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00:00It's a horror director's job to make their film not just entertaining and frightening, but
00:04memorable. By utilizing mind-blowing twists, creative kills, well-timed jump scares,
00:09petrifying monsters, and engaging openings, there are plenty of reasons why scary movies
00:14stick with us. However, sometimes you can't remember anything about a movie save for the
00:19one scene that you're just unable to get out of your head for better or worse.
00:24So with that in mind, I'm Josh from WhatCulture.com and these are 10 Horror Movies Remembered for
00:28one amazing scene. Number 10, The Sleeping Bag Kill, Friday the 13th Part 7, The New Blood.
00:35To the surprise of absolutely no one, Friday the 13th Part 7 has Jason Voorhees roaming Crystal
00:41Lake once again and slaying horny teenagers. It's certainly not an inventive premise,
00:46but the sequel probably has the best death scene in the entire series. After Jason stumbles
00:51upon Judy resting in her sleeping bag, he lunges for her. Instead of trying to escape or doing
00:57anything pragmatic, Judy tucks herself in the bag as if it will somehow protect her against a
01:03reanimated killing machine. After dragging the sleeping bag across the woods with Judy still
01:07inside, Jason then hurls it against a tree trunk, killing her instantly. The scene is memorable
01:13because it's hilarious and terrifying. The scene stares with viewers since the visual of a masked
01:19zombie tossing a sleeping bag into a tree is in itself absolutely ridiculous, even by the goofy
01:25franchises standards. Interestingly though, the original cut was meant to show Jason whacking
01:29Judy into the trunk six times. But by cutting the shot so Jason killed it with one swing,
01:35it makes the scene scarier because it demonstrates just how inhumanly strong Jason actually is.
01:41And funnily enough, this scene did become so iconic that it was reused for comedic effect in Jason X
01:46a few movies later with a few more whacks for good measure. Number 9, The Hot Tub Valentine.
01:53Valentine centers around five women who are sorting out their love lives just before Valentine's day.
01:58But after receiving disgusting love letters, the girls learn they're being stalked by a serial killer
02:03wearing a Cupid mask. Of course, Valentine is, like most slashers, predictable, formulaic, badly acted,
02:10and ultimately kind of forgettable. I mean, even if you've seen it, you may have forgotten the killer's
02:15identity because the big reveal left zero impression. But there is one kill that's
02:20definitely worth looking at. While Paige relaxes in a hot tub, Cupid seals her inside with the
02:26covering sheet. Although Cupid could have just left her to drown, he instead toys with Paige by drilling
02:31through the covering, hoping to impale her. Although Paige tries to avoid being stabbed, she actually
02:37needs to use the drill holes to breathe. And because of this, her only means of survival is to get as
02:42dangerously close to the very weapon that Cupid is using against her. However, after Cupid just
02:47kind of gets bored, he opens up the covering and then tosses the drill in, electrocuting Paige to
02:52death. Because the rest of Valentine is a bit of a bummer, it feels like the creative team behind
02:57the movie put all their best ideas into this one scene. Number 8, It's a sequel, not a remake.
