Listen, we’re not all spooky season movie marathon runners. Maybe you’d rather curl up with a nice, comforting historical drama on a rainy October night than a slasher. it’s okay. Don’t let the real criminal ghouls convince you that you have to accept blood and guts to have a good falling time.
But sometimes you suddenly see a movie that you didn’t expect to have anything in it. For example, The Green Mile is largely a drama, and unless you know that it’s based on a Stephen King novel, there’s no reason to expect it to be scary. However, “The dry sponge execution in ‘The Green Mile’ is the scariest scene I’ve ever seen in any media (I’m not a fan of horror movies). Nothing comes close.” Redditor _JR28_ sworn to r/Movies.
“The music is fear and despair personified, the visuals of Eduardo’s body convulsing and burning are horrifying, and the characters’ reactions are horrifying. Everyone knows exactly what’s going on. They understand the horror of what they’re seeing, but they can’t step into that world.” “
Next, we asked, “What is the scariest scene in a non-horror movie?” And their fellow Redditors brought all sorts of unexpected jump scares.
