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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.
25 - Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997+)
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The show that proved chicks can kick ass too, Buffy provided a post-feminist role model for millions of girls as posters of star Sarah Michelle Gellar graced the walls of teenage boys' bedrooms the whole world over. Pretty and blonde, Buffy Summers karate chopped and high kicked her way through the vampires, demons and other undesirables in the Hellmouth town of Sunnydale. Of the many classic episodes, many consider the ultimate Buffy episode to be Hush, in which bald, pale figures called The Gentlemen steal the voices of the people of Sunnydale and return to cut out their hearts. What do you do if nobody can hear you scream?
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24 - The League Of Gentlemen Christmas Special (2002)
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Perhaps the most terrifying comedy series ever made, The League Of Gentlemen demonstrates that comedy and terror are sometimes separated by a very fine line. Set in the village of Royston Vasey, the surreal characters are the stuff of nightmares. From Edward and Tubbs' "local shop for local people" to the Burger Me fast food joint, there's a shiver around every corner. Scary moments come thick and fast but the Christmas Special takes some beating. In Herr Lipp And The Vampires Of Duisberg, the creepy camp choirmaster gets sucked dry. And who's that in a Santa suit? Only voodoo wife-stealer Papa Lazarou, who comes calling on vicar, Bernice. "Hello Dave"...
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It's one thing to watch The Wizard Of Oz as a child, but quite another to see it as a grown-up. Rather like the fairytales from the brothers Grimm, whose dark sexual imagery only became apparent once we were out of shorts, Oz is a land best not seen through adult eyes. Indeed, what with the plethora of little people, gaudy colour palate, flying monkeys and, in the Wicked Witch Of The West, the most frightening villain this side of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's child catcher, it's possibly the most disturbing kids' film ever made. more »
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The film that kicked off not just a trilogy, but a whole subgenre of postmodern teen slashers, and got Halloween trick-or-treaters wearing identikit white plastic ghoul masks. Smart, innovative, funny and downright scary, the film's most chilling moment comes early on when Drew Barrymore (who is, of course, young, beautiful and home alone) receives a threatening phone call from the killer - it's not long before her parents find her body hanging from a tree in the front garden... more »
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21 - Twin Peaks - the TV series (1990)
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Damn fine coffee and damn scary viewing courtesy of David Lynch. When the body of a young girl named Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small town of Twin Peaks, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) is called in to investigate her strange demise. While tracking down her killer, he uncovers a web of intrigue that ultimately leads him deep into a battle with evil that might cost him his very soul. In a town filled with giants, talking logs and dwarves who spoke backwards, the scariest thing in Twin Peaks was a man called Bob. His scary moments are legion, but perhaps the most terrifying of the lot involved Bob, a mirror, a bleeding Agent Cooper, and the most unsettling cliff-hanger in the history of television.
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