Acid Lake - "Dante's Peak" - Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton

A volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment.

[@JosephBarbell]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who has blurry nearly forgotten memories of this movie from my childhood.

[@raven4k998]

meh it happens all the time🤣🤣🤣

[@Hamknee]

damn we all really had the same childhood

[@Widderic]

The 90's was a great place, we all more or less turned out the same, it's not like that in today's world.

[@pho3nix-]

Damn Son

[@Noname-uk9mu]

Not me I've never seen this movie.

[@dillonqaphsiel7977]

😂

[@abstractgirl420]

Oh my, apparently I memorized that scene completely wrong. I also thought the lake was not acid (many said they remembered it to be lava) - I just thought the volcano turned the lake boiling hot. Also I totally didn't get it as a child that the grandma sacrificed herself. I always thought she was getting super impatient close to the dock (which never made sense to me) and that she wanted to get to the dock quicker. Only now I realized that she wanted to help the others and that she was actually dragging the boat. 😭😭😭

[@guttermouseTV]

100% how I remembered it too! This scene used to freak me out when I was a kid

[@javiera3928]

omg i also remembered it was lava :o

[@rebekaporter2974]

Omg same. The sentence I searched in Google to figure out what movie this was is just. And this is the only scene I remember 🤷‍♀️

[@AndrewtheMANdrew682]

I just searched for a while trying to find that scene where she walks through lava, this is all I could find.

[@AGoodHairDay]

@@AndrewtheMANdrew682 Mandela effect. She never walked through lava

[@Widderic]

This scene scared the crap out of my sister and I. At 34 years old, it definitely takes some aging to appreciating the grandmothers sacrifice. RIP yo.

[@mr_scolopendra8902]

Boat was sinking because of the weight of her balls

[@ExpensiveGun]

Her stupid ass is the reason they're there to begin with

[@scottjohnson3903]

I was 6 when I first saw it, it traumatized me

[@Alohachungus]

I was 8 and I loved my grandma 2x more from there on out

[@highlyindian4162]

Wanted to relive an incomplete memory, typed grandmother walking in acid lol

[@pho3nix-]

Same lmao

[@coryjohnson2486]

“Dante’s Peak Grandma pushes boat into water” for me 😂

[@athira7863]

I went on watching the climax of all volcano based movies😅

[@AmicusAdastra]

to find the movie again i litterally typed "kid driving a car with his sister throught ashes"

[@li__suarez]

For me it was 'Grandma pushes a boat through lava' .. 😆

[@kelseyweitzel-leishman4218]

I never comment on anything, like, at all. But this scene is one of my oldest memories, and I have spent forever periodically searching for the movie that contained it. So much so, that I began to think I had just dreamed it. For years I’ve tried to find this clip but came up empty-handed. Discovering it here, today, is insane. It’s crazy how memories work, and even crazier that we live in a time where we can recover things like this now. This scene traumatized me as a kid. Looking at it today, yeah, it doesn’t hold up. But just being able to find it again? Priceless. The internet is wild, man. R.I.P. to both of Ruth’s legs, and shortly thereafter Ruth herself. I’ll probably never forget you, and in another 15 years when I forget what this scene was from again, I’ll make your sacrifice out to be more gruesome and heroic than it actually was. You were so close to the dock, girl. ☠️

[@Widderic]

Took the words right out of my mouth. My sister and I were so freaked out by this scene. Ruth was like the universal grandma who sacrificed herself for her kids. It felt like OUR grandma died. One of my earliest memories too, I'm 34 now.

[@geminthecity2650]

Same thoughts. This movie traumatized me as a child and this scene would pop out of my mind at random times. I’m 31 now and can still remember how anxious I was watching this. I miss my grandmother 🥺

[@Lintahlo]

I disagree. This holds up very well.

[@caileymorris6859]

I watched this scene AT MY GRANDPARENTS HOUSE!!!! My younger siblings were watching too, and when we started screaming “NO NANAAAAA” my parents came in and turned it off

[@heypeepsimlizzie1942]

This was so sad to me as a kid. I pictured our family in this situation and my grandma doing this. It terrified me for years. 😭

[@OTOxKRUGERxOTO]

crazy me too😂😭

[@athira7863]

Me too i watched it when i was 10 and now after 20 years this scene remains in my mind so fresh that i searched for it and came back to see it..

