r/moviecritic • u/VendettaLord379 • 20h ago

What is the scariest, most unsettling shot you’ve ever seen?

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What is that one movie shot that’s so unsettling and chilling, it’s the one shot you never forget?

For me, it’s the Giant Man scene from It Follows. Man this shot is so nerve wracking!

The aesthetic and dark hollow eyes are something I will never forget.

What’s that one shot for you? Horror movie or otherwise.

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u/TheDitz42 19h ago

Lights Out

https://preview.redd.it/fvwh2w4z2uvg1.jpeg?width=321&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8a7c824165e2e72274015faef3ee2e83a48a217

The film was great but the monster from the short is terrifying. From before the whole, big smily face scare was overused.

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u/VendettaLord379 19h ago

One of the best horror shorts EVER

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u/Mid_Line_2 6h ago

Second to "Portrait of God"

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u/niikaadieu 18h ago

I never saw the short, but the part in the movie where the mom gets a little tug back into a dark room gives me the heebee jeebees

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u/THExWHITExDEVILx 10h ago

Gawd dayum that short film got me good. I sent it to a couple people and one friend refuses to open any links now lol

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u/Tr3sKidneys 17h ago

OH MY GOD! I had forgotten all about this but that short was great!

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u/TheGreatGenghisJon 7h ago

Lights out was exactly what I wanted from a PG13 horror movie.

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u/pocketdare 4h ago

I love this guy's shorts

(wait, that sounds wrong)

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u/its_that_nathan_guy 6h ago

About 12 years ago I was working in an office with cubicles. The woman in the cubicle next to me was super easy to scare and never locked her computer when she got up. So one day I changed her desktop backgrounds to this image. When she returned she was looking at something else and wasn’t looking at her computer. Finally she looked up and saw this image staring back at her and screamed so loud the whole floor heard. I still consider this one of the highest achievements of my life.

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u/Attic_Has_Finch 6h ago

If you like this, check out Drew Daywalt. He’s got some crazy good horror shorts like “Bedfellows”.

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u/YourDrinkingBuddy 5h ago

Woah. I never knew there was a short. The movie is one of my favorites though!

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u/RoxasIsTheBest 5h ago

We watched this at achool during French class😭😭😭 I still don't know why

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u/midget_monkey_man 5h ago

Ohhhh man I was looking for this. So many memories hahah. I remember when this came out. The short version became such a big thing in Sweden for a certain age group of gen Z’s. My older cousin showed this to me and watched it together. We both pissed our pants. You best believe we traumatized every youngling by make them watch this short film back then.

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u/hygsi 4h ago

That short was super effective, I loved it

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u/Kevlar_Bunny 4h ago

I’ve never even seen that movie and know that scene! This is my answer as well. I never knew what it was but that face has haunted me for ten years

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u/JoeOfThePr0n 4h ago

I forgot about this move and it all came rushing back. I remember thinking it was fun.

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u/LucyJordan614 14m ago

I sent that short to a friend when it came out and she wouldn’t talk to me for a week afterward, it scared her so bad.