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The Results
Here they are. The 100 Greatest Scary Moments from film, TV, advertising and pop. Check out the full results on these pages, then test how much you know with our Scary Moments Quiz.
95 - The Singing Ringing Tree (1958)
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The Singing Ringing Tree was an allegorical fairy-tale series made in East Germany in 1958 and bought in by the BBC children's department to be broadcast as a Tale From Europe in 1964. The story was about a rude and spoilt princess who is courted by a prince, who then turns into a bear because of a bargain he makes with an evil dwarf. The scariest moment came towards the end when the evil dwarf flies and cackles around a ring of fire, before getting his come-uppance.
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A Serbian woman living in New York becomes convinced that if she makes love to her husband she will turn into a cat. What could have easily been a disastrous low budget B-movie for RKO was turned into a cult horror classic by producer Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur. The pair instinctively understood that audiences are frightened more by what they think they can see rather than what they actually see. There are two prime examples: in one scene, a woman is being stalked by an unseen feline presence through the park. Suddenly a bus screeches into frame with a hiss of breaks, giving cinema one of its first real movie 'jumps'. And in another moment, a woman swimming in a pool is watched by a cat, with only its shadow present on screen. The dramatic plight of the isolated heroine is layered with psychological insight, elevating Cat People in the eyes of some into one of the best movies of all time. more »
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A defrosted, ferocious alien sends shivers down the spine of a bunch of scientists and Air Force crew in an Antarctic research team. Howard Hawks' 1950s cult classic horror/sci-fi tale is widely believed to have launched a decade of similar, blood-sucking monster flicks and, despite the fact that it was cheaply made, with rickety, dated special effects, it still has a spooky, tense power that has stood the test of time. more »
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1970s BBC drama about a group of electronic scientists hell-bent on discovering the next new recording format. They move into an old building and, discovering that one of the rooms is haunted, set about trying to record the ghost. They come up with a theory that hauntings are visual apparitions caught in the stone walls of buildings – and if they could only learn how to read the 'stone tape' – they'd discover their new recording format. At the end, Jane Asher follows in the footsteps of the ghost and is attacked by an evil force made up of bizarre scary special effects, letting out a chilling scream. more »
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One of the most famous villains in cinema history, Darth Vader has scared many a young Jedi with his penchant for all in one black suits and heavy breathing. Firstly, he does away with Obi Wan Kenobi, and then he chops off Luke’s hand and makes a family announcement. Unfortunately, Vader lets himself down in the end by becoming a good guy again and helping to bring down the Empire. When he was bad, he was very very bad. more »
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