[@nykeboy4129]

The thing is this grandma looks exactly like my grandmother just passed away

[@nykeboy4129]

And it saddens me because my grandma would totally do something like this for me and my family

[@trentgames7983]

My school forced my class to watch this movie for a school assignment, this shit is traumatizing and I'm surprised they were allowed

[@johncaiwa]

This is the only scene I remember in this movie. Also, I remembered it being lava, not water. Also, why did I watch this on movie day in elementary school?

[@gatortiddies9480]

i remember asking my mum what happened to the grandma after they left.

[@lauriefaithprescott]

That's the school's fault you never show movies like as an elementary school hell you could even get away with this in high school

[@TheOneTrueAJ]

I remember very clearly this being lava too! I was sitting here and had a random flash back of the scene. I looked it up to see what the hell that movie was. This is it? I remember it being lava. Better not be some Mandela Effect.

[@dwightschruteassistanttoth7490]

Wtf, I remember it being lava too

[@wmartin94]

I also remember that this was lava! Mandela effect I guess

[@finnthedoctor]

This scene traumatized me as a child over a decade ago. Now I'm laughing XD

[@nvm0]

the main thing I hate about this scene (well, the scene after it actually) is that they didn't censor her bloody remains of her legs when they put her on the ground in the forest, that was just fucked up. It's a disaster movie, not a psycho thriller. That should have been censored

[@kailabartlett5958]

Me too, this movie scared me shitless

[@zeoxp]

Me too lol

[@mungosiffphryyt3123]

OMG same! Sept I thought it was lava.

[@mentallyilldarkjeroid5378]

Who wants to have their grandma die that way? I bet the acid burned off her vagina too. People should buy up my "Impact" and "Dance of Death" James Grider novels on Amazon so I could afford a used car.

[@gabrielnadar5985]

Awesome acting, especially pierce brosnan the way he hold the grandma after she crosses the lake.

[@zahazahamadshaik6872]

That moment when Brosnan was scared inside but he comforted the kids and made them feel less scared tbh.

[@callmeshaggy5166]

He was like this oldass bitch better take the plunge or I'm gonna start using these kids as oars

[@laurenweller7659]

That's like, 85% of being a parent... making sure they're safe, healthy, and taking away their fears. The other 15% is Samuel L. Jackson staring at them till they act right 😆

[@joefur2835]

Pierce Brosnan is scared inside because he knows he’s immune to acid but everyone else in the boat isn’t.

[@jldog134]

I'd feel safe in that boat with James Bond and Sarah Conner

[@LittleGirl21100]

I remember this scene from when I was little where the grandma gets out and pushes the boat but I never remembered what it was called. I shouldn't have tried to find it 😒

[@khanisemckenley2257]

Yes me too...

[@catrachaV4]

A sacritfas she did to save her familys..

[@Adultguj]

It's weird, man. Same here. Guess shit like that leaves an impression on ya.

[@sabrna8666]

Woah, me too. I was doing a dream journal for my psych class, and noticed a pattern of old women dying in lakes, and traced it back to here.

[@NonPlayerCharlie]

@@sabrna8666 wtf is this thread I just thought of this scene the other day. Born 1992 here lol

[@Jack-pu9ml]

If only they had flex tape

[@77hockeyrocks]

You need more likes sir

[@sphansel3257]

@KeepMyNameOutYoMouf r/woosh

[@leiderhosen7110]

Should've taped the volcano shut, problem solved.

[@defeatedink0544]

TO PROVE THE POWER OF FLEX TAPE I SAWED THIS BOAT IN HALF!

[@omegarugal9283]

dont listen to this man he sniffed so much glue all he sees is martians

[@philtomkinson7956]

Well you know what they say. There's no point having an acid lake if no ones going to fall in

[@still.zephyr5619]

Phil Tomkinson OMG xD

[@flyingbusa3407]

Hollywood logic. There's no point of anything thats dangerous in our movie if no one is getting killed by the thing.

[@spclips8581]

@@flyingbusa3407 Except the grandma clearly dies in the movie?

[@davidandersen7616]

Noone fell into it, she tok her own choise to jump in so she could drag that boat to the dock.

