[@michellet709]

Same. My parents also took me to see Gremlins when I was 5. I was scared of the dark until I realized why in my 30's. True story!

[@soren3569]

Of course it also has the scene that makes no sense until you're older, the matriarch of the bandits cursing the unicorn for not appearing when she was young and beautiful and, of course, pure.

[@superdave8248]

Yeah ... I think I watched The Last Unicorn and Watership Down once as a young child. I haven't seen either since. Absolutely no desire to. I've watched things like Robotech where death was a common theme in the cartoon series but something in both those movies was just so damn depressing. At least with Robotech, it tried to end with a positive note. Death was inevitable but the chance for a positive ending was still there. Then you take a series like Attack on Titan. Another animation I never seen start to finish. I think I made it through about the first half of one season before I had enough. It was like watching lambs to the slaughter.

[@3SailorMartin]

I was more scared of the red bull than I was of the Harpy

[@xanbell7723]

yeah the tit raven was a bit much

[@kp7032]

The Omen when the photographer is decapitated. They deliberately allowed for the audience looking away so that when they turned back the head was still rolling 😆

[@fslayer1290]

Saw this scene on T.V. when I was a kid and it messed me up good.

[@CashelOConnolly]

K P it looked fake 1977 it looks even faker now!!

[@CashelOConnolly]

fslayer1290 are you now a Satanist? 😂❤️

[@fslayer1290]

Nope. It traumatized me. 😢

[@CashelOConnolly]

fslayer1290 have you seen movies like the exorcist,the saw franchise or Hostel?

[@drake128]

" rememberrrrrr meee Eddie ? When I killed ya brother I TALKED JUST LIKE THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS"

[@tonythrill1623]

~ wow! NICE!!!!!

[@ammtracer]

Exorcist III - the death of the nurse is by far the best scare scene.

[@kellysquirrelk]

Such a good movie!

[@JeantheSecond]

I read The Last Unicorn book and what got me wasn’t the harpy, but this spider that Madame Fortuna spelled so it appeared her webs were magical. The spider had come to believe the illusion and as the gang leaves after breaking the illusions, they hear the spider’s heartbroken crying. Peter Beagle had no chill. (I know this is OT, but I think it’s more horrifying than a vengeful harpy.)

[@gracesreadsalotayy182]

The poor spider :"(

[@theoneeyedartist3253]

Usually not a big fan of spiders. But now I feel bad for that one.

[@AngelicusImmortus]

Add in note: Sam carries the ring for longer than you see in the movie and doesn’t hesitate to give the ring back to Frodo. Of all those who even see the ring, it can’t tempt him because all he wants is to go home, marry the girl of his dreams and have a farm. He wants a simple life and the ring can’t twist him into wanting power or into believing he could do great things with it. It does however impact upon his life because ultimately he has to go to the Grey havens and join Bilbo and Frodo etc… however he only goes when his lady dies, his friends have died and he is sure his family understand and don’t need him any longer. He decides he doesn’t want to stay and just watch his friends and others die. Elrond sends a single boat to collect him - it’s all in the original appendices ~ though most people focus on the fact that Tolkien actually created fully formed languages for each race and the details of them are in the appendices. Unlike Star Trek’s Klingon language or Romulus language etc, he made actual functioning languages with specific forms of speech and so on.

[@k31ra_39]

I feel like the most horrifying movie moment for me when on Jojo rabbit when the mother is killed. That really took my by suprise.

[@loriellis4437]

Same!

[@mossboy2564]

That was SUCH a well-constructed a built-up-to scene. I love it when writers use an object to represent a person. His mother had some of her most memorable scenes in her distinctive shoes, and seeing them hanging in the air so lifelessly on her feet was absolutely gut-wrenching.

[@davidmcleod5133]

Came here to say the same thing.

[@tylerrowe596]

Yeah my girlfriend pointed out the thing about the shoes and then that scene happened and we were stunned.

