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Many contenders of course, and I'm sure that after some reflection, this won't turn out to be my ultimate one, but I've just watched it and it was startling (in no small part due to its incongruity, the film not being a horror or thriller type film - so never any real tension) - Robert Duvall in 'The Apostle'. Masterful stuff, backed up with an equally terrifying depiction of old-style devout Pentecostalism.
And Miranda Richardson aka the second-greatest current screen actress, is in it for a bit
And Miranda Richardson aka the second-greatest current screen actress, is in it for a bit
In reply to Blue Straggler:
That bit where the alien bursts out of John Hurt's chest... Or anything that features Jo Brand.
That bit where the alien bursts out of John Hurt's chest... Or anything that features Jo Brand.
In reply to Blue Straggler: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Miranda Richardson is very scary in "The Crying Game" ;
when she says "Keep the faith", you know the "or else" is understood.
And Xavier Bardem is about as cold as they come in NCFOM.
Miranda Richardson is very scary in "The Crying Game" ;
when she says "Keep the faith", you know the "or else" is understood.
And Xavier Bardem is about as cold as they come in NCFOM.
In reply to Mooncat:
Leanin' leanin .....
Leanin' leanin .....
In reply to tom valentine:
And Xavier Bardem is about as cold as they come in NCFOM.
TOTALLY agree with you re Bardem. Although I HATED the film the first time I saw it in the cinema, I watched it again on DVD over Xmas and kinda warmed to it. My only crit is TLJ has WAYY too many lines!
And Xavier Bardem is about as cold as they come in NCFOM.
TOTALLY agree with you re Bardem. Although I HATED the film the first time I saw it in the cinema, I watched it again on DVD over Xmas and kinda warmed to it. My only crit is TLJ has WAYY too many lines!
In reply to Padraig:
Most of which are semi-intelligible to a Yorkshireman....
Most of which are semi-intelligible to a Yorkshireman....
In reply to Blue Straggler: Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear (1962)
In reply to Blue Straggler: Not the central character as such, but Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet is my vote.
In reply to Blue Straggler: You'll probably tear me to shreds, but Ben Whishaw in Perfume was 'terrifying' in a rather amoral alien way.
Apart from that, the Belgian/French (?) guy in The Vanishing (original version) was coldly and implacably evil. Or Michael Rooker in Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer.
Apart from that, the Belgian/French (?) guy in The Vanishing (original version) was coldly and implacably evil. Or Michael Rooker in Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer.
In reply to Rob Kennard:
I concur
> (In reply to Blue Straggler) Not the central character as such, but Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet is my vote.
I concur
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Ben kingsley as Don logan sexy beast
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KC_IKVr7dQw&feature=related
Ben kingsley as Don logan sexy beast
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KC_IKVr7dQw&feature=related
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Probably fairly tame, but I was consistently worried about what Gary Oldman was going to do to Natalie Portman in Leon
Oh, and the shark in Jaws was pretty scary
Probably fairly tame, but I was consistently worried about what Gary Oldman was going to do to Natalie Portman in Leon
Oh, and the shark in Jaws was pretty scary
In reply to Blue Straggler: Not sure that terrifying is the right description but surely Robert de Niro as the wonderfully alienated Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver deserves a mention here.
The Apostle sounds interesting though.
The Apostle sounds interesting though.
In reply to Blue Straggler: The bit where Wallace says to Gwendoline something like "Not even a nice piece of Wensleydale?" and you know that the love has died.
> (In reply to Blue Straggler) Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear (1962)
In reply to Tigg
I agree; for some reason his Max Cady is scarier than De Niro's.
In reply to Daithi O Murachu:
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Good call. That scene when he was in the bathroom talking to himself about 'Jacqui the Paki' etc was a bit worrying. >
> Ben kingsley as Don logan sexy beast
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In reply to Steve Parker: I'd still go for Max Shreck in 'Nosferatu'.
In reply to Al Evans:
Well it was a class act, but I don't think it was very terrifying. Pretty camp and theatrical etc. Then again, he pretty much WAS that character anyway, wasn't he, so that's a bit scary.
Well it was a class act, but I don't think it was very terrifying. Pretty camp and theatrical etc. Then again, he pretty much WAS that character anyway, wasn't he, so that's a bit scary.
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Ok I'll bite: who's number one?
> Many contenders of course, and I'm sure that after some reflection, this won't turn out to be my ultimate one, but I've just watched it and it was startling (in no small part due to its incongruity, the film not being a horror or thriller type film - so never any real tension) - Robert Duvall in 'The Apostle'. Masterful stuff, backed up with an equally terrifying depiction of old-style devout Pentecostalism.