[@cdbsk76]

Chekhov's Acid Lake

[@li__suarez]

I woke up this morning thinking about this scene that was kept in my mind since I was a Kid. It really shocked me when I was 7, as I remember it so clearly. Now I'm 32 and I see we all been through the same haha.. Greetings from Argentina! 🇦🇷✌⭐⭐⭐

[@sychkid]

Grandma's on acid again

[@WCTate]

sychkid in more ways than one

[@OfficialLindsayxx]

sychkid well this was some comedy relief

[@Arachnatronic]

Oh god

[@StanvilleBrown]

REALLY! 😒

[@babynieve9612]

Hahahaha

[@unwarrantedopinions1858]

This scene was horrifying to me as a kid

[@Queen_Springsteen]

UnwarrantedOpinions same here

[@sphansel3257]

But it's funny how the Grandma scream

[@bruker4230]

UnwarrantedOpinions Same. My neighbor had a grandma that looked so much like Ruth so everytime I saw her I remembered this scene ☹️😫

[@pixierain8722]

Same it's the worst part. Still traumatizes me

[@The_Great_Lionheart_2000]

Too...

[@sgtjohnson]

This scene absolutely traumatized me as a kid, I wasn’t much of a crier, but I burst into tears when I saw this cause I was that scared to see someone suffer like this

[@tyronecriss23]

I think about this specific scene in this movie randomly time to time. I’m pretty sure I only saw this movie once as a kid 15 years ago. I always remember it as their being lava and the grandma had to walk through to get to them. Totally different but weird how we remember things.

[@StephanieHWLS]

If you've seen Volcano its easy to get some scenes between the two mixed up because in that one there was a guy who did walk through lava carrying a guy to safety.

[@Vale-ru9hz]

i remember the SAME scene, the grandma had to walk through red lava to get to her family, she wasnt carrying anything, i didn’t see the Volcano movie like to be confused, just weird

[@roastefied3309]

This scene too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqmTZoOofsamoM0

[@markofcaine]

I have a similar memory where theyre like 10 feet from shore and she gets out to push it and theyre begging her to stay in as the kids are crying and shit. I dont remember her dropping and pulling it 3 feet that seems almost unnecessary.

[@brianna-reneejeanjordan9160]

her screams breaks my heart. Rip Ruth

[@themonsteraddictmmxvi1564]

Pussy ass bitch

[@ainara7839]

@@themonsteraddictmmxvi1564 Wtf?

[@Chicken_Nugget1]

Every scream makes me smile more. She was in the top 10 most annoying characters in movie history.

[@TayaStanley]

When I first watched the scene as a kid, I had a feeling that somebody was going to end up getting out and dragging the boat to the docks. As old as Ruth was, she knew the only thing that mattered was to get her family for safety, sacrificing herself in the process. 😢

[@ReyeS000Il]

I cried on this scene over how sad the death scene was. Grandmother sacrificing her life for her family. (EDIT: I haven't watched the movie in a long time, so I forgot some major plot points. Yeah, she did cause her death for her stubbornness on not going. HOWEVER, I was really young and so I was not aware of the plot of the movie and what caused her death. Still, it emotionally impacted me when I was around 7/8 years old.)

[@britney65100]

Cringe blaze tv cried no had night mares and was terrified by volcanoes for years yes

[@HankThrillPlays]

Well, she was the reason they were there in the first place...

[@katelynbodiford5680]

@@HankThrillPlays At least she died so her grandchildren would be saved so she died a heroic sacrifice.

[@HankThrillPlays]

@@katelynbodiford5680Good, she took responsibility for her own stupidity.

[@katelynbodiford5680]

@@HankThrillPlays Yeah because she refused to leave and she unknowingly endangered peoples' lives too. Moral Don't settle near or around volcanoes because there are always consequences.

[@Sarfiaholic]

Holy fuck I have been looking for this scene for over 20 years! It traumatized me so bad as a kid (Especially since I was super close to my grandma). My memory of it was kinda wrong, as a kid I thought it was boiling water or lava? And I remember really vividly the shot of the grandma's bloody legs/remains which legit stayed with me like- scarred in my brain. I have mixed emotions finding this scene again but at least the comment section is making me feel less alone xD

[@Stonetemplepilot45]

I thought she pulled the boat with a rope as she was burning in the lake

[@AJ-nd2cf]

Yeah i do remember it being boiling water and the shot of some dismembered boiled legs too

[@JOhnWatt-qf8ev]

@@AJ-nd2cf Funny you should say that a lot of people have mentioned this and as it happens this does occur in the uncut version of the VHS. THe scenes have been edited for DVD + release.

[@XxMiomiixX]

Me too! I remember what you remembered. I have been (not actively) looking for this movie for over 20 years. I was about 4-5 years old when I walked into a room where my dad was watching this movie. I came in right for this scene and it is the one movie scene I remember vividly for never having seen it again. It scared me badly and I promptly left the room after that, but this scene really stayed in my mind over the years.

[@TheMormonSorceress]

Maybe you were remembering the movie Volcano. A guy jumped into the lava to throw an unconscious guy to the other side and melted, sacrificing him self.