[@michaeljahanian9765]

Thanks for spoiling a relatively new movie, asshole.

[@toriwork8891]

Forget the harpy in the Last Unicorn, it was the Red Bull that freaked me out as a kid and still kinda does today.

[@MichaelMoorePDX]

How could you leave out Psycho? The leading lady is killed halfway through the movie, in the most shocking way possible.

[@willmfrank]

Dan Aykroyd, in "The Twilight Zone" (1982) "Hey...D'you want to see something REALLY scary...?"

[@delsinrowe2014]

THAT scene from Bone Tomahawk. Those who've seen the movie know exactly what I'm referring to...

[@macdarby9926]

The old "I'll tell your family you love them." Followed by being split down the middle starting at the bottom.

[@schematicb5393]

It looked so fake though

[@macdarby9926]

@@schematicb5393 yeah it's all in the sounds. The scene would have actually been better had it lingered on the faces of the people watching, while all you could do was hear what was happening.

[@juliedavis9659]

Excellent slow burn of a film. That scene was fucked

[@benjohnson9634]

Fucking hell that was awful.

[@markalexander3659]

When you have Trypophobia and every second of The Invisible Men where you see him makes you want to vomit all your organs out and claw your own skin off.

[@nereavelazquezhernandez9779]

10. 1:02 The Lovecraftian monster - Spring 9. 2:01 Harpy attack - The Last Unicorn 8. 3:06 Galadriel's transformation - LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring 7. 4:13 The restaurant scene - The Invisible Man 6. 5:18 Out of the wall - Aterrados (Terrified) 5. 6:23 Falling apart through time - Looper 4. 7:16 That's no doll - The Boy 3. 8:08 The destruction of the warren - Watership Down 2. 9:08 Ending spider - Enemy 1. 9:58 The ending - Summer of 84

[@carlyoung8723]

Thank you!

[@nereavelazquezhernandez9779]

@@carlyoung8723 You're welcome 😉

[@nathifasydler6727]

Nerea Velázquez Hernández thanks for that!!

[@nereavelazquezhernandez9779]

@@nathifasydler6727 😊👍

[@richardedwards9044]

Large Marge.

[@kateslechta4620]

^^^^^^^^^^ 😂😭

[@biancasummers8174]

Hahaha! Yes!

[@geraldbalzano431]

Amazing Larry

[@alvinfox9071]

"And when they pulled his body... from the twisted... burning... wreck... it looked like... THIS!"

[@Jacx42]

Pee-wee's Big Adventure! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooGwhHqKm7Bnd9k&ab_channel=Movieclips

[@angelajohnsonkeys4199]

Left the room when I knew that part was coming! Otherwise, I loved that movie!

[@guypalperson928]

The fact that I can vividly remember a scene I saw once a decade ago, Yeah, probably scarred.

[@kingchuckfinley]

TELL EM LARGE MARGE SENT YA! Most horrifying scene of my childhood. Can’t wait to show it to my future kids.

[@kingchuckfinley]

@@guypalperson928 I probably saw that 20+ years ago and it’s still so clear

[@michaelmccandless1280]

Whenever anyone in a movie opens a bathroom medicine cabinet, there's always someone standing behind it when they close said door.

[@WrenFaithBridger]

The Monkees movie, "Head", turns this trope on its ear. Look it up.

[@WrenFaithBridger]

OK, I've got one that no one seems to mention: The birds in the tall grass in "Bambi". People go on & on about Bambi's mother, but at least THAT happens fully off-screen. In this scene, there is a small flock of birds hiding from Man in the tall grass. One keeps saying that they should fly, the others try to keep her calm. Finally, she says that she can't take it any more...she screams...she flies...*BANG*...aaaaaand she falls back to the ground...dead. Tell me THAT didn't come out of nowhere!

