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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
scariest scenes from it 2017
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at what we consider to be the
scariest and most unnerving scenes from
it since we’re only focusing on the 2017
movie scenes from the original 1990
miniseries will not be included despite
how scary some of them may be and
obviously a spoiler alert is now in
effect number 10 the dead lights no
matter how scary some of its forms may
be there is nothing more terrifying than
the dead lights the dead lights are it’s
true unimaginable form and simply gazing
upon them is enough to make a person go
insane the dead lights are creepy and
all but what really makes this scene so
terrifying is penny wisest face we watch
and heightened anticipation and utter
disgust as his eyes roll into the back
of his head and his face opens up to
reveal an endless ma of sharp teeth in
the creepy sounds of people screaming
it’s enough to send Bevin to a catatonic
state and it’s enough for us to declare
this movie a terrifying piece of work
number nine
Henry Bowers kills his father sometimes
the scariest scenes are ones more
grounded in reality
sure monsters are scary but there’s
something innately unsettling about an
insane child murdering his father with a
switchblade
the scene ratchets up the tension by
showing us the balloon tied to the
mailbox the switchblade and Henry’s
utterly depraved expression we’re then
treated to the troubling sight of a TV
presenter and a chorus of children
urging Henry to kill his father as he
sticks the switchblade in his neck the
combination of the dreamlike images on
the TV screen and the unsettling realism
is enough to make this scene one of the
film’s most memorable number 8 the
burning hands like Henry murdering his
father
this incident is based on a more
realistic concept and it’s all the more
distressing for it the scene begins
relatively tame ly with a blackened hand
mysteriously emerging from behind the
locked door creepy yes but nothing to
nightmare-inducing but then the real
nightmare begins as more hands emerge
while screams can be heard and flames
can be seen from behind the door
the entire concept of burning alive is
enough to send anyone into fits of
anxiety and the sight and sounds of
helpless people burning to death churns
one stomach like no fictional monster
ever could number seven the painting we
all had that one painting or figurine
growing up you know the one that your
parents had to stow away in the Attic or
the one where you had to cover your face
or close your eyes as you were walking
past it that relatable childhood
experience is exploited here when stan
is forced to confront his fears of the
unsettling flute-playing thing seriously
who would even have this in their study
[Music]
sure the scene is a little cliched
creaky door something lurking in the
shadows behind a character but damned if
it isn’t done in an effective way and
then it returns and each Stan’s face and
we all wet our pants
number six the headless chase a boy
should be spending his summer outside
with friends the library scene is
undoubtedly one of the movies best who
can forget the images of the creepy
librarians staring at ven where the
decapitated head in the tree and it ends
on a spectacular note with a headless
body chasing been through the basement
the scene begins with the ominous image
of a man descending the stairs the
filmmakers then use some expert framing
surprising us with the fact that the man
is headless complete with screeching
musical accompaniment it’s all then
capped with a perfect jump scare when
Pennywise rushes it been something for
everyone
boy number five the clown doll room will
take rooms we would never want to be
stuck in for 200 Alex it’s intensely
creepy room full of clown dolls preys on
a not uncommon fear yep the fear of
clowns
there are numerous ones in this room and
they all stare directly at Richie and
through Richie’s point of view the
audience
the scene is taut with anticipation and
tension as we expect one of the dolls to
attack Richie or for Pennywise to jump
out from his hiding place
however the scene nicely subverts our
expectations by revealing a disgusting
Richie corpse doll and saving the
jump-scare for the end Richie
number four Pennywise emerges from the
fridge
[Applause]
now this is one image we’re never
getting out of our heads two seemingly
Mach Eddie’s broken arm
Pennywise slowly emerges from a dark and
dilapidated fridge only his body is
completely contorted forcing him to
crawl out on his hands before completely
reconfiguring his body to stand upright
the scene starts tamely enough a spooky
clown hand emerges from the fridge yawn
but then we see the unpredictable and
