Premiere Magazine's 25 Most Shocking Moments in Movie History

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(1) Dil reveals she's a he in 'The Crying Game.' (2) Tom Powers' corpse is delivered to his home in 'The Public Enemy.' (3) An alien bursts out of Kane's chest in 'Alien.' (4) Lila Crane finds Mrs. Bates in 'Psycho.' (5) The final ambush in 'Bonnie and Clyde.' (6) Mr. Blonde lops off a cop's ear in 'Reservoir Dogs.' (7) The 'squeal like a pig' scene in 'Deliverance.' (8) Sue's nightmare at the end of 'Carrie.' (9) Regan masturbates with a bloody crucifix in 'The Exorcist.' (10) The sliced eyeball in 'Un Chien Andalou.' (11) A soldier searches the beach for his severed arm in 'Saving Private Ryan.' (12) Leatherface hangs Pam on a meat hook in 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.' (13) Verbal Kint leaving the police station in 'The Usual Suspects.' (14) Jack Woltz finds a horse's head in his bed in 'The Godfather.' (15) John Baxter catches up with a mysterious figure in red in 'Don't Look Now.' (16) Babs Johnson eats freshly-deposited dog droppings in 'Pink Flamingos.' (17) Darth Vader tells Luke 'I am your father' in 'The Empire Strikes Back.' (18) Taylor discovers the ruins of the Statue of Liberty in 'Planet of the Apes.' (19) Frank guns down a fleeing boy in 'Once Upon a Time in the West.' (20) Wendy Torrance finds Jack's manuscript of one sentence repeated over and over and over in 'The Shining.' (21) Asami and a mysterious, violently moving bag in 'Audition.' (22) The ending from 'The Sixth Sense.' (23) Julie Andrews shows her breasts in 'S.O.B.' (24) Sheriff Brody realizes they're gonna need a bigger boat in 'Jaws.' (25) Mrs. Hocheiser pulls down her son's pants and kisses him on the butt in 'Where's Poppa?' Missing: Kirk Baltz (6); Simone Mareuil (10); Adelina Poerio (15)

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