[@Dingobabee]

That was in Bambi? Holy crap I remember that scene so clearly but I had forgotten what it was in! That one stuck with me

[@chrissiem3958]

'.... shown a woman killed by a tit bearing vulture....' Admittedly, that was an awful moment in my childhood, but I laughed until I cried when that sentence was uttered.

[@lennyfair6177]

The giant spider in Enemy. That even made me shout "Crap!!"

[@darkNovaskar]

What was the purpose of that thing?

[@justinchristoph3725]

The end of "Sleepaway Camp" from 1983. Even for a slasher film, that was a shocker.

[@alanbayles1218]

The final scene in Invasion Of The Body Snatches (1978). Donald Sutherland is walking down the street and bumps into Veronica Cartwright, points his finger at her and screams......

[@TonyA552]

Nice list, but if you do a Part 2 on this subject please include the classic head explosion scene from Scanners (1981). Even for a horror film I never saw that one coming!

[@Immolate62]

'Sploding a head in a room with white carpet. That's never coming out.

[@Lily-kt7kq]

You don't know how shocked I was to see The Last Unicorn on this list. This movie haunted my dreams from when I was four until I was ten/eleven. I had nightmares for YEARS, imagining that red bull come racing out of my closet to kill me. I watch horror movies on the regular now, and to this day, nothing traumatized me more than that movie on my impressionable four-year-old self.

[@palerider1313]

The biggest left turn scare is to look at the comments section and find out that there will be no more Ash from What culture 😭

[@Clik533]

What!!!!!!

[@Mariomario-gt4oy]

Wait really???

[@Clik533]

Mario mario yeah I just checked her instagram and it’s true, I like most of the hosts at what culture but I have to be honest Ash is my favourite 😢

[@tshelby5212]

Good she can't pronounce things properly anyway

[@juiceboxbzrk]

Aw what why??

[@CallmeA_B]

Gore or not, I think the horrific ones are the most *realistic* "The Strangers" scene where he just walks into the frame behind Liv absolutely terrified me 🥺😆

[@stevencoates3382]

Yes!!! Very underrated movie...

[@kingmespeaks6839]

When that guy gets sliced in half on accident in Thir13en Ghosts while trying to run away from a ghost lol.

[@Anurepa]

He was a dick though

[@kingmespeaks6839]

@@Anurepa Still came outta nowhere...

[@JustKelso1993]

He was a lawyer, wasn't he?

[@aspiringwayfarer]

“Is that half of the lawyer?”

[@pmurraymusic]

TW: Spoilers in Commentary - As a lover of both the LOTR novels and the films (bite me, Tolkien purists), I'm not sure if the "unleashed evil" narrative is the right tone to describe this scene. It is true that Galadriel is an Elf of immense power, being that she is one of the first generations of Elves to exist in the mythology - for those who haven't read the books, she is one of the few remaining pure Elven royals, being the granddaughter of one of the three High Elven Kings of the First Age. However, even in moments where she's had to exercise that power, it has almost exclusively been done with the expressed goal of helping her people, as opposed to exploiting them. I think her desire for the Ring in the books, and her transformation in the film, speaks more to the power of the One Ring then it ever did to its hold over the Elves. And since she was originally gifted with one of the Three Elven Rings, it's safe to say that she recognized their capability, whether for good or malicious intent, especially since Sauron was never able to claim them or manipulate their wearers for his plans. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk :-)

[@jacklow9611]

While I agree with your rundown on Galadriel, I must add that one of my aunts WAS a Tolkien purist, having multiple copies of nearly every one of his book, and even taught a course for High School students based on the books, and she absolutely LOVED the movies she saw, in spite of some mixing of encounters/characters,. Had she lived long enough, she would have probably loved the Hobbit Trilogy, too.

[@xanbell7723]

Some Tolkien purists don't like the movies? Their loss.

[@pmurraymusic]

@@xanbell7723 I agree

[@Immolate62]

@@jacklow9611 The Hobbit trilogy was a bulbous grotesquery wearing the skin suit of the book.

