Horror for Halloween: 10 signature fright scenes

The Psycho shower, the lake in Friday the 13th, and more indelible scare fare.

Night of the Living Dead(1968) Zombies don’t kill people?

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(1974) Introducing Leatherface!

The ablutions, and life, of on-the-lam thief Marion (Janet Leigh) are unforgettably interrupted by a mom-impersonating Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in Alfred Hitchcock’s rule-breaking horror

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The first time we seeGunnar Hansen’s Leatherface, the hulking man-child may be sans chainsaw.

A legend is born!

But not so fast!

George A. Romero’s genre-inventing zombie movie is packed with shocking moments, from the opening graveyard scene when Johnny (Russell Streiner) and ‘‘They’re-coming-to-get-you’'-Barbra (Judith O’Dea) encounter

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Suddenly the long-thought-dead Jason Voorhees (Ari Lehman) unexpectedly rises from the water to attack her.

Scream(1996) ‘‘Do you like scary movies?’’

Truth be told, the point in William Friedkin’s demonic blockbuster when the head of the possessed Regan (Linda Blair) makes a 360 revolution is probably

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The first time we see Gunnar Hansen’s Leatherface the hulking man-child may be sans chainsaw. Yet he makes a shocking impression nonetheless by suddenly appearing

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‘‘The first thing that I’m gonna do when I get back is to get some decent food ,’’ says John Hurt in Ridley Scott’s sci-fi

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Lying-in-a-canoe ‘‘final girl’’ Alice (Adrienne King) thinks she’s safe, having killed this slasher classic’s killer Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer). But not so fast! Suddenly the

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In which Anthony Hopkins’ shrink-psychopath successfully slips from incarceration using handcuffs, a police baton, and someone else’s sliced-off face.