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@WatchMojoمنذ 4 سنواتWhat's the creepiest thing you ever saw in a movie scene's background? - Check out our featured song: "Crash & Burn" by Derek Orsi! id="hidden1" class="buttons"> ....وسعت322
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@MrDarthvaderlikespieمنذ 4 سنواتThe one video where a big red circle wouldve been helpful. 5184
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@Yaris510منذ 2 سنواتI've seen 'Insidious' several times, but never noticed the boy standing facing the wall. A genuinely chilling detail; thank you for bringing it to our attention! 102
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@timburton4150منذ 4 سنواتKnow what would have made this video awesome? Zoom in or circle what we're suppose to see. Half these i have no idea where it is. 957
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@JosephKarthicمنذ 3 سنواتWhen we really needed that Red circle.1630
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@ebls2000منذ 4 سنواتThe Horror Movie "It Follows" has a lot of these subtle background scenes. One of the most disturbing is the girl slowly walking wearing the white jacket in the school while Jay and her friends are inside the car. 313
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@SpeedyFilms249منذ 2 سنواتFor those of you who are like me and couldn't see the satellite one, look SUPER closely at . Its landing spot in the water is almost directly above the 'W' in the WatchMojo logo. Turning the playback speed all the way down also helps a ton, and was the only reason I found it. ....وسعت56
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@Wolfrunner326منذ 4 سنواتIt Follows had many scenes where they had someone slowly walking towards the protagonists in the background. You can't tell if its just a random person, or it and its really clever. 192
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@galacticjewels7856منذ 4 سنواتWhen my friend and I watched Hereditary we accidentally paused it right at the shot in , where Annie is seen on the ceiling. We didn’t notice and went to get snacks and when we came back and went to unpause it we saw her and I swear I nearly choked on my drink. Both of us were legitimately scared to unpause. ....وسعت345
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@notufon3719منذ 4 سنواتThat ghost boy got an detention thats why he facing the wall 135
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@jo-lethal2792منذ 4 سنواتI'm surprised The Strangers didn't make the list. When that masked man stood behind the woman of the house and then walked away with her being unaware of his trespassing sent chills down my spine. 58
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@a-slab6592منذ 3 سنواتHow does “THE STRANGERS” Scene not make this list . The scene where the masked man smoothly stands in the back with no narrative compensation has always been an Classic . That scene still gives me chills to this day !!! 79
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@TheXpenderمنذ 4 سنوات".In this scene you can spot something that is absolutely horrifying! You can't see it? Bummer. Number 5." 273
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@SweetyTweetyBird98منذ 4 سنواتI remember watching Hereditary in the theaters, and about 5 seconds into the scene where they panned out on his bedroom, everybody screamed when they noticed Annie on the ceiling 79
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@ilikeyoutube836منذ 3 سنواتThat demon face appears in several other scenes in The Exorcist. Once when Regan's mother enters a dark kitchen after arriving home, (to the right id="hidden10" class="buttons"> of her) once after she enters Regans dark bedroom, (to the left of her) and once it is superimposed over Regan's face during the exorcism. The image of Pazuzu also makes several appearances ....وسعت47
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@Shyam-ju1ydمنذ 3 سنوات to see the satellite. It’s on the right corner- slightly left of the yacht. 71
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@kjrose1899منذ 4 سنواتIT: The creep lady in the library wasn't the librarian as the camera angle changes you can see the librarian at her desk reading and another detail were the outfits. 87
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@SaintMartinsمنذ 3 سنوات The "doll head in women's clothes" in Blue Velvet was an inside joke on Dennis Hopper by David Lynch b/c Hopper had just filmed River's Edge before where his love interest was an "inflatable doll" & Lynch knew about it so he had some fun. Both films made their debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1986. People noticed this then. ....وسعت7
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@bildadlewis4652منذ 4 سنواتNo one WatchMojo: let's make a video where people won't see anything we are talking about 1454
