Thanks,

Mark

I agree with you, Maddy.

 When Laura Doppelganger starts crawling over that couch backwards like a spider, then revolves and comes towards the screen, in that terrifying backwards scream....*shiver*

This would look good on your wall.

-Noah- 

when josie dies and her soul becomes trapped in the night table drawer's knob.whew,that is so wierd!

i also found it terrifying when leo would beat poor skinny little shelley.

it's pileated, isn't it?

The entire episode when the police arrest Ben Horne and then Cooper and Truman go to the Roadhouse and then it cuts to the Palmers' house with Leland and Maddy. You have this scene at the start where What a Wonderful World is playing on the gramophone, and Leland, Sarah and Maddy are having a really nice chat. But later on, the same record has come to an end and no one has stopped it or taken off the needle.

 So there is a contrast between the beautiful things in the world and the great evil that lurks in the woods. And when it cuts backs to Julee Cruise singing The World Spins and the atmosphere in the Roadhouse becomes overwhelmed with sadness... Every time I watch that I cry, because it's so sad. And you can see that even Agent Cooper is on the brink of crying, because he looks upwards. He has just had this revelation and he's trying to make sense of it.

 It's just one of the most moving things I've ever seen. It's a bit like some of Lars von Trier's films, eg, Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark.

Very eloquently put Fred.

I think all of Twin Peaks is like that.  About light and shade, and showing us things in the world that we perhaps don't want to deal with, or simply pretend don't exist, when infact it is happening all around us.  But often our fears of the darkness are worse than the reality of what we find there, because it's the darkness within our emotions, and the only power it has is that which we project on to it.  That's sort of how that episode comes across to me.  Traagic, but it sort of has a beautiful ending at the same time.  Not necessarily a happy one, but  a peaceful one. 

"watch out for my cousin.."

 'So there is a contrast between the beautiful things in the world and the great evil that lurks in the woods. And when it cuts backs to Julee Cruise singing The World Spins and the atmosphere in the Roadhouse becomes overwhelmed with sadness... Every time I watch that I cry, because it's so sad. And you can see that even Agent Cooper is on the brink of crying, because he looks upwards. He has just had this revelation and he's trying to make sense of it.

 It's just one of the most moving things I've ever seen.'

oh,yes.i fully agree.that song is poignant beyond belief and the melody is hauntingly gorgeous.such pathos.

it's pileated, isn't it?

 That was always the scariest one to me, too.  I remember the first time it was on, I got really freaked out after that scene and had terrible nightmares.  And it wasn't just from listening to "Just You and I"!

-cg

greets folks, this is my first post.

 Speaking of most disturbing TP moment.. there's one scene that haunted me for nearly 15 years. The scene after maddy, dona and james record a song. There's this empty shot of the living room and the sofa and maddy being disturbed by something. All of the sudden, with no warning in any way, BOB appears and starts walking towards the sofa and walks over it geting close to the camera. JESSUS CHRIST i swear to god I was 4 years old when i watched the show on television and i remmembered this scene with details for nearly 15 years.

 The other scene that really amazed me was the scene in the end of "The path to the BL" episode. The mayor was struggling with his mic and then everything went black. 2 spotlights on cooper and the Giant who appeared on stage, waving his hands "NO" . Seconds later everything goes back to normal and then the mayor says "This isn't right.. there's something wrong here.." and some shots of the empty TP streets at night while he's saying that. That scene was downright brilliant.

 There are MANY shockingly amazing scenes in the series but these 2(as a single scene) were the very best cinematic history has to offer to me :).

This isn't right... There's something wrong here...

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

"Devil's Haircut"

However, officially the inspiration for that video is Francois Truffaut's "Les 400 coups" ("The 400 Blows"). I agree that it looks a lot like the Twin Peaks scene, though.

"What credit card do you want to put that on?"
"Caash, prease."

I didn't know about the 400 Blows inspiration, but that's neat information. I can see the frozen image idea paralleled effectively.

As far as the BOB thing, I wasn't referring to the look of the video so much as the use of the double-take trick. We're shown something dangerous, and it's suddenly focused on in a jarringly mechanical way, pulling us toward it, which increases the danger further. And because it's been revealed within a scene we remember from so recently, at which time we didn't see it, we're forced to wonder "was it really there, hiding all the time?" That gives it a sinister feel. The overall effect is disturbing and exciting, and definitely memorable.

I'm not saying we're conscious of that process, I'm just trying to describe what I see underyling it.

(And for the record, this scene with BOB at the foot of the bed is pretty much the BOB scene for me, the perfect combination of scary and creepy.  For pure fright inducement, it's BOB behind the dresser -- even typing it made me cringe a little...)

Glad to see everyones responses here... Interesting !  

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

This one scares me more every time I see it. Just knowing that it's coming creates a feeeling of dread. Brilliant moment of TV.

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Vesa 'wtw' Ahola  wtw@iki.fi.REMOVE
Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.

Maddy's death scene scare the Hell out of me everytime.

That said, I do enjoy watching Maddy get killed. I could watch Maddy die a 100 times a day and I'd never get bored.

On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
As he stood smiling above me
With a rock in his fist

They call me the wild rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day

Jeez,man don't you have a heart? :)

The whole ep. 14 is scary and at the same time very sad.Maddy's death scene is one of my favourite and really one of the best,but i feel very sad about Maddy,i do not enjoy that!

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

Ah, the terrifying moment when Maddie sees BOB/Leland and realizes the truth. Imagining how she must have felt is truly chilling. The kill in itself rather more surreal and otherworldly than plain scary, but overall the atmosphere is very haunting.

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Vesa 'wtw' Ahola  wtw@iki.fi.REMOVE
Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.

On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
As he stood smiling above me
With a rock in his fist

They call me the wild rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...