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

I love how the acid lake eats the boat but not his hands.

[@joefur2835]

Pierce Brosnan’s powers only render him immune to acid for like 2 minutes. I thought everyone knew that.

[@onyx7273]

I think he did get burned

[@Nnneemo]

Acid burning is slow but strong. Sulfuric acid mixed with nitric acid form famost "fast pirania acid". This "lake solvent" eat metal in half hour and boat preasure lead seal in minutes. If only they have acrylic spray paint - granny may live.

[@user-bc1rk9km4i]

That's why you always want to cover you boat in human skin before sailing anywhere. Just sayin'.

[@karrae1988]

He uses his coat as a "paddle" after the proper is gone and it's eating his coat and that's when the Grandma gets out and drags the boat.

[@RandomNumber141]

This scene has haunted me since I was a kid... always thought it was from the movie “Volcano” and that the lake was lava... but I found it!

[@AuGrrr]

How the fuck would a boat be fine in lava and how would the grandma terminator that bitch to the dock

[@ghostlylilacs7144]

@@AuGrrr they were a k-i-d. kids are stupid if you couldn't tell

[@mariannapostma171]

I thought the same thing. 🤔🤔

[@TyphoonTTD]

Same 💀💀

[@RandomBros88]

So which one scared you guys more? This scene or the scene in Volcano where the guy jumps into the lava from the train to save someone?

[@thefilmscholar]

The Volcano scene is incomparable

[@siegedoyle]

I literally just watched that scene then looked this up

[@leigh-anjohnson]

Both of them stuck with me for years

[@kainthedragoon8081]

I’d the volcano scene from this movie?

[@nancybarnes7109]

The thing is, that scene from Volcano is not realistic. Yes, eventually your body would catch on fire and you would sink into the lava, but would actually kill you is that the blood in your bloodstream would almost instantly boil from the heat of the lava. And yes, you'd have 3rd degree burns on your lower extremities, but that wouldn't kill you immediately, and you wouldn't just melt into the lava.

[@typicalboy1362]

this movie gave me a phobia of volcanoes. I was truly terrified of them. Everytime a saw a hill i used to look away and not look of them

[@thorpeparkgals6254]

same

[@vampireknox]

"The lake is acid that can melt through metal! Now allow me to stick my hand, protected only by a jacket, into said acid lake and splash all over the place!"

[@koldosebastian5096]

that's a good plot armor!

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

LOL

[@spaceace4387]

The acid wouldn't eat through the jacket, it would soak through and that's why Harry had to stop paddling but in all fairness considering the situation he was in he had no choice but to do what he did. If he did nothing they'd all be dead.

[@Eric-zs6rd]

@@spaceace4387 Stop trying to make logic out of it. Volcanic activity turning lakes to acid is about as logical as radiation turning iguanas into godzilla

[@spaceace4387]

@@Eric-zs6rd Actually it can turn water into acid, would it happen so quickly? No. Also if the sulfur dioxide output really was enough to make what appears to be 18M H2SO4 they would have smelled the fumes way in advance. Having said all that this scene is not completely without any kind of scientific basis.

[@KatrinHotz]

I'm from Brazil, born in 1992, and this movie occupies a tiny part of my childhood as well. Open tv and 90's kids..... So special 🥹

[@soso694]

The grandma annoyed me. The family had to come and save her because she was too hard headed to leave and then she ends up dying anyway, so now they risked their lives and safety for nothing.

[@briannachilders772]

yea but still i feel so bad XD

[@junkookiecookie8426]

Ayeeee. Just remember its a movie and the grandma could be a kung fu Einstein.

[@julqw2]

Harry Truman (at the Spirit Lake) stayed and went with St. Helens

[@rachelsewell7026]

soso694 that’s kind of the point though. They sacrificed to save her so she isn’t going to let them all die.

[@notinmyworld8239]

Hey, if she wanted to stay in her place even if she'll die, then she's wishing to die on her mountain on her own will, even involuntarily

[@theosirota]

Only scene from the movie I randomly remembered 10 years after watching it... I remembered correctly it was acid lake however I remembered grandma saying something about how they are more important, parents not being there and her pushing the boat from behind not pulling it...🤷‍♂️

[@GinandJuice06]

This is how I remembered it too 😳😳😳🤔🤔🤔

[@nsimone2155]

Yo same I was like this wasn’t how she went out

[@markofcaine]

Me too. She pushes it like 10 feet but since its a boat and shes old and in water the scene is excruciatingly extended. I recall the kids crying begging her to get back in the boat it was treaumatic.