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@elusory3735منذ 4 سنواتMy favorite subtle scare sent shivers down my spine like no movie ever did. I remember a scene in Hereditary set in the evening, looking at the room from id="hidden14" class="buttons"> the boy from the outside. The shot goes on long enough to realize this perspective is from the little hut in the trees (where the final sequence later mainly happens). If you look close you can see the breath of someome like when you breath in cold mornings, meaning that someone is watching him. ....وسعت33
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@davidfrischknecht8261منذ 4 سنواتThat scene in Cloverfield isn't just any carnival. It's Deno's Wonder Wheel at Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY. 51
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@Baysidemom2منذ 4 سنوات"the tip toe through the tulips" scene is one of the scariest things I've seen in my life 78
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@KiriakosVilchezمنذ 4 سنواتThat librarian smiling in the background always gives me that unsettled feeling but then I imagine that the actress actually did that on her own because id="hidden15" class="buttons"> the director didn't make her character very memorable in IT. She's like "f*** Pennywise, I can be creepy, too. Let me just stand here and smile at that kid and hope the director keeps it in the movie." ....وسعت250
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@meltedmarshdaddyمنذ 3 سنواتThe scariest thing in movies to me is the subtle scary stuff in the background you notice but doesnt have a loud music sting or anything. Silence is the scariest. 17
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@c.a.whodatمنذ 4 سنواتYou guys couldn’t give us a circle or anything for the satellite? Seriously?? Where the hell do we even start looking? Huge L WatchMojo. 1915
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@MichellaneousMeمنذ 4 سنواتI watched the poltergeist a bunch of times and never noticed the picture! Thanks for pointing that out!! 9
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@thedrewdogمنذ 4 سنواتThe creepy grinning Librarian was, IMO, the scariest scene in IT: Chapter 1. In your face CGI and loud musical stingers can't hold a candle to subtle, unsettling moments like that. 36
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@katejordan8501منذ 3 سنواتHAHAHAHA!! #10 - my husband and I saw this in a packed theatre, and we were the ONLY TWO PEOPLE who noticed it. We reacted (not obnoxiously, just gasp id="hidden18" class="buttons"> sort of reactions) and the people around us were all like, "What? What'd you see?" lol ....وسعت6
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@theoriginalThudمنذ 4 سنواتCool video! I've never noticed some of these before. I especially liked the scenes in Poltergeist and It since I've seen those movies so many times. id="hidden19" class="buttons"> .Props to whoever first discovered the 'satellite scene' in Cloverfield. That was a good catch. ....وسعت2
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@e.erin.منذ 4 سنواتI was born in 74 so I grew up with the fantastic horror flicks of the 70s and 80s. Poltergeist is one of my favorites (The Shining is my very fav) and id="hidden20" class="buttons"> over the years, I’ve sort of collected a little pile of factoids about the film. This one is weird: Throughout the movie, if you look on the wall in the kid’s bedroom, you’ll notice a Super Bowl poster above Robbie’s bed. No one seems to know why (or how!) but the poster is for Super Bowl XXII which would fall in January 1988. That’s not only six years into the future, since Poltergeist came out in 1982, but it also ended up being the day that Heather O’Rourke (adorable little Carol Anne in the movie) would end up dying very suddenly after going into septic shock. She fell ill on January 31st 1988. The same day as the Super Bowl featured in the poster. Why was a poster for an event SIX YEARS into the FUTURE on the wall in this film?? Many more oddities surround that film. Other deaths, and strange happenings. People decided that the movie was cursed. ....وسعت7
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@camedy902منذ 4 سنوات"If you look very closely." WHERE LOOK WHERE UHHH SO FRUSTRATING 645
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@dikshitchaudhary9114منذ 4 سنواتThat one scene in Midsommar where a face could be seen in the trees during the May queen march should've been number 1 68
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@malacite1منذ 4 سنواتBackground stuff is always the most effective. Jump scares are just cheap scare tactics, in my opinion. There are some notable examples of subtle background ones in The Haunting of Hill House also. 247
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@davidcampbell2534منذ 4 سنواتNo idea what I’m actually looking at for most of them! 15
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@colincoates8626منذ 4 سنواتOne of my favourites was in the start of the Decent. When the girls get into the first deep cave, when the camera pans around, you can briefly see one of the monsters watching them. 23
