Twister 1996 F4 Tornado Drive In Scene

A monster f4 Tornado got worst and destroys the Drive In Theater

[@InfamousWolf89]

I love how this movie introduced us to every kind of tornado. The first one in the ditch with the truck was an F1. The one in the field was a "solid F2", followed by several waterspouts. A stronger F3 hits on the hill when Jo and Bill reaffirm their love for each other. A stronger F4 hits the drive-in at night and then concluding with the massive F5 at the end.

[@scarpfish]

Except they forgot the F0.

[@jacksprofessionalproductio9403]

Each twister is visually accurate if you to count from F1-F5, scientifically speaking, even though the first twister they chase physically looks like an F1, it does the damage of an F4. The F2 and following water twisters don’t do enough damage so they could really be the F1’s. The remaining 3 are all fajita scale accurate in rope size and destruction.

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

F0's are lame and don't hurt shit and they have the shortest lifespan five minutes at most

[@racersedge2511]

@@scarpfish waterspouts are F0

[@pbdye1607]

​@@racersedge2511There are such things as a tornadic waterspout that can be as damaging and potentially destructive as a tornado on land.

[@mylifefornick]

Twister is such a great movie, hard to believe it was 1996!!!

[@jamesfracasse8178]

Was in kindergarten when it came out in theaters 1:01

[@JessG_20]

​@jamesfracasse8178 did you see it at that time? I'd think kindergarten would be a little too young for a movie like this. But I was in 3rd grade, I saw it and loved it!!

[@jamesfracasse8178]

@@JessG_20 I saw it alright and it was awesome,then again I also saw the original jaws movie 🍿🎥 at 5 years old so that says something there

[@gracedawnknight3527]

They’re making another one from what I seen

[@nickkorzeniewski230]

Now 28 years old this past Friday may 10 2024

[@ogdocvato]

R.I.P. Bill Paxton.

[@DragoMusivini]

I hate to say but.........Game over man game over!!!!!!

[@EricW-ug4nz]

Chet will always be missed

[@vinaymulukutla358]

And Eddie Van Halen

[@RobertPruitt-gu6dh]

🥒🙏😭

[@theslicefactor4590]

And Philip Seymour Hoffman.

[@eddieclark5930]

Tornados coming at night can be scary. The movie TWISTER is a thriller.

[@Umarbeksmegatemplate]

yeah

[@tonylang1000]

Thanks for that insiteful input 😅

[@Srami29]

True that

[@Inquisitor-Beals]

Night tornadoes are Nocturnal Tornadoes

[@F5_cena]

Probably more terrifying at night vs day. I imagine not having a light source to look for them and it's to late.. Maybe I'm wrong I live in Arizona we don't get them practically ever extremely rare

[@zacharyjoy8724]

“It’s already here.” With virtually no warning at all. EDIT: Yes, there are some of the standard warnings, like the wind and TV reception, but otherwise, it comes out of nowhere. Ninjas aren’t that stealthy.

[@slimj091]

When tornadoes want to be super sneaky they turn off their lightning, and sound generators. /s

[@judgepage6605]

Wasn't there an F5 tornado that came and passed with no warning? And an EF2 tornado on the ground that the NWS denied when questioned about- then confirmed hours later? I mean.. yeah it's not common, but it's not impossible 🤣

[@StormChaserMaci.]

@@judgepage6605 Typical NWS 🙄😆

[@bizzyizzy9526]

​@@StormChaserMaci.Nope just hollywood

[@StormChaserMaci.]

@@bizzyizzy9526 Both. I'm a trained spotter and do openly communicate with NWS. 😆

[@yolandaponkers1581]

Melissa was honestly not a villain at all. She was probably my favorite of all the characters and her reactions to the tornadoes were totally understandable.

[@LouSassoleSledgecock]

It’s funny that that woman is now richer than all of them combined in real life 😂she’s a literal billionaire because of her husband

[@vinaymulukutla358]

Who ever said she was a villain? She was just overwhelmed by the whole situation and potentially fatal consequences of chasing. Not to mention she did overhear Bill admitting that he still loved Jo. I felt that she did the right thing by breaking it off in such a peaceful and amicable manner instead of storming off.

[@bryansteele832]

Pretty sure the villian is the wind

[@ravenbarsrepairs5594]

She never was a villian. She is the result of someone shrinking their comfort zone, and then bringing someone from that realm back into their comfort zone. It's little differenct from the current ":Climate change" crisis, where the rural folk realise that they have to take the world as itr is, and the world will forever change; and city folk thinking that somehow the earth climate can be stopped in one state eternally.

