De 100 mest skremmende øyeblikk

fra film, Tv, annonser og pop er kåret av Channel 4. Og som det listemennesket jeg er, så gjengir jeg det her med uthevet skrift for det jeg har opplevd.

100 – Train Pulling Into A Station (1895)
99 – The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
98 – Doomwatch (1970)
97 – Roswell (1995)
96 – The Prodigy’s Breathe video (1997)
95 – The Singing Ringing Tree (1958)
94 – Cat People (1942)
Ikke denne versjonen, men den fra 1982
93 – The Thing From Another World (1951)
92 – The Stone Tape (1973)
91 – Star Wars (1977)
90 – Dracula (1931)
89 – Protect And Survive (1975)
88 – The Day Of The Triffids (1981)
87 – Cracker (1993)
86 – Dead Of Night – the film (1945)
85 – Peeping Tom (1960)
84 – Cape Fear (1961)
83 – Whistle And I’ll Come To You (1968)
82 – Captain Scarlet (1967)
81 – Brookside (1995)
80 – Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
79 – 1984 (1954)
78 – The Incredible Hulk (1970s)
77 – The Twilight Zone (1963)
76 – Children Of The Stones (1976)
75 – Lonely Water (1973)
74 – The War Game (1964)
73 – Alice Cooper
72 – Frankenstein (1931)
71 – Michael Jackson’s Thriller (1983)
70 – Quatermass (1950s)
69 – The Tripods (1984)
68 – Shallow Grave (1994)
67 – Misery (1990)
66 – Theatre Of Blood (1973)
65 – Fatal Attraction (1987)
64 – Reservoir Dogs (1991)
63 – Armchair Thriller (1978)
62 – Suspiria (1976)
61 – Blue Velvet (1986)
60 – Basement Jaxx’s Where’s Your Head At video (2002)
59 – Tales Of The Unexpected
58 – Candyman (1992)
57 – EastEnders (2001)
56 – Marathon Man (1976)
55 – Goodfellas (1990)
54 – Doctor Who – opening credits (1963)
53 – Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
52 – V (1984)
51 – Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
50 – Hammer House Of Horror (1980)
49 – AIDS – Don’t Die Of Ignorance (1986)
48 – Les Diaboliques (1955)
47 – Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
46 – Final Destination (2002)
45 – The Vanishing (1988)
44 – The War Of The Worlds (1938)
43 – The Birds (1963)
42 – Salem’s Lot (1979)
41 – Ghostwatch (1992)
40 – The Others (2001)
39 – Doctor Who – daleks (1963)
38 – Nosferatu (1922)
37 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
36 – Dracula: Prince Of Darkness (1966)
35 – Aphex Twin’s Come To Daddy video (1997)
34 – The Wicker Man (1973)
33 – The Sixth Sense (1999)
32 – Coronation Street – Richard the killer (2003)
31 – Judderman from Metz advertising (2001)
30 – Carry On Screaming (1966)
29 – Poltergeist (1982)
28 – The Silence Of The Lambs (1990)
27 – Carrie (1976)
26 – Jam (2002)
25 – Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997+)
24 – The League Of Gentlemen Christmas Special (2002)
23 – The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
22 – Scream (1996)
21 – Twin Peaks – the TV series (1990)
20 – Don’t Look Now (1973)
19 – Hellraiser (1987)
18 – 28 Days Later (2002)
17 – The Thing (1982)
16 – An American Werewolf In London (1981)
15 – Friday The 13th (1980)
14 – Se7en (1995)
13 – The X-Files (1993+)
12 – The Evil Dead (1983)
11 – Psycho (1960)
10 – A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
9 – The Omen (1976)
8 – The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
7 – Halloween (1978)
6 – Ring (1998)
5 – The Blair Witch Project (1998)
4 – Alien (1979)
3 – Jaws (1975)
2 – The Exorcist (1973)
1 – The Shining (1980)

I tiden før jeg fylte 18, pleide jeg og noen venninner å samles på fredagskveldene. Mange ganger havnet vi foran TV’n med en movieboks og et par videoer fylt med skrekk. Så jeg trodde jeg var godt innvidd i filmens grøssersjanger, men jeg ser nå, ved nærmere ettertanke at titlene var gjerne etterfulgt av forskjellige tall … Men jeg har sett vinneren, og jeg er enig i kåringen, “The Shining”, eller “Ondskapens hotell” som den heter på godt norsk, er en av de mest gåsehudfremkallende filmer jeg har sett!