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@Tuva2009منذ 3 سنواتThis might actually be the most scary and creepy thing I have ever watched. 12
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@ronaldreyensalada5942منذ 4 سنواتI can't be the only one who hasn't seen the falling satellite. 588
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@angryboi595منذ 4 سنواتThat old lady smiling in IT chapter 1 scared the frick out of me when watching it for the 2nd time when I was looking for the secrets. It made me think id="hidden23" class="buttons"> if the old lady was one of pennywise's form or was a killer or just a creepy normal old lady ....وسعت37
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@twotwoplustwotwoمنذ 4 سنواتWhen you realize that the background has more horror moments than the movies 35
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@RobSajousمنذ 2 سنواتThe grinning librarian is something I didn’t notice and is by far one of the most terrifying in years 3
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@sandybaneمنذ 4 سنواتFor Wizard of Oz, there was actually two versions. The original VHS version has the hanging munchkin. The re-release painted this out and replaced it with id="hidden24" class="buttons"> the bird in the background instead. There's alot of utube vids on it! ....وسعت17
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@John_Stanaمنذ 3 سنواتFun fact, in hill house you can find many black figures randomly hiding in the background of the house 42
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@paladincomicsمنذ 4 سنواتsome of these are old so low quality, you should zoom and/or circle what you want us to see 369
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@yingyangdeviousمنذ 4 سنواتOuiji Origin of Evil has a fantastically creepy moment like this. 22
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@fatherleo4603منذ 4 سنواتI've never had to rewind so much in a video before. 5
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@FatBlackGamerCatمنذ 3 سنواتThat’s not the “hanging munchkin” clip. That’s after MGM editted the hanging man out and the bird in. This clip obviously shows a bird. The original was unmistakably not a frickin bird, but it was only on old TV and VHS. 147
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@beejay271منذ 4 سنواتI've seen Poltergeist 1000x and NEVER noticed the face in the picture! I actually had to reply that portion of THIS video twice to notice it! Whoever id="hidden26" class="buttons"> spotted that has excellent eyes and attention to detail. Thanks Watchmojo ....وسعت18
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@hannacarter1352منذ 3 سنواتI hit the thumbs up button but on some of the stuff maybe highlight it. like the Cloverfield one. Enjoyed. Thanks
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@jamesparker7932منذ 4 سنواتThe insidious and conjuring movies are the masters of creepy things in the background 785
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@kevinm.6492منذ 4 سنواتThe supposed ghost boy in the window of "Three Men and a Baby" scared the heck out of me back in the day. Real or not, it was creepy at the time. id="hidden27" class="buttons"> Odd that is wasn't on this list over other entries. Lol. ♂️ ....وسعت13
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@nerdynord4315منذ 4 سنواتOne of my favourites is I Dead Silence, a horror about a ghost of an elderly lady and ventriloquist who uses her dummies as conduits. There's one scene id="hidden28" class="buttons"> where the protagonist and a detective are exploring the old theatre house where the ghost once performed. As they are moving through the attic area, at the forefront of the scene, you can make out a familiar doll from another horror franchise of the same era. The Jigsaw Doll from Saw. ....وسعت6
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@gomerohara7407منذ 3 سنواتI remember as a kid in the 80s one of the FIRST things my brother and I looked for when we finally had a VCR and a copy of "The Wizard of Oz" was the hanging man. 8
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@alisterfolsonمنذ 4 سنواتI wonder if directors sit around and talk about all the easter eggs in their movies no one has found yet 13
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@pearlh841منذ 4 سنواتThat hereditary scene freaked me out so much I almost screamed when I saw it 5
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@BillyBenH1منذ 4 سنواتBro I was watching the exorcist part and when the demons face was on the screen one of my posters fell down, my heart nearly dropped and I’m home alone 520
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@Andromeister27منذ 4 سنواتYeah thanks for reminding me of these scenes from Insidious, and Hereditary gonna have nightmares for weeks >_< 6
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@ChewieLewisمنذ 4 سنواتThe shadowy figure in the bathroom in ‘Running Scared’ when the boy is trying to call his mom on the phone. Man, that part still freaks me out 7