[@SageO6PathzGON]

@@markofcaine thats how i remember it too!!!!

[@77sergiocon]

Remember watching this in the theatre with my parents and sister when I was 7. This scene was so eerie and unsettling at that age. I have kids now and can’t hear that song without thinking of this scene

[@MiyahSundermeyer]

I was 17 when I first saw this and it scared me.

[@onfoenemgrave]

I haven’t seen this movie in over 15 years, barely remembered it just by this scene.

[@TheOneTrueAJ]

I didnt remember what this movie was. But I had a flashback to this scene and looked it up. I don't know how old I was when I saw this. But it absolutely traumatized me.

[@sam-yu6nv]

i watched this with my geography class in high school and when the grandma was in the water pulling the boat i just burst out laughing in the middle of the class

[@skwisgarskwigelf7191]

This scene freaked me out when I was a kid. Glad to see I’m not the only one

[@chrishouston968]

My mom let me and my friends watch this at my 11th birthday party and we were TERRIFIED at this scene, we still talk about it today we're 37 now and I'm like what was my mom thinking hahaha

[@genesisfrazier1967]

noooo i wanted to see the legs

[@flyingbusa3407]

Genesis Frazier same

[@Widderic]

Right?! Hahahaha

[@MichaelScrip]

You can see grandma's acid-burned legs later in the movie when Pierce Brosnan is carrying her out of the forest. 🤢

[@brianna-reneejeanjordan9160]

Her screams breaks my heart 💔😢😭

[@T3XACAN0]

Brianna - Renee Jordan I was laughing...sorry 😔

[@Gerbravery]

I found it hilarious

[@queenz2415]

Her screams nearly gave me a heart attack

[@Chicken_Nugget1]

Her screams make my heart smile. Annoying old coot.

[@brianna-reneejeanjordan9160]

I think its just cause I have a nana. She will be at 83 and I think its just cause she means everything to me. So when I herd Ruth screaming in the acid lake it king of just scares me. I couldn't imagine having this happen to my nana

[@arielbujnowski3340]

I was sad when the grandmother died. But, I loved her for sacrificing herself to save her family.

[@jacobmassey3897]

Especially because it was her fault they were in that situation to begin with. Ironic that if they'd followed the dog they'd have all survived without a scratch 😆

[@arielbujnowski3340]

@@jacobmassey3897 you're not wrong

[@reneeo5458]

Wow. seems like I'm not the only one who remembers only this scene. We must all be 90's babies? it was really just a random memory that came to thought as well. Had to look it up!!!!

[@gabejohnson4879]

When we were young and saw this scene we misunderstood her actions… when we got older we saw her actions differently and it kicked our teeth in much harder when she died

[@kro5589]

people with their facts on how it would really be in reality. No shit sherlock it’s a movie. I’m more amazed how this scene is ingrained in people’s mind decades later not the fact that the propeller and boat melted so quick lol.

[@validity7684]

After looking through some of the comments, I’m shocked to see how many people share the same experience of watching this as a child and being scarred by this particular scene only. I thought I was the only one who went through this 🥹. Special thanks to my grandma who introduced this movie to me.

[@Melly241000]

The grandma was such a good actress

[@mphlohi]

Yes, Elizabeth Hoffman is a good actress, this was a nice role. Could've sworn I read she passed away some years back, but re-looked it up, and she's 95 and still around, don't believe she acts anymore though..

[@gameisagamev2401]

@@mphlohi Aged like milk

[@mphlohi]

She did pass on last year, was 97

[@seoyunha3030]

I remember seeing this movie for the first time when i was in sixth grade, when our unit topic was about volcanoes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. I remember her covering the projector’s beam with a piece of paper when they revealed the couple in the “hot springs” scene and grandma’s burnt legs in this one. 😬

[@Isaiah-ih1eu]

This scene made cry so much i went upstairs in my room because I was terrified of this i was like 11 when i watched this as a kid. I had a nightmare of my grandma in that lake and burning up.😭😭😭😭😭

[@AnthonySigouin]

I love the contrast between the sinister/dramatic orchestral cue and the song !! I love the movie!! One of the best score and the best volcanio movie. A movie theme I had in all my nightmares when I was young when I was dying in lava... but now I make the music! ;)

[@user-wb4vh1yt7m]

Remember when watch this movie when i just a kid , i dont quite remember the movie but this scene got stuck on my head and i finnally found back the movie back

[@animesubya]

I remember being at a relative's house and seeing this scene. It was on Halloween night because I remember going to my friend's house after that. Years later and I still remember it. I originally put in lava and water because I also remember seeing lava. Only now I know it was acid water. 1000% traumatizing for little me but I'm happy I found out what movie it was.