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Ok I'll bite: who's number one?
In reply to Blue Straggler: Can't remember the actresses name at the moment but the character in the film Misery. That 'hobbling' scene with the sledge hammer oooooooh!
In reply to teflonpete:
Cathy Bates?
> (In reply to Blue Straggler) Can't remember the actresses name at the moment but the character in the film Misery. That 'hobbling' scene with the sledge hammer oooooooh!
Cathy Bates?
In reply to Blue Straggler: Jake gylenhall in donnie darko-its something about the eyes! and heath ledger in the dark night
In reply to Blue Straggler:
How about Jack Nicholsons 'Here's Johnny' in The Shining. Scared me witless the first time I saw it. And I agree, Heath Ledger's Joker is a pretty dark character.
How about Jack Nicholsons 'Here's Johnny' in The Shining. Scared me witless the first time I saw it. And I agree, Heath Ledger's Joker is a pretty dark character.
In reply to Nenya:
it;s on tonight 00:15
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> Brad Pitt's performance in Kalifornia was quite remarkable.
it;s on tonight 00:15
In reply to Blue Straggler:
The lady in Audition was pretty terrifying. All together now: kiri kiri kiri...
The lady in Audition was pretty terrifying. All together now: kiri kiri kiri...
In reply to Blue Straggler:
OK, maybe not quite the central performance, but De Niro in Angelheart still gives me the willys when I think of it - and I ain't seen it for years!
Boiled egg anyone?
OK, maybe not quite the central performance, but De Niro in Angelheart still gives me the willys when I think of it - and I ain't seen it for years!
Boiled egg anyone?
In reply to Padraig:
Hmmm, I can see where that Anton chap is coming from. Pass the bolt gun would you honey. Head or tails, is it?
> TOTALLY agree with you re Bardem. Although I HATED the film the first time I saw it in the cinema, I watched it again on DVD over Xmas and kinda warmed to it.
Should we be worried?Hmmm, I can see where that Anton chap is coming from. Pass the bolt gun would you honey. Head or tails, is it?
In reply to anonymouse:
I've not been able to look at a cheese wire since that film.
I've not been able to look at a cheese wire since that film.
In reply to Blue Straggler: Ratigan in Basil the Great Mouse detective. My kids refused to watch the video when they were the age it was aimed at.
In reply to Blue Straggler: I can't believe no-one has mentioned Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs - makes me shudder even now.
In reply to Blue Straggler:
SFW oops sorry I meant SWF
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> Jennifer Jason Leigh, of course!
SFW oops sorry I meant SWF
In reply to Martin Wright:
Brian Cox was much more believable and thus more scary. I thought AH was too theatrical.
Bob Mitchum in Night of the Hunter gets my vote, along with Ray Winston in The War Zone.
Also, Klaus Kinski playing a remorseless bounty hunter in an utterly bleak western, shot mostly in the snow. I can't remeber the name. i thought it was The Big Silence, but can't find any ref to it on that name. Any ideas anyone?
> (In reply to Blue Straggler) I can't believe no-one has mentioned Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs - makes me shudder even now.
Brian Cox was much more believable and thus more scary. I thought AH was too theatrical.
Bob Mitchum in Night of the Hunter gets my vote, along with Ray Winston in The War Zone.
Also, Klaus Kinski playing a remorseless bounty hunter in an utterly bleak western, shot mostly in the snow. I can't remeber the name. i thought it was The Big Silence, but can't find any ref to it on that name. Any ideas anyone?
In reply to Removed User:
Oh, I remember that, except for some reason I thought it was called 'The Silent One', so I looked it up: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063032/ Its 'Grande Silenzion II' or 'The Great Silence'. Bleak ending!
Oh, I remember that, except for some reason I thought it was called 'The Silent One', so I looked it up: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063032/ Its 'Grande Silenzion II' or 'The Great Silence'. Bleak ending!
In reply to deepsoup: Malcolm McDowell "a clockwork orange" has to be up there..
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Another vote for Jack Nicholson's portrayal of Jack Torrance in his descent into madness in The Shining.
Slugain
Another vote for Jack Nicholson's portrayal of Jack Torrance in his descent into madness in The Shining.
Slugain
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Aleksei Kravchenko as the young protagonist in "Come and See".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/
I've been rewatching it on the last few days, and while at the beginning is just "good", by the end it's an absolutely fearsome screen presence. Both sad and terrifying.