[@jacklow9611]

@@Immolate62: You are entitled to your opinion. Others disagree.

[@joey4track]

Awww, Spring is sooo good. Doesn't get the recognition it deserves

[@ahliejahh]

one of my fav movies

[@butterflybluu]

I loved it and I never hear anyone talk about it!

[@isabelleould9090]

I did not like the ending, though. She should have stayed powerful and immortal.

[@jizzuschrist6252]

@@isabelleould9090 you go girl..

[@samsaringan7153]

COACH MCGUIRK!!!

[@Jimmersaunt]

The last five minutes of Identity-we thought it was over-till it wasn’t.

[@JoshuaBPino]

Excellent call. That movie was chilling. And a great cast of known actors. One of my favorites as well!

[@ambsscra]

Finally someone recognized Summer of 84. That ending is nightmare fuel.

[@Fantafaust]

The movie would have been better if the babysitter girlfriend was the killer all along and the cop was an innocent red herring. The ending was ominous, sure, but since there was no doubt the cop was the killer through the whole movie, the moment he got away I figured he'd come back.

[@stevencoates3382]

@@Fantafaust same. And they didn't put the protagonist kids family in protective custody or give them a security detail...the ending wasn't bad, but it could have been better!!!

[@bauhausbastard]

I have never seen Watership Down and still don't intend to, even the song "Bright Eyes" brings tears to my eyes.

[@TheyfoundRickGrimes]

Don t blame you! Its depressing af 😢

[@fredfredburger5150]

Wait 'til you see the part of the movie the song is from!

[@bauhausbastard]

@@fredfredburger5150 ain't gonna happen, I am not gonna watch it

[@inesnaglic472]

I love bunnys too much to watch it😢

[@tshelby5212]

😂😂

[@martinpetrilli]

The scene in Hereditary when Charlie gets decapitated by the pole 😰 that was sickening

[@KawaiiKittyKat79]

Watership Down scared me to death when I was a kid. There are way too many scary scenes for me to count.

[@psanson6592]

I was given the graphic novel when I was a kid. They must have thought cartoon bunnies was a good gift. Uh..no

[@suzannerust8658]

Oh yeah, Watership Down is traumatic even now. The scene with Bigwig and the snare still haunts my nightmares.

[@uhhhpersoniguess]

FINALLY. I've been waiting for someone to mention how terrifying that scene of The Last Unicorn for literally 25 years. Scarred me for life

[@Nachtghul]

Hearing Ash's voice but knowing she has now left WhatCulture...it's too soon man...

[@marcusmusings]

say what?!

[@Nachtghul]

@@marcusmusings She announced she had left WhatCulture on her Instagram on Friday.

[@paul6925]

I'm gutted!

[@smileypsyykotic3706]

I must say, this is a horrific moment that came out of nowhere.

[@Comicazi]

F

[@madelineelliott5002]

The Last Unicorn and Watership Down 😭😭😭 Nice job poking my repressed childhood memories, WhatCulture...

[@k.hamilton371]

Assault on Precinct 13: the ice cream scene. That scene shocked me so bad that it continues to live rent free in my head to this day. I'm also a fan if RHOBH, so knowing it's Kim Richards playing the little girl makes it more surreal for me, but it is still such a heartbreaking scene that shows how depraved and ruthless the gang members are.

[@boop7405]

The scene in never ending story with the drowning horse and the mom death scene in land before time the original one

[@stevencoates3382]

Yes!!! I remember both those!!! Good times 😉😉😉

[@Dragonemperess]

I read somewhere that the horse actually died from the stress of the scene.

