“20 Most Iconic Horror Movie Scenes of All Time”

Nowadays I typically post movie lists as part of the Saturday Hot Links series, but I thought this one would spark some interesting discussion: From Moviefone: The 20 Most Iconic Horror Movie Scenes of All Time”:

Not many film genres have their very own season … but horror does. From early October to the wee hours of November 1, a horror freak’s fancy turns to all things cinematic in nature. And that doesn’t just mean “Hey, let’s throw ‘Halloween’ in again”; in the past weeks Twitter has been awash with requests on “which horror classic I should watch,” a question that is music to any horror fan’s ears. We’ll be focusing on some smaller, stranger, and even imported horror titles later in the month, but starting today we’ll be offering you a daily dose of truly iconic horror.

Here are 20–2:

20. ‘Hellraiser’: Pinhead’s Arrival

19. ‘The Fly’: Help Meeee!

18. ‘The Ring’: Samara Crawls Out of the TV

17. ‘The Amityville Horror’ Screams “Get Out!”

16. ‘Night of the Living Dead’: Opening Graveyard Scene

15. ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’: Bathtub Claw

14. ‘The Omen’: Nanny Suicide

13. ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Revealed

12. ‘Frankenstein’: “It’s Alive!”

11. The ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Door Slam

10. ‘American Werewolf in London’ Transformation

9. ‘Carrie’: Blood Shower

8. ‘Friday the 13th’: Jason Flips Out

7. ‘Scream’: “Do You Like Scary Movies?”

6. ‘Poltergeist’: They’re Heeeere!

5. ‘Halloween’: Opening Scene

4. ‘The Shining’: “Heeere’s Johnny!”

3. ‘Alien’: Chestburster

2. ‘The Exorcist’: Pea Soup & Head Spins

Number 1 to be announced tomorrow. Check here. 

What are your choices for most iconic horror movie scenes?