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Most raw and shocking scene ever ??

posted 21 years ago by Coventry
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MAJOR SPOILER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been watching horror, SciFi and Action movies all my life, so I think I've quite seen my share of shocking images. But I can honestly say the scene in Assautl on Precinct 13 where the little girl is shot is the most brutal sequence I've ever seen. It's so raw, without even considering her age and innocence, the thug just blows her away ! A perfect image of the lack of emotions these characters suffer from. Well done, Mr. Carpenter !!

Anyone else agree this is one of the most brutal scenes in cinema ever ?

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[–] sesquipedalian 21 years ago

no..it's black humour

[–] R-T-C 21 years ago

It shocked me, and I've seen some really shocking horror films.

Just the way it is so casual and sudden, in any modern film, the father would rush her to a hospital, or at the end the police would say they found her, and she is okay now.

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[–] Cloudmeister 21 years ago

I agree that it was really shocking, but I have seen worse.

[–] TeenVamp 13 years ago

All i did was chuckle. That kid was annoying and it was obvious something was going to happen to her.

[–] veryhornyfox 13 years ago

Yes it was shocking.
I am disappointed by how many people found it funny or thought a little girl who wanted a different ice cream type got her just desserts by being shot. What is wrong with you morons.

[–] marbleann 13 years ago

Well she is even more annoying in real life. She is Paris Hiltons aunt, the nutcase on that dumb reality show, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

[–] Rufus-T 12 years ago

She is Paris Hiltons's aunt. LOL. Small world. Aunt & niece, both died in movie.

[–] paxtonaddleman 11 years ago

I completely did not see it coming, but I was really relieved that we weren't going to have to put up with her the whole movie. Super annoying.

[–] wabsnazm2007 16 years ago

isnt black humour supposed to be funny? i found it very shocking

[–] sandspider1 21 years ago

I found found it more funny than shocking that girl was annoying anyway. 'I wanted vanilla twist'

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[–] MrJinx 21 years ago

So every time a child wants a vanilla twist they should die?! ;)

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[–] crazyhellboy 21 years ago

I don't know about Vanilla Twist but she sure got a Strawberry Silencer...heheheh ( I know...I'm terrible)

But seriously, the scene where the girl get's shot reminded me of the scene where Melanie gets shot in 'Jackie Brown'. It's no surprise that the VHS copy of the film I have says on the cover "One of Quintin Tarentino's favortite films". That's where that dark humor comes in handy.

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[–] vallkano 18 years ago

i cant believe anyone was shocked by this scene?

[–] bumble_bee_boy_johnnysta 17 years ago

Yea I really think everyone took this to seriously....

[–] krasnegar 17 years ago

For 1976 it was amazingly shocking.

[–] J-Stone-2 17 years ago

Her shooting was bad, but me and my mates pissed ourselves laughing when the grief-stricken dad covered her with his jacket and then took off after the gang in his car. Yeah, sure you'd just leave your daughter's body like that on a 1 hour plus car chase!

Cheesy film overall, has NOT aged well at all.

[–] saarvardi 12 years ago

It was also quite shocking for 2013.

[–] bbqplatypus_318 16 years ago

To be honest, I thought it was going to be the guy in the phone booth who was going to get it. Or at least just the ice cream guy. In retrospect, perhaps I should have seen it coming, but I really didn't think they would go there. And I've seen a decent amount of "B" action movies.

[–] rudeboy8080 15 years ago

In the censored TV version, you can hear the girl get shot, but you can't see her.

[–] the_sabre 21 years ago

When I was watching the movie for the first time, I thought the little girl was sweet and I liked her (not THAT way you freaks!).

[–] DrPrunesquallor 21 years ago

I found it shocking and not funny at all. I probably would have been amused a few years ago, but I grew out of it.

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[–] CroCop 21 years ago

yeah, i couldn't believe it when it happened you never expect to see something like thatm especially with young girls...harsh!

definatly something i'll remember.

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[–] shrink54 15 years ago

My sister was obsessed with Kim Richards from her "Nanny & The Professor" days. When little Kathy gets it, I found my sister screaming "PRUDENCE!!??" funny, but not a little girl getting shot. My sister has since recovered.

[–] namaGemo 11 years ago

I thought the scene as shocking too. I was expecting her to run off side the thug had not shot the ice cream truck guy at that point.

I think it was more shocking for the time because even during the filming of Dawn of the Dead 1978, they were worried how people would look at The shooting of two zombie children who eat flesh, no less an innocent girl wanting ice cream.

[–] SolidSnail 21 years ago

It was hilarious.

Torture you? That's a good... that's a good idea... I like that one.

[–] the_sabre 21 years ago

I would guess that sometimes people who are shot in real life really DO just fall down.

[–] byght 21 years ago

It was definitely one of the more jarring things I've ever seen. I don't think it was meant to be humorous at all--I think it was meant to establish the cold inhumanity of the gang members (refreshing, considering how compelling and human everyone wants their villains to be these days). Quite honestly, folks, I think you're giving this movie a little too much credit...there's really not a shred of irony in the whole thing.

The scene in City of God where Lil' Ze forces one child to shoot another might be more wrenching--but at least in that scene, the killer is reluctant and agonizes over what he does.

The vanilla twist scene reminds me a lot of the way Scorcese uses violence, actually--it's sudden and ugly and totally without ceremony.

That rug really tied the room together, did it not?

[–] the_sabre 21 years ago

Kind of like violence in real life.

That City of God scene seems (haven't seen that movie) even more shocking and establishes that "Lil' Ze" is a really sadistic piece of garbage.
Instead of killing the child himself, he has another child do it, scarring the one that lives emotionally and psychologically for life...ruining two lives with one order.

[–] Joshua_D_Matthews 21 years ago

No it wasn't the most shocking, even though it did surprise me. But CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST was the most disturbing movie ever....but I'm not telling you to watch it...im telling you to stay away from it.

[–] Lord_Sherwin 20 years ago

How can you consider that scene raw and shocking? Okay, it's a little girl, she gets blown apart, not nice. However, it's not real, she may actually be acting, and whats more, she was an annoying little sh**e. Death to her i say. Death!

[–] the_sabre 20 years ago

How can you NOT consider the scene raw and shocking?
If you don't, I think you're emotionally desensitized or something.
I was just getting to think the girl was a nice little kid and then *blam* the Thunderman ended her life with that museum piece Mauser.

[–] davidemartin 20 years ago

Amazing at the trolls who find that scene funny.
The scene was a shocker. Period.
And furthermore, the film is a real shocker to those Kim Richards fans who stumble across the beginning of the flick with no idea what is about to happen!
I know, because that's how I encountered the flick!

[–] larryloco5 20 years ago

I think Henry Fonda killing the family in Once Upon A Time In The West is at least as shocking.

[–] quarf53206 19 years ago

That Scene Was indeed really hardcore even by todays standards

[–] C.S.Wood 15 years ago

No it wasn't the most shocking, even though it did surprise me. But CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST was the most disturbing movie ever....but I'm not telling you to watch it...im telling you to stay away from it.

I saw CH, it was nothing compared to Salo.

I remember I was in an argument with someone about how Hollywood would never blatantly kill off a little blonde girl in a movie, then someone shot back "What about the original Precinct 13?" To which I replied "That was Carpenter, he's not Hollywood, he doesn't count!"

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[–] colonelkurtz-1 20 years ago

What will the remakecrap have in its place, I wonder? Will it be - gasp! - a scene with a cop (one day to retirement!) getting shot?