Greatest Scenes in Horror

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens [A Symphony of Horror] (1922)- Rise: Count Orlock rises from his coffin. A truly terrifying scene. For 1922 - the make-up work, the movements of Max Schreck (Count Orlock), and the special effects are truly amazing.


The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Unmasked: The up-and-coming opera singer Chrisine Dae discovers what's the behind the mask of brilliant composer, Erik. NOTE: This scene was originally in black & white and silent. This is a pretty cool, colorized, and scored version of the scene.


Psycho (1960) - Arbogast Meets Mother: Detective Arbogast is suspicious of Norman Bates. Beautiful Marion Crane has just disappeared and she was last seen at the Bates Motel. Arbogast gets a nasty welcome when he attempts to interrogate Norman's dear Mother.


Night of the Living Dead (1968) - "They're Coming To Get You, Barbara!": In the cemetery, Johnny teases his sister, Barbara with the notion that the dead will rise to collect Barbara. Was he right or what?


The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - Somebody home?: In this scene, Kirk learns that curiousity killed the cat. A truly effective scene.


Carrie (1976) - "They're All Going To Laugh At You!": Carrie White's fantasy becomes a nightmare as a few of her cruel classmates humiliate her at the prom. But Carrie got the last laugh.


Halloween (1978) - The Mona Lisa of Murder: The suspense builds up perfectly up to the point where Michael Myers strikes. After he finishes off poor Bob, he takes a few seconds to admire his work as if he is observing a piece of art.


Alien (1979) - Soup's On: I definitely will not be having what he had. The claustrophobic, handheld camera work in this scene is what helps heighten the tension in this scene.


Friday the 13th (1980) - He's Still There: It's all over... or is it? Alice has just decapitated the maniacal Mrs. Voorhees who was on a vengeful killing spree over the death of her son, Jason. In the end, like mother like son.
Definitely leaves it open for a Friday the 13th, Part 2... and that certainly happened. As did Part 3 through Part remake.


The Thing (1982) - "You've gotta be fuckin' kidding!": With perhaps the greatest special effects ever printed onto celluoid, this truly terrifying scene shows Norris suffering from a heart attack. Or what we think is Norris... This film still scares me to this date.


A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - "This... is God!": Tina's faith in God is powerless against the evil Freddy Krueger. 1, 2 Freddy's Coming For You.


The Exorcist III (1990) - Legion: I've never been a big fan of The Exorcist and I've never seen this film. But I've heard about this scene countless time on horror movie websites, calling it one of the scariest scenes from a very underrated film. This scene does a perfect job at building tension through with it's cinematography and pacing. Sure as hell scared me!


Candyman (1993) - "Be my victim...": Undeniably, this is the scariest and most atmospheric horror film of the past twenty years. While an extremely gory, brutal film it's scariest moment is beautifully simplisitc.


The Strangers (2008) - Lock Your Doors, Pretend You're Safe: In this day and age, a good horror film is hard to come by these days. Especially a horror film with a simple plot and a low budget that manages to scare us. Even though this film did have it's share of cliches, it was still scary. Even this scene is nothing new - it is obviously inspired by the original Halloween. But it was executed to perfection. This is also the first time I was in the theater for a horror film where everyone started to scream at a certain scene, as shown in this video which was filmed at showing of the movie.