All: Soap Opera's Scariest Moments

[danthig]

For all soap viewers here,soap operas have had their scary moments over the years no matter what the storyline is.One of the scariest moments I have even seen on a soap opera was back in 1980 on Guiding Light when Roger Thorpe was chasing a very pregnant Rita Stapleton Bauer(played by Lenore Kasdorf who was also pregnant in real life at the time) through a hall of mirrors at a carnival.They were playing a disco song by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand called "No More tears(Enough Is Enough) during the chasing scene.Roger was also disguised in a clown's outfit when everybody thought he was dead after Holly shot him.Rita recognized Roger's voice which foiled Roger's plans to kidnap Christina(Blake)Thorpe.The scenes are available on YouTube.com.I looked up who was the headwriter at the time these scenes were written and it was known other the great late Douglas Marland and the chase scene was submitted to the Emmy's and won for Best Daytime Drama.I saw the dialogue of Roger and Rita on soapcentral.com.When I saw this scene on YouTube I really remembered watching that scene and I was only 5 years old at the time.

[psychofan]

This could be a good clip thread...so as you share your moments everyone, feel free to post clips!!

I'll try to think of some...

[Mason]

DAYS - Maggie's "murder"

[psychofan]

omg YES!!!! Suzanne's acting and JER's writing then was superb.

"It's you!" That line was so heart-breaking. MUST-SEE TV!!

[CSW]

DAYS: when the CAN became a regular fixture on the show. I curled up into a ball and cried for 3 years straight humming and rocking like a scared baby. I twas 22 at the time.

[Mason]

DAYS - Marlena is hiding in the church during the Possession s/l, and is lured out by "Sami"...those scenes were so freaky! I was terrified at the time, LoL

[Tzelkos]

AMC: When Myra and Nina held a seance to summon up the spirit of the not-so-dead Daisy. The scenes were so well directed and Cortlandt Manor was so scary to me as I was pretty young at the time.

[daysfan]

Days: All of the Salem Strangler deaths. Those scared me to death!

[Mason]

Dark Shadows: When Barnabas locked Maggie in a coffin as punishment for escaping

[KLN]

DAYS: Maggie's murder. It played out like a classic horror film. She invites the killer into her home, has a lovely conversation at the kitchen table. When they go into the kitchen, Maggie realizes what's going on. "It's you!" Before she can say much more, the killer lifts a huge whiskey bottle into the air and slams it over Maggie's head repeatedly, and each time the bottle is lifted, there's more blood on it. The next time we see Maggie, she's lying on the kitchen floor, leaned up against the kitchen cabinets with blood dripping onto her face and into her eyes as she begs the killer to let her live as he lowers the whiskey bottle once again while she screams, silencing her for good. Yipes!

[Shawn]

Days: When JERk was named Headwriter for the second time.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

[JoelMTL]

Maggie's murder ranks up there but for me, the scariest moment was just as the possession story began and Marlena was asleep, levitating over her bed. It was the freakiest thing I'd seen on soaps up to that point and I actually had a nightmare about Marlena and her green eyes!

[KevC1980]

You just described what i would call the scariest moment in soaps...Marlena leviatating freaked me out, i had no idea what the hell was going on..Aww the days of no internet and no way to be spoiled...

[Mason]

There were many creepy/scary moments during the Possession storyline.

[alwaysAMC]

AMC:

I thought Janet's entire first reign of terror with Natalie/Trevor was kind of scary and intense...she threw Natalie down the well...and then we got the spooky Wildwind (which is no longer spooky) - but then we got the whole Angelique reveal with Helga - that Friday cliffhanger will go down as the most spooky IMO. Helga was speaking directly into the camera, looking right at the viewers, as she wheeled Angelique out. SCARY!