Scariest TV Moments

keano_afc

The music to Tales of the Unexpected. Sunday night, ITV, just before going to be for school. That creepy dancing lady was often the cause of me staying awake. Music was so creepy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc46Gk-6qrA

bellinter

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keano_afc wrote: »

The music to Tales of the Unexpected. Sunday night, ITV, just before going to be for school. That creepy dancing lady was often the cause of me staying awake. Music was so creepy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc46Gk-6qrA

Tis kinda funny as well,in the sense that the harmless cheerful merry-go-round music is accompanied by pics of cards,angels and devils,and shadows of naked women dancing around....

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Anyone remember "Carrie"?

The part when she is walking zombie-like in the middle of the road covered in blood,and one look of her terrifying eyes makes the car spin over several times.
And the scene where her religious-maniac mother is trying to kill her.
And of course the end-the nightmare her classmate is having in the hospital bed,where she is visiting Carrie's grave and Carrie's hands come up through the ground and start pulling her down.

Great film-one of the most underrated horror films I think.

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Sky Arts 2 is showing Tales Of The Unexpected today at 1pm and at 1.30pm,and will be showing other episodes for the rest of the week at those times too.

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I watched "Tales From The Crypt" (the 1970s British anthology) on the horror channel the other night-and the very last part where the hooded Cryptkeeper in limbo turns to the camera says "And now,who is next? Maybe YOU...?" and immediately after he says that,the hellfires raise and the old Dracula music (J.S. Bach) plays loudly....

Imagine if I'd seen that about 30 years ago-I would have shat meself and had neverending nightmares!!:eek:

DazMarz

I always remember being freaked out as a kid by an episode of Are You Afraid Of The Dark. I cannot remember what the episode was now, but I remember vividly the image that caused me many nightmares and an aversion to opening my wardrobe for months; a character in the episode opened a door to a wardrobe/cupboard. Black darkness was then broken by a glowing, evil, scowling pair of red eyes. Huge, disembodied, evil eyes. I screamed and cried for ages after that, couldn't sleep for days... the eyes were going to get me. Caused me more than a few nightmares back in the day.

Nowadays, stuff like American Horror Story (that I don't watch, but my housemate does, so I see bits and pieces of it) would rank high on my estimates of freaky/scary shít.

fryup

when biddy & miley were in bed together

still get cold sweats about it

Dolbert

The David Lynch episodes of Twin Peaks always managed to be a special kind of disturbing. Spoilers obviously

Meanwhile...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGlvWD4aoro

How's Annie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rjJ51N7qZY

Also, the scene where

Maddy meets BOB

is genuinely terrifying.

Ruu

Meanwhile...aaaaaaaaarrrgggggghhhhhhhhhh! Those screams are genuinely terrifying!

Was scary when I was a child! Same with 'Into the Labyrinth' spooky themes and the show in general!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeJ39FsWpbk

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Ruu wrote: »

Meanwhile...aaaaaaaaarrrgggggghhhhhhhhhh! Those screams are genuinely terrifying!

Was scary when I was a child! Same with 'Into the Labyrinth' spooky themes and the show in general!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeJ39FsWpbk

Part of the chanting in that clip reminded me of the hysterical singing of "Edimus! Edimus! Edimus!" in that scene in The Omen where the priest is about to be killed in the graveyard.

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Sorry if I've already mentioned this one,but there's that final scene in The Wicker Man where Woodward's character is about to be the Pagan burnt offering-you just know that he is totally doomed,along with those poor animals...

And then there is the night scene in Open Water,with the thunderstorm-tis total darkness and you can only hear both of them,but with each lightning flash you can see sharks coming for them underwater for a split second each time.
Was that film really based on a true story?

FunLover18

miralize wrote: »

The attic scene on Luther

What about the under the bed? Scared the **** out of me.

The Weeping Angels. Especially the video in The Time Of Angels.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFGCZZV4dxs

I'm not joking.
That ad scared the pants off me all those years ago-the singing,her sailing into the dark caves,the chanting of the choir in the background,the scary deep voice at the end....

Interrobang

Most of what sticks with me comes from some great BBC children's programming. The Enchanted Castle was a standout, especially the moment when the audience of Ugly Wuglies came to life. That programme haunted the shadows of my memory for years, and oftentimes I though I'd imagined it. Other great programmes from back then with genuinely scary moments include The Box of Delights, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, and Children of the Stones. Loved them all.

Likewise with some classic Doctor Who episodes - to be able to create properly scary moments despite the dodgy sets and props was some feat. Fast forward to NuWho, 'Blink' was excellent.

I also remember the first time I watched Quatermass - brilliantly atmospheric and a genuinely unsettling build up of tension.

Actually, for atmosphere, I love classic horror movies like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Night of the Living Dead, The Haunting, and the like. I particularly love the ones that use suggestion to brilliant effect, allowing your imagination to do all the work, because the mind can insinuate things far more frightening than anything a screen can show you.

