Creepiest part for you….
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lessthanzero77 — 18 years ago(October 30, 2007 12:03 AM)
The first appearance of The Man creeped me out more than anything, for sureI had trouble looking out the window or in mirrors for a few nights after watching it for the first time, because I was kinda afraid I'd see his face leering back at me.
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rmgentile — 18 years ago(November 01, 2007 08:53 AM)
Definitely her neghbor Mr. Linden
How 'bout the part where she walks out of the water 3 hours after the accident?
I liked the parts where she couldn't communicate with anyone and all you could hear were her shoes clicking on the sidewalk.
Saltair from a distance on the night road, when you weren't really sure what it was.
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dragontatt5 — 18 years ago(November 13, 2007 04:55 PM)
When she first emerges from the water and has the confused forlorn look of someone lost and hopeless.
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Jeremy03 — 18 years ago(December 10, 2007 02:54 PM)
The third time the man appeared it made me jump.
She just got to her room puts down her suitcase and he is staring at her from outiside of the house (or motel) and to make things scary she is on the second floor so he is like floating. -
nosnojsirhc — 18 years ago(December 11, 2007 02:08 PM)
er, for me it would be her neighbor in the boarding house, followed by the vicar of the church and then by her landlady. after would come the police, and the fellow racers. the real people in this film are sketchy!!
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lolathemermaid — 18 years ago(February 03, 2008 01:45 PM)
Man I LOVE this movie! There are too many scary parts to list. I agree with all the ones you guys listed.
It's too bad they don't make authentically scary movies like this any more. People nowadays have to resort to excessive special FX and gore. When all you need is a truly frightening premise.
Another part I dont think I saw mentioned was when the sheriff and everyone was looking for her and all they could find were her footprints that stop in the middle of the sand. CREEPY!
You've all inspired me to re-watch the DVD (for about the 50th time!)
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Lady_Madonna — 18 years ago(January 08, 2008 03:19 PM)
Well, at the beginning with the face in the car windowthat was like "umyeah, why did this get a 7.1 rating again?" But as it continued, holy crap did it get freaky! I'd have to say the creepiest part(s) would be
the dancing part, with that zombie-esque looking lady (was that the main character?) kind of rolling her head two and fro.
the part where she sees the zombie-esque guy downstairs and the door shakes like he's trying to get in. Totally reminded me of, like, the only freaky part in The Shining (in the novel that is).
and the whole zombie-esque people on the bus. You totally knew when the only thing you heard was the loudspeaker talking in the bus station that that's where they were hiding. I practically yelled at the TV trying to tell her not to go on there.
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oh yeah, I forgot!! The part where she visits the carnival the first time, and she tosses the rock into the water and then it switches to the guy laying under water! Freaky!
Oh yeah, and the PriestFatherchurch leader and her neighbor were so freaky!
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mayonaise002 — 18 years ago(February 09, 2008 01:15 AM)
yeah i recon those dead people on the bus, that was one of the creepiest things ive seen from a movie made that long ago! and the guy floating up to the top of the water was scary too.
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guanche — 18 years ago(February 21, 2008 12:29 PM)
There were two for me:
The first, when she zones out while playing the church organ and goes into a nebulous funk, drifting off into hellish, calliope-like riffs before be being abruptly interrupted by the minister.
Also, when she's in the clothing store and people sometimes interact with her and at other times act as if she isn't there. Truly nightmarish.
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InjunNose — 18 years ago(March 18, 2008 02:34 PM)
I'm going to pick a really quiet but effective moment in the filmthe point at which Mary is leaving town after the accident, and stops her car on the bridge to look down at the water for a moment. That's when I knew I was in for a frightening viewing experience. No dialoguejust some nice black-and-white photography, a wisp of uneasy music, and a look of foreboding on Mary's face. Subtle, but striking! It was kind of like being outside at the end of a long, humid summer and feeling the first chill of autumn in the air.
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guanche — 18 years ago(March 19, 2008 09:24 AM)
Your comment demonstrates how truly unique and attuned to our innermost senses and fears this film is. I hesitate to recommend it to certain people, even though it's probably the best of it's kind. Part of it's greatness is how profoundly disturbing it is. Much more so than vampires, meat cleavers and airborne body parts.