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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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You'll remember it when you see it. Who could forget the black-hooded ghoul threatening kids? This was the scariest of all the Public Information Films inflicted on schoolchildren in the 70s by an obviously sadistic government who delighted in striking fear into the hearts of every kid in the country. Even more scary than boys electrocuted by pylons or being cut to ribbons by glass on a beach, no young 'un went within spitting distance of a pond, lake or quarry after seeing this. Voiced by Donald Pleasance, this ad featured the faceless, hooded 'spirit of dark and lonely water' dragging children to their deaths in ponds full of old bikes and shopping trolleys. And the chilling catch-phrase, "I'll be baaack!" has spawned a rather famous copycat.
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Peter Watkin's chilling drama documentary about a nuclear attack on Kent exposed the nation's Civil Defence programme and gave the public a grim realisation of the consequences of such an attack. Made for the BBC, it was banned from television broadcast for 20 years because of the disturbing scenes. However the ban did not stop its cinematic distribution and it went on to win four major film awards, before being broadcast on the BBC in 1985 as part of a nuclear war After The Bomb strand.
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Despite recent attempts to steal his crown by acts such as Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper must still rank as the scariest pop star ever. Sharing his stage name with a 17th century witch, the man born Vince Furnier almost single-handedly invented 'shock rock'. To accompany hits like School's Out and Elected, his shock-horror stage show - alongside child-unfriendly TV appearances on Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test – featured coiled snakes, giant spiders and bleeding, beheaded babies (dolls, of course!).
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The finest screen adaptation of Mary Shelley's Goth classic, this story of the hulk-like being given life and then mistreated by his creators became the definitive monster horror film. The most famous scene is the one where Frankenstein befriends a girl by a lake and then throws her in and accidentally drowns her, a scene tinged not just with horror, but tragedy. Much of the success of the movie must be attributed to Boris Karloff's outstanding performance, who with the slightest of gestures hinted at the humanity beneath the monster. more »
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71 - Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
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As Michael Jackson and his girlfriend take a shortcut through the graveyard on the way home from a date Jacko turns into a werewolf, then a zombie, and gets down and funky with the undead. Filmed way back when Jacko's face wasn't the scariest thing about him, this seminal eight-minute video was the first – and some say best - scary pop video. Millions stayed up late to watch its first showing on Channel 4 and weren't disappointed. Made by the team behind An American Werewolf In London and featuring the voice of horror legend Vincent Price as the 'rapper', its special effects were stunning.
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