Iconic Scenes

[scouse mac]

Whilst talking to a friend in work about Let the Right One In (the only one who has even heard of it) I got onto the scene in that film that really stood out, the one I think about whenever I think about the film.

The scene in question is the one in the swimming pool, specifically the shot of Oskar underwater whilst in the background a pair of legs is dragged quickly through the water. The whole film was brilliant but for some reason that one moment is always my first thought of the film.

Some obvious ones include Jack Nicholson axing his way throught the door in The Shining and John Hurts chestburster in Alien.

Was wondering if there are certain scenes, not necessarily famous scenes, which for some reason stick in your minds when thinking about certain movies?

[neverending]

They're coming to get you, Barbara!

It's alive! Alive!

Hellp meeeeee! Hellppp meeeee!

Why don't ya eat your DINNER, Blanche?

[_____V_____]

Bikers scene in Dawn of the Dead.

Lt Gorman saying annoyedly "somebody wake up Hicks!" in Aliens, and Bishop's last line "Not bad for a...human!"

Predator - Predator repeating "Over here!", Mac murmuring "Anytime..."

Platoon - Elias running from the rebels and getting shot from behind while his arms are stretched in the air.

[roshiq]

Hellp meeeeee! Hellppp meeeee!

Why don't ya eat your DINNER, Blanche?

my favorite too:)

plus I like to add....

1. The shower scene & ending scene of Psycho (1960), plus Norman standing besides the old creepy house at the hill.

2. Ladies and gentlemen, please do not panic! But SCREAM! Scream for your lives!....The Tingler.

3. Every scene with Dwight Frye as Renfield in Dracula....Master....Master...

4. At TCM original Letherface "forcefully" taking a female victim into the house!

5. The bag with something or someone moving inside and the telephone rings from Audition, plus "kiri-kiri-kiri"

6. The spider walk from The Exorcist

7. The first SAW finale.

[jenna26]

Texas Chainsaw Massacre ~ Dinner scene.
Evil Dead II ~ laughing room scene
Jaws ~ Brody, Hooper and Quint's drunk scene....the U.S.S. Indianapolis speech.

[ferretchucker]

The very very very awkward scene in the Gas Station in No Country for Old Men.

[alkytrio666]

**spoilers**

A scene in The Exorcist has always sent a wave of coldness over me. We enter Reagan's bedroom with Father Karras to discover that Father Merrin has been murdered, though we're never told just how. Reagan has somehow escaped her bed shackles and sits in one corner of the bed. There is a moment of extreme quiet and calm, as if both parties- man and devil- are so exhausted by the battle of good and evil that has taken place thusfar that there is an unspoken time-out from the games. Karras pays no attention to the unrestrained demon; Reagan seems momentarily content to sit and watch him. The mise-en-scene is slightly bleached and one could hear a pin drop in the room. It's a scene of sheer poetic beauty.

[Elvis_Christ]

Platoon - Elias running from the rebels and getting shot from behind while his arms are stretched in the air.


Jaws ~ Brody, Hooper and Quint's drunk scene....the U.S.S. Indianapolis speech.

Great scenes for sure especially the one from Platoon. Epic.

[Posher778]

**spoilers**

A scene in The Exorcist has always sent a wave of coldness over me. We enter Reagan's bedroom with Father Karras to discover that Father Merrin has been murdered, though we're never told just how. Reagan has somehow escaped her bed shackles and sits in one corner of the bed. There is a moment of extreme quiet and calm, as if both parties- man and devil- are so exhausted by the battle of good and evil that has taken place thusfar that there is an unspoken time-out from the games. Karras pays no attention to the unrestrained demon; Reagan seems momentarily content to sit and watch him. The mise-en-scene is slightly bleached and one could hear a pin drop in the room. It's a scene of sheer poetic beauty.

The only thing I remember as scary from The Exorcist was when Reagan says "She's in here... With us."

[Elvis_Christ]

"Let jesus FUCK YOU!"

[Zero]

the texas chainsaw massacre scene with the first guy getting slammed in the head by the hammer and then twitching as leatherface drags him in and then slams shut the door - for me this is the purest moment of horror in a film ever - because not only is it sudden and violent, the slamming of the door means that we both want to see what is behind that door and fear seing what is behind that door

the other classic moment is the great scene in the 1925 Phantom of the Opera when the girl wants to pull the mask of the phantom and then she does and shrieks in horror from the visage of the phantom - absolutely perfect

[The_Return]

the other classic moment is the great scene in the 1925 Phantom of the Opera when the girl wants to pull the mask of the phantom and then she does and shrieks in horror from the visage of the phantom - absolutely perfect

I was thinking the 1925 Phantom for this thread as well, only I had the final scene in mind - where the Phantom pulls what appears to be a weapon out of his pocket, terrified the mob, and opens his hand - laughing - to reveal nothing at all. Stunning scene.

[neverending]

Sanctuary!!!

Sanctuary!!

[Doc Faustus]

Death of Barry Convex in Videodrome
The angel at the end of Faust
Lilian Gish sings along with Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter
Edward G. Robinson in his boss' office in Double Indemnity
"Is this the end of Rico?" Little Caesar
The dying girl at the end of the Seventh Victim
The end of the Wicker Man
"Louis, this looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship"
The trial in M
"My girlfriend sucked 37 dicks!" "In a row?" Clerks
The choir of children sings over scenes of devastation in Godzilla/Gojira

[newb]

The Bonnie & Clyde death scene

Horses head in bed scene [The Godfather]

and this final scene

http://crabapplenyc.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/butch_cassidy_and_the_sundance_kid1.jpg

[Elvis_Christ]

the texas chainsaw massacre scene with the first guy getting slammed in the head by the hammer and then twitching as leatherface drags him in and then slams shut the door - for me this is the purest moment of horror in a film ever - because not only is it sudden and violent, the slamming of the door means that we both want to see what is behind that door and fear seing what is behind that door


Totally agree, that scene is chilling.

[massacre man]

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb225/halloweenmichaelmyers31/michael%20myers/halloween2.gif

[Doc Faustus]

The Bonnie & Clyde death scene

Horses head in bed scene [The Godfather]

and this final scene

http://crabapplenyc.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/butch_cassidy_and_the_sundance_kid1.jpg

Right before they beat the crap out of their assailants with their empty guns and escape.

[The Mothman]

"I know it was you Fredo, you broke my heart!" and the failed assassination attempt of Hyman Roth, - Godfather Part II

Beginning and ending of The Good, The bad, and The Ugly

The blood soaked finales of The Evil Dead and Dead Alive

[alkytrio666]

**spoilers**

The end of The French Connection, of course, when we finally know Popeye has snapped and he's shooting at ghosts in the dark. It's such a shdaowy, pessimistic finale.

[jenna26]

A Nightmare On Elm Street ~ the tub scene....that is the scene that scared me so much that my family and I had to leave the drive-in. I will NEVER forget that....and neither will they. Both my parents still bring that up every now and again.
Oh and also "This.....is God."

[scouse mac]

The shotgun blast to the head is the first scene I think about when remembering Maniac, brilliant film.

The transformation scene in An American Werewolf in London

The end bloodbath in The Wild Bunch


A few others have mentioned these but the endings to both For a Few Dollars More & Good, Bad, Ugly are the stand out scenes for me.

[ferretchucker]

The ear in the porridge in Dead Alive.