10 Scariest Horror Movie Mirror Scenes

10. Redrum Is Murder - The Shining

What would this list possibly be without including Stanley Kubrick's inimitable horror masterwork The Shining?

The unforgettable scene in question is a payoff to young Danny Torrance's (Danny Lloyd) continued utterances of the phrase "Redrum" throughout the film.

After using his mother Wendy's (Shelley Duvall) lipstick to write Redrum on her bathroom door, his increasingly disturbed shouting of the word wakes her up.

While comforting Danny, she looks forward into the mirror to see Danny's scrawlings reflected back at her - Redrum is "Murder" backwards.

It's easy to take such a seemingly simple scare for granted nowadays, but between Lloyd's eerily somnambulant performance and Kubrick's typically exemplary shot selections, he ensures the revelation is absolutely bone-chilling.

The scene isn't merely creepy for creepy's sake, though: it foreshadows an axe-wielding, murderously deranged Jack (Jack Nicholson) coming after mother and son moments later.