frightening image of penny wises upside
down contorted body and we can suddenly
relate to Beverly’s catatonia
the sound effects of penny wise as
shifting bones and the accompanying
creepy music certainly don’t help now
that’s one way to make an entrance
number three the Georgie puppet chalk
this one up is one of the movie’s
scariest original scenes we all saw this
scene in the trailer Georgie mockingly
tots bill with a creepy incantation of
you’ll float to before penny wise
erratically charges a bill but the movie
adds an unexpected twist
when Georgie’s face begins to decompose
and his voice grows more demonic
we also get to witness the mortifying
visual of Pennywise melding the words
and using Georgie as a little corpse
puppet not too many movies contain child
corpse puppets so props to it there we
guess – in the scene
Pennywise slithers away like a snake
because why not
number to the projector scene that’s
word Georgie disappeared as original as
the Georgie puppet is we have to give
the most original award to the projector
scene it’s new it’s scary and it’s
unexpected
the scares begin with the slightly
unsettling image of the projector moving
on its own and showing increasingly
sinister pictures of Pennywise freaky
but nothing too bad right the true
terror kicks in once the projector is
knocked over we wait an unbearable
anticipation as the slides change and
send us into darkness before a giant
Pennywise emerges from the wall and
chases the heroes a creepy projector is
fun harmless horror an unexpected giant
penny wise is soul searingly terrifying
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
number one
Georgie’s death this was scary in 1986
it was scary in 1990 and it’s extra
scary in 2017 this is a masterful
sequence and it starts the movie in
gruesome fashion which is just how we
like it the sight of Pennywise in the
darkened sewer is unsettling but
paralyzing fear sets in once he attacks
Georgie we witness the attack in graphic
detail and it is overwhelmingly
monstrously horrifying the sight of a
child missing an arm and screaming in
pain is a sight as disturbing as pretty
much anything that can be on film
ensuring that this movie starts with a
warning if you can’t handle this content
mater turn back now do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from watch mojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
movie magic
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
scariest scenes from it 2017
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at what we consider to be the
scariest and most unnerving scenes from
it since we’re only focusing on the 2017
movie scenes from the original 1990
miniseries will not be included despite
how scary some of them may be and
obviously a spoiler alert is now in
effect number 10 the dead lights no
matter how scary some of its forms may
be there is nothing more terrifying than
the dead lights the dead lights are it’s
true unimaginable form and simply gazing
upon them is enough to make a person go
insane the dead lights are creepy and
all but what really makes this scene so
terrifying is penny wisest face we watch
and heightened anticipation and utter
disgust as his eyes roll into the back
of his head and his face opens up to
reveal an endless ma of sharp teeth in
the creepy sounds of people screaming
it’s enough to send Bevin to a catatonic
state and it’s enough for us to declare
this movie a terrifying piece of work
number nine
Henry Bowers kills his father sometimes
the scariest scenes are ones more
grounded in reality
sure monsters are scary but there’s
something innately unsettling about an
insane child murdering his father with a
switchblade
the scene ratchets up the tension by
showing us the balloon tied to the
mailbox the switchblade and Henry’s
utterly depraved expression we’re then
treated to the troubling sight of a TV
presenter and a chorus of children
urging Henry to kill his father as he
sticks the switchblade in his neck the
combination of the dreamlike images on
the TV screen and the unsettling realism
is enough to make this scene one of the
film’s most memorable number 8 the
burning hands like Henry murdering his
father
this incident is based on a more
realistic concept and it’s all the more
distressing for it the scene begins
relatively tame ly with a blackened hand
mysteriously emerging from behind the
locked door creepy yes but nothing to
nightmare-inducing but then the real
nightmare begins as more hands emerge
while screams can be heard and flames
can be seen from behind the door
the entire concept of burning alive is
enough to send anyone into fits of
anxiety and the sight and sounds of
helpless people burning to death churns
one stomach like no fictional monster
ever could number seven the painting we
