Most traumatic scenes in movies (spoilers?)

Kodos · 05-05-2003, 01:17 PM

Kindof as an offshoot of The Ring thread, what is the most jolting/traumatic scene in movies for you.

I think in Saving Private Ryan, where the two guys are fighting, and the one is slowly stabbing the other through the heart while he begs for mercy is perhaps the most traumatic scene I have ever watched. It haunted me for a long time afterward. Same with the guy who gets shot in the helmet, takes off the helmet to look at the hole and make sure he hasn't been hit, and then gets shot in the head. I remember thinking: "You idiot! Put your helmet back on!" right before he got shot. That movie was just full of moments like that.

Also, the jolt scene of the girl in the closet in The Ring was pretty shocking.

What scenes got to you?

KWhit · 05-05-2003, 01:23 PM

The beans and frank scene from "There's Something About Mary." I couldn't take a wiz for a week!

stkelly52 · 05-05-2003, 01:24 PM

In the sixth sence when bruce willis discovers that he is actually dead. I totally did not see that comming.

From a looooong time ago, when Bambi's mom was killed.

cuervo72 · 05-05-2003, 01:25 PM

As a kid, I was pretty taken aback by the miniseries 'V', when there was a guy who was around some dry ice or frozen gas or something, had his arm frozen and then bumped into a railing, shattering his arm off.

On a similar note, I thought Bruce Willis blowing Jack Black's arm off in 'The Jackal' was a little much. Probably not horrible by today's standards, and not necessarily jolting, but pretty gruesome.

Oh, Emilio Estevez' demise in Mission Impossible didn't thrill me much either. And again, as a kid I didn't think it too cool in IJ & the Temple of Doom when they pulled the guy's heart out...

I guess I tend to like sex in my movies more than violence anyway

KWhit · 05-05-2003, 01:26 PM

There are tons of scenes in Schindler's List, but the one that stands out is of the little boy hiding in the outhouse. Oh man...

QuikSand · 05-05-2003, 01:27 PM

I still can't enjoy "Stuck in the Middle With You" the same way after watching Reservoir Dogs. Grisly.

Marmel · 05-05-2003, 01:27 PM

In Se7ev, when the body in the bed came to life, and you realize that he was still alive!

Fritz · 05-05-2003, 01:29 PM

Opening scene in Saving Private Ryan put me in shock.

scooper · 05-05-2003, 01:30 PM

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Originally posted by Marmel
In Se7ev, when the body in the bed came to life, and you realize that he was still alive!

That entire movie counts. Never before or since have I been in a theater were after the lights came on, everybody stood up silently and just kind of stared at each other with jaws dropped.

cuervo72 · 05-05-2003, 01:30 PM

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Originally posted by stkelly52
In the sixth sence when bruce willis discovers that he is actually dead. I totally did not see that comming.

From a looooong time ago, when Bambi's mom was killed.

I have the unfortunate tendency to try to figure out movies if I know there is some sort of catch to them. When everyone was talking about Sixth Sense and how the ending came out of nowhere, I had to try to figure it out. After about 15 minutes I had, and everything else in the movie pretty much confirmed it for me. Good movie, but I think I ruined it for myself

cthomer5000 · 05-05-2003, 01:31 PM

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Originally posted by Marmel
In Se7ev, when the body in the bed came to life, and you realize that he was still alive!

yeah, that REALLY freaked me out when I first watched it.

Marmel · 05-05-2003, 01:33 PM

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Originally posted by scooper
That entire movie counts. Never before or since have I been in a theater were after the lights came on, everybody stood up silently and just kind of stared at each other with jaws dropped.

True, but I was trying to pick out the most shocking scene.

KWhit · 05-05-2003, 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by cuervo72
I have the unfortunate tendency to try to figure out movies if I know there is some sort of catch to them. When everyone was talking about Sixth Sense and how the ending came out of nowhere, I had to try to figure it out. After about 15 minutes I had, and everything else in the movie pretty much confirmed it for me. Good movie, but I think I ruined it for myself

Exactly. I saw the movie without knowing that there was a hook ending, so it really blew me away. I always prefer seeing a movie knowing as little as possible about it.

