Below are three of the scariest scenes in horror history (in my opinion). Since the movies below all belong to different sub-genres of horror, I cannot categorize them in a specific order. So below is a list that is loosely based on storyline + shock.
Firstly a Thai film called Shutter.
Shutter (Thai) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKVe_yVJkw0
Shutter is a Thai film which centres around a young photographer called Tun. Following an accident, which Tun and his girlfriend fled from, Tun starts to find mysterious shadows in his photographs. He soon realises that the victim was his weird ex-girlfriend who has come back to haunt him.
In the final scene of Shutter, following a series of suicides of those who have wronged Natre (Tun’s ex) Tun is convinced that he is next to die. Tun takes a series of Polaroid pictures of his apartment, in an attempt to find Natre. With no success, he throws his camera across the room out of frustration. With the camera on the floor, the camera goes off, taking a picture of Tun, revealing Natre on Tun’s shoulders.
The story overall is very well written, and seeing as I’m a keen photographer myself, this particular scene to me was the most shocking. When using a Polaroid camera, there is a wait you have to go through while the picture processes. Since seeing this scene, taking a Polaroid has never been the same for me – which is why it is number 3 on my list.
Insidious is a supernatural horror film, which focuses on a couple whose son’s spirit or soul is lost in another realm known as ‘the further’. This leaves his body as an empty vessel, free to be occupied by evil spirits or demons.
In the final scene of insidious, where all seems to be well – the family happily reunited with mellow music playing in the background – a change from tension for the first time in the film. During the time I first viewed this, I thought I could finally relax from the tension Insidious constantly has you under. However, in the living room, Elise (the ghosthunter) finds something strange about Dalton’s father. I find flashes scary, and in this scene, we see how the climax was associated with a camera flash. Again similar to how Shutter scared me.
Grotesque – A Japanese splatter-horror film, which desensitised me to SAW. Released in 2009, Grotesque brought the sub-genre splatter horror movies to another level. The story follows a sadistic doctor, who tortures a young couple for his own sexual stimulation.
In this scene, we see the doctor use a chainsaw to cut off his victim’s fingers. He then proceeds to make a necklace out of the fingers cut off, placing it on his partner’s neck. He similarly does the same to the girl; however, since she spoke out of turn, the doctor now has to ‘punish her’. The punishment results in him cutting off her nipples with scissors. This was only the first part of the torture in this scene. Further into the movie we go, the more of a test it becomes on how strong of a stomach we have. I chose this scene because it was the scene which made me realise how sick and twisted we human beings can be.
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