What do you think 'one big scare' was?

I think the one big scare was the part where Dennis finds the group of 60 year old women in that shed.

leading up to it: he sees the shadow in the window goes to the room sees nothing, finds the symbols on the walls and heads to the shed since the door of the house is open towards it.

opening the shed, you'd expect oh it'll be one of the girls or the grandmother.....NOPE IT'S A BUNCH OF OLD WOMEN IN ALL BLACK AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY......

Dennis reacts like anyone else would: he runs back into the house, locks to the door and see the old ladies FOLLOWING HIM, SO SCARY!!!

the ending is so scary as a whole but that was the scariest.

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1. The babysitter going "BOO!" at the camera.
2. When the wife jumped out of the closet wearing the mask.

Neither were scary but these were the only times when I physically reacted to the movie.

Certainly the girl getting lifted up by the hair creeped me out. That was probably the scariest part. Second to that was the bloody mary part where the guy gets cut and the door starts rattling.

Scariest scene had to have been the unfolding of it all in the last ten minutes starting from the phantom figure after Dennis sees the symbols. And then capped off with the witches. Such a great reaction as an actor. He had more shock like a wtf feel that turned into fear. And then they started to pursue him. The zoom into their old faces you wondered if they were ghost or real. That bonfire setup added to the effect as well. Although I think that was the scariest scene the Toby behind the babysitter gag was definitely the "it" scare. That was the part where I had my wtf just happened expression.

The only bit that really got me was the old women at the end

There were a few creepy bits but personally I laughed when I saw the pony tail pulling bit!

Do guys like "the thing"?
They like it better than no thing.

Honestly, none of the ghost stuff was all that scary to me as it had been done to death in the previous installments. The only part I found truly creepy/frightening was at the end at the grandma's house when Dennis turned on the lights and found the witches. I would've crapped my pants if something like that happened to me.

I loved the ghost scene. It was so simple but so effective. I don't know if that was the "one big scare" but I know the scene at the end when Dennis opens the door to the shed(?) and turns on the lights and the women are all standing around REALLY freaked me out. I just watched it again and I knew it was going to happen but I still jumped.

To be honest, the part where Julie jumps out of the closet wearing the mask made me jump and let out a tiny scream... and that was the only part of the movie that gave me that reaction, even though I did find the sheet part spooky and creepy. What is the hair pull part everyone is referring to, I cant seem to remember it??