Inland Empire - Susan Running

[balisongvlah]

I actually really anticipated that this is what's gonna happen. Then I was like "Nah, fuck this shit!". My volume was actually pretty low and it still banged my eardrums. Needless to say, I didn't dare sleep without some music playing from my computer that night.

[MelbaToast454]

!! I don't get scared easily but ...holy fuckles

[pu171103]

Watching Inland Empire. Never have I so enjoyed feeling like I was having a nightmare for two and a half hours straight. Truly amazing film.

[turtlewings]

oh GOD, auggghhhhh. Why did I watch this???

[MrTeatime]

all of my NOPE

[sstorydude]

i knew i was going to scream before i screamed. i d gone through 40 years worth of lynch films without jumping and then" wtf is that, oh shit its gonna be scary... JESUS TAKE THE FUJKING WHEEEEEEEEELL!!!!!

[Darknesssss]

David Lynch is a specialist of twisted faces. :O

(in all his movies there is such motive)

[vegunited06]

it's not even the image that is scary, just the sound

[DBCOOPER888]

This is like straight from a nightmare.

[jamesaellis]

Isn't she pretty. Wait what's wrong...is she......HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!!! *dies*

[NickTorrance237]

I'm a huge Lynch fan and I can honestly say that this is one of the most terrifying scenes that he ever filmed. I nearly shat myself when I saw this. This movie is great. There is something deeply disturbing about this film.

[Yngelel]

The best I've seen from him along with 'mulholland drive' (though mulholland has a slight edge). A tad too long, but truly effective in its attempt to create discomfort and uncertainty.

[Yunamishie]

My friend sent me this link, I was watching it then turned it up right at the end because I thought it was just a quiet audio... Needless to say, I have now soiled myself.

[vegunited06]

No one has commented on this yet but this is 1 of 2 scary scenes, the one I find scarier than this is near the end, That room 47 scene and the gun shot.

[vegunited06]

it's not really the image that's scary, there's alot of noise and sound here, if you watched it again but on scilent it's nothing really.

[captainsurfcaster]

There's no gore in TRUE horror, no hands that shoot out and grab you when you think everything's ok. I'm sick of films that give you a start just when the soundtrack goes quiet. David Lynch is the master of true horror.

[captainsurfcaster]

I know that I.E. isn't a horror film,but this scene is a great example of why modern 'horror' films are just plain limp. In this scene, the horror unfolds in slo-mo and gets right to your core, and it's almost 'ordinary'. Modern stuff just makes you jump, and people seem to think that that makes it scary.

[TehDDC]

Okay so...there's a clone. Hi clown. And now it's fading to a person or something.

It's a girl, she's in a dark but nice field, and she's prancing. Huh...why's everything blurred? That can't be right. It's all quite too. This doesn't feel right. She's starting to get closer but....huh......wait a minute........is something up with her fa--HOLYFUCKINGBALLSACKRUNFORY­OURGODDAMNLIFE!!!

[kissbang77]

terrifying. and this movie just takes A LOT outta you after watching it start to finish. so much to digest. but i love it. it's a masterpiece.

[TakeOneLTD]

I remember this scene, David Lynch used a similar method in "Twin Peaks" when Bob is coming right toards the camera.

Simple and scary.

[ultrablue123]

I FUCKING DIED!!

and it's genius because it's so freaking simple. Lynch doesn't use anything abnormal, like a creature or a deformed face or stuff like that. it's just lighting, and a facial expression. the film has some of the most creepy uses of lighting I've ever seen in a film, it's really what keeps the terror going and keeps you on the edge of your seat

[agwoodliffe]

The wonderful thing about Lynch's movies is that you truly cannot predict what might happen next. Take for instance the scene when Nikki is shooting the romance scene with Billy, and then suddenly, right out of the blue, the soundtrack turns sinister and we have the very unsettling camera angle.

[mwolk101]

Bricks were Shat when I first saw this scene (and movie) at 1 am in night

[oucy]

She looks pretty normal, she's just grimacing.

