9 Horror Movies Everyone Remembers For One Scene
3. Carrie - Prom Queen
The third entry on this list inspired by a Stephen King story, Carrie is an adaptation of the writer's first published novel, telling the story of Carrie White, a 16-year-old who has spent her life being relentlessly bullied by her classmates.
What her classmates don't know, however, is that Carrie possess telekinetic powers. Planning what they consider to be the ultimate prank, they have her crowned Prom Queen before dumping buckets of pig's blood on her during her acceptance speech. The massacre that follows is of biblical proportions, and ends with the deaths of almost all of Carrie's classmates, as well as her mother and the telekinetic Prom Queen herself.
The image of a young Carrie doused in pig's blood is a pretty lasting one, and it's a shot that became iconic for both the movie and for King's work in general.
The horror on Carrie's face is something like the calm before the storm, and it's impossible to look at without feeling a pang of sympathy for the girl as well as abject horror at what's to come.