The Living Nightmare

The Shamus asked us for our Top 5 Scariest Movie Characters. And this has to be one of the most disturbing scenes for me involving one of the scariest characters in movie history. Lynch can build a scene like few others. Few directors these days have the patience to let the camera roll and let a scene unfold before us. These days it's all ramps and jump cuts constantly reminding you that you're watching a movie. But not Lynch. He hangs and lingers and creates some of the most powerful cinema to date. The idea that you could be telling someone this horrible nightmare you had and then slowly watch it unfold before you to me is truly terrifying.