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Did the scene where Marv steps on a nail make anyone wince?

posted 2 years ago by csweetleaf2 (3548)
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I did, as a kid I had a hard time watching that scene.

[–] blindfolded (1564) 2 years ago

To me, this is the most brutal of all of them, from both movies.

The fact that there is no sound effect adds to the harshness.

All of the other traps, no matter how brutal, are cartoony (but in a fun way) with how they are executed or how they're reacted to.

The nail feels the most real.

[–] SoCrates (869) 2 years ago

Every single time I see it.

[–] MinorityRules15 (960) 2 years ago

Originally posted by csweetleaf2:

I did, as a kid I had a hard time watching that scene.

Funny you mention that.
I remember growing up and one of my friend's dad's was built like an Arnold Schwarzenegger type of guy and he would wince and clench his teeth and yell "NO NO NO!!!!" at the TV whenever Marv stepped on the nail going down the basement stairs.
This movie is enough to make grown men cower in terror.

[–] GolfnGuitars (2451) 2 years ago

Yes! It looked so real and that had to hurt!

FYI, last year at the beach, I stepped on an old dead snout of a fish that someone had buried in the sand (at least that's what I think it was...I couldn't really tell 100% for sure, but the point was really sharp!). Man, did that hurt...and yes, I thought of Daniel Stern in this scene when it happened!

[–] strntz (11302) 2 years ago

Wince? Nyet.

But my nuts shrink by 50% or more when I watch it...

[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

not as much as any scene with tarantula spider.

a tarantula crawling around house? disgusting! in showers. under beds. on crapper.

can you sleep comfortable with giant spider on loose in house?