[@cal2686]

Watched this movie when I was a kid, I don't remember anything else about this movie except for the hot springs, and this scene perfectly.

[@christinetenbroeck3977]

I was just telling my husband how much I loved volcanoes growing up, then my dad rented this movie and this scene freaked me the hell out.

[@lightningterry]

Me: a causal 7th grader going to see a disaster movie only to be traumatized

[@MrBrownnn696]

I remember this movie it was 1 of my favorites.

[@claymore295]

The grandma probably didn’t need to jump out, they were pretty close and she pulled the boat for like two seconds lol

[@TheMouseAvenger]

Well, the sooner they got to shore, the better. And didn't you see the dock collapsing just as soon as everybody went over it? Any second sooner, &...

[@claymore295]

@@TheMouseAvenger I suppose you’re right

[@-C.V.N-]

I watched this when I was very very little, I remembered it as if the grandma jumped out of the boat and swam In the lava. I remembered it as if she was impatient because the boat was too slow and she wanted to get to shore faster. I decided that I am going to come back to the scene because no way that my memory accurately depicted what happened. Now I see what really happened and it’s funny that I remembered it that horribly 😂.

[@li__suarez]

Exactly the same thing happenned to me

[@Joaquin-xl7kh]

It reminded me of a scene from the movie "Volcano

[@zacharycarbon4312]

She literally jumps in for no reason, they were like 5 feet away and picking up speed. I'm glad i hadn't mis-remembered the hilarity of this scene.

[@TheOnePistol]

They weren't gonna make it. The boat literally sank the second they got off. If she hadn't got out and pulled the boat the rest of they way, they'd all be dead.

[@britney65100]

Man this movie still makes my heart jump out my chest shock therapy does not work I still have this irrational fear of volcanoes

[@netdsgirl7794]

I, too, remember this as a kid, I was 13 when it came out. But unlike some others here, that scene was burned into my memory; her screams and wading to shore in acidic water to save her family. Terrifying and noble.

[@bipolarewok]

I love how she runs to the shore instead of climbing the dock

[@Chicken_Nugget1]

Exactly. Even in death she was the most annoying cretin in any movie I've seen.

[@bipolarewok]

@@Chicken_Nugget1 did you just liked your own comment?

[@Chicken_Nugget1]

@@bipolarewok No Sir, I did not.

[@bipolarewok]

@@Chicken_Nugget1 someone else liked it one minute after you wrote it? Damn that's fast

[@Chicken_Nugget1]

@@bipolarewok I guess this is a pretty highly viewed video. You'd be surprised how many people pass by your comments every minute on the Internet. Wish KZbin showed who liked your comments.

[@DLG170]

I remember watching the movie as a kid, and this scene scared the crap out of me because I always thought that Ruth (the grandma) looked similar to my grandma, so when she jumped to the lake I could just imagine my granny doing it... I guess that’s why I cried watching it as a kid. I even had nightmares about it, but now that I look at it again I’m glad it just brings out memories and not another trauma. 😂

[@JBSpookyReview]

This is one of the most unintentionally hilarious things I've ever seen.

[@nicolea.7039]

are we all being tricked that everybody has the same recollection of this scene? 😅 I literally searched about this scene in particular when I saw in on Netflix

[@sussyskye477]

Why the hell do we all have the exact same childhood experience with this movie?

[@arcademusic2962]

Her screams legit scare me shitless even now

[@furydeath]

Thanks grandma we came up here to save you now in the first place.

[@Jackbauergaming]

She did any parent or grand parent would do and that's keeping those kids alive no matter what all the comments are all about that's not logically possible to have acid in lake ahhh shut up and enjoy the movie dammnt lol not all movies are ment to be realistic if it was the movie would be over in mins lol

[@gabriellebraswell6169]

Thank you finely somebody with some sense

[@lisardo]

This scene was based on true-life events of the Mt St Helens eruption. Harry R. Truman was an old man that REFUSED to leave despite evacuation orders. And he died via a pyroclastic flow. Ruth in her personality captures this very well. "This mountain will never hurt us, believe me!" And, "I remember when you USGS people came here right after Mt St Helens went nuts. There was nothing going here then, and there's nothing going here now!" And as she's dying she says, "I get to stay on my mountain." I myself live in Seattle, and my professor of my volcanology class I took in college, said that Mt Rainier is waaaay overdue for an eruption. Kind of scary when you think about it! But from what I've heard lately, no activity from Rainier. Still dormant.

