10 Genuinely Terrifying Scenes Trapped In Terrible Horror Movies
1. The Clown Statue - Amusement
A film that came and went in the blink of an eye, Amusement is a 2008 anthology horror film that had big ideas but ultimately it fell flat on its face.
The film focuses on three young women and their encounters with a deranged serial killer who swore revenge on them after they bullied him as a child. For the most part, the film is pretty lacklustre, but one sequence is permanently etched in the minds of those that have been able to sit through it.
Taking heavy inspiration from a famous urban legend, this scene sees babysitter Tabitha having to spend the night in her aunt's spare bedroom, one that just so happens to be home to a collection of clown dolls - the centrepiece of which is a life-size clown doll that's slumped in a rocking chair.
Tabitha is understandably creeped out by the overly large doll and asks her aunt if she's okay to move the doll or put a sheet over it. The phone goes silent for a moment before her aunt reveals that they don't own a life-size clown doll...
We shan't spoil the rest of it, but it's a genuinely chilling sequence that almost makes up for the rest of the film's shortcomings.
Almost...