10 Horror Movie Jump Scares That You NEVER Forget

John Carpenter may not be the creator of the slasher concept, but the mark that he left was so powerful, so influential, that film directors have spent the better part of half a century trying to replicate what he accomplished in 1978's seminal horror film Halloween.

Newcomers to the series may not appreciate how revolutionary this film is 42 years after its release. All the tropes that have been aped in slasher films following its release, even intentional parodies of the horror genre all owe a large debt to the unstoppable Michael Myers, then known only as The Shape.

In a film of white-knuckle suspense, Laurie Strode, as portrayed by the absolute greatest "scream queen" Jamie Lee Curtis enters into a cat-and-mouse struggle for survival as the final girl of the film, desperately trying to protect two children she is babysitting that evening.

In a moment of supposed victory, Laurie manages put the persistent killer down. Traumatized, weeping in the foreground, Laurie leans on a door frame taking solace in the fact that its over. Terrorizing audiences the world over, Michael silently sits up in a pants-wetting moment that lets them know it's not over by a longshot.

Wrestling fans might recognize this simple movement as The Undertaker's famous signature move of resilience. Even a wrestler as legendary as him seemed to recognize that if you're going to steal, steal from the best.