[@TeresaGosa-ul4yo]

Any one who thinks that any of the 3 main characters are the villain is crazy the only ones who villain is the dude in the other truck who’s so arrogant that when Bill and Jo try to warn them that they are going headfirst into the danger zone and they willingly ignore them and then even mock them before they get killed by the flying tree or whatever it was

[@robinj707]

I like how Melissa, after being with them on those chases, started to learn about the weather and developed a sense of her own that something was up.

[@MediaChristianFanatic]

Yep, the pure shock on her face said it all.

[@equarg]

This is how females increase their survival in dangerous situations. Not thru brute strength, but a deep sense of foreboding and “I need to get out of here/somewhere safe NOW.” People call it “Witchcraft” or “Hysteria“ no it’s called intuition. Or “Sensing the Force”. Some guys have it to. That bad gut feeling. I have had those a few times, I listen to it!

[@allys744]

It’s so funny how The Shining was playing at the drive in. Not long after this movie was released, not only did Helen hunt work with Nicholson in As good As It Gets, but they both won Oscar’s the following year

[@ericradford2142]

Coincidence that The Shining was playing as the tornado hit?

[@ericradford2142]

@@TheBoondoggler just a thought.

[@jillquin5224]

The New Version of Twister could never top this older version. It is so well done!

[@anthonyeveretts9065]

No it will not live up to the original twister

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

They replaced the drive in tornado scene with a rodeo tornado scene

[@shaunusmaximus7248]

1:04 he immediately looks to the sky because his intuition is kicking in. awesome acting👍

[@DragonTales129]

watching this scene at 37 is just as thrilling as when I was 10. This movie holds up after all these years. The fact it was blessed with PSH in a comedic relief role is the cherry on top.

[@pupdoggify]

I just watched it with my kids and i wholeheartedly AGREE…gave me goosebumps watching it with them as I was almost their age and watched it with my parents. 🙏🙏🙏

[@KazumaPrime]

Can I just say that looking at this scene now, that the filmmakers and editors did an AMAZING job with this scene of the approaching twister. In some tornadoes due to direction inflows and outflows of the storm, there can be a calmness in the air that you wouldn't know there's anything wrong (DEADLY wrong at that), and with it being at night makes a tornado ten times more terrifying. The fact that they gave you next to no warning that its coming and going to scrape right by them is true to life, since night time and rain-wrapped tornadoes are far more likely to kill than during the day just because of the fact you can't see them. Right before it hits, they have the effects for the lightning going off and the F4 if you can pause the video at 1:52 at just the right frame, you can see it for a split second and how close its gotten. They really did a good job with the effects on how scary an F4 at night really can be.

[@_Webbie_]

Not to mention if you are wearing headphones or listening through surround sound, you'll notice they added a low bellowing growl (kinda like Godzilla's low bellow growl) to add more of a horror aspect of a night time tornado. You can even hear it when they switch perspectives to Aunt Meg over her chimes.

[@StormChaserMaci.]

Rolling Fork dealt with this kind of situation not long ago.

[@suelynrogers]

Texas just lost 7 people in Sanger, Lake Ray Roberts, Valley View

[@SuperSuzyg]

I don't care what Hollywood CGI can come up with now--nothing scared me more back in the day than the toronado scene in Wizard Of Oz 😂

[@mbmccamey2]

yep!

[@romeogolf4]

a sock if I remember correctly

[@joshua.dmurphy8643]

The second wizard of Oz was dark right? Damn

[@pennylane8859]

The only "real Twister movie" The nineties were the best era for great movies. Every month another masterpiece!

[@LuisTrejo-wd2it]

3:54 F4 Tornado: Here’s Twisty! 😈🌪️

[@catherinegallegos9990]

No no no no the f4 tornado:here's Johnny

[@user-wl5hj9sv6e]

The perfect cameo appearance where Jack Nicholson was close to saying, "Here's Johnny!" Part where the twister destroyed the screen.

[@DownToYouSirens]

I really see what they mean by not having enough warning 0:49 TV goes out 1:53 they see it 2:04 tornado warning issued 2:23 tornado sirens go off 3:13 hits the theatre That’s less than 3 minutes. Dang

[@kaitlynhowell]

That’s exactly why minutes count in a tornado warning.👍🏻

[@Redmist-se7ld]

Holy shit I didn’t know @ 1:53 they see it

[@jonathanlimjun6238]

Yes

[@ChrisStumer]

Never solely rely on warnings to be issued. The tornado could have taken out the TV towers on its way to them.

[@Tigressa101]

What’s worse is that F4 was a bit slower as everyone had time to run. By the time you would see it from that distance, it would have already been in the drive in after 10 seconds.

