Which movie is this scene from?
July 21, 2011 7:08 AM Subscribe
Help me figure out the name of a movie that freaked me when I was a kid.
It's a horror movie I saw, perhaps 80 or 90s. I think it may have been several stories bundled into one movie.
The scene I can remember is: a young girl is gazing at a TV set in an otherwise dark room, the pictures lighting her face. The camera is behind the set, and you can only make out her eyes.
The narrator is talking about the girl. They say something like "... but that was before she had the accident". At that point the camera swiftly moves up to reveal the girl's full face... and the fact that she doesn't have a mouth but rather just skin grafted over it.
Any ideas?
It's a horror movie I saw, perhaps 80 or 90s. I think it may have been several stories bundled into one movie.
The scene I can remember is: a young girl is gazing at a TV set in an otherwise dark room, the pictures lighting her face. The camera is behind the set, and you can only make out her eyes.
The narrator is talking about the girl. They say something like "... but that was before she had the accident". At that point the camera swiftly moves up to reveal the girl's full face... and the fact that she doesn't have a mouth but rather just skin grafted over it.
Any ideas?
Twilight Zone the movie. That's the scariest scene ever!
posted by activitystory at 7:11 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by activitystory at 7:11 AM on July 21, 2011
That vignette was also a remake of It's a Good Life from the original series.
posted by griphus at 7:13 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by griphus at 7:13 AM on July 21, 2011
I was just about to post Twilight Zone and saw two people did as I was typing. But seriously, that movie is super screwed up. It is the third segment btw.
posted by ForeverDcember at 7:13 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by ForeverDcember at 7:13 AM on July 21, 2011
As everyone has said, It's the Twilight Zone -- the story about the kid whose wishes come true. And again, yes, in a movie full of creepy shit that moment is somehow the creepiest.
posted by The Bellman at 7:15 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by The Bellman at 7:15 AM on July 21, 2011
Oh god, I had nightmares about that girls freaky face. Like, for years.
posted by 8dot3 at 7:19 AM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by 8dot3 at 7:19 AM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
Oh god, pulling the rabbit out of the hat.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 7:30 AM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 7:30 AM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
The girl with no mouth and the family portrait with the blank faces were total nightmare fodder for my little boy brain.
posted by mkultra at 8:19 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by mkultra at 8:19 AM on July 21, 2011
YES! Oh my God THAT was the most horrific thing I remembered as a kid. And I saw disgusting movies but for some reason that made me sad and horrified. Wow! Thanks for this question, no really! I'm curious again.
posted by InterestedInKnowing at 8:36 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by InterestedInKnowing at 8:36 AM on July 21, 2011
Trivioid: that segment also had one of the few live-action appearances by Nancy Cartwright, now immortal as the voice of Bart Simpson. Odd to hear almost-Bart's-voice coming out of her mouth.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:32 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:32 AM on July 21, 2011
I never saw it, but griphus is right, and if you have not seen it, you should watch the 150 proof version. Wikipedia says that the Twilight Zone movie version has "a lighter ending," if that's any help to how horrific It's a Good Life is (two-part Youtube link).
posted by rtimmel at 10:46 AM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by rtimmel at 10:46 AM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
ahhh i seriously got goosebumps just reading this and thinking of that scene. I'm a horror movie fiend and yet that one shot of her mouthless face STILL freaks me out.
posted by silverstatue at 12:31 PM on July 21, 2011
posted by silverstatue at 12:31 PM on July 21, 2011
You're all really reassuring me about the month I spent sleeping with my door open and the hallway lights all on in 5th grade.
"No Mom, I'm fine! I like sleeping with my door open now! Stop by and check on me anytime!"
posted by deludingmyself at 12:42 PM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
"No Mom, I'm fine! I like sleeping with my door open now! Stop by and check on me anytime!"
posted by deludingmyself at 12:42 PM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
Trivioid: that segment also had one of the few live-action appearances yt by Nancy Cartwright, now immortal as the voice of Bart Simpson. Odd to hear almost-Bart's-voice coming out of her mouth.
The Simpsons version of "It's A Good Life" is almost as scary as the original.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 11:05 PM on July 21, 2011
The Simpsons version of "It's A Good Life" is almost as scary as the original.
posted by Lovecraft In Brooklyn at 11:05 PM on July 21, 2011
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