[@jaygarcia8508]

Pam getting hung on that meat-hook by leatherface in the original TCM. That entire scene was completely shocking & terrifying 😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@johnytwotimes4072]

Life shaking horror 💀 I was 8 or 9 when me and my friends were watched that scene in between our fingers

[@jaygarcia8508]

@@johnytwotimes4072 I was probably around the same age. An absolute classic. It was truly nightmare fuel & so realistic. Thought it was actually happening in that moment. I was literally running around hysterically trying to call 911 to get this girl some help...😆😆😆

[@woopimagpie]

The chest-burster scene in Alien. I saw that movie in the cinema as a young fella (probably too young). I mean, the tagline in the promo and the lead up being quite foreboding let you know that something horrific is going to happen, but nobody was ready for what eventually did happen. That stayed with me for a long time, and even now all these years later that scene is still very impactive and shocking. People were literally screaming in the cinema, and one couple immediately left. Years later it was revealed that even some members of the cast weren't told what was about to happen, so the surprise and shock we see on the screen was real. Their reactions are very much like our own, which is them standing there wide-eyed and shaking, thinking "what the FUCK just happened?!". John Hurt and Ian Holm both give utterly outstanding performances in that scene too. It's that good.

[@michellet709]

Everytime I get chest pain, I think it's an alien!

[@wintersterling6386]

And the hand breaking scene in Life

[@LordMondegrene]

THE CAST MEMBERS WEREN'T TOLD ABOUT A MONSTER ABOUT TO BURST OUT OF JOHN HURT'S CHEST?!?!?!? Well, that'll guarantee honest reactions. Better run at least six cameras tho, because the second take won't be as real.

[@tempoticandmeepstar7584]

Veronica Cartwright (Lambert) had apparently gotten hit in the face with the blood jet from that scene, which her reaction to that was shown in the final cut

[@willwalsh3436]

The "Alien" birth is the one scene for me. I think I closed my eyes after that point even though I was with a girl I liked.

[@finnhiggins5618]

One that really got me was Kate’s death from the first fear street movie. Sure there was plenty of blood/gore in the movie up to that point, but for the most part it was a fun teen horror with an adventurous twist. That moment really shattered expectations and cemented that even though they were a fun time, the characters and story of the films should be taken seriously because any of the lovable cast could be BRUTALLY offed at any moment, and the creators would NOT hold back. Absolutely shocking

[@michaelmastro9382]

Watership down fudged me up bad. And I watched it first as an adult. I had a pet bunny as a kid, that I saw get eaten alive by our neighbors pit bull. It's a beautifully animated movie with amazing scenes, but it will fudge you up as well

[@pateris]

Words don't express how terrible that is… :(

[@esmewvimes2901]

I LOVED Spring. I saw it years ago and forgot the name and spent a while trying to track it down until I finally found it again about a year ago. It's something about the colors and the way it was shot that appealed to me as much as the plot. The beautiful lead actress doesn't hurt, either. I think Peter Jackson's LotR one of very few people in the history of cinema who have so flawlessly transferred book to screen-- well, series to screen. Jackson had all the love a fan can offer and the talent to pull it off. The book talks about various characters showing themselves "unveiled" and we see it fully with Galadriel, and again when Gandalf becomes G the White. (DEAR 70% OF STEPHEN KING DIRECTORS & SCREENWRITERS, READ LotR, WATCH THE FULL DIRECTORS CUT OF EACH MOVIE AND TAKE NOTE. I'm looking at you The Dark Tower / Gunslinger) Watership Down scarred me for life. Some demented teacher showed this at my elementary school. What the ACTUAL fuck does anyone who supposedly understands and cares about children shows THAT to a bunch of 9 year olds? (I was born in 1972, when there weren't as many movies to screw kids up). And as long as I'm bitching about teachers with no soul, whoever it was that decided showing the movie, Where the Red Fern Grows to an year old kid deserves to have tacks left on her chair. When the lights came they revealed ME as the only kid UGLY CRYING, full on snot bubbles and all. Sadists. I finally saw The Boy about 3 months ago and enjoyed it. I didn't expect to like it or even watch the whole movie. It's not Hereditary or Us, but let's face it, not every movie is a 10/10. It gave us likeable characters to care about, tense and dark atmosphere for days, and a creepy doll that has us, like the character of the "nanny" asking ourselves, could it be possible there is an after-life, could a parent's love call back their child's soul from the ether and trap it in a doll, and if so, are we OK with that? I can go with a solid 6.5/10.