Aleksei Kravchenko as the young protagonist in "Come and See".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/
I've been rewatching it on the last few days, and while at the beginning is just "good", by the end it's an absolutely fearsome screen presence. Both sad and terrifying.
In reply to Blue Straggler:
I know it's not what you had in mind and you'll hate this....but what the hell! Imagine being a small child.....
then it would be the Wicked Witch of the West, in The Wizard of Oz, urghhh scarry sh*t!
I know it's not what you had in mind and you'll hate this....but what the hell! Imagine being a small child.....
then it would be the Wicked Witch of the West, in The Wizard of Oz, urghhh scarry sh*t!
In reply to Daithi O Murachu:
Without a doubt. Scares the shit out me!
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> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KC_IKVr7dQw&feature=related
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> Ben kingsley as Don logan sexy beast
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> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KC_IKVr7dQw&feature=related
Without a doubt. Scares the shit out me!
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Kathy Bates in Misery.
Anthony Perkins in Psycho.
Richard Attenborough in 10 Ridlington Place.
Kathy Bates in Misery.
Anthony Perkins in Psycho.
Richard Attenborough in 10 Ridlington Place.
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Rutger Hauer in The Hitcher (the original). Made me never want to hitch hike/ pick up hitch hikers.
Rutger Hauer in The Hitcher (the original). Made me never want to hitch hike/ pick up hitch hikers.
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Zakes Mokae, the voodoo policeman in Wes Cravens -The Serpent and the Rainbow.
It's the eyes, gives me the creeps and the threat of being buried alive is not pleasant either
Zakes Mokae, the voodoo policeman in Wes Cravens -The Serpent and the Rainbow.
It's the eyes, gives me the creeps and the threat of being buried alive is not pleasant either
In reply to Blue Straggler:
Another vote for Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast. Iam McShane was preet scary in it too.
Another vote for Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast. Iam McShane was preet scary in it too.
In reply to Queequeg:
mayeb scarier come ot think of it
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> Another vote for Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast. Iam McShane was preet scary in it too.
mayeb scarier come ot think of it
In reply to Queequeg:
McShane is WAY scarier but his is not a central performance (though I accept that the definition is subjective!)
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> Another vote for Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast. Iam McShane was preet scary in it too.
McShane is WAY scarier but his is not a central performance (though I accept that the definition is subjective!)
In reply to Removed User:
Thanks, I'd neber heard of this, it sounds great! Sergio "Django" Corbucci directing, and it has Trintignant and Frank Wolff (Brett McBain from Once Upon A Time in the West) in it. And Vonetta "The Eiger Sanction" McGee! Bargain
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> Also, Klaus Kinski playing a remorseless bounty hunter in an utterly bleak western, shot mostly in the snow. I can't remeber the name. i thought it was The Big Silence, but can't find any ref to it on that name. Any ideas anyone?
Thanks, I'd neber heard of this, it sounds great! Sergio "Django" Corbucci directing, and it has Trintignant and Frank Wolff (Brett McBain from Once Upon A Time in the West) in it. And Vonetta "The Eiger Sanction" McGee! Bargain
In reply to Blue Straggler:
If you like slightly unconventional westerns, as I do, try El Topo. It is exceptionally weird, but great.
Vonetta McGee trivia: she was in Repo Man too, one of my favourite ever films. Back on thread, Agent Rodgerz was pretty scary.
If you like slightly unconventional westerns, as I do, try El Topo. It is exceptionally weird, but great.
Vonetta McGee trivia: she was in Repo Man too, one of my favourite ever films. Back on thread, Agent Rodgerz was pretty scary.
In reply to Removed Userblanchie14c:
I've never really understood this, or why people find Joe Pesci so frightening in Casino and the like. If someone behaved like that who's short, physically weedy and extremely irritating with a knack of getting everyone into trouble but who supposedly hangs around with seasoned murderers all day, surely they'd be lucky to see the end of their first morning on the job?
> Ben kingsley as Don logan sexy beast
I've never really understood this, or why people find Joe Pesci so frightening in Casino and the like. If someone behaved like that who's short, physically weedy and extremely irritating with a knack of getting everyone into trouble but who supposedly hangs around with seasoned murderers all day, surely they'd be lucky to see the end of their first morning on the job?
Two very different parts but Robert Carlyle in Trainspotting and Kevin Bacon in The Woodsman both gave me the shivers.
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