03:03Curse of Chucky. After the Child's Play movies grew increasingly stagnant, it felt like it was time
03:08to revitalise the franchise. So when the posters and teasers for Curse of Chucky showed off a redesigned
03:13version of the murderer's doll, everyone assumed that it was some kind of reboot. But at the halfway
03:19point, the movie throws a massive curveball. After Barb notices that there have been suspicious
03:24killings in her house after her sister came into possession of Chucky, she decides to examine the
03:29doll. As she spots a piece of loose plastic on Chucky's face though, she begins to peel it off,
03:34exposing the scars that he sustained in the previous films. In this moment, the audience
03:39realises that Curse of Chucky isn't a reboot, a reimagining, or a legacy sequel, but actually a
03:45direct continuation of the original series. The rest of the movie may not be that great,
03:50and the actual remake was even more disappointing, but you have to praise the writers for this cool
03:55gotcha moment. Despite the fact that the trailers and promotions never actually suggested that Curse of
03:59Chucky was a remake, the creative team did allow fans to draw this conclusion, making this reveal
04:04all the more satisfying. Number 7, The Razor Wire Slaughter, Ghost Ship. Ghost Ship is about, well,
04:11ghosts on a ship? I think? Whether you've seen the movie yesterday or at its premiere, you'll struggle
04:18to recall anything about this convoluted mess. And that's why it's so ironic that this forgettable
04:24horror flick has one of the most imaginatively creative openings in all of horror. In the
04:29beginning scene, we see dozens of passengers merrily dancing on an ocean liner, and because
04:34the credits and title are written in a cartoonishly pink font, you might swear that you're about
04:38to watch a light-hearted rom-com. However, while a little girl, Kate, dances with the captain,
04:44a razor-sharp wire suddenly unravels from its spool. With a little warning, the wire whips across
04:49the dance floor, slicing everyone in half. Because of Kate's short stature, though, the wire flies
04:55straight over her head, making her the sole survivor. But as she looks around at the dismembered
05:00bodies and people trying to scoop their organs back into their body, it's self-evident that she
05:04will never forget this moment, just like the viewers. Number 6, The Half-Digested John Voight,
05:11Anaconda. Anaconda had a truly awesome cast. Because this monster thriller stars John Voight,
05:17Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, and Danny Trejo, it felt like it had a lot of potential.
05:24Sadly, though, it was let down by a weak script, bland characters, and terrible CGI, even for the
05:30time. Of course, the one thing everyone remembers even more than the titular reptile is John Voight's
05:36performance as the snake hunter Paul Cerrone. Whether you think he's ridiculous or the best
05:40thing in the movie, his incomprehensible dialect and hammy mannerisms are entertaining as hell.
05:46Even though his mangled accent is a highlight, his most memorable moment ironically doesn't contain
05:51a word of dialogue. After the Anaconda crushes Paul's bones with one tight squeeze, we see his
05:56jawbone dislodge from its socket and, as gross as that is, it gets much, much worse. Although the
06:03snake swallows him whole, it suffers a bit of indigestion several minutes later, causing the
06:0840-foot beast to barf Paul back up. As Jennifer Lopez's character looks at the half-digested man in
06:15horror, he then winks at her with his single eye before dropping to the ground dead. Now, Anaconda
06:21may be ludicrously campy, but it's moments like this that stick with you for good reason.
06:26Number 5, The Raven, Damien Omen 2.
06:29The Omen has some of the most iconic scenes in horror history. The woman hanging herself in the
06:34opening, the decapitation sequence, the priest being impaled, it's all good stuff. But some people
06:40forget that the sequels also have some memorable moments. Okay, maybe not the third one, but Damien
06:46Omen 2 definitely deserves more praise. Even though the elevator sequence is considered the
06:51most creative kill in the film, what happens to Joan Hart is much more disturbing and a little bit
06:56more memorable. See, after Joan learns that Damien is the Antichrist, she drives away in a panic after
07:01coming face to face with him. Using his devilish powers though, Damien curses her car to stall before
07:06sending his servant, the Raven, to peck her eyes out. Blinded by the bird's attack, Joan then stumbles
07:12onto the road where she's killed by a semi-truck. Even though the scene itself is very simple,
07:17the actor's screaming is so convincing that it genuinely sounds like her eyeballs are being
07:21ripped from their sockets. Like Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween or Janet Leigh in Psycho,
07:26Shepard's squeeching is so piercing that it's something you won't forget for a long, long time.
07:31Number 4, The Basketball Shot, Alien Resurrection.