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

I hated seeing her beautiful house destroyed. After a storm people always says things can be replaced, but some things absolutely can not ever be replaced.

[@amwfan88]

I was 9 years old when I saw Twister for the first time (this was around early 1998). This scene was, easily, the scariest part of the movie for me. From the eerie atmosphere (you know something's going to happen, but you don't know what or when), to the comic relief Dusty showing genuine fear and panic, to the visuals, it all works perfectly at instilling fear. The fact The Shining is playing only adds to that (this was my first exposure to it, and even without context, Danny encountering the twins is scary). I'm 35 and this scene still gives me chills.

[@RussianSevereWeatherVideos]

Exact same here actually. Only for me it was in Russia and in that same year we had a night-time tornado hit our town just like that. I recall waking up around midnight to some horrible lightning. Like nothing I've ever seen in my young life back then. That, along with Twister pretty much made me who I am today. A storm-crazed Russian chaser :D

[@anthonyeveretts9065]

Same here cause it can happen at night without warning

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

A large violent tornado appearing out of the darkness would scare anyone

[@Sahilprakash1999]

2:11 Dusty: JO, BILL IT'S COMING IT'S HEADED RIGHT FOR US Bill: it's already here EVERYBODY UNDERGROUND NOW

[@Yuurei21]

I remember seeing this in theaters, it scared the crap out of me. Lol The slow build up of the music, the close up shots, and wind in the back ground. The excellent pan shot from the twister to Joe. Great cinematography!

[@jamesfracasse8178]

Maybe this will be a flashback sequence in twister 🌀 2 coming out in theaters in July 0:52

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

I would've been surprised if it didn't scare you. Anybody would be scared if a giant wedge tornado appears out of the darkness suddenly

[@geoffg8840]

This is my fav scene in Twister. Cant wait for Twisters

[@LauraRN713]

Mine too!!!

[@stormrail4540]

This movie plays like the horror genre so well. That building tension, ominous reveal, screams of terror. Then once they're all in shelter, no music. Just ambient sound of howling. Gradual destruction of the building, not knowing what will happen next. Cameras swaying in all directions like panic. Then once we think it's scary enough, they throw a WHOLE car at the set followed by the neon sign. Truly a great shock and awe moment and really concludes the scene with thrilling intensity. Without a doubt one of the greatest weather scenes in cinema history.

[@user-zu3md5qz8y]

and HERE'S JOHNNY

[@matthewcreech8259]

I respectfully disagree. Although very entertaining, this movie plays more like tornadoes are hiding behind tree ready to spring on you. It's haha I'm a tornadoe run!!

[@stormrail4540]

@matthewcreech8259 much like a stalker killer in a slasher film

[@brandonclark435]

It is a hybrid film, a mix of slasher and man vs nature but instead of it being a beast like Jaws, it is the primal forces of physics that is the thing man contends with.

[@wadewilson8011]

Give me a break. You Zoomers try to make everything a horror movie these days. Cut the shit already. Next thing you know, y'all idiots will try to compare the Wizard of Oz to a horror movie. Oh that's right, too late, the damn flying monkeys. 🙄🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Heart2016Sim]

This scene traumatized me as a kid the shining playing while the tornado was ripping through everything was too much for me

[@Budkkjr]

this whole scene was done so well. the way the cable cuts off..just the wind blowing then bill and jo looking at the tv and the way melissa looks at the windown and it just keeps building and building...then all hell breaks loose...so freaking good...oh and the music...the music is so good.

[@Lover-of-Creative-Priorities]

This always felt like this is where the fun stops chasing the 🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️

[@FortunateJuice]

The tornado hits the movie screen right as Jack Nicholson says "here's Johnny". Don't think for a moment that wasn't intentional.

[@EdjeMr1975]

I saw it in Theater back then ... What a rollercoaster ride was that

[@charlielucas3386]

Love this scene!! 2:36 is such a terrifying shot of the twister, especially when the lightning illuminates it so the funnel is half-lit, half-dark!! It just adds to the suspense and feeling of imminent danger! Twister is, and always will be, the #1 storm-disaster movie for me!! 😎⚡️🌪️👍🏻

[@anthonyeveretts9065]

U ain’t lyin

[@Skipbo000]

In a Tornado things get picked up and blown. They don't start just falling like in an earthquake. And it's gone in a minute.

[@JesterBandito]

The way they shot this scene, the subtleties building in a grand crescendo. Like the wind, starting off as just a breeze to a hell storm signaling its approach. Gives this Tornado a personality like that of an angry god.

