It’s almost impossible to genuinely surprise and shock people in movie theatres these days.

We’ve already seen it all. We suspect every member of the cast of being the murderer. We’ve developed strong stomachs after seeing just about every imaginable way an unstoppable maniac with a huge knife can kill horny teenagers. Even most of the sexual taboos have become mainstream and boring by today’s standards.

Anyway, we may feel pretty unshockable now, but here at hecklerspray we wanted to pay homage to the groundbreaking, WTF moments that really had us staring blankly at the screen in disbelief. These clips are comprised of dastardly plot twists, sickening scenes of deaths or mutilation and, well, moments that really had us questioning the director’s sanity. Enjoy. Just beware there are serious spoilers in here.

30. The Thing

Moment: Chest turns into teeth

Anyone see that coming? Nah, neither did we.

29. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Moment: Jar Jar Binks



Wait, this can’t be Star Wars ? it has an extra from The Little Mermaid in it. Why, George Lucas? Why?



28. Se7en

Moment: Sloth man wakes up



Surely, the biggest jump ever. How the hell could he still be alive?



27. The Usual Suspects

Moment: Cripple is Kaiser Soze



He made the whole thing up?? Anyone else watch it all over again?

26. About Schmidt

Moment: Kathy Bates gets naked

Our dicks almost dropped off.

25. Scanners

Moment: Guy’s head explodes



Did his head just explode? One of the most stunning introductions to a movie.

24. Saw

Moment: Jigsaw gets off the ground





Wait! The killer is the body in the room all along? The moment Saw got even better.

23. Misery

Moment: It’s hammer time



Kathy Bates makes sure that her favourite writer will not be going anywhere. And a few people cough up their dinners.

22. I Spit On Your Grave

Moment: Bath time!!



The worst thing about this moment is the sound it makes when she cuts off his manhood in the bath ? and the fact he does not even realise what she has done!!



21. Audition

Moment: On a wire



The end scene gave us nightmares for weeks.

20. The Orphanage

Moment: Best advert ever for road safety



This could easily be the creepy kid with the sack on his head, but it’s pipped by the moment the old woman is run over by a car. Her face is something that will haunt us for a long time. In fact it is so bad, We don’t even want to put it on our site.

19. Oldboy

Moment: Cutting off his tongue



It’s a pretty messed-up movie in general, but it was hard to watch as he decides to cut his tongue off.



18. An American Werewolf in London

Moment: Nazi zombie stormtroopers



There was us innocently watching a werewolf film and then suddenly Nazi zombie soldiers storm into his house and slaughter his family. To make it worse, he then wakes up, another one pops up and stabs Jenny Agutter to death.

17. Ichi the Killer

Moment: Ichie is turned on by rape

The hardest thing was narrowing this film down into one moment. Our jaws were wide open throughout out this movie. It’s basically about a guy who is normally timid, but turns into a homicidal maniac with knives in his shoes when he gets angry. Think Incredible Hulk and James Bond meets Halloween. But the moment that probably shocked us to the core is the moment he starts getting aroused by a girl being raped in high school.

16. Irreversible

Moment: Rape scene

One of the most disturbing moments in movie history.

15. Evil Dead

Moment: Tree rape



Wood you believe it!!!!

14. Pink Flamingos

Moment: Eating shit



Again, the whole movie is shocking, but the dog poo eating incident takes the biscuit. The dog biscuit.

13. Empire Strikes Back

Moment: I am your father



Darth Vader is Luke‘s dad? Our fragile, infant minds really could not cope.

12. Deliverance

Moment: Squeal like a pig



It could easily have been the deformed kid playing the banjo, but the male rape scene is pretty shocking.

11. Don’t Look Now

Moment: Midget attacks



Donald Sutherland finally corners what he believes is the ghost of his dead daughter, only to realise it’s actually a Venetian midget with a knife. If you think about it, it’s actually more realistic.

10. American History X

Moment: Curb stomping



Nothing on earth could have prepared us for that sound.

9. Psycho

Moment: Mom?

So, his mother is actually dead and the killer is actually Norman himself pretending to be his dead mom. It seems tame by today’s standards, but must have stunned audiences at the time.

8. Un Chien Andalou

Moment: Eye, eye, that’s gotta hurt



Still one of the most shocking and disturbing moments in cinema history. We just can’t look. Neither can she now.



7. Pee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure

Moment: Large Marge



Put us off hitchhiking forever.

6. The Exorcist

Moment: Giving it head



It could easily be the moment with the crucifix, but the head turn just wins because of the sheer stupidity of it. It looks ridiculous, but actually works.

5. Sleepaway Camp

Moment: What the hell is that?



The ending of Sleepaway Camp ? a pretty average 80s slasher movie ? will live long in the memory. It’s the moment the killer is revealed to be Angela ? and, to this day, we have no idea what it is. All we know is that it has genitals and makes a horrible animal noise.

4. Saving Private Ryan

Moment: War’s a beach



So this is what war is actually like. The storming of Omaha beach is truly terrifying.

3. Full Metal Jacket

Moment: Private Pyle goes nuts



OK, it had been building up for a while ? but did you really think it would end up like this? Gripping cinema. Just brilliant.

2. The Crying Game

Moment: She’s a dude?

A girl with meat and two veg??

1. Alien

Moment: Alien pops out



Chest incredible.

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