Heffie's Favorite Horror Movie Moments

[thehefner]

Actually, by "horror" I mean, clips from both horror movies and clips from non-horror films that are still fucked-up and awesome nonetheless. I wanted to have a nice assortment of scary, creepy, disturbing, unsettling, and even funny for your viewing pleasure.

(But then, most of these are probably far more effective when viewed in context. Hopefully, they'll encourage you to go out and watch these films, if you haven't already. Okay, you don't strictly need to see JASON X, but you'll be a better person if you do...)

And by "favorite," I mean just that, my personal favorite, not the ones that actually scare me in a way that I don't ever want to see them again. That is why there are no clips of THE RING, THE BLOB (remake), and the ending of SLEEPAWAY CAMP here. I'm talking about enjoyment in my horror here. In fact, let's start off light, shall we?


10.) JASON X: the holodeck

It pains me to include Robo-Jason here, even though this clip is marvelous. Here, to make up for it, have this list of the 10 greatest Jason kills.


9.) NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3-- THE DREAM WARRIORS: Prime time, bitch.

And in the interest of fairness, here's Freddy's 10 greatest kills.


8.) THE STEPFATHER: "Wait, who am I here?"

(the whole film's been taken off YouTube! Nooooooooo!)

7.) LES DIABOLIQUES: The last ten minutes

(Seriously, do not watch unless you've seen the whole film! It's a masterpiece. It out-Hitchcocks Hitchcock. If you haven't seen this movie, go see it ASAP but don't watch this clip.)

6.) LOST HIGHWAY: Eyebrowless Robert Blake

5.) AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD: the last 4.45 minutes

(almost certainly makes no sense out of context, but fuck it, I love this movie so goddamn much. It's like Edgar Allen Poe with German-speaking conquistadors on a raft in Peru)

4.) EXORCIST III: The Hallway

(jump to the middle of the clip, past the George C. Scott stuff, crank it up)

3.) DAY OF THE DEAD: Bub versus Rhodes

(fast forward a bit if you want to miss awesome zombie action and get straight to the confrontation)

2.) THE THING: "You have got to be fucking kidding."

1.) TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE: the last five minutes

It occurs to me that this is the only film which I might seriously consider advocating you watch on YouTube rather than on DVD. Seriously. I've been really annoyed at how they've remastered the film for DVD over the years. It's too clean now! It's much, much more effective as grainy and on mono on VHS.





I also wanted to post a scene from this...



... but I realized that the power of this film is as a whole, so no out-of-context clip would be able to convey that.

Oh, why the hell not?

Yeah, not quite the same. That's a rental.

Comments

[findingjuliet.livejournal.com]

Session 9 is one of the creepiest films I've ever seen. Awesome that you included it!

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Awesome that you've seen it! God, isn't it a crime that they tore down that Asylum in real life? It's gone! I mean, it was clearly evil (did you know they barely dressed the sets? The place was already like that, man! Right down to the hydrotherapy tubs and hanging bodysuits! They just dropped actors in!) but man, what a crime!

The film is just heavy with dread in every moment. Even in the outdoor sunny points, dread just hangs over ever frame. Even Caruso is good in it! Well, except for one moment:

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

TINY MONKEYS.

They make my life better.

Also, I've seen "The Thing"! My young apprentice Turk and I watched it the other day. It is awesome.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

TINY POOPING MONKEYS GETTING DISCARDED OFF A RAFT! THE MOVIE! BY WERNER HERZOG!

You saw THE THING? Huzzah! It may be my very favorite horror movie. Great human drama plus awesome pre-CGI effects with buckets and buckets of KY Jelly. No, seriously.

[superfan1.livejournal.com]

Les diaboliqes wow, what a ending.

*Corny joke alert*

NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3 kill clip proves that televsion does kill.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

It's a perfect movie, as far as I'm concerned. And so much fun to watch with other people, so long as they're not obnoxious, of course.

Hey, if corny jokes are appropriate for anything, it's Freddy Kruger.

[superfan1.livejournal.com]

"Hey, if corny jokes are appropriate for anything, it's Freddy Kruger.", So true a statement.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

The Power Glove line is one of my true guilty pleasures. As is the Johnny Depp cameo. God bless his heart.

[superfan1.livejournal.com]

Yes, god bless his cute heart for the Cameo appearance.

[gore-whore-5.livejournal.com]

I love your list. It is made of win.

Sadly, I didn't get to Stepfather before it got taken off of YouTube. You wouldn't happen to have downloaded it would you?

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I do not. There's a youtube video up that says "Watch THE STEPFATHER for free!" including a URL where you can go to do so, but I haven't checked it out to verify.

[superfan1.livejournal.com]

This is a good place to download the movie, but have to have DIVX install also.

http://movies-day.com/index.php?m=movie&g=the_stepfather_(1987)

[nymphgalatea.livejournal.com]

Oh god, LES DIABOLIQUES makes me whimper like a small child. The tension is nigh-unbearable in parts, and though the performances are rather hoky, nothing can beat that shot of Delasalle rising from the water.

I'd rank The Ring (Both original and US versions) very highly in my list of favourites. I really liked the central concept of using very modern technology as a method of inducing tension and terror. It was incredibly unusual when it first came out and scared me half to death.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I was worried that no one here would have seen LES DIABOLIQUES, and am gratified to not only know some have, but that you are among their ranks. I think it's the moment when the pool is drained, that's the part where it's just, "oh fuck."

Never, ever, ever watching THE RING again. Ever. I feel like such a tool to be so freaked out by that goddamn film. But then I'm the guy scarred for life by the BLOB remake. I think about that literally every time I shower to this day. In fact, I need one right now. *whimper*