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Best Suspense Scene/Sequence in a Movie or TV Show!
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Excellent choice.
I seriously can't believe no one hasn't mentioned this. I came into this thread expecting this to be every post.
first think I thought of, when I read the topic title.
silence of the lambs basement scene.
Sibersk Esto
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The last half hour of "The Conversation" with Gene Hackman
I nominate the car scene from Prisoners. I was at the edge of my seat the whole time. Amazing cinematography.
Such an incredible film, visually stunning throughout but that sequence was on another level altogether; great soundtrack too.
I'm just throwing this one in here; I'm not saying it's anywhere near the best, or the cream of crop but it does the job very effectively; short but suspenseful scene - I think it was helped by the death of a certain major character earlier that put the notion in your mind that just about anyone could get killed off at that point.
There's a scene in Mulholland Drive where one of the characters enters a house. It's incredibly suspenseful. I don't remember who goes in or where it is, but some googling leads me to believe it might be Diane entering her Aunt Ruth's apartment. Maybe. At any rate, it was so tense that I had to pause the movie for a good while.
That scene was tough watching; one of the best episodes of television that year.
Summer Haze
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Easystride
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The tennis scene from Strangers on a Train.
KaiserBecks
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I prefer this scene. You can almost feel how close they are.
Sidenote: What sort of "connected" me to this film's dystopian reality was the Renault Megane. In many "end time" movies, cars have either been customized or are barely recognizable.
Seeing that worn out Megane really made me think that this world wasn't that far from reality. Suits the whole tone of the movie well.
It's missing a few seconds from the beginning where they check the first few cars and remove some of the wires too. Love how subtlety the sun rises in this scene.
Livingskeletons
If I pulled that off, would you die?
"We're gonna draw a little bit of everybody's blood... 'cause we're gonna find out who's The Thing".
A little forced but man..
Im pretty sure this scene introduced suspense to little kids.
Summer Haze
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Im assuming you mean the original Halloween right?
I'm in the minority, but I enjoyed Rob Zombies verison. However, there wasn't any suspense. So I hope you mean the original.
When I saw the thread title this the first thing I thought of.
Mariah Carey
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I'm just throwing this one in here; I'm not saying it's anywhere near the best, or the cream of crop but it does the job very effectively; short but suspenseful scene - I think it was helped by the death of a certain major character earlier that put the notion in your mind that just about anyone could get killed off at that point.
Woop! I ain't the only one. Best cat-and-mouse scene ever, I say.
Though that car scene needs more love in this thread.
A Fish Aficionado
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In Crimson Tide, near the end where they talk about horses.
This scene is also very suspenseful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHMER1h4BNU
This scene is also very suspenseful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHMER1h4BNU
The car scene is another one I was gonna post from that film but I thought I'd just go for the Gale chase scene; I think Scream 2 wasn't as violent or sinister as the first film but it was a hell of a lot more suspenseful, that car scene was amazing too, I was terrified the first time I seen it (I was about 10 at the time)
Ben Morales
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I was going to mention this. That scene is fantastic! Also, another great Hitchcock thriller is The Birds. Especially if you go into the movie cold not knowing anything about it. But I'm sure everyone knows the twist by now.
Another good thriller is Wait Until Dark starring the lovely Audrey Hepburn.
It's a slow burn at the beginning, and then it's non-stop tension!
Death Metalist
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For a TV show this came to my mind immediately
Twilight zone episode Eye of the Beholder. Besides that, the show is filled with suspenseful moments.
Twilight zone episode Eye of the Beholder. Besides that, the show is filled with suspenseful moments.
agreed. I would also cite this from IB
the scene where, imho, Cristoph Waltz earned his Oscar. Absolutely tremendous work
Col WillieSharp
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Not my favorite movie, and Sam Mendes generally leaves me cold, but there is that one great scene in Road to Perdition where the tension is just brutal.
Tom Hanks delivers a letter:
Tom Hanks delivers a letter
Tom Hanks delivers a letter:
Tom Hanks delivers a letter
Haloid1177
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Does the entire seventh season of The Shield count?
A Serious Man
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Yes.
That scene where Shane has to get out of the Barn before the thug he hired breaks down and gives him away? Holy shit.
Ugh! That scene is where the movie straight-up died for me.
Anton Sugar
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How do you mean? I think she had no reason to believe it was the killer's house, and once she does, she chases him into his dungeon thing.
Does she not call for backup before she chases him? Also, I'm pretty sure he turns the lights off AFTER she gets down there, so she didn't just enter a dark room.
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