[@tarden132]

let's just pray it won't be a major eruption like mt st helen because seattle is in striking distance of the volcano

[@JRBrittain]

I remember first watching this and having nightmares, now watching it for the 3rd time I feel at peace as she was a hero

[@franciscogonzalez1110]

Hey here's and idea: Why didn't Harry rev up the boat instead of singing row your boat? They were in a speedboat! If they speed up they could reached the shore without having the acid eating the propeller and grandma would not have to give her life!

[@aaronnantz1241]

Francisco Gonzalez I agree I always thought of that part to they would have made it quicker if he did.

[@garrettclements3111]

Francisco Gonzalez probably the risk of splashing acid up on everybody

[@pizza4936]

If they started up the boat it could've splashed up the acid on them.

[@notinmyworld8239]

Francisco Gonzalez or, the lake could eat the propeller much quicker

[@flyingbusa3407]

Francisco Gonzalez then there's a chance of the rear part of the boat sink into the lake.

[@theCaterpillar1]

saw this movi as a child and i still rememebr that scene 😭😭

[@NunnyNugget]

I’m sorry to ruin this, but the entire scene is just a huge plot hole. Ima go on a rant now. -How could the river become so acidic to melt metal that fast? -The river manages to melt the propellor faster? -A HUGE one- The river manages to melt an entire metal boat, but all the fish are fine? Why not grab some acid proof fish and block the melting floor with them? Heck, the fish are probably Lava proof too. Fish solve everything!

[@doncristobalaspee5925]

Well the fish aren't "fine" but I know what you mean :D

[@PlagueRunner]

Because metal is a reactive substance when covered in acid and organic flesh takes longer to break down in still acid the boat was moving and the water was boiling hot most organic creatures have some resistance to acid otherwise you would die the moment you were conceived. Another thing it didn't dissolve the boat just the rivets stopping the water from coming in the propeller was in the mixing o2 and acid over it constantly as the water heat and o2 passed over the metal of the boat it would have helping breaking the metal down it was a bit too fast in the movie but it could happen in real life just much slower and the engine would have seized much sooner as water from the lake would be passing through the engine block

[@spaceace4387]

Metals are more reactive with acid that's why. Put acid on your skin and yeah it's going to hurt like hell but its not going to eat your arm away as fast as lets say a piece of magnesium or calcium.

[@AuGrrr]

Metal reacts to acid faster than biological substances so the fish will be somewhat fine as their body doesn't resolve as quick as metal

[@NunnyNugget]

@@spaceace4387 Even still, the acid was apparently enough to kill the grandma when she literally just stood in it for a few seconds

[@maxlarsen]

This scene got stuck in my head for yeaaars, i still think it`s sad, there is people who`v done those kind of things for people they love

[@epichuman3198]

Holy crap! I don't know where I first saw this seen, but I always had an obscure memory of the "acid lake with Grandma sacrifice scene". I have only now searched it up and found this! I remember the kid repeating how the fish were dead more though, maybe I watched a ytp.

[@anarobb8882]

Traumatized me as a child! Only reason I remember this movie actually

[@mike7190]

I am up right now at 4:27 AM and I just Googled " volcano movie where all fish die". This is not what I remembered at all.

[@AnthonySigouin]

Now I play the song Marie on the street with the ukulele of my niece. The contrast between the dark score and the song is smart for the movie. The theme of that movie was returning in pretty all my nightmare when I was young (child). Lava submerging me. ;)

[@Helpertin]

If the acid in the lake could eat through the metal of the boat, wouldn't it have dissolved the jetty a long before their arrived?

[@BritishRailways60163]

Helpertin I read on the goofs that it actually wouldn't have eaten through the boat that quick, however the acidic water would have caused the engine to seize much quicker than it did

[@Alen725]

Really people need to read it somewhere? Its so fucking obvious that even volcano cant turn lake into acid.

[@unknown-im2bh]

Erasus yes it does with carbon dioxide did u have geography in school

[@Alen725]

@@unknown-im2bh LOL you must be trolling

[@HankThrillPlays]

@@Alen725 He's not... volcanoes do actually make nearby lake water acidic. It's just not as severe as this movie makes it out to be

[@emmyg.3118]

poor grandma

[@elitetric145]

Why does wealth matter since she is dead lol

[@Chicken_Nugget1]

She deserved it.