07:34Alien Resurrection is so, so disappointing that the best scene in it has actually nothing to do
07:39with the aliens. After Ellen Ripley is brought back from the dead by cloning her DNA with a
07:44xenomorph, she develops heightened senses and reflexes. So when several mercenaries taunt her
07:49on the basketball court, she gives them a flavour of her abilities. And as she walks away from them,
07:55she effortlessly performs a behind-the-back half-court basketball shot. At the time of Alien Resurrection's
08:01release, this moment came across as incredibly corny. But when viewers learned the actress
08:06Sigourney Weaver actually formed this shot without any special effects, it instantly became the most
08:12talked-about scene in an otherwise mediocre movie. Contrary to popular belief though, Weaver didn't
08:17actually nail this shot on the first take. After failing to sink the basket over and over,
08:22the director apparently said that he would just use CGI or a second ball if she didn't get the
08:27following shot. On the very next try though, the ball went in seamlessly, and her co-stars were so
08:32dumbfounded by Weaver's skill that they immediately broke character, which is why it cuts to the next
08:38shot immediately after in the film. Number 3, The Rat King, Sinister 2. Sinister 2 isn't an amazing
08:45film, but it didn't deserve to be the franchise killer that it was. The sequel overused villain
08:50Bagul, but it still had a few good ideas up its sleeve, especially when it came to the home movie
08:55snuff films that the demonic boogeyman manipulates children into making. These horror shots in their
09:00own right are always grisly, but the one that stands out from the second movie, and indeed the
09:05only scene that stands out from the second movie, involved a bunch of people, a couple of rats,
09:10and a couple of buckets. The sinister, oi oi, home movie cuts from a creepy looking communion in a church
09:16to the church being empty, save for a group of people bound to the floor via nails smashed through
09:22their wrists. On each one's stomach is a metal bucket housing a rat inside. The kids then proceed
09:28to put hot coals on top of the buckets, which freaks out the rats and, to escape the heat,
09:33results in them burying into the bodies of the victims. It's gross, and let me tell you,
09:39not a way that I would like to go. Number 2, The Tanning Beds, Final Destination 3.
09:45In Final Destination 3, a group of people find themselves being hounded by the Grim Reaper
09:49after they cheat death. It doesn't matter what precautions the survivors take or where they are,
09:54death can come at them at any time. Even though the kills in Final Destination 3 aren't as memorable
09:59as the other installments, though, there is one moment seeded into viewers' memory banks forever.
10:05As Ashley and Ashlyn lay in their tanning beds, they are oblivious that they have literally entered
10:10their coffins. After the tanning beds malfunction, the heat cranks up until it's unbearable for the
10:16girls inside. And as they try to get out, a shelf comes loose and perfectly slots in between both
10:21beds, sealing them in. As the heat intensifies, the glass shatters and catches fire, cooking them
10:27both alive. Now, when you see over-the-top deaths like this, it's easy to say it's only a movie and
10:33that would never happen in real life. And while there have been cases where people's deaths have
10:38been linked to tanning beds, nobody has ever died in a manner depicted like in Final Destination 3.
10:44Nevertheless, though, you'll still think twice the next time you take a trip to the tanning salon
10:48after watching this movie.
10:51Number 1. A Literal Bloodbath Hostel Part 2
10:54Even though Hostel was criticized for its gratuitous violence, it made more than enough
10:58money to warrant a sequel. Despite the fact that Hostel Part 2 definitely feels like more of the
11:03same, there is one scene that's leagues ahead of everything else in the flick. After a college
11:08student called Lorna is abducted, she awakens to find herself naked, bound and upside down. To her
11:14horror, she sees a robed woman, Mrs. Bathory, undress and lay below Lorna while brandishing
11:19a scythe. Bathory then teases her victim by pressing her blade into every crevice of her body. Although she
11:26doesn't break the skin at first, it's still deeply chilling to hear the squeaking sound of the scythe
11:31passing across Lorna. She then starts hacking at Lorna's body though and bathing in her blood.
11:38When she has her fill, she slits Lorna's throat, basking and the blood gushing into her face.
11:43And even though this scene is horrifyingly gory, it's the performance that sells it. The way she
11:49screams like an animal and contorts her entire body in fear is guaranteed to haunt your dreams,
11:55even more than just thinking about her grisly death without a sound on.
11:59So, that's our list. What do you guys think down in the comments below? What did you think
12:03of these moments in these horror movies? And are there any interesting ones I missed off here?
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12:14Josh. Thanks so much for watching and I'll see you soon.