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FOUR SPOOKY SHOWINGS AT FORT KINNAIRD ODEON THIS HALLOWEEN

The Exorcist: Believer

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When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who’s been forever altered by what happened to her daughter fifty years ago.

Saw X

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Set between the events of SAW I and II, a sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer – only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable.

A Haunting in Venice

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In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.

Five Nights At Freddy’s

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The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realises the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.

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Revealed: The most iconic Halloween horror movie moments

  • The shower scene from Psycho has been named the most iconic horror movie moment 
  • The Shining and The Exorcist also appear in the top three 

Ahead of Halloween this weekend, horror movie fans have named the iconic shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller, Psycho, as the most iconic horror moment of all time meaning that the old classics still stand the test of time.  

The study, conducted by Gala Spins, asked 2,000 horror movie fanatics to name which scenes they find the most memorable, with over a quarter (27%) rating the murder of Marion Crane in the shower as their most memorable scene.  

Brits prefer classic scary movies over their newer counterparts, with all the top five released in 1980’s or earlier. 

Horror Movie Scene Where to watch 
1) Psycho 
2) The Shining 
3) The Exorcist 
4) Alien 
5) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 
6) The Blair Witch Project 
7) The Ring 
8) Jaws 
9) Paranormal Activity 
10) Halloween 		1The shower scene 
2″Here’s Johnny” 
3Head spinning moment 
4Chest bursting scene 
5Leatherface introduction 
6Final scene in the basement 
TV scene 
Body floating up from the water 
Stood by the bed 
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Ranking fourth, Alien is the highest rated non-horror film, with the famous chest bursting scene ranking above horror classics like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (fifth) and Halloween (tenth). 

The rankings changed depending on both age and gender, with men naming the chilling “Here’s Johnny” moment from The Shining (28%) as their most iconic scene, whilst women chose Psycho’s shower scene (27%). 

Top five most iconic horror movie moments for men 

  1. The Shining – “Here’s Johnny”  
  2. Psycho – Shower  
  3. Alien – Chest bursting scene 
  4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Leatherface introduction  
  5. The Exorcist – Head spinning moment  

Top five most iconic horror movie moments for women 

  1. Psycho – Shower  
  2. The Exorcist – Head spinning moment  
  3. The Shining – “Here’s Johnny”  
  4. Alien – Chest bursting scene  
  5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Leatherface introduction  

The “Here’s Johnny” scene from The Shining was commonly chosen as the most iconic