10 Creepiest Special Effects Ever Used In Movies
4. Here's... Annie! - Hereditary
Ari Aster's deeply unnerving horror masterpiece known as Hereditary contains some of the most disturbing imagery your eyes will ever absorb.
And one of the most startling/horrifying visuals of the lot can be found towards the end of the relentlessly chilling movie when Toni Collette's very much possessed Annie Graham saws her own damn head off with piano wire in an attic.
It's as grim and terrifying as it sounds.
In order to leave folks all over the world feeling sick at the sight of Annie slicing at her own neck then, prosthetic makeup designer Steve Newburn (via Stan Winston School) designed a brilliant "prosthetic gag" for Collette to wear and perform with during the scene.
Newburn would also note how a whopping 3 gallons of blood was also pumped out of the star's neck for the sequence now burned into most viewer's minds (via Rue Morgue).
That disgusting practical combination ultimately resulted in a death scene so petrifying, it's still tough to make it through the ridiculously intense scene without hiding behind your nearest cushion to this day.