10 Horror Movie Shots That Will Send A Chill Down Your Spine

While 1977's Exorcist II: The Heretic struggled to live up to the lofty heights of its 1973 predecessor, The Exorcist III is a truly magnificent movie. Veering somewhat away from the all-out terror of those first two films, the William Peter Blatty-helmed 1990 offering has all of the tropes of a classic thriller in addition to its sinister underbelly.

The Exorcist III follows George C. Scott's Lieutenant Kinderman as he delves into a slew of devilish murders that have all the trademarks of the Gemini Killer. Essentially the film's spin on the famed Zodiac Killer, the catch with Gemini is that he's actually been dead for 15 years.

For poor Father Karras of The Exorcist, he's back here as a catatonic mental patient who is possessed by Gemini and the ominous presence known as the Master; all while poor Karras is mocked for what happened to young Regan MacNeill.

To that nurse scene, then. This comes during the second half of The Exorcist III as we watch a nurse investigate a noise from a nearby room. Here, we get a jump scare at the reveal of a startled, sleeping doctor. Masterfully, just as we - and the nurse - start to relax, a chilling nun-like figure exits another room, immediately behind our nurse, with sheers pointed at the nurse's head... as the scene cuts to a shot of a decapitated statue.

This is such a brief moment, but genuinely one of the most jarring scenes in horror history.