[@F5_cena]

Finger of God

[@DPS1194]

​@@F5_cenaExcept the Finger of God in this movie is that they're referring to the F5 that took her father's life. And it doesn't matter if it's the same one in the present day. Jo will have to face it head-on if she's able to get closure.

[@aaronmccombs4966]

Required while watching the movie: 1) Suspension of disbelief 2) Suspension of rational thinking 3) Suspension of common sense 4) Suspension of laws of physics 5) Suspension of self-preservation

[@davidyoung2111]

Great movie. RIP Bill. You were in my favorite movie of all time "Tombstone". Helen Hunt & Bill's passion is perfect.

[@burtonwilliams5355]

''HERE'S JOHNNY!'' . .Tornado ''HERE, HOLD MY BEER''.

[@Darklord40]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kuraito1346]

That can be scary when a tornado is hitting in the middle of the night.

[@sreyasdesai4865]

Southern

[@cgreenfield6655]

I absolutely love this movie and I'm so stoked about Twisters

[@timmythomas4273]

This is the greatest Twister 🌪 movie ever made and nothing will ever come close to this movie 🎬 it has that special something that just can't be Duplicated. Or remade

[@soundseeker63]

The CGI may look a bit dated now but, in terms of setting a high suspense buildup, they nailed it! Probably more so with this night scene than the other twisters because it was all about what you COULDN'T see. But all the clues are there, and the music, lead you to suspect hell is just around the corner...

[@tommyb8374]

Saw this in theaters 10x it was amazing seeing on a big screen before multiplex took over. Still love watching it's so well put together, no way this new one tops it

[@samanthawoodward7551]

Very very good film. Always reminds me of experiencing supercell thunderstorms abroad.

[@Kortifex]

Can't wait for the new twisters hopefully it can be a good as this movie

[@colleenquinn7158]

I saw the preview and wasn't really sure. It looked like Alot was AI generated. Really loved the sound track to the new movie though.

[@tobijones1193]

Looks to AI generated I think

[@payasoloco1287]

I really hope we see a cameo from one of the actors rom the original

[@josephastier7421]

It's Hollywood, there is a good chance they will find a way to screw it up.

[@Ilovetruckandtractorpulling]

Best movie EVER made!!!!!!!

[@GuitarBassCigar]

There are about 100000 cinema sins against this flick, but I still love it.

[@hybridAbsol]

When the lightning came, i felt that....

[@mcs-bl6sg]

The new one coming out this summer will never be able to replicate the tension, suspense, and horror from this one scene alone.

[@yolandaponkers1581]

You have no way of knowing this.

[@jamesfracasse8178]

​@@yolandaponkers1581only time will tell if the new movie will hold a candle 🕯️ to the original movie 🍿🎥 3:39

[@theMick52]

We shall see!

[@briancottrell1583]

I would like another steak breakfast...

[@sunshine19701989]

Hopefully they will try as hard!

[@lolosghost1643]

3:20 the cops are like a hell no im getting out of here 😂

[@catherinegallegos9990]

Rip the f150 and the wagon

[@willsco76]

Best video of this great scene on KZbin.

[@tonynikon]

I saw the movie when it came in theaters. Great acting, great story and I said to myself, it’s just a movie. Then I saw the devastation at Joplin!!!!😮

[@danielcarrillo1057]

2:37 Jesus that thing is terrifying

[@zacharyjoy8724]

And just think, it’s not the final one.

[@ericradford2142]

Jesus ain’t got nothing to do with it.

[@geoffg8840]

Terrifying but beautiful in its own scary way

[@colbywidener7092]

​@@ericradford2142 Always people taking Jabs at the Lord smh

[@colbywidener7092]

​@@ericradford2142 always taking jabs at the lord smh

[@michaeltrower741]

Great shot of the twister and Jack Nicholson.

[@MIchael-li7mq]

Loved this movie it's a shame Bill Paxton passed away he and Helen Hunt were great characters and had good chemistry as storm chasers. Seeing how quickly the tornado touched down with very little warning for everyone on the ground was terrifying when Bill Paxton said it's already here. Just goes to show how unpredictable mother nature can be. Excellent movie. The way that Jonas got killed also freaked me out with how he refused to listen to Bill when even though they may not have been friends he still tried to save his life

[@PaulHosey]

The way Jo protects that guy ❤

[@TJ89741]

When they say that TV go out. They knew right away what was coming. Seeing the lightning light up that big Wedge reminded me of the F4 that hit Western Kentucky in 2021 at night. Only lightning revealed its monsterous existence. Truly terrifying

[@lars7282]

80s knew how to come up with ideas. 90s knew how to come up with a scene.