That's one of the things I really liked about Signs. The advertising of the film didn't tell you AT ALL what you were really going to see. That's why the scene at the birthday party freaked me out so much - it was totally unexpected. I wish more movies would keep their secrets out of the trailers.

cthomer5000 · 05-05-2003, 01:44 PM

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Originally posted by KWhit
Exactly. I saw the movie without knowing that there was a hook ending, so it really blew me away. I always prefer seeing a movie knowing as little as possible about it.

That's one of the things I really liked about Signs. The advertising of the film didn't tell you AT ALL what you were really going to see. That's why the scene at the birthday party freaked me out so much - it was totally unexpected. I wish more movies would keep their secrets out of the trailers.

this is easily the most alarming trend in movies today. Look at the trailer for the movie 'The Italian Job' (which I haven't seen yet).
I find out that 1. Ed Norton's character turns on them, 2. Ed Norton's character kills Donald Sutherland's character, 3. A huge revenge plot ensues.

Now if this movie were just pitched as some fancy heist (that of course being the Italian Job), wouldn't the movie have an aweomse twist when Ed Norton turned on his co-thieves? They could have marketed it as some sort of Oceans-11 like grand heist, rather than revealing ever detail.

Bonegavel · 05-05-2003, 01:45 PM

As a kid, I remember having nightmares after seeing the "Airport 77" flick. The scene where the dead people float by the windows gave me nightmares for weeks. Today, I'm sure it wouldn't even shock a 4 year old, but at the time, t.v. didn't show a lot of that stuff.

As an adult, I must admit that JAWS still creeps the shit out of me.

Anrhydeddu · 05-05-2003, 01:48 PM

I saw Twilight Zone's Eye of the Beholder for the first time 35 years ago and I still get nightmares from it. I read recently that they are doing a remake of it.

RonnieDobbs · 05-05-2003, 01:49 PM

Again I was a kid, but many of the scenes from Poltergeist freaked the living shit out of me. I'll give it to the tree trying to eat the boy.

Anrhydeddu · 05-05-2003, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by BoneGavel
As a kid, I remember having nightmares after seeing the "Airport 77" flick. The scene where the dead people float by the windows gave me nightmares for weeks. Today, I'm sure it wouldn't even shock a 4 year old, but at the time, t.v. didn't show a lot of that stuff.

There is something quite profound in that statement. But we can't complain because there is something "progressive" about de-sensitizing 4 yrs olds (or any other ages).

Franklinnoble · 05-05-2003, 01:53 PM

Jack Black in his skivvies in "Orange County"

*shudder*

Godzilla Blitz · 05-05-2003, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by Fritz
Opening scene in Saving Private Ryan put me in shock.

Ditto that one. I never felt so claustrophobic in a movie theater, nor had such a visceral reaction to a film. Every part of my body wanted to "get the hell out of there". Haunted me for days and nights.

The other would be Wizard of Oz. When I was a kid, and the Wicked Witch showed up. See ya! I was out of there. Put me in bed, mommy! Took me about five years to make it through that part. Of course, that only got me to the part when those damn flying monkie things come dropping out of the sky. I've never gotten past that point. Still don't know how the movie ends.

Oh yeah, although I know some people thought the movie was stupid, I was so scared at the end of the Blair Witch Project that I was hypterventilating.

ColtCrazy · 05-05-2003, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by Marmel
In Se7ev, when the body in the bed came to life, and you realize that he was still alive!

I think that's why I like that movie so much, there's tons of scenes like it. Even though you could guess what's in the box at the end, it's still something.

Butter · 05-05-2003, 02:05 PM

The scene in American History X where Edward Norton's character tells his victim to "bite the curb". Mother of God, I had to stop the DVD for about 5 minutes before I could continue.

Craptacular · 05-05-2003, 02:06 PM

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Originally posted by Fritz
Opening scene in Saving Private Ryan put me in shock.

You weren't one of those kiddies whose mommy and daddy took them to an R-rated WWII movie and then complained about how they had to leave the theater because of the violence, were you?

SplitPersonality1 · 05-05-2003, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by ColtCrazy
I think that's why I like that movie so much, there's tons of scenes like it. Even though you could guess what's in the box at the end, it's still something.

True. At the end, I knew what was in the box and I was hollering at the TV (I saw it on video). "Don't open the box. Dammit, DON"T OPEN THE FREAKING BOX". Se7en is one of the few movies that drew me in hook-line and sinker.