[butters226]

my thoughts watching this alone at night... hmmm thats interesting, shes wandering quietly down that path. maybe this scene will reveal something about whats happening so far. At least its not gonna make me jump or anything. It seems like shes walking towards me. Well hello Laura, wait WHAT THE FUCK!!! AHHH. And i dont even want to explain the chills I had on her FUCKING DISTORTED FACE AT THE END FUCKKKK

[omnimatt]

lol i can't stop watching this now... I'm going to scare the shit out of my friend with this and tell him to turn it up really loud. hahahah It creeped the you know what out of me when I saw the movie the first time. This scene and the damn scene with that weird guy waving his finger around making that weird noise did it for me. This is one of the most creepy movies I've ever seen.

[greggarypeccary1]

like this if you poop every time

[gibokubrick]

I KNOW this scene, and still don't want to watch it again.

[parrisisland82]

scaryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! like a punch!!!!!!

[MrFood11]

Is anyone else freaked out by THAT FUCKING CLOWN FACE?!?!

[Ericstlaurent]

@MrFood11 YEAH, ME ! I'M STILL SHAKING BABY

[gibokubrick]

@MrFood11 The one at the beginning? Yeah, I wanted to watch these scene and stop it before the final, because I knew it; but I didn't remember that clown! Gee!!

[TehDDC]

I had my TV at full volume when I saw this...needless to say, my pants felt heavier than before.

[bumblebert]

That part made EVERYONE in the cinema jump. It was so funny.x

[Iker122]

scariest film I've seen.. the only one I was afraid to finish because it's so disturbing..

[iberollin]

@Iker122 I had the same feeling dude; it took me a few days to finish. However the end makes everything worth it (for real) so persevere!

[ghostofkenny]

This is not a good movie to watch if your speakers are too loud. Trust me and turn the knob down.

[myboomstick]

classic lynch freakiness. almost shat my shorts when i saw it first time faarkrkkkk

[usbeko]

Its so beautiful, its a poem, i love it.

[C1NEMAGIC]

This scene ist perfect to shows the genious Lynch: you see a person... you see the face of the person... you notice some kind of a terrifying expression and just the next second you will be blown away from your chair.

[TheMassimy]

Un viaggio nelle tenebre dell 'inconscio. Capolavoro assoluto!

[epiksonik]

I was high on pot and alone when this scene flipped me the fuck out. same thing happened when I saw the ring, the scene in the beginning where they find the girl in the closet..dead....ahhhhh!

[jcfbell3001]

it's the same scene from Mulholland drive (the homeless guy), fire walk with me (leland) etc etc etc...the problem i have with lynch is he uses the same words to say the same things, and it gets repetitive...helluva craftsman tho

[Vook]

My god, this is exactly the reason why my own nightmares scare me so much. They have no identifiable sound, just a lot of weird images, then suddenly they go BOOM right my face and SCREAM right in my ears.

And they just torture me for those few seconds before I can finally go "wake up wake up wake up" enough to the point of forcing myself awake. Those few seconds just feel like an eternity.

Mulholland Drive I thought was scary enough...but now I'm convinced I'm NEVER seeing this. :O

[4opProductions]

Best thing in this scene is the bug at 0:21 Lynch used this random occurrence really well

[tugster19]

This scene and the room 47 scene got me real good. Great movie..you gotta just roll with it and not take it all literally.

[Kaatism]

ughhh this movie is so intense! even when nothing in particular is going on, every second feels like an eternity and something very very wrong is hanging in the air. i wish i had the balls to watch this as its meant to be but my heart is so weak, i have to pause every two seconds and brace myself.. but even then i'm still scared as fuck :( god I love lynch.

[Loffeleif]

Watched this alone at night with surround speakers. I'm usually good detecting screamers, but this caught me off guard.

But it's really frigging clever. Just as you notice something's up with her face, she speeds into a horrifying close-up.

I was like "Here comes a screamer, I know it...wait, why is her face all- HOLY FUCKING SHIT"

[DistantJ]

@Loffeleif Not quite as bad as when the phantom does it though... lol

[MUSEfan0013]

That's the most frightening scene of this film... I stayed petrified for at least 30 seconds, I could'nt control my chilling...

