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How about the classic jump-scare scene in Wait Until Dark? Ocelot II Dec 12 #1
Wait until Dark was an awesome movie. . .an even better stage production though. AZLD4Candidate Dec 12 #3
Exactly the first movie I thought of sorcrow Dec 12 #10
I was going to mention this leftieNanner Dec 12 #5
The last five minutes of Friday the 13th? BOSSHOG Dec 12 #2
I tend to agree due to the lasting power of the franchise, but I found F13 to be too cardboard and wooden for me AZLD4Candidate Dec 12 #4
Dick Halloran getting an axe to the chest in The Shining happybird Dec 12 #6
A couple more scenes from The Shining. wnylib Sunday #40
#4 Correction - you are describing "The Mist" TexasBushwhacker Dec 12 #7
Oops. . .you're right. Changed. AZLD4Candidate Dec 12 #8
First thought was KitFox Dec 12 #9
I thought that "Wait Until Dark" was more suspenseful than terrifying ailsagirl Dec 12 #16
"The Tingler" was creepy as hell and scary! My sister and I would watch it together and yellowdogintexas Monday #43
Psycho. Two Scenes some_of_us_are_sane Dec 12 #11
For some reason, The Birds scared me more than Psycho happybird Dec 12 #12
That's because birds are dinosaurs. Ocelot II Dec 12 #17
Ah, our tiny mamalian ancestral memories of living back during the Age of Dinosaurs! electric_blue68 Dec 13 #19
😰 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 12 #13
Oh, yeah.... PlanetBev Monday #45
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Monday #46
The shower scene in The Shining JMCKUSICK Dec 12 #14
The Last House on the Left (1972) was sickening and terrifying ailsagirl Dec 12 #15
first move he ever did. AZLD4Candidate Dec 12 #18
Rated "V" for "violence. no_hypocrisy Dec 13 #26
We were at a drive-in, so I don't know if they did or didn't ailsagirl Dec 13 #27
I rarely ever watch horror movies, and usually avoid horror-laced Sci Fi movies, too! But I did go to the.... electric_blue68 Dec 13 #20
Card reading scene from the "Evil Dead." C0RI0LANUS Dec 13 #21
I'm not a big horror flick fan so I haven't seen many of the ones listed here 10 Turtle Day Dec 13 #22
Chest-bursting scene in first Alien movie. Intractable Dec 13 #23
The first time I saw it I jumped. Woodwizard Dec 13 #32
This one VGNonly Dec 13 #24
For me it was this scene nuxvomica Dec 16 #35
+1 oasis Sunday #38
I'll Add One ProfessorGAC Dec 13 #25
The Serpent and the Rainbow AZSkiffyGeek Dec 13 #28
The Blair Witch Project - Tent attack Shermann Dec 13 #29
Almost passed out holding my breath during the ending of Dead Calm... ultralite001 Dec 13 #30
Great list! Luciferous Dec 13 #31
"The Haunting" (1966) is a superb movie ailsagirl Dec 15 #33
The Exorcist: Regan starts levitating nuxvomica Dec 16 #34
I got chills when I saw that, even 20+ years later oasis Sunday #39
Ear problem VGNonly Dec 19 #36
Exorcist 3 happybird Sunday #37
The hospital scene, where you get the jump scare followed by the creepy guy chasing the nurse with hedge clippers AZLD4Candidate Sunday #41
The scene near the end of the original "Carrie" bedazzled Sunday #42
Trilogy of Terror PlanetBev Monday #44
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