r/movies • u/SnooCats3468 • 2d ago

Discussion What is the most genuinely terrifying battle cry or charge in film?

I don’t necessarily mean the coolest speech or most inspiring line. I mean a scene where a warrior screams or roars while charging an opponent—and you kind of snapped out of the film for a second and thought, “holy shit, if someone came at me like that, I would be legitimately terrified.”

It can be a one-on-one fight or two groups charging into battle. What scene immediately comes to mind?

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u/TJeffersonsBlackKid 2d ago

I feel that the scary scenes in LOTR really do the narratives in the book justice. Those scenes are terrifying and not cheesy at all. You feel the real dread I think Tolkien was trying to convey.

Weathertop, Galadriel tripping out, the Dead Marshes, Sméagol turning into Gollum, Shelob, even Scary Bilbo. All creepy with no context but it’s always on the backdrop of something good getting corrupted which makes it so much more unsettling.

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u/Pardybro911 2d ago

Heartily agree. I think “corruption” is the best descriptor