[@robinlowery9385]

It got even scarier when that tornado met up with a tornado that was stronger and both teamed up to form that monster EF5 tornado that became the final twister in the movie. 🌪

[@BaldwinVoice]

This scene terrified me as a kid. They spend the whole movie chasing tornadoes, but this time, the monster is chasing them. We're all at the mercy of Nature's fury.

[@why-even-try-brotendo]

4:00 "EVERYBODY MOVE, CMON!!!" "Dude, we're already down here" 😅

[@anthonyeveretts9065]

I was about 1 year old wen I first saw this movie and im 27 and this scene still scares the crap out of me

[@rado3880]

How can you even remember watching it when you were just 1 year old? 😅

[@anthonyeveretts9065]

Cause it came out in 1996 an I first watched it in 1998

[@moretoknowshow1887]

It was at this point when Dusty moved to LA, changed his name to Brandt, and started working for Jeffrey Lebowski...

[@bradrunkle7311]

Hopefully TWISTERS sequal is fantastic

[@gillianday4804]

When a TV goes static, that means there's gonna be a twister.

[@lawrenceperkins549]

Classic movie

[@sixmax11]

1996 or not, the effects done in this movie were great.

[@anthonygineo4476]

can't wait for the 4k blue ray release

[@1978tenpack]

I pre-ordered it already. Coming July 9th!

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

The tornado was like I'm here bitches

[@rocket2386]

Classic movie!

[@geffreyjewell6546]

My son and I love this movie, especially when tornadoes are portrayed as sounding like roaring lions. Watch it again, every tornado sounds like an MGM movie opening.

[@andrewandres148]

That was some real tough neon on that sign......

[@goldendragon6431]

You can tell a tornado is deadly when lightning strikes around it

[@kyiastar]

I mean if nothing else this movie is an awesome reminder of what nature does and why she doesn’t need our help.

[@dannybendtsen3033]

Cool fact the movie playing in background is the shining

[@toddjoubert1074]

Great Movie

[@randomfan4966]

You know for not having too much realism some tornadoes like this can go unnoticed till too late. It can be quite common especially for rain-wraps

[@briancclevenger]

This was amazing in the theater and is still a great movie. Sad their doing a remake of it, they just can't make m like they use to.

[@jakey_playzofficial]

This is my favourite scene and the first tornsdo scene when they drive in that ditch when you see the barn get abliterated to debre

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

Joplin Missouri had twenty minute tornado warning lead time and people in Joplin ignored it as if it was a false alarm

[@lylis-dad]

I've been through tornados in the dead of night. If you are on the wrong side all you'll see is rain obscuring the tornado. The sound is the scariest part when you can't see it.

[@kind2311]

I enjoyed all 3 frames of this.

[@andolinismic]

I remember had a quite long term crush with Helen Hunt at the time

[@abundantYOUniverse]

I wish a twister would have destroyed the theater we were in while we sat and watched Cabon Boy with Chris Elliot.

[@spiderman0863]

I spent the afternoon thinking about the sensors.

[@sheppardfun5360]

Wonder if tornado nights in tornado valley are always this epic…

[@rickyray2794]

HEEEERES TWISTY 😁

[@playmo98]

Am I the only one that notices the hand popping up at 2:37 and tapping the metal plate behind it? Seems to me like an error of someone testing if it was sturdy enough because it feels so out of place hahah.

[@BCVS777]

The billboard lights never go out!😂

[@s.michaelcampbell918]

I always called this movie "Twist Top".

[@ChrisStumer]

The only criticism of this scene would be that there is no precipitation before the tornado hit unless the precipitation missed them.

[@user-cw3xw7pk2h]

Good movie.

[@user-vl5dz6oc9g]

Tornados coming in the daytime would kinda suck also, just sayen.

[@tamarab6130]

We were hit by a tornado when I was 7 years old, we had just gotten off the school bus, this is pretty accurate, the house stood afterwards, but it wasn't safe, it was like being hit by a freight train, and deafening, I'm afraid of strong winds to this day, that siren goes off. I'm in the basement almost 60 years later. From Iowa

[@anthonyeveretts9065]

My favorite movie of all time and my favorite part

[@nikkojacinto5643]

That was insane.

[@sarmaxsam]

Without this cast the new one is gonna suck

[@drewski1535]

2:35 2:55 😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@henrimatisse7481]

EF 3 frickin scary but survivable

[@coinmastercoinmaster]

R.I.P Bill Paxton😭

[@brettwagley3529]

Miss bill😢.

[@seisies-mama]

4:01 love 😍 this movie

[@jjmcwill1881]

This was great in theaters