[@abs.maskill]

She is the bravest grandma in history I know it's a film but still I love her as a grandma

[@Vampirette8]

Our teacher made us watch this at primary school, I will forever remember this scene 😭

[@ChrisCarMCMXCIII]

I know for a fact my own grandma would’ve done the exact same thing for her family. This scene was the cause of so many nightmares for me as a kid and still at 30yrs old it’s hard to watch. 😰💔

[@alexthelizardking]

Why did you jump, grandma? The dock was five feet away

[@tawikimichin]

I think the same

[@callmeshaggy5166]

She wanted out. She was like fuck this shit, these retard kids who drove up an erupting volcano and are crying about it aren't worth it.

[@alexys7402]

I burst into tears

[@RandomRyan]

Poor Ruth. What a great sacrifice.

[@levismith3252]

The Gramma was a hero in that part when she dragged the boat

[@joshuameeks6114]

This movie scene was the hardest part to watch from the movie as a kid and it still is til this day

[@cockmcsteel6083]

I never get thired of this movie. Pierce Brosnan nails the role of a hero in this movie...

[@jillvalentine2929]

Grandma FTW

[@rosielow527]

Honestly though, Ruth seems so badass in this scene. She walks through acid, dragging along a boat with 4 people in it, all trying not to scream. She starts screaming when she gets to the dock, but GOD DAMN! You go granny! Her death could’ve been prevented though. They just fucking left her on the mountain. I don’t believe she was dying yet, she was simply going into shock. After you experience severe pain, you end up feeling really really tired. And they probably could’ve taken her anyway, maybe with the adults helping her. Even with her severely burned legs, she still had quite a chance. But no, they left her on the mountain. Hey, at least they didn’t have to pay to cremate her. But in all honesty, this scene nearly made me cry.

[@Amoralman69]

A most enjoyable scene fun for the whole family.

[@1867Phoenix]

She saw a Terminator in the trees panicked. and jumped in the lake.

[@callumkristofer7793]

This isn't that movie.

[@sharpnova2]

@@callumkristofer7793 yes it is. Sarah Connor is right there in the boat idiot

[@callumkristofer7793]

Sharpnova no she ain’t

[@sharpnova2]

@@callumkristofer7793 yes she is

[@callumkristofer7793]

@@sharpnova2 No, she's in the trees

[@VanquishMediaDE]

1980s and 1990s grandma was sweet and put the needs of her children and grandchildren first. Boomers would save themselves by throwing the children into the water.

[@ct92404]

Probably true - a grandma in the 80's and 90's would have been from the "Greatest Generation," the same ones who fought in WWII.

[@VanquishMediaDE]

@@ct92404 They were not that great considering they raised the boomers. The greatest generation died in the the trenches of WW1.

[@ct92404]

@@VanquishMediaDE As a Generation X kid myself (very tail end or "Xennial"), I don't really know what to think of the Baby Boomers. I love my parents, but Boomers definitely tend to have a very entitled, narcissistic attitude. It's funny...in a lot of ways they are very similar to the Millennials. Both grew up during a boom time (1950's and early 2000's) and both are selfish and full of themselves.

[@slashbash1347]

Oh, shut up with the generational stereotypes. You're no better than the boomers who say Millennials are lazy and no good.

[@ed.9630]

there was no need to jump into the lake practically she had already arrived if she had waited 2 or 3 seconds more she would be alive, the grandmother was a very good person but she lacked reasoning

[@riantorres]

This is the only scene I remember in this movie 😅 I dont know a thing else about what happens. I saw it when i was young and i felt the need to look it up for some reason haha i just looked up acid lake scene because I didn't know what the movie was called lol It's definitely a sad scene though... what an amazing grandma. 💓

[@jonasc.7059]

I vividly remember the grandma pulling the boat and wailing from when I saw the movie as a kid.... I’m not scarred at all...😂😂

[@AlejandroMBarba]

That's quite an acid river. Melts the metal of the boat; but the fish float to the top unscathed.

[@dre-p3058]

yup lol i realized that too

[@alexakaa.charlesross8919]

This movie traumatized me as a kid, glad I got to relive that

[@celineterra8107]

Every once in awhile I would think about this. Shit traumatized me

[@demochris1786]

I remember watching this movie with Mom at a young age. It was sad

[@SunBunz]

This scene really upset me. It made me think of my Nanna. I know she’d do the same to save my life, so this made me cry so hard as a kid. And she died a slow, agonizing death. Her legs being eaten away by fucking ACID!