And another vote for the end of The Wicker Man here, too (the original, not the travesty of a remake!)

ProudDUB

The Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

T'was always a post Chrimbo tradition in our house to watch it when it came on. I loved watching the movie, but I always had to the leave the room at the parts where the childcatcher came on came on. My mammy would tell me when it was safe to come back into the sitting room again. The pale face, the tall black hat, the long fingers with the long nails, the cage that he trapped the chislsers in..... what sick sumbitch came up with that idea...shudders.....:mad::mad::mad:

Interrobang

Almost forgot the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth - really well done.

squonk

Into the Labyrinth creeped me out too. Great show. It was the theme and the darkness and those caves!

+1 for The Woman In Black (TV Version). My sister got hold of the video at one stage. We were all well into our teens and we spent a while slagging her off for getting a crap video but we soon changed our tune. The sense of dread int hat film is something else. I still love it. The bed scene gave us all a serious shock at the time! I still love it.

Day of the Triffids, the 70's BBC version scared the hell out of me when I was small. I used to find Sapphire and Steele a bit creepy too. Can't beat 70's UK TV productions!

Groucho2000

Another old one: Armchair Thriller - The Black Nun

Mr.Saturn

StompToWork wrote: »

The thing that made my stomach drop was actually in M. Knight Shalamamamamanaannnaa's "Signs". I was suffering through this dreadful movie, but I have to say, the first time we see the aliens on that news report kinda gave me a short sharp shock. One of those unexpected, totally caught my breath moments.

Wasn't enough to save that movie, tho.

I thought it did a decent job of bringing the prospect of alien invasion home; well grounded and whatnot, but then just went balls-funny in its ridiculous conclusion. The tidbit in the kitchen was a fantastic too, but as soon as it devolved into ****ty sci-fi, it loses the run of itself.

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Seasan wrote: »

I watched "Tales From The Crypt" (the 1970s British anthology) on the horror channel the other night-and the very last part where the hooded Cryptkeeper in limbo turns to the camera says "And now,who is next? Maybe YOU...?" and immediately after he says that,the hellfires raise and the old Dracula music (J.S. Bach) plays loudly....

Imagine if I'd seen that about 30 years ago-I would have shat meself and had neverending nightmares!!:eek:

Anseo!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUplh3cpDKI

Diabhal Beag

That X-Files episode with the Peacock family is the closest I've come to being scared. Very creepy ep and it was such a mental episode that the song they played at the end had to be a cover version because Johnny Mathis didn't want to be associated with the ep.

kryogen

Great stand alone episode that, a nice change of pace for the show.

Everlong1

I saw a movie called "Rogue Male" with Peter O'Toole on TV when I was very young. It was about an assassination attempt on Hitler. O'Toole's character was the would - be assassin and had been captured and tortured by the Gestapo. If memory serves me correctly he escaped and was then hunted down by various goons. The whole thing scared me shi*less. I remember for weeks afterwards looking around for places to hide in just like the character in the movie.

Oh and the TV trailer for The Omen.

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Everlong1 wrote: »

I saw a movie called "Rogue Male" with Peter O'Toole on TV when I was very young. It was about an assassination attempt on Hitler. O'Toole's character was the would - be assassin and had been captured and tortured by the Gestapo. If memory serves me correctly he escaped and was then hunted down by various goons. The whole thing scared me shi*less. I remember for weeks afterwards looking around for places to hide in just like the character in the movie.

Oh and the TV trailer for The Omen.

Great choice.
I remember that trailer on VHS from years ago which started with
"If something frightening happens to you today,think about it.
It may be a warning.
It may be....an Omen."

And the last part of that trailer was the scariest,where he says the actors names:
"Gregory Peck. Lee Remick. The Omen."
And then they show the clip of the priest about to be impaled by the spike flying down accompanied by his screams,and it freezes on his eyes filled with terror,and the V.O. says:
"If this is the truth,how does it end?"

kryogen

I saw The Lady in White as a 7 year old and it gave me nightmares, must check it out now to see what bothered me about it.

I can still remember a couple of specific scenes, but the overall plot of the film is beyond me

Squeedily Spooch

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

That X-Files episode with the Peacock family is the closest I've come to being scared. Very creepy ep and it was such a mental episode that the song they played at the end had to be a cover version because Johnny Mathis didn't want to be associated with the ep.

As far as I know it was only ever aired on tv once, it's genuinely creepy but has some very funny scenes in it too.

CastorTroy

kryogen wrote: »

I saw The Lady in White as a 7 year old and it gave me nightmares, must check it out now to see what bothered me about it.

I can still remember a couple of specific scenes, but the overall plot of the film is beyond me

I barely remember that film apart from the fact I associate it with Christmas as it was on a couple of years when got home from mass on Christmas eve when I was younger.