For a shocking scene that hasn't been mentioned yet, how about the "Singing in the Rain" scene from A Clockwork Orange. Truly disturbing.

cthomer5000 · 05-05-2003, 02:12 PM

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Originally posted by Butter_of_69
The scene in American History X where Edward Norton's character tells his victim to "bite the curb". Mother of God, I had to stop the DVD for about 5 minutes before I could continue.

I turned my head. This is an excellent example of a really disturbing moment in a movie.

Craptacular · 05-05-2003, 02:15 PM

The scene in Payback where they hammer Mel Gibson's toes is nasty. Just thinking about the sound of the hammer hitting the concrete (through his toes) makes me cringe. I'm glad they didn't "show it".

JeeberD · 05-05-2003, 02:16 PM

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Originally posted by Craptacular
You weren't one of those kiddies whose mommy and daddy took them to an R-rated WWII movie and then complained about how they had to leave the theater because of the violence, were you?

Heh, I remember when I went to see the SouthPark movie and right in front of us there was a woman with two kids who had to be around ten. Needless to say, after the opening scene (Shut your fucking face, uncle-fucker...) they were out of there...

KWhit · 05-05-2003, 02:16 PM

That reminded me of the "hobbling" scene from Misery. Oh man.

TroyF · 05-05-2003, 02:19 PM

I have a REALLY tough time watching any rape scene in a movie. The opening sequence of Eye for an Eye was horrible. Sally Field is on the phone and listens to her daughtered get raped and murdered. I had a really tough time with that one.

TroyF

cuervo72 · 05-05-2003, 02:20 PM

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Originally posted by Craptacular
The scene in Payback where they hammer Mel Gibson's toes is nasty. Just thinking about the sound of the hammer hitting the concrete (through his toes) makes me cringe. I'm glad they didn't "show it".

Oooh, that just reminded me of the bed scene from Misery - ouch!

Of course, from what I've heard Kathy Bates was in an equally if not more disturbing scene recently

Fritz · 05-05-2003, 02:25 PM

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Originally posted by Craptacular
You weren't one of those kiddies whose mommy and daddy took them to an R-rated WWII movie and then complained about how they had to leave the theater because of the violence, were you?

heh, no.

edit: perhaps the movie should have been NC-17

I know I stopped breathing for a while and was completely immersed in the unfolding carnage. If the movie had not shifted to the view from the seawall I may have passed out.

Would have interesting to put a BP collar on.

MizzouRah · 05-05-2003, 02:26 PM

(ditto)Misery when Kathy Bates breaks James Caan's ankles. Ouch!

Also, a friend of mine called me before the Blair Witch Project was even mentioned on TV and told me he had a copy of it for the pc. We all watched it that night and the last scene freaked me out. About a week later I discovered it was all a hoax, but that scence still bugs me somewhat.

Todd

Fidatelo · 05-05-2003, 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by TroyF
I have a REALLY tough time watching any rape scene in a movie. The opening sequence of Eye for an Eye was horrible. Sally Field is on the phone and listens to her daughtered get raped and murdered. I had a really tough time with that one.

TroyF

Stay away from Rules of Attraction then, it's got the most god-awful rape scene ever right in the first 10 minutes.

KWhit · 05-05-2003, 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by cuervo72
Oooh, that just reminded me of the bed scene from Misery - ouch!

Of course, from what I've heard Kathy Bates was in an equally if not more disturbing scene recently

Hey, didn't I just say that?

Pyser · 05-05-2003, 02:49 PM

requiem for a dream.

the whole movie shook me. bad. has ruined every other drug-themed movie for me ever. nothing compares.

but to stay with the specific scene theme....i guess id have to go with what jennifer connolly's character does at the end to score some more drugs. horribly degrading. and then her reaction after scoring the stuff.

come to think of it, everyones "fate" at the end of the movie shook me. damn. that movie plain messed me up.

cuervo72 · 05-05-2003, 02:49 PM

Whoops, guess you got there while I was writing it! My apologies KWhit.

KWhit · 05-05-2003, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by cuervo72
Whoops, guess you got there while I was writing it! My apologies KWhit.

