Blink and you'll miss it movie moments.

Ralf and Florian

Very short and very strange sequence in The Shining, there's a few blink and you'll miss it scenes in this movie including some that are almost subliminal. Can anyone think of similar scenes in movies that you'll miss if you pop out to the loo?

Exclamation Marc

Never mind going to the loo, you could easily miss this by blinking...

Lorelli!

For some reason in Apocalypto, Mel Gibson supposedly added a "Wheres Waldo" lying with the dead!

JohnFalstaff

David Fincher added a few subliminal flashes of Brad Pitt's Tyler Durden character into various early scenes in Fight Club:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7N5qnqPKoM

Ralf and Florian

I only found out fairly recently that among the creepy images that pop up during the tunnel boat sequence in Willy Wonka is a clip of a chicken being beheaded, never noticed that during the countless times I saw it in my childhood but it might have been cut for TV screenings.




It's here at the 1.05 mark.

Lorelli!

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

I only found out fairly recently that among the creepy images that pop up during the tunnel boat sequence in Willy Wonka is a clip of a chicken being beheaded, never noticed that during the countless times I saw it in my childhood but it might have been cut for TV screenings.




It's here at the 1.05 mark.

As if that film wasn't scary enough already

Keplar240B

Ralf and Florian

Some members of The Clash appearing as "street trash" in The King Of Comedy.

NyOmnishambles

Ong Bak has messages for Speilberg and Luc Besson painted on pillars or walls in the background of scenes
They weren't that subtle mind you

Ralf and Florian

Scene during Jurassic Park : The Lost World. I spotted the Arnie as King Lear poster when I watched JPTLW in the cinema but didn't know about the Robin Williams one till I looked this up just now. Easy to miss, you only see them for a split second before the T-Rex attacks.

darkdubh

The overexcited red haired extra who appears in the crowd cheering on The Ghostbusters in the original film. He pops up a couple of times.

Nervous Wreck

Keplar240B wrote: »

Trump owned the hotel at the time and only let them shoot there on the condition they let him be in the movie.

Exclamation Marc

The Munster Rugby flag being waved by the islanders in Live and Let Die during the Baron Samedi ritual...




OK, not really...

fluke

George Lucas cameo in Beverly Hills Cop 3.
0.50 in.

The weird gesture from Verne near the end of Back To The Future 3

silverharp

not blinking wouldn't have helped but...

Ralf and Florian

Exploding sheep in Peter Jackson's Bad Taste.

lazybones32

In terminator 2, the t-1000 creates an arm out from his belly to control the helicopter, while he reloads the submachine gun with his other 2hands. Lasts about 2 seconds but it's that attention to detail that made Cameron my fav director.

Ipso

Isn't there a scene toward the end of Teen Wolf where an extra in a crowd has his lad hanging out?

RobbingBandit

Harry Potter the map has a couple getting busy in the end credits.

http://eggabase.com/movies/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban/naughty-marauders-map-credits/

darkdubh

Ipso wrote: »

Isn't there a scene toward the end of Teen Wolf where an extra in a crowd has his lad hanging out?

razorblunt

I remember watching Fight Club for the first time at home and thought I was going mad when I kept seeing the word cuts!

Ted Danson's cardboard cut out in 3 Men and a Baby is another one, often rumoured to be a ghost!

fluke

In Sunshine early in the movie there are subliminal flashes of the Icarus l crew.

hidinginthebush

fluke wrote: »

George Lucas cameo in Beverly Hills Cop 3.
0.50 in.

The weird gesture from Verne near the end of Back To The Future 3

Fun fact.. Verne is actually in dire need of going to the bathroom but didn't want to break the scene so is trying to signify to someone off camera that he needs to go

darkdubh

Not film but in The Young Ones there's a mysterious "fifth housemate" figure who can be seen crouching in the shadows in a few episodes.

fluke

darkdubh wrote: »

Not film but in The Young Ones there's a mysterious "fifth housemate" figure who can be seen crouching in the shadows in a few episodes.

Is that not Neil? The hippy guy?

darkdubh

fluke wrote: »

Is that not Neil? The hippy guy?