[tharbk01]

@MUSEfan0013 dude i was watching this in my room no lights, half asleep, this scene was like my mind playing tricks, after it happened i did something ive never done for any scary movie much less a thriller, i hit pause, turned on the lights and just said in my head "holy fuck"

[DistantJ]

@MUSEfan0013 I found the scene when the phantom does this face scarier, but I do agree that it's frightening!

[Fadedpoetry123]

I don't see why people have such trouble with Lynch's movies.

His films are highly subjective, necessarily, since their subjects are highly subjective.

Inland Empire was an exploration of the mind of a dissociative woman.

[ProLogikalTao]

It is an introspective, yet lucid interpretation of the human psyche. It metaphysically discusses the Freudian mind construct, yet its Jungian influences are self-apparent. This scene is a wry allusion to the ethnocentric Western view of samsara, and parodies our Byzantine perspective of the veil of maya.

[andrewtheman19]

@ProLogikalTao

That has got to be one of the most inane, pretentious comments I've ever read. Any film with depth can be said to be an interpretation of the human psyche. Nice vague name-dropping too. I suppose the Jungian influence has to do with Susan/Nikki and the Shadow Self, right? God you suck. You sound like a 13 year old sharing his philosophy.

[PerogiXW]

@ProLogikalTao You speak funny words.

To put it simply, This movie is nightmares.

[thelittlegiantman1]

all his movies are fairly akin to my dreams. any ghouls and ghosts in MY nightmare stalk up toward you as such, then admit to noticeing you and just present their horrifying face.

[lycrahoofie]

this film is...... hmmmmmm. I love him and his work but this is just so horrifying... then end is so unbelievably beautiful its just that you have to be raped and beaten to get there

[CocoaShunter]

This is Lynch's most terrifying film. Just by mood and visuals alone. I watched last night and realized it is among his very best work.

[MisterTwister92]

countturrack you are perfectly right. the first time I saw this I made a jump until the ceiling

[countturrack]

love this scene so much.

right when you notice she's creeped the fuck out, speeds right up into the camera. very effective..

[KaptenVarg]

This scene and the dream scene in Mullholland Drive are just scares the shit out of you. I dare you to watch them while baked, I nearly pissed my pants both times.

[irishcoffee]

At this point in the movie, I seriously considered not finishing watching it. I was watching it alone in my room around midnight, and started tripping balls, as it were.

I did end up finishing it, but then I needed to see The Pick of Destiny afterward to numb the pain.

Great movie though!

[malonecunha23]

I love Lynch, but this film is terrible, there's no explanation for this scene, it's free, just to be scary that's all... I love Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet, but Inland Empire and The Lost Highway I wanto to forget.

[argtunu]

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean there's no explanation. Don't be a jackass.

[malonecunha23]

David Lynch himself told me in person, live, looking at my face that it doesn't have rational explanation. Don't be a jackass.

[argtunu]

That's nice and all, but he didn't write a nonsense story. He made it because he was able to put a story together. Sorry you can't handle that.

[Punk13405]

He wrote the movie scene by scene practically on a whim, the story is very colloquial with Lynch's mind, severly distorted and mixed around, but there is still a message in there. This scene seems to introduce us to the evil Nikki that she confronts in the end of the movie. The clown face in the beginning makes me think that the phantom is trying to scare Nikki so she won't attempt to free the lost girl and boy who are trapped in Inland Empire.

[RationalEmotive]

Lynch is THE man!

Trying to explain why this simple scene is scary does require a lot of words and insights into the human psyche. But seeing it, it is very unambiguous in its impact. Genius.

[OUTLANDEMPIRE]

Love how it starts and ends with the same frightening clown face image

[snoutbeer]

this should come with a health warning!!!

[Nitruix]

AHAHAHA. xD

[womandisobey]

fuckin' scary.

[gunnarnizzler]

yes! i love this part. .looking for it all day

[CizzuCizzu]

It's really awful!