Just bustin' your balls, cuervo. I thought it was funny that we said the exact same thing.

Speaking of movies about drugs, the baby on the ceiling scene in Trainspotting was pretty traumatic. Not easy to watch at all.

cuervo72 · 05-05-2003, 02:59 PM

Strange movie but....

In 'Cemetary Man' (Dellamorte Dellamore), when Rupert Everett's character kills Anna Falchi's char, and you realize that she hadn't yet been dead before (the premise of the movie, if you haven't seen it, is that Everett works at an Italian cemetary where everyone comes back to life and has to be "killed" a second time, or they go around doing a Night of the Living dead act). A grim "D'OH" kind of moment.

cuervo72 · 05-05-2003, 03:02 PM

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Originally posted by KWhit
Just bustin' your balls, cuervo. I thought it was funny that we said the exact same thing.

Speaking of movies about drugs, the baby on the ceiling scene in Trainspotting was pretty traumatic. Not easy to watch at all.

Yeah, I know. Sometimes I think about my wording too much and I take an hour with my replies

If we're dealing with babies, that clip of Michael Jackson dangling "his" baby over the balcony was pretty traumatic too!

sabotai · 05-05-2003, 03:03 PM

I agree with the scene in American History X. Whenever I think of what he did...*shudders*...what a horrible way to go...

And I agree that I like to go into a movie not knowing anything. I did that with Se7en and it was great. Recently, I went to see Identity with no idea of what it was about. Going into a movie not knowing what it is about puts my "guard" down, so I'm not looking for any twists, and then I am pleasently surprised.

korme · 05-05-2003, 03:07 PM

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Originally posted by Franklinnoble
Jack Black in his skivvies in "Orange County"

*shudder*

nothing screams HOT like that did

Radii · 05-05-2003, 03:10 PM

I'm sure if I hadn't blocked most of the movie out of my mind, I could come up with something out of American Psycho.

But the first thing that came to my mind was the whole storming the beach opening to Saving Private Ryan. How long was that opening scene anyway? It was by far the most... intense experience I've ever had watching a movie.

Out of all of it the part where you see a guy looking around the beach aimlessly, and he picks up his own arm that had been blown off... that was the roughest part of it for me I think.

QuikSand · 05-05-2003, 03:11 PM

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Originally posted by Pyser
requiem for a dream.

the whole movie shook me. bad. has ruined every other drug-themed movie for me ever. nothing compares.

but to stay with the specific scene theme....i guess id have to go with what jennifer connolly's character does at the end to score some more drugs. horribly degrading. and then her reaction after scoring the stuff.

come to think of it, everyones "fate" at the end of the movie shook me. damn. that movie plain messed me up.

I agree - that movie was deeply disturbing. I guess I wouldn't point out any one scene, but the depiction of the unhappy endings for each and every character we care about was very moving. For me, maybe the best scene in the film was the phone call - the guy calls his girl back home, and promises her that he's coming back to get her. It's amazing how powerful that movie was... I'm not sure I "liked" it, but it was seriously compelling.

Fritz · 05-05-2003, 03:11 PM

The boat sinking scene in White Squal gets to me too.

cthomer5000 · 05-05-2003, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by QuikSand
I agree - that movie was deeply disturbing. I guess I wouldn't point out any one scene, but the depiction of the unhappy endings for each and every character we care about was very moving. For me, maybe the best scene in the film was the phone call - the guy calls his girl back home, and promises her that he's coming back to get her. It's amazing how powerful that movie was... I'm not sure I "liked" it, but it was seriously compelling.

me and my friends just walked out of the theater like, "wow, how depressing." The movie was really moving. Yes Quik, the "ass to ass" scene at the end is pretty shocking for jennifer connelly's character, showing she's sunk as far as she possibly can. I definitely really liked the movie overall, it was very well done.

JonInMiddleGA · 05-05-2003, 03:23 PM

Several scenes popped into my head when I saw the thread title --

1) Opening sequence of "Beverly Hills Cop" of all things. Where Eddie's partner is executed via gunshot to the back of the head. As it struck me at the time (and I haven't watched the scene since), the camera angle gave you a quick profile silhouette of the victim and you see his face exploding outward. I can't think of any other film that uses that specific angle for a head shot and it really got to me.

