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01. Jaws (1975)
Jaws: The very first few minutes where the woman is eaten by the unseen shark.
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02. Alien (1979)
The alien bursts out of Kane's chest during dinner.
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03. The Exorcist (1973)
Regan's head starts spinning around.
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04. Psycho (1960)
Two words: Shower scene. The stairs scene too.
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05. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Leatherface bashes a guy's head in with a hammer.
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06. The Shining (1980)
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
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07. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Hannibal makes his escape.
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08. Carrie (1976)
Susan dreaming of putting flowers on Carrie's grave only to have Carrie's arm come out of the ground and grab her.
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09. Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Helen is stabbed to death with a trowel by her zombified daughter.
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10. Wait Until Dark (1967)
Roat jumps out of the darkness and grabs Susy.
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11. Audition (1999)
Asami tortures Shigeharu. "Kiri kiri kiri kiri..."
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12. Misery (1990)
Annie breaks Paul's legs.
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13. Scream (1996)
The killer toys with Casey.
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14. Halloween (1978)
Laurie relaxes after apparently killing Michael, when, behind her, we see him suddenly sit up.
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15. Freaks (1932)
The freaks chase down the acrobat, and proceed to make her "one of them".
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16. The Omen (1976)
Mrs. Baylock pushes Katherine out of the hospital window.
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17. A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Tina is dragged onto the ceiling, and sliced up by an invisible Freddy.
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18. The Haunting (1963)
The door bulges inward, as if something's trying to get in.
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19. Hellraiser (1987)
Kirsty opens the box, and the Cenobites appear.
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20. The Ring (2002)
The scene where Samara crawls out of the television.
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21. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Jacob is at a party, dancing with his girlfriend, and sees her getting attacked or raped by some kind of reptilian tail sprouting from between her legs.
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22. Don't Look Now (1973)
John corners who he thinks is his dead daughter, but is in fact a midget serial killer.
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23. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The dream-like rape scene.
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24. Suspiria (1977)
The opening murder scene: A woman is stabbed in the heart, falls through a stained glass window, and is hanged on a cord, while her friend below is impaled by the falling glass.
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25. Phantasm (1979)
Mike wakes up to find himself in a cemetery, and the Tall Man is standing over him.
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26. Se7en (1995)
The Sloth victim.
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27. Frankenstein (1931)
The creature accidentally kills a little girl (which was edited back in the days when Hollywood had The Hays Code, making the scene scarier than it originally was supposed to be).
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28. When A Stranger Calls (1979)
"The calls are coming from inside the house!"
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29. The Serpent And The Rainbow (1988)
Dennis stumbles through the village, pleading, "Don't bury me!"
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30. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The last thirty seconds of the entire movie. You simply see Mike facing the corner, then a scream from Heather. Then silence.
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31. Friday The 13th (1980)
Alice gets dragged into the lake by Jason.
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32. Pet Sematary (1989)
Jud is killed by evil little Gage.
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33. The Fly (1986)
In a nightmare sequence, Veronica gives birth to a giant maggot.
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34. The Hitcher (1986)
John Ryder tears Nash in half with two trucks.
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35. Aliens (1986)
Ripley and Newt are locked in the infirmary with two face-huggers.
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36. Cape Fear (1962)
Max comes after Sam's daughter.
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37. House On Haunted Hill (1959)
Nora is looking for a secret passage, then turns around and a freaky looking woman is right there.
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38. Peeping Tom (1960)
Mark menaces the heroine's blind mother.
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39. Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
A zombie gets the top of his head cut off by a helicopter blade.
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40. Black Sunday (1960)
Asa is executed in the opening scene.
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41. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Mars and Pluto invade the camper.
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42. An American Werewolf In London (1981)
The transformation sequence.
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43. It's Alive (1974)
The opening birth scene.
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44. The Game (1997)
Nicholas comes home, and finds a clown dummy in the same exact position as his father was found dead in.
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45. The Wicker Man (1973)
Sergeant Howie is led into the eponymous structure, which is then set ablaze.
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46. The Sentinel (1977)
Alison follows a barely seen intruder, and it's her dead father.
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47. Nosferatu (1922)
The scene where Orlock is climbing the stairs then suddenly appears in the doorway.
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48. The Thing (1982)
The blood-testing scene.
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49. Diabolique (1955)
Christina sees her supposedly dead husband emerge from the bathtub, and drops dead of a heart attack.
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50. The Last House On The Left (1972)
The murder of Phyllis.
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51. The Dead Zone (1983)
The deputy commits suicide with scissors.
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52. The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)
The famous unmasking scene.
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53. Demons (1985)
The crowd witness a victim turning into a demon.
