It haunts my dreams!!!

[tuxotaku]

Okay guys and gals, I've had something eating at me the last few days. So I thought by sharing that maybe it might help.

Normally, scary movies don't scare me in the least, I don't get scared or creeped out in the usual sense....not normally anyway. But there is one thing, one otherwise simple thing, that still haunts me to this very day. That thing is the face of Captain Howdy from The Exorcist...even in typing out his name as I just did. I felt a chill run up my spine. There is nothing else that freaks me out like that damn face. Never saw the Exorcist? or maybe you did and are just confused about what (or whom) I'm talking about. Well, go watch the movie...his face flashes subliminally at you if you pay close enough attention, and it happens more than a few times throughout the movie. I would link to a picture, but it wigs me out so much that I can't bear to see it, as it is, I'm probably going to have nightmares about it now.

Anyway, my ramblings about demonic visages are not without a purpose. What I want to know from you all is, is there something you've seen from a movie that haunts you like Howdy's face haunts me?? and if so, what is it?

[MaxTheSilent]

Considering it's the greatest movie ever made I'd say that jaw-dropping shot in JAWS where the shark drags the guy off the row-boat.

You just see the shark's head beneath the surface of the water as it comes at him, its mouth closes and the guy is dragged under.

And John Williams' other-wordly, subtle cue during that moment makes it one of the most visceral, chilling moments ever put on screen.

Brrrrrrrrrr!!

[scoobydiesel]

The little girl from poltergeist seriously scares me...I know i could think of a few but i dunno to this day kids in horror films still freak me out an it all start from her.

[lnknpk04]

Damn Zombies...all of them. I fucking hate zombies but I love watching movies with zombies in them.

[serenity]

Damn Zombies...all of them. I fucking hate zombies but I love watching movies with zombies in them.

Omg exactly to the letter what I was going to type, lol. :)

[damnedeyez]

Normally, scary movies don't scare me in the least, I don't get scared or creeped out in the usual sense....not normally anyway. But there is one thing, one otherwise simple thing, that still haunts me to this very day. That thing is the face of Captain Howdy from The Exorcist...even in typing out his name as I just did. I felt a chill run up my spine. There is nothing else that freaks me out like that damn face. Never saw the Exorcist? or maybe you did and are just confused about what (or whom) I'm talking about. Well, go watch the movie...his face flashes subliminally at you if you pay close enough attention, and it happens more than a few times throughout the movie. I would link to a picture, but it wigs me out so much that I can't bear to see it, as it is, I'm probably going to have nightmares about it now.

Amazing what some white face paint and dentures can achieve. There's a scene in Exorcist 3 that always sends a shiver up my spine...that's the one where the guy comes out of the empty room with those large metal scissor things after the nurse.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=zH8ynu0jRvY
::shiver::

[deegraww]

So when I first read this I thought. What a bunch of babies. Then I really thought about it. and no there are still no movies that got me like that. I will saw that there was a scene in the HBO show Carnivale in the first season. The older sister that was the stripper had done a dance move that she wasn't supposed to do and she gets taken away and killed. At the end of the show the little man that was in charge of the group is looking back at the houses and in the window the girl shows up, she has this look on her face of eternal sadness to make it worse you see a hand grab her around the shoulders and pull her away from the window her face changes from saddness to horror. Wasn't scary just a very powerful shot.

[kickarse]

Captain Howdy (in case people didn't know like me) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Howdy

[iggystar]

Captain Howdy (in case people didn't know like me) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Howdy


Dude, I'm so scared to click that link it isn't even funny! I was scared that when I scrolled down the original post there was going to be a screencap!

Zombies, yes...not that I'm scared of watching zombie movies, but they give the worst nightmares. Probably because we're one toxic spill from creating real zombies. Yeah, zombies haunt my dreams.

[gglynn00]

The only nightmares that I have had recurring recently was from the scene in the book Blackhawk Down where the soldier gets shot between the groin and thigh and it cuts his artery and eventually bleeds out on a table...When I read it, I was over seas in the Army and dreamed about that all of the time...I have never in my life been affected by something as much as that book did...It was just the time and place, any other situation and it would not have affected me as much. Even writing this and thinking about it makes my leg ache!!! So I know what you all mean.

[kickarse]

Dude, I'm so scared to click that link it isn't even funny! I was scared that when I scrolled down the original post there was going to be a screencap!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Captain_howdy.jpg/250px-Captain_howdy.jpg

Zombies, yes...not that I'm scared of watching zombie movies, but they give the worst nightmares. Probably because we're one toxic spill from creating real zombies. Yeah, zombies haunt my dreams.

Wow, it's not THAT bad, just some woman in makeup. I'll tell you whats truly frightening being completely alone in the woods at night. Things that really go bump in the night and eat you.

[iggystar]

Wow, it's not THAT bad, just some woman in makeup. I'll tell you whats truly frightening being completely alone in the woods at night. Things that really go bump in the night and eat you.

You bastard! :eek:

Now I'm going to have to sleep with Mini-star.

[kickarse]

lol... I was waiting for the thread to get to the last post for the page.

[iggystar]

I'm all messed up in the head now. What's the significance of Captain Howdy? Can't...look...away....

[kickarse]

Read the wiki, if you dare *evil laugh*

[deegraww]

I thought this would be worse...
http://static.flickr.com/63/193488625_676dd39404.jpg

[kickarse]

lol that movie rocked ^^

[iggystar]

Read the wiki, if you dare *evil laugh*

Lol, I don't dare because I'm scared. You screencapped it, so be a pal and just tell me. Ha, ha.

Thanks Deegraw, I'd forgotten how much IT scared the crap out of me.