2) "Reservoir Dogs" cop torture scene.

3) The end of "Blair Witch" is the most genuine terror I've ever felt in a theatre. My ass (nor any of the rest of me) will never go camping again. And I knew it wasn't a documentary when I watched it, the damned thing scared the crap out of me.

4) Manson-stops-the-prosecutors-watch scene in "Helter Skelter". It wasn't the watch stopping, it was the look of Manson's eyes at the end of the scene, I had nightmares about that for several years later. (Hey, I was young at the time)

And like somebody already mentioned, I'm pretty creeped out by rape scenes in general.

Draft Dodger · 05-05-2003, 03:27 PM

I remember a few scenes from movies that I saw when I was too young...

- the Russian Roulette scene from Deerhunter
- when they chopped off the foot in Roots
- the one that caused me the most trauma - by far, was The Great Santini. I have NO idea why I wanted to see this movie when it was on TV, but I was too young; there's a scene which a black man is attacked in his trailer by the local yokels, and it has always stuck with me. I had nightmares for several nights after that (followed by several days of "I told you so's" by my mother).

Ryan was the most overall haunting film I've seen - 5 of us went to see it, and none of us spoke for about 10 minutes on the drive home. I don't plan on seeing that again until I feel my son is old enough and is in need of a little direction in life.

JonInMiddleGA · 05-05-2003, 04:12 PM

One more that I forgot to mention would be several of the battle sequences in "We Were Soldiers". It's not gory, it's not particularly gruesome, it's just nerve-wracking. More intensity than I'm used to in a combat film (and I've seen a ton of 'em).

Unlike most war movies, which seem to turn the battle volume down at just the right moment so you can hear the key dialogue, "WWS" just let the bullets fly & let the dialogue compete with everything else. Created a noticeably different feel IMO.

John Galt · 05-05-2003, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by Butter_of_69
The scene in American History X where Edward Norton's character tells his victim to "bite the curb". Mother of God, I had to stop the DVD for about 5 minutes before I could continue.

This is by far the most traumatic scene for me too. As soon as I saw this thread that is what I thought of. When I saw it in the theater I almost lost it.

Another scene that affected was the recent rape scene from Irreversible - it is just off-the-charts bad, but at least I knew that before I saw it. I also was affected by Requim for a Dream, but the two parts most jarring for me where the walking refrigerator and the infected track mark on the arm. The Trainspotting scene where he is going cold turkey and sees the dead baby crawling on the ceiling is also really bad.

Ragone · 05-05-2003, 04:37 PM

Couple of different ones..

Signs-The Brazilian Footage.. tempered with the sudden Music change when the alien appeared on camera

A Walk to Remember- Maybe not gruesome, but finding out what's wrong with Mandy Moore's character was quite a shock

White men can't jump-Rosie Perez naked.. i'm scarred for life

But the ones that really got me are already listed

Blair Witch Project-That ending was just.. You knew what was going to happen..

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KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	The beans and frank scene from "There's Something About Mary." I couldn't take a wiz for a week!

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KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	There are tons of scenes in Schindler's List, but the one that stands out is of the little boy hiding in the outhouse. Oh man...

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Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	Jack Black in his skivvies in "Orange County" shudder

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Craptacular College Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Mad City, WI	The scene in Payback where they hammer Mel Gibson's toes is nasty. Just thinking about the sound of the hammer hitting the concrete (through his toes) makes me cringe. I'm glad they didn't "show it".

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KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	That reminded me of the "hobbling" scene from Misery. Oh man.

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TroyF Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I have a REALLY tough time watching any rape scene in a movie. The opening sequence of Eye for an Eye was horrible. Sally Field is on the phone and listens to her daughtered get raped and murdered. I had a really tough time with that one. TroyF

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MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	(ditto)Misery when Kathy Bates breaks James Caan's ankles. Ouch! Also, a friend of mine called me before the Blair Witch Project was even mentioned on TV and told me he had a copy of it for the pc. We all watched it that night and the last scene freaked me out. About a week later I discovered it was all a hoax, but that scence still bugs me somewhat. Todd Last edited by MizzouRah : 05-05-2003 at 02:27 PM.