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54. The Changeling (1980)
John tosses his dead daughter's ball into the river, then comes back home, and sees it fall down the stairs.
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55. The Vanishing (1988)
Two words: Buried alive.
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56. Single White Female (1992)
Allie sees Hedy come down the stairs with the same exact hairdo as her.
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57. House Of Wax (1953)
Sue tries to fight back against Professor Jarrod, and knocks his mask off.
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58. Cujo (1983)
Donna and her son are attacked by the eponymous dog for the first time.
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59. Fatal Attraction (1987)
Alex, seemingly dead, bursts out of the bathtub, and Dan's wife shoots her.
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60. The Beyond (1981)
A possessed girl gets her head blown off.
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61. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Jacinto explores the basement, and feels the dead boy's presence.
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62. The Wolf Man (1941)
Larry, as the eponymous monster, attacks Gwen.
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63. Deliverance (1972)
Two words: Redneck rape.
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64. Near Dark (1987)
Severen terrorizes a bartender.
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65. Marathon Man (1976)
Three words: Is it safe?
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66. The Tenant (1976)
Trelkovsky finds a tooth in a wall.
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67. Duel (1971)
The trucker tries to force David onto the railroad tracks.
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68. The Black Cat (1934)
Dr. Werdegast flays Poelzig alive.
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69. Re-Animator (1985)
Three words: Head giving head.
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70. The Stepfather (1987)
Stephanie walks in on Jerry having a meltdown.
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71. The Sixth Sense (1999)
Cole meets the little dead girl.
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72. Them! (1954)
The main characters see one of the ants for the first time, and it has a human rib-cage in its jaws.
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73. Blood Simple (1984)
The detective stalks Abby in the darkened apartment.
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74. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
The tunnel of nightmares, which includes a chicken getting its head chopped off.
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75. Candyman (1992)
The title character opens his coat, and he's covered in bees.
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76. The Evil Dead (1981)
Two words: Tree rape.
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77. Signs (2002)
Merrill watches a news report about an alien sighting, alone, in a dark closet.
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78. The Brood (1979)
Frank confronts Nola, and sees her give birth to one of her rage-babies, and lick it.
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79. Dracula (1931)
Renfield first meets the title character, and sees him walk through spider-webs... without disturbing them.
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80. Poltergeist (1982)
Robbie gets attacked by the already creepy looking clown doll.
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81. The Howling (1981)
Terry goes investigating the colony, and is greeted by the thought-dead Eddie Quist in werewolf form.
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82. The Terminator (1984)
The now legless cyborg tries to grab Sarah through a grating.
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83. The Others (2001)
Grace finds her daughter apparently possessed by the eponymous "spirits".
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84. Blue Velvet (1986)
Frank first appears, huffing God-knows-what, and rapes Dorothy Vallens, while repeatedly saying "Mommy! Baby wants to fuuuuck!"
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85. Blood And Black Lace (1964)
The first victim is attacked by the killer out of total darkness.
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86. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
The flying monkeys, and the witch threatening to kill Dorothy.
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87. Black Christmas (1974)
A girl is suffocated to death with plastic wrap.
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88. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
Miles kisses Becky, and discovers she's now one of them.
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89. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Karen looks for Alice in a big and creepy abandoned warehouse.
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90. The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
Harry Powell interrogates the children about the location of the heist money.
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91. Shallow Grave (1994)
Juliet, David, and Alex bury their dead roommate in the woods.
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92. Village Of The Damned (1960)
Gordon puts up a mental brick wall to cover up his plan to suicide bomb the children, and they all try to break it down.
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93. Child's Play (1988)
Andy's mom starts to realize something's not right with Chucky, and threatens to throw him into the fireplace, at which point he comes to life and attacks her.
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94. Pacific Heights (1990)
Patty comes back after getting her revenge and finds Carter Hayes waiting for her.
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95. Jurassic Park (1993)
The scene where the children are trapped in the kitchen with the raptors hunting them.
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96. The Birds (1963)
Melanie hides inside a phone booth as seagulls massacre the people outside, and it cuts to a literal birds-eye view of the carnage.
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97. Cat People (1942)
Alice is walking to the bus stop in the dark, and hears footsteps behind her. She stops, and they stop. She picks up the pace and hears the footsteps chasing her. Just as she gets to the bus stop, the bus arrives scaring the wits out of her.
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98. Zombie (1979)
A woman is pulled towards a splinter, which eventually goes through her eye.
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99. Creepshow (1982)
Upson Pratt dies, and suddenly thousands of cockroaches burst out of his body.
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100. 28 Days Later (2002)
The scene where Jim has just met Selena and Mark, and a person who's been infected suddenly bursts in from outside and attacks.
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The 100 Scariest Movie Moments
