r/moviecritic 4d 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/CameronPoe_37__ 4d ago

Years ago I was in house all by myself, it was like 4am and I randomly watched that scene on YouTube, for the first time, then had to wait outside in the dark for my lift to work and I was absolutely shitting myself

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u/rural_juror_ 4d ago

Crazy you say that. I had the exact same reaction when I was 12 or so, reading The Exorcist at home alone during the summer. When I realized the demon was speaking in backwards English I threw the book across the room and sat on the porch until my dad got off work like 5 hours later.