People Are Sharing Their “Most Traumatizing” Single Shots From Movies & TV

Do you remember the first really scary movie you watched? I’ll never forget watching Signs too young and being traumatized by the scene where the alien walks past a birthday party (if you haven’t seen it, it’s number 9 on this list). A really well-done scary movie will give you a new horrible core memory and potentially even make you afraid of birthday parties for a few years.

People on Twitter are replying to a viral tweet about those traumatizing single stills from movies that were their own life-changing moments. Here are some of the best responses.


1. Salem’s Lot

2. The Shining

3. Begotten

4. The NeverEnding Story

5. Poltergeist

6. Jojo Rabbit

7. Midsommar

8. Lights Out

9. Signs

10. The Ring

11. The Exorcist III

12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

13. The Strangers

14. Twin Peaks

15. Hereditary

16. Titus

17. Three Men and a Baby

18. Star Trek 2

19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

20. Return to Oz

21. The Muppets Take Manhattan

22. Mudholland Drive

23. Event Horizon

24. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

25. Audition

26. The Sixth Sense

27. Twilight Zone: The Movie


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