[@gregavant1992]

In From Dusk Till Dawn, the moment when the Gecko brothers are in the standoff and the vampire stripper jumps up and rips out Richie's throat. As it was first advertised as a Tarantino action movie, nobody saw the vampire twist coming.

[@colinekszczecin]

That restaurant scene in Invisible man was such a jaw dropping great moment. And I absolutely love 1984 for that twisted ending.

[@bkranchstacker]

A like just simply for the Last Unicorn, many scenes in this movie burned itself into my soul over 30 years ago. Some concepts should not be exposed to children when their minds are so pliable LOL.

[@Skeksistential-crisis]

Brian Galland my middle name is Amaltheia cause of that film, and I watched it time and time again as a child and was never bothered by anything in it..... as an adult, however, the amount of disturbing content and ideas in that film make me appalled that I watched it so much as a kid.... though it might explain some of the issues I grew up to have 😬

[@bkranchstacker]

@@Skeksistential-crisis that is my point exactly LOL

[@AquaBilliam]

I was fortunately to be exposed to AD&D in the late 70's (started playing when I was 8) and had read many of classics of fantasy and scifi in my pre-teens (Tolkien, Herbert, Leiber, Howard). I understood the myth/fantasy archetypes underlying "The Last Unicorn" and how cautious you should be with Power. My folks took me to see it in the theaters on release and it was exceptional. IMO, we hide too much of the terrors of life from our children now-a-days (I think because we're too lazy - or scared - to guide them through it)

[@bkranchstacker]

@@AquaBilliam yeah the pitfalls of power was not exactly what I was talking about but that's okay we don't need to get into it any further than I already have LOL

[@rosiellagrace]

The titty tree and 'ol Schmendrick.. good lord, hahha, was one of my favourite movies as a kid, though, which probably says a lot about me.

[@mybraineatseverything7404]

I worked at a popular video store when Watership Down came out. I and my fellow employees made it a point to ask customers who were going to rent it if they were renting it for their kids after one customer came back with the film and said, "This movie is NOT for children!" Well, DUH. We thought that was obvious, but clearly it was not, so we started "warning" people. I had a couple customers whose children I saved from trauma by asking this question. This was the same store where our assistant manager, who got bored inputting movies sometimes, put "The Care Bears Maul Some Campers and Get Shot" as one of the movies. A little kid saw it on screen while we were doing a search for a film, and yelled out in terror, "Mommy, they shot the Care Bears!!!" Suffice it to say that "movie" was deleted from our inventory that very day. LOL

[@cassandraguenther3918]

I'm surprised that the ending in The Mist wasn't in this line up

[@geraldbalzano431]

Thomas Jane ruins that scene by being such a crybaby

[@johndixon3052]

Gerald Balzano, wouldn't you cry if you just killed your son and girlfriend for no reason?

[@aaronmccormick810]

When you first see the mom and her son melding together in Color From Outer Space

[@lyszanderignatius14]

'Color Out of Space.' But yes, I enjoyed that scene and the movie in general.

[@Afmedic85]

That didn't happen in the story

[@marcusmusings]

Sarah Connor's dream in T2

[@MrUndoe]

That gave me nightmares for about a week.

[@4MonsterhunterStory]

I just watched Spring because of this video. It was HELL OF A MOVIE! Damn, I never heard of it but it was a beautiful movie! Pretty romantic aswell

[@angelab904]

I watched it too. Very good.

[@jacobbernal7810]

When Freddy kills Nancy’s mom in the end after they thought they beat him.

