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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.
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One of the most consistently funny Carry On films sees the old horrors of cheap British comedy sending up the cheap British horror of Hammer films! Kenneth Williams is the mad professor with a penchant for boiling beautiful young women in a bubbling vat. This being Carry On, he announces an evening of murderous activity with the cry, "Frying tonight!", and of course, ends up in the cooking pot himself by the end of the film. more »
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Classic domestic horror movie recounting the tale of an average family whose home is besieged by supernatural forces. Director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) brings his hardcore horror credentials to the film but, in a bizarre mix of movie-making styles, the presence of its co-writer, Steven Spielberg, can be felt throughout. Poltergeist certainly starts like a Spielberg movie, with its quintessentially American setting, gently comic moments and whimsical spectres. But more Hooper-like terror follows when the family's cute daughter begins communing with 'something' in the TV static, claiming "they're here" - suddenly the audience is thrown into a much darker movie altogether. more »
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A modern thriller masterpiece that established intellectual murderer Dr Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in the canon of cinema's all time favourite monsters and did wonders for sales of Chianti wine. FBI agent Clarice Starling's (Jodie Foster) battle of wits with Lecter makes for compulsive viewing in this strange, seductive story of heroics, anti-heroics and serial killers. There are numerous stand-out moments, particularly Clarice's first encounter with Lecter and the finale in the dark cellar, but Lecter's dramatic escape, during which he impersonates one of his guards by killing him, skinning his face and placing it over his own, has got to be the most terrifying of the lot. more »
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Adapted from the bestselling Stephen King novel, Carrie is the chilling tale of a lonely high school outsider who is tortured by her deranged mother and who develops devastating telekinetic powers when she hits puberty. There are plenty of terrifying moments in this very adult horror film - the truly nasty joke played on Carrie at her school prom (the incident which unleashes her awesome powers), and the disturbing shower scene spring to mind. But it's the ultimate horror movie jump right at the end of the film, when Carrie's hand shoots out of her grave and grabs the arm of a terrified mourner, that had audiences leaving the cinema in a state of shock. more »
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Jam – mmm, yummy. Sweet, sticky and utterly delicious? Not the Chris Morris version. Developed from the radio series Blue Jam, this Channel 4 series delved deep into the dark recesses of comedy and came up with something truly original. With dark, distorted visuals and sound, watching Jam was like an acid trip in a hospital for the criminally insane. It featured GPs doing phone sex lines for extra NHS cash and new parents cooing over an electric heater in a crib, but perhaps the most disturbing moment involved the dismemberment and disposal of a body...by a little girl.
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