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@TheKmontaمنذ 2 سنوات"It" was a very disturbing and creepy movie indeed! 5
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@GoldenDragonMonkeyمنذ 4 سنواتAnother non horror example, in Spider-Man when Harry Osborne has the dream of the Green Goblin jump scare, its so brief its almost impossible to catch id="hidden31" class="buttons"> but just as Goblin jumps into the camera far behind him in a dark space of the ceiling is a whole other Green Goblin just standing there staring at the audience ....وسعت6
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@d-maxx4814منذ 3 سنواتI'm surprised they didn't show the ghost boy in the back ground in "Three Men & A Baby" . Some people think it's a real ghost. 8
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@JasonHalversonjaydogمنذ 4 سنواتi wish you'd have marked where the satelite is in the cloverfield one, i still couldn't see anything 288
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@Fallon90منذ 4 سنواتAlso in ‘Carrie’ when she goes upstairs to her bedroom and her mother is hiding behind the door. I had never noticed before until my mom pointed it out to me. Creeped me out so much. I don’t get scared easy but creepy things in the background of movies are so unsettling ....وسعت3
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@gracetanner4132منذ 4 سنواتThe strangers should be mentioned that scene in the kitchen haunts me to this day 94
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@silverslinger2165منذ 3 سنوات“If you like what you’re hearing” Me: for the love of all things good make it stop!!! 8
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@thebaddestlarry9424منذ 3 سنواتI've never had to rewind a YouTube video so much. And trying to stop at the perfect time on the demon face that flashed from the exorcist was so hard lol.
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@andrewblack423منذ 4 سنواتAnother good one I found was The Woman in Black where she at numerous times was subtly used in the background and super creepy 4
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@margarethmichelina5146منذ 4 سنواتI remember I watched IT (2017) twice. The first time I watched it, I didn't notice the Librarian's face but in the second time, I just noticed id="hidden35" class="buttons"> it. If only the movie didn't always depend on the jumpscares and only with tension like that, that would be good. ....وسعت5
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@thelegendinhisownmind7038منذ 3 سنواتWhere's the person in the window from Three Men and a Baby? That right there is a HUGE urban legend, and also an extremely gross oversight on your part not to have included it. 73
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@SexyButCuriousمنذ 4 سنواتThe scene from Hereditary and It creeped me out! I noticed the former right away. Never noticed the others besides Jeepers Creepers scene. 3
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@sassytheclassy_rose9778منذ 2 سنواتDude I loved jeepers creepers. They did a good job on the scare factor imo 1
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@iBeatBoxz8منذ 4 سنواتWhere’s 2 men and a baby? That scene where they’re in a room and there’s a silhouette of a boy behind the curtains. 293
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@robwestgate3665منذ 4 سنواتThe woman in the background of IT is not the librarian, but another patron. The librarian is at her desk. The actor and costuming are different. I wouldn't id="hidden37" class="buttons"> be surprised if they dress up Bill Skarsgård for the scene. The balloon then appears where the woman was standing. ....وسعت4
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@viejoborosمنذ 4 سنواتI love the exorcist. There are few moments in the film where the face of Pazuzu pop up. They did a good job with the make-up on Eileen. 4
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@meltedmarshdaddyمنذ 3 سنواتThat was the scariest thing ever to me when I was a kid the creepers truck driving up to them way in the background before they realize it. 6
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@yeetingful6185منذ 4 سنواتId like to add that pennywise is seen (and heard) in the background a few times in the film. Hes seen in the background of a picture in that book ben is id="hidden38" class="buttons"> reading in the library, another photo where you can see pennywises trailer (the one that turns into a stage in his lair), hes on the mural for a split second behind stanly when eddie is fixing bens wound, when eddie is giving his mum a kiss while richie and bill are waiting by the door you can hear pennywise say on the tv "if you cut open your arm, youll see red water coming out" and i think there may be more but i cant remember them right now. ....وسعت1
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@GriseBlacolarمنذ 3 سنواتThe hanging munchkin clip here is the remastered version. If you saw the original version, you can clearly see that there is no bird spreading its wings. id="hidden39" class="buttons"> The "hanging body" is swaying and located dead center on the blue background between the trees. ....وسعت2
