🔪horror lines that live rent free in my head
verified these are actually said in the movies, not misquoted internet versions. context under most
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1
here's johnny!
jack torrance, axe, bathroom door - the shining (1980), still the reference point for someone unraveling
2
they're here.
carol anne says this in poltergeist (1982), maybe five minutes before the house turns on the family
3
they're coming to get you, barbara
johnny teasing his sister barbara in the cemetery, right before everything in night of the living dead (1968) goes wrong
4
we all go a little mad sometimes
psycho (1960), norman bates, said so calmly it's worse than yelling
5
one, two, freddy's coming for you
kids skip-rope to this in a nightmare on elm street (1984). still creepy with zero context
6
do you like scary movies?
7
it's alive! it's alive!
95 years old and everyone still knows this line even if they've never seen frankenstein (1931). henry frankenstein says it
8
you're gonna need a bigger boat
jaws (1975). i know it's more thriller than horror but the first ten minutes earn it a spot here
9
they mostly come at night. mostly.
aliens (1986), hicks. two words doing the work of a whole paragraph of exposition
10
i see dead people
the sixth sense (1999), cole sear, whispered from under the covers to bruce willis
11
i never wanted to be your mother!
hereditary (2018), annie, dinner table scene. the internet meme-ified it, but it's still scarier in context. longest note here on purpose
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