Scariest Moments in a Bond Film

hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
edited June 2013 in The James Bond Films
What are your scariest moments in a Bond film? I'm currently watching DR.NO and i thought both spider scenes in the film were scary but then again i'm phobic anyway. Another one is in OHMSS when Bunt captures Bond, mainly because it was unexpected.


What are yours?
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  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    Roger Moore in a clown suit
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  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia, PAPosts: 754MI6 Agent
    Pretty much anything Dario (Benicio del Toro) does in Licence to Kill, specifically the look on his face as he is about to put Bond through the shredder.
  • Mr_OsatoMr_Osato Posts: 398MI6 Agent
    The bedscene with Grace Jones.
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  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    I don't know about scary so much. Perhaps more eerie:-


    The spider scene in DR. NO

    The shadowy presence of Oddjob & Bond subsequently finding Jill covered in gold paint in GOLDFINGER

    Aki's death in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

    The crematorium scene in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

    Baron Samedi rising from the grave at the end of LIVE & LET DIE

    Jaws revealing himself to Manuela in the Rio alleyway in MOONRAKER


    Thinking about it, these have more resonance for me as I was a younger age when first viewing them. I'm less easily shocked now. But they also made me realise the Bonds embraced the bizarre (not to be confused with silly) in the early films. Like Jacques Bouvier disguised as a the widow at the start of THUNDERBALL, there's an AVENGERS-esque vibe at times. But I don't know how this approach might fit in with our more realistic times. I'd like to think there was still room for the such odd-sinsister moments.
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  • David SchofieldDavid Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent
    Brosnan, girly-man quiff and pretty boy face, hanging upside down in that Russian bog.

    How long had he been there and why, and what was he watching the guy do, smirking?
  • ixtoreixtore NYCPosts: 111MI6 Agent
    Goldfinger, Bond, laser.
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  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    David Schofield wrote:
    Brosnan, girly-man quiff and pretty boy face, hanging upside down in that Russian bog.

    How long had he been there and why, and what was he watching the guy do, smirking?
    :))
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Not so much scary but genuinely suspenseful IMO:

    In OHMSS when Bond is locked in the cable-car wheelhouse, and climbs onto the cable and starts to pull himself along it, just as a cable-car starts moving in his direction.... That always makes me squirm :#
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    MooseWithFleas wrote:
    Pretty much anything Dario (Benicio del Toro) does in Licence to Kill, specifically the look on his face as he is about to put Bond through the shredder.

    Good one! The scene was played straight, and there was a genuine sense that Bond was in real danger thanks largely to del Toro's creepiness and Dalton skillful performance.
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    MooseWithFleas wrote:
    Pretty much anything Dario (Benicio del Toro) does in Licence to Kill, specifically the look on his face as he is about to put Bond through the shredder.

    Good one! The scene was played straight, and there was a genuine sense that Bond was in real danger thanks largely to del Toro's creepiness and Dalton skillful performance.


    The way Dario laughs before being pulled into the grinder adds to the creepiness. Great acting by all in that scene
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I remember the first time watching AVTAK. The scene were Bond swims
    in to the pipe just as Zorin turns on the Pumps/propeller, pulling him
    towards the spinning blades. I found scary because I couldn't see how
    Bond was going to get out of it. :D
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    That part was very suspenseful TP. The part after that where Zorin chucks that KGB agent in the pump was pretty scary as it showed Zorin's true psychotic nature. still wince when i think about it :#
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I remember the first time watching AVTAK. The scene were Bond swims
    in to the pipe just as Zorin turns on the Pumps/propeller, pulling him
    towards the spinning blades. I found scary because I couldn't see how
    Bond was going to get out of it. :D

    Yes! That's a huge part of it.

    I also remember as a kid when I saw DAF in the cinema, the scenea where Bond is trapped in the coffin at Slumber Inc, I was really scared as I couldn't see a way out for Bond either.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Charmed & Dangerous wrote:
    I also remember as a kid when I saw DAF in the cinema, the scenea where Bond is trapped in the coffin at Slumber Inc, I was really scared as I couldn't see a way out for Bond either.
    Me too!
    But mountaineering about the Whyte House was even more so. :007)
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I remember the first time watching AVTAK. The scene were Bond swims
    in to the pipe just as Zorin turns on the Pumps/propeller, pulling him
    towards the spinning blades. I found scary because I couldn't see how
    Bond was going to get out of it. :D

    The only thing scary about AVTAK was that Roger Moore was still playing Bond! :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    As a kid I also found the Croc Island scene in LALD very scary, all I could think about
    was what a "Bask" ( had to look that up ) :)) of Crocodiles or "Congregation" of Alligators
    Could do to a human being.
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  • DelicatessenInSteelDelicatessenInSteel Posts: 181MI6 Agent
    That's actually what I miss about Bond movies, maybe its because I'm older..but when I was a kid they were all kinda weird, creepy & scary in a good way because they were so different from whatever else was going on. I remember YOLT & LALD, MWTTGG, had that weird vibe even DAF before I realized it was a camp comedy. Heck when I was a kid I thought Adam West's Batman was some serious scary stuff.
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  • ManxmanManxman Posts: 125MI6 Agent
    The only scene that really gives me sweaty palms is when Roger Moore is climbing the rock face up to St Cyril's in For Your Eyes Only. It's brilliantly filmed and wonderfully played by Moore.
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Manxman wrote:
    The only scene that really gives me sweaty palms is when Roger Moore is climbing the rock face up to St Cyril's in For Your Eyes Only. It's brilliantly filmed and wonderfully played by Moore.

    I think the fact that there was little music in that scene added to the suspense
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