You know that wide mouthed vampire chick at the end of Fright Night, she's scary. I don't like big grinned vampires...

[damnedeyez]

You know that wide mouthed vampire chick at the end of Fright Night, she's scary. I don't like big grinned vampires...

I had to google that...somehow, I've never seen Fright Night (that I remember)

[kickarse]

Freddy scares me more than anything. I don't know why he just does...

[damnedeyez]

Freddy scares me more than anything. I don't know why he just does...

o/` he sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake...

[kickarse]

Exactly... the sandman is my worst nightmare.

[deegraww]

o/` he sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake...

isn't that santa?

[diane]

Bill Nunn's death scene in "Things to do in Denver When You're Dead". The movie was weird but that scene, chills.

Also most of the flashbacks in "Things Behind the Sun". I threw up after that movie it so got to me. I have never seen anything, movie, book, play, etc., that really manages to convey the trauma of that event with both honesty and sincerity. It was well worth watching though.

[popltree2]

Lol, I don't dare because I'm scared. You screencapped it, so be a pal and just tell me. Ha, ha.

Thanks Deegraw, I'd forgotten how much IT scared the crap out of me.

You know that wide mouthed vampire chick at the end of Fright Night, she's scary. I don't like big grinned vampires...

Capt. Howdy is the name that Linda Blair's character Regan gives to her invisible friend that actually ends up being a demon that possesses. There, saved you from having to look at that picture again. FYI, the face only flashes on the screen for a frame, which was a brilliant move by William Friedkin. Also responsible for other iconic shots such as this one:
http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/Exorcist-silhouette.jpg
On a side note, I find it funny that, when you look up the IMDB for The Exorcist, the first Plot Keyword is "Wetting Pants". Don't really see that as a plot point

[deegraww]

Capt. Howdy is the name that Linda Blair's character Regan gives to her invisible friend that actually ends up being a demon that possesses. There, saved you from having to look at that picture again. FYI, the face only flashes on the screen for a frame, which was a brilliant move by William Friedkin. Also responsible for other iconic shots such as this one:
http://www.best-horror-movies.com/images/Exorcist-silhouette.jpg
On a side note, I find it funny that, when you look up the IMDB for The Exorcist, the first Plot Keyword is "Wetting Pants". Don't really see that as a plot point

Is that from a godzilla movie or Cloverfield?

[iggystar]

Yeah, thanks. :eek:

Wetting pants, now that's funny.

Remember that scene in Carrie when Amy Irving is at the grave and Carrie's hand pops up to pull her down...I watched that the day before my great-grandmother's funeral (thanks to an aunt). That scene still gives me chest pains.

[kickarse]

I actually found Donnie Darko to be scary. Especially when he looks in the mirror that first time. Freaks me out.

[popltree2]

Is that from a godzilla movie or Cloverfield?

That's a cut from The Exorcist. Bad screen cap as far as quality, but still a fairly iconic shot.

[joedubbs]

I used to be afraid of vacuum cleaners. Deathly afraid.

The clown from IT as well as Killer Clowns from Outer Space were a close second.

[heyseuss]

I saw Christina Aguilera performing live on tv once, that scared the crap out of me.

[kickarse]

I saw Christina Aguilera performing live on tv once, that scared the crap out of me.

She does resemble IT to be quite frank http://64.111.216.18/ul/5882-ca3.jpg

[rabidbadger]

rats eating the face in 1984. rats eating ernest borgnine in willard. rats crawling out of the toilet in x-files

[scoobydiesel]

I really forgot all about pennywise from "it" he scared the holly hell out of me when i first seen the movie(given i was pretty young) but even the last time i watched the film(maybe 3 or so years ago) it was still kinda freaky to me.

And more so Ideas that movies are based on freak me out, like "awake" that movie sucked hardcore(jessica alba is still hot) but the idea of being awake an hearing an feeling everything just creeped me out.

but yeaaa

[iccanui]

zombies, vampires, werewolves, demons, the devil, slime beats, etc,etc. You know i think i have seen these things so many times in my life i have become so desensitized that if i ran into them in real life i dont think id freak. Id just run for garlic, silver bullets, whatever and take care of it.... or run, very far and very fast. I mean think about it, how do people die in a movie, they have some lumbering beast after them and they fairy fall on a popcorn sized pebble. I promise, ill be a tad more agile.

Now what really scares me is the shit in the plot lines. If you get into a good movie about the descent into madness that like effects the world view and you start to see shit like in constantine ( the movie wasnt scary but the premise of the psychic chic was interesting ) that stuff will jerk my chain and ill have that moment where i have to breathe and realize that reality is not like the movie. Ill say it, blair witch got me a little. But i love that moment of confusion and fear that sets in for a second before i realize its just a movie and something that twisted will never happen. Thats why i always liked lost, cause it would touch on themes and mythology in a way that makes you think its real for a second. I love that. Shame that is so rare, i really gotta be caught off guard anymore.

[heyseuss]

I really forgot all about pennywise from "it" he scared the holly hell out of me when i first seen the movie(given i was pretty young) but even the last time i watched the film(maybe 3 or so years ago) it was still kinda freaky to me.

I was such a messed up kid, that It didn't scare me at all, I mean, come on, it's a clown. Even worse, it's Tim Curry! I found him scarier in Rocky Horror Picture Show, but I was too young to have been seeing that. It's just too hard not to laugh at It these days when you think of him in Oscar... . or bettery yet Annie.

[iccanui]

She does resemble IT to be quite frank http://64.111.216.18/ul/5882-ca3.jpg


Man that poor girl. Seriously.

[kickarse]

Man that poor girl. Seriously.

It's a damn shame, she was so hot.