No, it looks like him but it appears in other shots where Neil is there too.

quickbeam

^^ Interesting. From Wiki:

In the first six episodes of the series, a person whose hair covers their face appears in the background of some scenes, such as to the left when Neil gets hit by Vyvyan with a kettle in "Bomb". In the episode Demolition he appears slumped against the back wall when Rick is watching TV. These rumours of a mysterious fifth housemate have been the subject of fan speculation on the internet. In 2016 journalist Peter Farquhar sent members of the cast and crew email enquiries about this unnamed character. Writer Ben Elton replied saying "I have no idea what you are talking about I'm afraid..." but Geoff Posner, one of the directors of the series replied saying that he and Paul Jackson "thought it would be fun to have some ghostly figure in the background of some scenes that was never explained or talked about..."

fluke

quickbeam wrote: »

^^ Interesting. From Wiki:

All very Ringu!

Mr Crispy

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

I only found out fairly recently that among the creepy images that pop up during the tunnel boat sequence in Willy Wonka is a clip of a chicken being beheaded, never noticed that during the countless times I saw it in my childhood but it might have been cut for TV screenings.

And of course the movie also featured a shocking blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene of actual physical assault against a minor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUIovuh9gU4

It's up there with the stormtrooper smacking his bonce in A New Hope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQaLuqwtl8

Of course, neither were intentional and probably don't count for this thread.

Daledge

darkdubh wrote: »

Not film but in The Young Ones there's a mysterious "fifth housemate" figure who can be seen crouching in the shadows in a few episodes.

Never watched it but I think I just **** my pants regardless.

lazybones32

Darch Nemesis wrote: »

It's up there with the stormtrooper smacking his bonce in A New Hope.

Of course, neither were intentional and probably don't count for this thread.

Lucas, in one of his many 'special edition' re-releases of the Star Wars trilogy, added in sound effects (the helmet hitting the door and a groan) to make it appear as if it were a scripted and intentional part of the film.

Jimbob1977

In Madonna's La Isla Bonita video.... Benicio del Toro is visible for ten seconds. Sitting on the bonnet of a car in his leather jacket.

B.A._Baracus

Carl Weathers Death Scene in Predator.

As the Predator kills him and hoists him up in the air a few feet you can blatantly see a wooden seesaw lifting him up :pac: But the shot quickly cuts to an up close faceshot of Weathers then screaming.

It's been removed from the DVD and BluRay releases (They zoom in) But it's funny because the Special Effects team went to a lot of work to camouflage the Predator in the shot, but not the seesaw and it really stands out once you see it.

Edit
Tried to find footage online but couldn't.

Ipso

Rik Mayall had a cameo in the pub scene in American Werewolf in London.

RichT

Don't know any fella that blinked whilst this scene was showing in Basic Instinct.......

Tipsy McSwagger

Karl from The Exorcist lying on the floor. There is no explanation for this.

StringerBell

That's where she got the crucifix from!

"Zombie Party" DVD in Hot Fuzz 🙂

Wedwood

Ghost boy in Three Men and a Baby

razorblunt

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Carl Weathers Death Scene in Predator.

As the Predator kills him and hoists him up in the air a few feet you can blatantly see a wooden seesaw lifting him up :pac: But the shot quickly cuts to an up close faceshot of Weathers then screaming.

It's been removed from the DVD and BluRay releases (They zoom in) But it's funny because the Special Effects team went to a lot of work to camouflage the Predator in the shot, but not the seesaw and it really stands out once you see it.

Edit
Tried to find footage online but couldn't.

Are you confusing him with the another character? I didn't think Predator lifted him up.
Carl Weathers had his arm shot off didn't he? You can see it tied behind his back when they change angle.

homerun_homer

The leaves blow in the air and spell Sex for a split second.

B.A._Baracus

razorblunt wrote: »

Are you confusing him with the another character? I didn't think Predator lifted him up.
Carl Weathers had his arm shot off didn't he? You can see it tied behind his back when they change angle.

Never mistaken when it comes to predator :pac: amazing movie.

But weathers gets his arm blow off, as you say, but as he tries to take off his other machine gun that's wrapped around his neck, the predator comes at him and stabs him with his claw. Lifting him up in the air a bit.

It's a shame they took the seesaw out of the dvd release because it's a really great 'once you see it'.

Ipso

razorblunt wrote: »

Are you confusing him with the another character? I didn't think Predator lifted him up.
Carl Weathers had his arm shot off didn't he? You can see it tied behind his back when they change angle.

I have a feeling the scene was cut when shown on tv.

testicles

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darkdubh

homerun_homer wrote: »

The leaves blow in the air and spell Sex for a split second.

I remember some christian bunch in the states raising a stink about that and about supposed subliminal messages in it, supposedly there was some hidden message telling kids to have sex or something like that. It was not too long after that nonsense about heavy metal albums containing satanic messages when played backwards.