"MOVE CHILDREN! VAMONOS!" Don't know what it is about the birthday scene but I just always laugh at how Merrill is just so damn intrigued and excited to see the alien as we are!
I'll Be Back
So many to choose from.
- Alien on top of the Barn.
- The cornfield scene.
- The noises they made when communicating.
- Running outside the house passing the windows.
INTERSTELLAR - Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.
Alien on barn. Def for me.
shareI'm with the OP. The birthday party scene was terrifying.
shareSurprised no one mentioned the creepy book scene, where Gibson browses son's book and finds this house drawing, and it looks like their farm. Eerie.
shareSurprised no one mentioned the creepy book scene, where Gibson browses son's book and finds this house drawing, and it looks like their farm. Eerie.
Everything having to do with the aliens creeped me out, but the one thing that actually made me jump and almost spill my drink was when the dog snapped at the little girl when she moved his water bowl over. Definitely a decent addition to the genre IMHO (Close Encounters, Dark Skies, The Fourth Kind, etc).
shareAw man...so many good memories. My mom scared the hell outta me after the movie, and my mom is a square. I was looking into the dark garage and closing it as I told her about the movie, and she was like, "What's that!?" I couldn't see anything and just dropped the garage door and jumped back. Signs had a lasting impression on me.
What was great about the hand under the door scene was that there were really no music or sfx cues that lead to the hand. If you go back and watch it, it was a cut to Graham's POV, and bam...the hand coming right towards you. Almost to the point where you don't notice what it is because it's so close. Then you realize...that's the hand! And then there's the eerie nail scratching the floor sfx that accompanied it. So amazing. I've only jumped 3 times in the theaters. That was one of them.
When I saw Signs in theaters with my friends, (about 6 of us all in the same row in the middle of the theater) I will always remember Merill reaching for the axe in the basement and breaking the lightbulb in the middle of all the suspense when the aliens tried to get in. The theater was completely quiet and all you hear from my friends and I at the same exact moment was, "oh sh*t!." Everyone died of laughter in the theater when that happened.
That's what cinema is all about. I miss that.
I don't know if this was the creepiest but no one mentioned it so I thought I'd add it:
The opening credits: that dull violin playing and then the score kicks in real loud...only Signs and Halloween have opening scenes with absolutely no characters that freak me out before the movie even really begins!
-Last time I taught, I was like Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society...by which I mean I got fired.
Oh, gaahh! Yes!
The Birthday Party scene!
It's not a jump scare (good thing since I hate them and they never work for me as I usually sit there as a stone).
It's almost though, after a fashion...
When my friends and I left the theater one buddy of mine commented on how creepy that scene was. He went on to say how it reminded him of that old, famous 1967 supposed Bigfoot film wherein the creature is striding on the other side of the creek and looks at the person with the camera.
YES!
Even though neither of us believe is such nonsense we both shared the feeling of creepiness whenever we first saw that on whatever show of 'unexplained' such-and-such in our youths (in the late 70s to early 80s). There was something creepy about that footage. Even now. Even though we both agreed it was crap, our childhood first viewing of it and our visceral reactions to it remained with us.
That was it! He was right! I had that same sort of feeling when I saw the 'footage' of the alien at the party. Especially when it's played back on the news broadcast and frozen. Just like those old shows did with supposed footage of a ghost or some alleged cryptoid, etc.
It truly made me wonder if M. Night actually was likewise inspired and if such things were on his mind when he made "Signs" or no. If so, then...well, yeah. If not, then some very nice synchronicity, I'd say.
Still, my own reaction (the first time I saw the B-day scene) was like the worst of jump scares you have as a kid (before they stop working at all). Not a start. Not a gasp. Not a skipped heartbeat. No.
No...some sort of...slowing of the heart as it seemingly descends into your stomach and your world within your mind and spirit falls apart in a frighteningly depressing manner....
"The last man on Earth doesn't miss anyone at all!" -Faith In Chaos, Haujobb
Oh, gaahh! Yes!
The Birthday Party scene!
It's not a jump scare (good thing since I hate them and they never work for me as I usually sit there as a stone).
It's almost though, after a fashion...
When my friends and I left the theater one buddy of mine commented on how creepy that scene was. He went on to say how it reminded him of that old, famous 1967 supposed Bigfoot film wherein the creature is striding on the other side of the creek and looks at the person with the camera.
YES!
Even though neither of us believe is such nonsense we both shared the feeling of creepiness whenever we first saw that on whatever show of 'unexplained' such-and-such in our youths (in the late 70s to early 80s). There was something creepy about that footage. Even now. Even though we both agreed it was crap, our childhood first viewing of it and our visceral reactions to it remained with us.
That was it! He was right! I had that same sort of feeling when I saw the 'footage' of the alien at the party. Especially when it's played back on the news broadcast and frozen. Just like those old shows did with supposed footage of a ghost or some alleged cryptoid, etc.
It truly made me wonder if M. Night actually was likewise inspired and if such things were on his mind when he made "Signs" or no. If so, then...well, yeah. If not, then some very nice synchronicity, I'd say.
Still, my own reaction (the first time I saw the B-day scene) was like the worst of jump scares you have as a kid (before they stop working at all). Not a start. Not a gasp. Not a skipped heartbeat. No.
No...some sort of...slowing of the heart as it seemingly descends into your stomach and your world within your mind and spirit falls apart in a frighteningly depressing manner....
I think it was when the alien was in the basement, and you could see its shadow pacing up and down, under the door. And then it just stopped, when it became aware that he was watching.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIJ3Rh5Qxs
You mean the pantry?
shareYes. That's what I meant. Apologies.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIJ3Rh5Qxs