The Greatest Motion Picture Sequences -- Part 5

a crucifix from THE EXORCIST (1973) --- This still remains one of the most horrifying sights from any film, and most people would not include such a scene but I have to simply because it again shows how truly powerful the moving image can be. Even still to this day, more than 20 years since the film's initial release, it has not lost its ability to shock. The film itself still ranks as one of the greatest of all horror films, but it also ranks as one of those rare kind of films that you watch because it's so expertly crafted and superbly acted, but you also have a certain hesitation about watching, because the film's images are so horrifying and the film's ideas so shocking. I can't think of many films that have the ability to do that. THE EXORCIST was filled with so many moments of pure horror, like Linda Blair's head spinning around, the dark ending in that room of the actual exorcism, and others, but this scene still remains one of the most horrifying sights just to see, and of course it is very controversial. Earlier on in the film, they open the door to Megan's room to find her stabbing herself, or some have even called it masterbating, with the crucifix she was given. And the brief image of her, the young girl possessed by the devil himself, so violently using a symbol of God and goodness, and for that matter in a sexual way, remains the one image among many from this terrifying film that stays in your memory for a long time.

Darth Vader revealing he is Luke Skywalker's father from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) --- This scene turned the entire STAR WARS story into a whole new direction, but what's remarkable about the STAR WARS trilogy is how the consistency of everything before this scene made sense, and everything led up to this scene. That being said though, fans of the original STAR WARS going in to see this sequel for the first time were stunned by this announcement, and it touched off a huge question -- is Darth Vader really Luke's father? This revelation comes toward the end of EMPIRE as Luke and Vader finally meet and battle. Vader attempts to convince Luke to join him in the battle for the Dark Side of the Force, and reveals that Obi-Wan never told

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