[@CryWolf0651]

It was expected, that was too happy of an ending, plus the top of the car was a dead give away

[@jacklow9611]

It would have been worse if it hadn't obviously been a department store mannequin that was pulled through the window. there was a bit of screaming when the hands reached out and grabbed her, but it turned to laughter when she was pulled through, because it was such a fake-looking body.

[@CryWolf0651]

@@jacklow9611 I thought it was a blowup doll lmao

[@eyeseer1]

Freddy popping out of the closet from ‘New Nightmare’ tops that.

[@bradleythebodycount29]

This will probably be the last time we see a new video without Ash 😭 we love you Ash ❤

[@Nightingalea]

The end of the original Saw. That made my blood run cold.

[@mybraineatseverything7404]

I saw The Invisible Man in the theater, and when she threw the paint at him, I jumped up into my chair and yelled, "Oh shit!" Usually jump scares don't get me, but that one sure did! Everybody else in the theater chuckled when I did this. Glad I didn't watch any trailers before I saw it....I can't believe they put that scene in a trailer!!! It was such a good scare.

[@gemmalarbey7974]

Does anyone else skip 2 mins into every single What Culture video? To get past the blah blah blah part about the video?

[@malloyinc]

Aw, that's my favorite part

[@aspectator6506]

YES

[@fortifarse]

Does anyone else wonder why people get so much joy in whining over free entertainment?

[@matthyskramer7237]

Yup

[@sticksman1979]

Yes, the preamble is pointless.

[@Jimmersaunt]

The One Ring tempted Galadriel, but she overcame it. It’s a great scene showing that she isn’t perfect, but in the end made the right decision.

[@TechnicalHotDog]

Yeah, the Bilbo scene is definitely the more scary and out of nowhere one. I think the opening of the Return of the King outdoes both though. The previous movies did not prepare me for that level of dark.

[@cornlips7247]

Awesome video! Timestamps in the description would be a little more awesome though.

[@Charmedchosen1]

I am one of those former children that was traumatized by watership down, and I thought Bambii was sad, that movie was scarring. Am I the only one that found The husband from the invisible man extremely hot?

[@tshelby5212]

I liked how brutal watership down was

[@CashelOConnolly]

Here’s the link to the film which is on KZbin if you don’t trust my link just search for it. I wont watch it anymore even at 22 I find it too upsetting kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4HHqKuXotifhJI

[@33melissaj]

Yes, it's my #1 Disturbing film of all time, should come with Prozac. Yes to hubby in Invisible Man.

[@MrXBOCAX]

The same actor is also in both seasons of The haunting of "hill house (S01)" and "Bly Manor (S02)" respectively, by Mike Flanagan. I recommend both if you're into horror ;)

[@trellz17]

The doppelgänger scene from Lake Mungo needs to be on here

[@ferdinandwang1165]

That ten-second playback scene of the ship's log in Event Horizon still tops my list, and it came out in 1997.

[@jexthegamer]

Darby O'Gill and the Little People. A happy go lucky, family-friendly, Disney film, and then BAM! A horrifying banshee appears in the night, screaming and wailing, to steal the protagonist's soul to hell. Traumatized me as a kid.

[@michellet709]

That banshee gave me nightmares for years!

[@grimscribe6454]

I'd say the moment at the end of Nightmare on Elmstreet where that woman is pulled through the door. That shit got me

[@Lincolnrocknroll]

I laughed at this scene. I found it super goofy

[@twistedmetal56]

The sex doll getting ripped thru the window

[@Zdeath]

That shit got u what? Cuz it got me laughing lmao

[@Danielle0785]

That was the least scary thing about that movie so I’m really hoping you’re being sarcastic lol

[@jacklow9611]

@@twistedmetal56 It looked more like a dept. store mannequin to me. That thing was absolutely rigid and had a slightly off-tone skin color.

[@wmrphotography7349]

The most disturbing moment in a movie for me is the first time Jar-Jar Binks shows up in Episode I

[@geraldbalzano431]

Jar Jar Binks fuckin blows

[@wrath2501]

The tree was WAY more disturbing than the harpy in The Last Unicorn.

