Shocking movie moments

by Ted Sherman

I go back many years in watching movies, and as a kid of five or six in the early 30s, I shivered through the two all-time classic shockers, "Dracula" and "Frankenstein". By today's digital and bloodletting standards for h...read more

by Shawna Blake

When the word shocking is mentioned, I think of something that comes completely out of left field or that will make my jaw drop. Most movies, I find, are more or less predictable, so when something happens that is complete...read more

by Jackie Youngman

Reading about people's most shocking movie moments, made me think back to all the movies I have ever seen. I believe cinema is a very powerful tool in absorbing a person into a well-made film. We seem to let go of our se...read more

by The Original Maverick

When one thinks of shocking moments in movies, the natural thought would be of horror flicks. I'll never forget my aunt, may she rest in peace, who delighted in telling me the horror of seeing Frankenstein in the original ...read more

by Kate Johns

Suddenly a huge knife appears out of nowhere, at the end of a grotesque fist in someone's hand who appears to have died a long time ago. The darkened movie theater reverberates with screams and gasps from the audience, as ...read more

by Kathleen Richardson

In the 1950s, when theaters, downtown and drive-in, thrived in New York's small towns, Saturday morning matinees were popular and the youngest of us attended en masse while our parents remained at home-mom cleaning the hou...read more

by E. V. SHAW

There could never, ever be another like it to me. It is the most absolutely shocking film of my life, in that, I had never witnessed such an incredible scene, in a movie before. In our time, we were into movies, such...read more

by Lavel Wideman

A shocking movie moment for me would be "Rosemary's Baby," starring Mia Farrow, and Ruth Gordon, and a whole cast of memorable actors, including Emmaline Henry which I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her playing a witc...read more

by Dan Blade

As most movies reach their climatic ending, it often culminates in a big reveal or shocking moment. Suspense and horror movies commonly use this tactic, however even factual historic movies have dramatic and shocking momen...read more

by Dani Vukonich

shocking adjective 1. causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) All-time, most horrible, shocking, moment comes from the movie Audition. It's the story of a man who ...read more