all had that one painting or figurine
growing up you know the one that your
parents had to stow away in the Attic or
the one where you had to cover your face
or close your eyes as you were walking
past it that relatable childhood
experience is exploited here when stan
is forced to confront his fears of the
unsettling flute-playing thing seriously
who would even have this in their study
[Music]
sure the scene is a little cliched
creaky door something lurking in the
shadows behind a character but damned if
it isn’t done in an effective way and
then it returns and each Stan’s face and
we all wet our pants
number six the headless chase a boy
should be spending his summer outside
with friends the library scene is
undoubtedly one of the movies best who
can forget the images of the creepy
librarians staring at ven where the
decapitated head in the tree and it ends
on a spectacular note with a headless
body chasing been through the basement
the scene begins with the ominous image
of a man descending the stairs the
filmmakers then use some expert framing
surprising us with the fact that the man
is headless complete with screeching
musical accompaniment it’s all then
capped with a perfect jump scare when
Pennywise rushes it been something for
everyone
boy number five the clown doll room will
take rooms we would never want to be
stuck in for 200 Alex it’s intensely
creepy room full of clown dolls preys on
a not uncommon fear yep the fear of
clowns
there are numerous ones in this room and
they all stare directly at Richie and
through Richie’s point of view the
audience
the scene is taut with anticipation and
tension as we expect one of the dolls to
attack Richie or for Pennywise to jump
out from his hiding place
however the scene nicely subverts our
expectations by revealing a disgusting
Richie corpse doll and saving the
jump-scare for the end Richie
number four Pennywise emerges from the
fridge
[Applause]
now this is one image we’re never
getting out of our heads two seemingly
Mach Eddie’s broken arm
Pennywise slowly emerges from a dark and
dilapidated fridge only his body is
completely contorted forcing him to
crawl out on his hands before completely
reconfiguring his body to stand upright
the scene starts tamely enough a spooky
clown hand emerges from the fridge yawn
but then we see the unpredictable and
frightening image of penny wises upside
down contorted body and we can suddenly
relate to Beverly’s catatonia
the sound effects of penny wise as
shifting bones and the accompanying
creepy music certainly don’t help now
that’s one way to make an entrance
number three the Georgie puppet chalk
this one up is one of the movie’s
scariest original scenes we all saw this
scene in the trailer Georgie mockingly
tots bill with a creepy incantation of
you’ll float to before penny wise
erratically charges a bill but the movie
adds an unexpected twist
when Georgie’s face begins to decompose
and his voice grows more demonic
we also get to witness the mortifying
visual of Pennywise melding the words
and using Georgie as a little corpse
puppet not too many movies contain child
corpse puppets so props to it there we
guess – in the scene
Pennywise slithers away like a snake
because why not
number to the projector scene that’s
word Georgie disappeared as original as
the Georgie puppet is we have to give
the most original award to the projector
scene it’s new it’s scary and it’s
unexpected
the scares begin with the slightly
unsettling image of the projector moving
on its own and showing increasingly
sinister pictures of Pennywise freaky
but nothing too bad right the true
terror kicks in once the projector is
knocked over we wait an unbearable
anticipation as the slides change and
send us into darkness before a giant
Pennywise emerges from the wall and
chases the heroes a creepy projector is
fun harmless horror an unexpected giant
penny wise is soul searingly terrifying
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
number one
Georgie’s death this was scary in 1986
it was scary in 1990 and it’s extra
scary in 2017 this is a masterful
sequence and it starts the movie in
gruesome fashion which is just how we
like it the sight of Pennywise in the
darkened sewer is unsettling but
paralyzing fear sets in once he attacks
Georgie we witness the attack in graphic
detail and it is overwhelmingly
monstrously horrifying the sight of a
child missing an arm and screaming in
pain is a sight as disturbing as pretty
much anything that can be on film
ensuring that this movie starts with a
warning if you can’t handle this content
mater turn back now do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from watch mojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
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