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What Lies Beneath

Most Rewatchable Scene

Possessed Claire at Norman’s desk (two choices); double-date dinner (one choice).

In the discussion (14)
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  • The double-date dinner is praised for cross-talk, couple analysis, clues, and Norman’s nervous reaction to a disappearance.
  • Claire and Norman trying to match the neighbors’ sexual energy is called memorable and rewatchable.
  • The full bathtub, steam, and reflected waterlogged ghost are singled out as a strong scare and a reason to leave the house.
  • The Ouija-board sequence is praised, including the lights, candle, dog interruption, and Cooper’s intuition.
  • Claire confronting Warren at the party is praised as payoff to the red herring.
  • The party realization connects Madison’s identity with Claire’s missing memories.
  • Possessed Claire’s desk encounter is selected as the most rewatchable scene and praised for Pfeiffer’s performance, the apple, candle, dress, whisper, and green-eye reveal.
  • Claire diving into the lake is proposed as a brief cinematic beat.
  • The buried chest and Norman’s crying confession are proposed, though his crying is criticized.
  • The redial, paralytic drug, bathtub drowning attempt, and car-crash ending form another proposed sequence.
  • The corpse physically pulling Norman underwater is criticized as breaking the ghost’s previously suggestive rules.
  • One final choice is the dinner scene; another ranks it second and selects possessed Claire.
  • Pfeiffer’s possessed performance is compared with the erotic intensity available to her in Basic Instinct, Scarface, and Dangerous Minds.
  • A participant recalls a Catwoman take in which Pfeiffer hit five targets in sequence with a whip and the crew applauded.