Hello horror fans - and welcome back to the scariest channel on YouTube - Top 5 Scary
Videos - the place where we set up a slow motion slasher sequence and cower in fear
under the covers.
What’s going on guys - as always, I’ll be your horror host Jack Finch - as we creep
into the closet, hide under a pile of old fur coats - cross our hearts and hope to die,
stick a needle in my eye - and hope that Mikey doesn’t rear his ugly head, in the Top 5
Michael Myers Scary Kills.
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Before we digress - if you’ve checked out yesterday’s video on the Halloween 2018
Easter Eggs, you’ll know how much love I’ve got for this horror franchise - and I sincerely
hope that you guys are as hyped as I am.
Since it’s incarnation in 1978, John Carpenter's indie horror classic - Halloween - has reached
the lofty heights as hallmark of slasher horror movies.
Forget about Freddy Krueger, forget about Wes Craven’s Scream - although, granted
they’re awesome - but it all began with Michael Myers.
So let’s take a look at his scariest scenes, shall we?
Kicking off at Number 5 - Karen In The Jacuzzi.
Technically a hydrotherapy tub - but we’ll let that one slide.
Played by Pamela Susan Shoop in Halloween II, Karen is a nurse at the nearby Haddonfield
Memorial Hospital - in love with the unassuming and sheepish paramedic, Budd Scarlotti.
That’s Budd with two D’s of course.
The pair decide that hospital business is too boring, so instead head out for a makeout
session in the hospital’s jacuzzi room.
Before this scene though, Michael Myers strangles Budd with a cable and then enters the room
as Karen’s changing back into her nurses uniform.
Of course, she thinks its Budd - and a weird scene with Myers hand occurs - and then this
happens.
Disgustingly gory, right?
Karen’s repeatedly dunked into the increasingly scalding hot water of the tub - and weirdly
enough, Myers isn’t affected one bit by the temperature.
Well, that’s just the beginning.
Next up at Number 4 - John Strode In The Basement
Listen up horror fans, when you find yourself in a situation like this -
You know that something bad is about to go down.
So, promise me, you’ll just head back upstairs - leave the house - leave town, and never
come back again.
Okay?
Well - if John Strode would’ve listened to that advice then maybe things would have
been a little different.
But - nope.
That’d be wishful thinking for him.
Alright, we’ll get it out of the way - Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers is a pretty
crappy film, it was the mid 90’s and some strange stuff was in the water - but, that
doesn’t mean the 6th film in the franchise doesn’t have its share of awesome death
scenes.
No, in fact - quite the opposite.
And there’s no one better than to meet their grizzly end other than the crappy, abusive,
alcoholic father - John Strode.
In short, he gets blown up by the electrical box like some weird, gory, 4th of July exhibit
- and it’s fantastic.
Coming in at Number 3 - Judith Myers In The Bedroom.
If you know the story of John Carpenter’s classic, you know that Michael Myers path
to psychopathy began with the brutal murder of his own sister - Judith Myers, before he
was caught and branded a nightmare to society and locked away at Smith’s Grove Sanitarium.
Well, this iconic POV kill is the stuff of cinematic mastery - and while some people
prefer the version of the 2007 Rob Zombie remake - for me, this scene just can’t be
topped.
For one, listen to this music.
Genius, right?
Well, it gets better.
The fact that the film itself begins with this scene - on a Halloween night in a sleepy
Midwestern town, is such a tough act to top - and then we get the point of view shots
of a young Myers dressed in a creepy clown costume, seemingly an innocent trick or treater
- a fan of the one night of the year when fear becomes fun - and then this happens.
Genius.
Swinging in at Number 2 - Nurse Jill In The Hallway
Halloween 2 - while not directed by John Carpenter, but had his approval - got a lot of things
right that the first film managed to establish.
The main thing being that Michael Myers, while being a psychopathic murderer, and still very
much human - is a force like no other.
It didn’t rely on some of the narrative ploys in the later films - like druid magic
and cultish rituals, but just incredibly terrifying scenes like this one that made us think as
viewers - what the hell, what actually is this monstrosity of a man?
There’s not a whole lot I can say other than to show you.
The pacing, the music, the long pauses, the static shots - and those shoes dropping at
the end.
Perfect.
And finally - at our Number 1 spot - Annie In The Car.
Here we are - the point where John Carpenter inspired an entire universe of horror fandom.
In the original televised version of Halloween, this scene was edited - and relegated to a
briefer grab and slash - and was cut short in just a quick ten second sequence.
In the unedited version though - the way that John Carpenter intended - it’s one of the
most horrifying, visceral and fear inducing scenes in horror cinema.
It begins with Annie Brackett - played by Nancy Loomis - getting ready to leave her
house, humming a classic folk song to herself and generally being a charming teenager.
She heads to her car - ready for a night out, and of course, we know who’s waiting there.
She notices that the cars windshield is strangely fogged up - but as that realisation hits,
Michael Myers grabs her from the back - and then we’re hit with a frighteningly real
strangulation scene that seems to go on for forever.
This scene is a combination of things - a layering of several great horror elements
that hit us hard as viewers.
For one - the character silence, other than Annie’s guttural wheezes there is zero dialogue.
On top of this - the car horn, as Annie tries frantically to alert someone to her aid by
any means.
Even though it’s in the middle of a vibrant neighbourhood, it falls on deaf ears.
And then it’s all pierced by a final gut wrenching synth rip - and her death.
Cinematic genius, masterful filmmaking - and absolutely terrifying.
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