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Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	requiem for a dream. the whole movie shook me. bad. has ruined every other drug-themed movie for me ever. nothing compares. but to stay with the specific scene theme....i guess id have to go with what jennifer connolly's character does at the end to score some more drugs. horribly degrading. and then her reaction after scoring the stuff. come to think of it, everyones "fate" at the end of the movie shook me. damn. that movie plain messed me up.

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cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Strange movie but.... In 'Cemetary Man' (Dellamorte Dellamore), when Rupert Everett's character kills Anna Falchi's char, and you realize that she hadn't yet been dead before (the premise of the movie, if you haven't seen it, is that Everett works at an Italian cemetary where everyone comes back to life and has to be "killed" a second time, or they go around doing a Night of the Living dead act). A grim "D'OH" kind of moment. __________________ null

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sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	I agree with the scene in American History X. Whenever I think of what he did...shudders...what a horrible way to go... And I agree that I like to go into a movie not knowing anything. I did that with Se7en and it was great. Recently, I went to see Identity with no idea of what it was about. Going into a movie not knowing what it is about puts my "guard" down, so I'm not looking for any twists, and then I am pleasently surprised.

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Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I'm sure if I hadn't blocked most of the movie out of my mind, I could come up with something out of American Psycho. But the first thing that came to my mind was the whole storming the beach opening to Saving Private Ryan. How long was that opening scene anyway? It was by far the most... intense experience I've ever had watching a movie. Out of all of it the part where you see a guy looking around the beach aimlessly, and he picks up his own arm that had been blown off... that was the roughest part of it for me I think.

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Fritz Lethargic Hooligan Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing	The boat sinking scene in White Squal gets to me too. __________________ donkey, donkey, walk a little faster

05-05-2003, 03:23 PM	#46
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Several scenes popped into my head when I saw the thread title -- 1) Opening sequence of "Beverly Hills Cop" of all things. Where Eddie's partner is executed via gunshot to the back of the head. As it struck me at the time (and I haven't watched the scene since), the camera angle gave you a quick profile silhouette of the victim and you see his face exploding outward. I can't think of any other film that uses that specific angle for a head shot and it really got to me. 2) "Reservoir Dogs" cop torture scene. 3) The end of "Blair Witch" is the most genuine terror I've ever felt in a theatre. My ass (nor any of the rest of me) will never go camping again. And I knew it wasn't a documentary when I watched it, the damned thing scared the crap out of me. 4) Manson-stops-the-prosecutors-watch scene in "Helter Skelter". It wasn't the watch stopping, it was the look of Manson's eyes at the end of the scene, I had nightmares about that for several years later. (Hey, I was young at the time) And like somebody already mentioned, I'm pretty creeped out by rape scenes in general. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

05-05-2003, 03:27 PM	#47
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	I remember a few scenes from movies that I saw when I was too young... - the Russian Roulette scene from Deerhunter - when they chopped off the foot in Roots - the one that caused me the most trauma - by far, was The Great Santini. I have NO idea why I wanted to see this movie when it was on TV, but I was too young; there's a scene which a black man is attacked in his trailer by the local yokels, and it has always stuck with me. I had nightmares for several nights after that (followed by several days of "I told you so's" by my mother). Ryan was the most overall haunting film I've seen - 5 of us went to see it, and none of us spoke for about 10 minutes on the drive home. I don't plan on seeing that again until I feel my son is old enough and is in need of a little direction in life. __________________ Mile High Hockey

05-05-2003, 04:12 PM	#48
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	One more that I forgot to mention would be several of the battle sequences in "We Were Soldiers". It's not gory, it's not particularly gruesome, it's just nerve-wracking. More intensity than I'm used to in a combat film (and I've seen a ton of 'em). Unlike most war movies, which seem to turn the battle volume down at just the right moment so you can hear the key dialogue, "WWS" just let the bullets fly & let the dialogue compete with everything else. Created a noticeably different feel IMO. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

05-05-2003, 04:37 PM	#50
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Couple of different ones.. Signs-The Brazilian Footage.. tempered with the sudden Music change when the alien appeared on camera A Walk to Remember- Maybe not gruesome, but finding out what's wrong with Mandy Moore's character was quite a shock White men can't jump-Rosie Perez naked.. i'm scarred for life But the ones that really got me are already listed Blair Witch Project-That ending was just.. You knew what was going to happen..

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