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@sharyageorgeمنذ 4 سنواتIn dark room about to go to sleep. Watchmojo: here’s some creepy things to help your mind play tricks on you. 271
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@Redhoodtcfمنذ 4 سنواتOk number 1 should’ve been Micheal Myers throughout the entire series,hell you could make a entire top ten video about it 8
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@alexmichnowicz5873منذ 4 سنواتI’ve watched all of these with my bsf and I freak out every time I see them, I love it so much lol 1
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@Davy1288منذ 3 سنواتCorrection on Wizard of Oz: The bird was put in the remaster. The munchkin hanging was in the original print. 4
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@MrAfroNinja420منذ 4 سنواتIn regards to the Munchkin Legend. The clip you see is the second cut. The first doesn't have the birds in it and you can see what looks like a ladder and everything. 7
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@howardpope3932منذ 4 سنواتThe demon face in "The Exorcist" isn´t something shown in the background of a scene but in the focus of a seperate shot. 87
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@melissamarie7930منذ 4 سنواتOkay I’ve watched wizard of Oz 100’s of times. I’ve never seen a bird open it’s wings and move around. All I saw was a large lump swinging back and forth.they must have CGI’d that into the movie after all the rumors 6
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@davidcliff3553منذ 3 سنواتLove your videos The Wizard of Oz only release so many original tapes I know the original tapes was the actual video of a munchkin hanging shortly after id="hidden42" class="buttons"> it was discovered the scene was remade with a bird which is now what we see in almost every VHS but there are actual videos of the original where you can indeed see it very creepy ....وسعت1
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@xtrydelta7596منذ 3 سنواتThe cloverfield paradox made me apreciate the whole cloverfield franchise 2
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@PoeticProse7منذ 4 سنواتMy mom once pointed out that when lightning strikes during the first meal with the 'other family' in Coraline that it makes the very same skeletal hand seen in the tea leaves! 3
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@cockybalboa2منذ 2 سنواتHands down, one of the creepiest is La femme appearing in the dark background of Sarah's living room in the French horror film, À l'intérieur (Inside). It was so unnerving watching her slowly move into the foreground while mostly obscured by darkness. ....وسعت9
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@Stablemable2منذ 4 سنوات"Hanging Muchkin" sounds like a bar or drink. 137
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@daydreamingdaveyمنذ 2 سنواتHow did you not pick the blue haired women from mulholland drive in the theatre scene? That's certainly the most creepy thing I ever discovered in id="hidden45" class="buttons"> the background of a movie. Even thinking about it sends chills down my spine. ....وسعت3
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@nathanielhawkins6959منذ 4 سنواتTo everyone that was as on edge during this. Don't worry! THERE ARE NO JUMPSCARES! The only "jumpscare" is pre warned and at class="buttons"> with no loud noise ....وسعت40
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@neriahelysiumمنذ 3 سنواتBro. i never noticed the librarian - so spooky ♀️ I got chills 13
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@triforcerbمنذ 4 سنوات"The Strangers" should have been on this list for that moment that the man in the mask looked through the glass door while Kristin was trying to use the phone. 12
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@JessH1منذ 4 سنواتI looked 4 times and I didn't see the satellite falling. But I feel like when I watched the movie I did. Next time maybe help us along 567
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@bigjohnkapert2827منذ 4 سنواتI haven't seen J. Creepers in years, need to re-watch it. 1
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@Chantara27منذ 2 سنواتWow I've seen Poltergeist countless times and I've never noticed the demon in the picture frame before now 3
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@ktheretrogamerمنذ 4 سنواتWow, a Watchmojo horror video that doesn’t have Get Out or Midsommar in it. Amazing!
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It’s on the right corner- slightly left of the yacht. 71
WatchMojo: let's make a video where people won't see anything we are talking about 1454
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WHERE LOOK WHERE UHHH SO FRUSTRATING 645
Jump scares are just cheap scare tactics, in my opinion.
There are some notable examples of subtle background ones in The Haunting of Hill House also. 247
Me: for the love of all things good make it stop!!! 8