[@chrissyfrijters6581]

True, the whole movie isnt really child proof, feverdream matetial right there, i do love it so much and the soundtrack is to die for🤩

[@LadyAluucard]

I loved that movie as a kid xD Now as an adult I agree that the tree is disturbing, but as a kid it was the Harpy that scared me xD

[@aprilkennedy9693]

The Last Unicorn was beautiful and dark when I was only 6.

[@JoshuaDb_The_Witness]

The movie that really messed me up was an indie called Excision. The end haunted me for a month.

[@sgtraytango]

She was so proud that she'd finally managed to perform surgery.

[@JohnSmith-oh1ow]

That proper shook me aswell, never an easy ride when something is both horrifying and heartbreaking at once.

[@rukbatlupa]

The "Hushabye Mountain" scene in "War of the Worlds". Dakota Fanning singing a lullaby while a grusome fight occurs. Still gives me chills.

[@Zdeath]

Omg I haven’t seen that movie since I was a child. Ur right that was traumatizing

[@JoshuaBPino]

Truly great cinema. That was rough to watch and not let the other people in the room that I wanted to cry.

[@deadpool6072]

That dead kid from Aterrados or Terrified literally terrified me when I watched it.

[@KyuunaHellsing]

"I CAN FEEL MY BODY DYING!" - The Unicorn in the human guise was another freaky moment for me

[@patriciaturner7647]

“That scene” in Hereditary.

[@shawnkemp6775]

Patricia Turner the one at the end? That whole sequence was terrifying

[@patriciaturner7647]

Shawn Kemp no, the one with the unexpected pole on the side of the road.

[@juh2445]

@@patriciaturner7647 honestly that scene hit me like a freigh train outta nowhere

[@williamtimonen6814]

Eh, its almost Final Destination levels of ”things that conveniently went wrong” which I found more comical than anything.

[@Erlisch1337]

@@williamtimonen6814 ok mr. cool millenial guy

[@danielbaier3717]

What about Charlie's nightmare from all dogs go to heaven! I couldn't watch that all the way through until I was a grown ass man

[@schematicb5393]

Holy shit, i remember this

[@whateverlolawants]

That traumatized me 30 years ago. I have never watched it since, it was so upsetting to 4 year old me.

[@aucoinhorror]

I'm so happy to see The Last Unicorn be mentioned here! It was one of my favorite films as a child (and certainly helped fuel my dark fantasy interest), but I haven't really come across others who've seen it.

[@sainjawoof3506]

Watership Down and Animal Farm are two intense stories, that were extremely traumatic to me.

[@JuanSolos]

Yo video idea: horror movies that ruin totally normal things. Ex: Jaws and swimming, Scream and random phone calls. Also get buff guy Simon to host it that guy’s energy transfers over WiFi

[@davefreier7738]

I can't watch Simon - he's like fingernails on a chalkboard.

[@davidbayliss4415]

Psycho ruined showering for my mom.

[@seanc41556]

@@davidbayliss4415 So... Does she like... Smell?

[@seanc41556]

I think they done that already

[@tomh.2405]

I like it! "The Blair Witch Project" and camping "Fatal Attraction" and one-night stands "The Exorcist" and Ouija boards "Christine" and restoration of old cars

[@geodudepnw2317]

I was today years old when I made the connection that "the last unicorn" and "the hobbit animated movie" have the same artist. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@mystiscott7471]

The author of the Last Unicorn novel also wrote the screenplay to the animated Hobbit.

[@FieryFlamingFajitas]

This is a good list. The restaurant scene in The Invisible Man caught me so off-guard I had to go back and watch again because I thought I'd missed something 😱😨

[@kyleebryan4824]

Idk know if this counts but the last scene in sinister when the little girl murders her family then walks into the video tapes. that scene scared the hell out of me