The 10 scariest scenes in horror films

Horror films have a great attraction for audiences, being a frequent choice on streaming services and guaranteeing box office successes in cinemas. Even if there are those who don’t like this genre, it’s interesting to see how most people like the feeling of being surprised, scared, with a pounding heart and chills.

Many horror works, in fact, manage to cleverly manipulate our emotions. When we think of memorable scenes or those that have marked our memory, a moment from a horror film often comes to mind.

With this in mind, we decided to compile a list of 10 of the most terrifying scenes in the history of horror cinema. Follow below to find out what they are!

Blair Witch – the final scene

“Blair Witch” terrified everyone thanks to its viral marketing campaign and Found Footage shooting style, which made many believe the film was a real documentary.

The high point of the film is the final scene, unforgettable and scary. The moment takes place in the abandoned house of the hermit Rustin Parr, and the final images are not clear, which makes everything more scary by opening up space for our imagination. However, the sight of Mike standing in the corner staring at the wall is enough to give us night terrors.

“The Blair Witch Project” is available to HBO Max subscribers.

“Audition” is a Japanese film directed by the controversial Takashi Miike. Widely praised by critics, much of the film’s success is due to the drastic change in tone that caught the attention of many people, going from an apparent romantic drama to a horror film.

The plot follows a widowed man who decides to hold a fake movie audition to find a new wife. However, the chosen woman turns out to be far more terrifying than she ever imagined. The culmination of this twist is the iconic final torture scene.

“Audition” can be rented and purchased on Apple TV.

“The Exorcist” is one of the greatest horror classics of all time. Extremely influential, this film directed by William Friedkin is full of terrifying and iconic scenes that have entered the popular imagination.

But the moment in which Regan, the girl possessed by a demonic entity, turns her head in a 360 degree rotation, is one of the most famous scenes in cinema.

“The Exorcist” is available to HBO Max subscribers.

Another horror classic full of scary scenes is Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. But, without a doubt, the most memorable moment is when Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) throws several axes at the door, sticks his head in the crack and utters the famous phrase “there’s Johnny” with a sadistic smile.

But it’s worth mentioning that the entire final moment, which includes this scene, the cascade of blood coming out of the elevator, and the maze chase in the snow, can’t be beat as one of the scariest in cinema.

“The Shining” is available to HBO Max subscribers.

Brazilian representative of the list, “Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cáver” is one of the greatest works of our cinema. The film is the continuation of “À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma” (1964), both directed by and starring José Mojica Marins, who plays his famous character Zé do Caixão.

The main scene of this film is when Zé do Caixão has a nightmare in which death appears in his room and drags him across the floor to a cemetery. There, his hands emerge from the tombs and drag him towards the hells. From this point on, the sequence briefly adopts intense colors, which contrast with the film’s predominantly black-and-white style, creating a psychedelic and disturbing experience.

“Esta Noite Incarnarei no Teu Cáver” is available for free on YouTube. Also available for Looke subscribers.

Directed by maestro Dario Argento, “Prelúdio Para Matar” is a film of the Giallo subgenre that features creative and chilling murder scenes. However, there is an extremely terrifying scene in the film involving a porcelain doll.

Unforgettable, this moment is marked by a successful construction of tension, with the unexpected appearance of a doll animatronic porcelain wearing a tuxedo and with a bizarre smile on his face.

“Prelúdio Para Matar” is available to HBO Max subscribers.

The second title of John Carpenter’s so-called “Apocalypse Trilogy”, “The Prince of Shadows” is a horror film that deals with the arrival of Satan on Earth and the unleashing of the apocalypse.

The film is sensational from start to finish, but its final moments are one of the most terrifying ever seen in the horror genre. The scene involves, among several other elements, the opening of a dimensional portal through a mirror, from which Satan’s hand emerges, which is pulled out by one of the people under his control.

Adaptation of the novel “The Vampire Hour” by Stephen King, “The Marsten Mansion” is a work about vampires directed by the master Tobe Hooper.

Filled with scary moments, the most chilling and unforgettable scene is that of the boy turned vampire floating in front of his brother’s window. With a pale face and a demonic smile, the boy scratches the window glass, asking to be invited in.

Italian director Lucio Fulci is famous for his gory horror productions. One of the most iconic and grotesque scenes played by Fulci occurs in the sensational “Terror in the City of Zombies”. In the plot, a priest’s suicide triggers the opening of a portal to hell, resulting in the resurrection of the dead.

The scene in question features one of the most disturbing deaths ever captured on film. A young couple is exchanging caresses in the car when the girl sees the ghost of the deceased priest. Suddenly, the young girl’s eyes begin to shed tears of blood and, shortly after, she vomits her internal organs. Subsequently, the boy has his scalp brutally torn off.

“Terror in the City of Zombies” is available to watch for free on YouTube.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Dinner Scene and Grandpa with the Hammer

For many horror fans, no one has captured evil in its purest and most direct state like director Tobe Hooper in this masterpiece. Leatherface’s family, the Sawyers, are truly scary and the dinner scene only proves it.

But the highlight of this scene is when the family members put a hammer in Grandpa Sawyer’s hands to hit Sally. The decrepit figure of the old man, who can barely hold the gun, creates one of the cruelest and most sadistic moments ever filmed.

“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” is available to rent and purchase on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV.

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