RIP to the surgeons who spent 9~10 years of intense post-college training just to get killed by an octopus arm lol

The arms were only protecting Dr. Octopus from that huge medical bill.

Is it weird that, having watched this scene as a kid and later as an adult, it's actually *MORE* intense than I remember it. As a kid, I think the camera jumped around too quickly for me to keep up or something, but seeing the scene for what it is now... I'm impressed.

I like how they make it believable that these huge metal arms could still perform small, delicate tasks by showing it retracting out some smaller claws to take off his blindfold

The fact that there's no music during the tentacles rampage, only people screaming in pain and fear truly making this scene terrifying (especially when I was a kid)

No blood, no extreme gore, and this scene is still tense and atmospheric.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens when you have a horror movie director make a superhero movie.

I love that Spider-Man 2 went from being a Sam Raimi action movie to a Sam Raimi horror movie for about 3 minutes.

“HELLO PETER.” We all know why we’re here.

“Any of y’all take shop class?” *doctors laughing* *arms laughing*

I still love that the design team clearly showed that each pair of arms clearly has a differing purpose. The upper two are smaller and delicate, they have the most tools and attachments to be precise in their work. The lower two are larger and heavier, they're to help support the weight of the harness and do the most damaging tasks.

Tell me you directed Evil Dead without telling me you directed Evil Dead

And we’ve come full circle… “Hello, Peter”

The fact that Raimi can put scenes like this into a kid-friendly franchise movie is absolute king shit.

That nurse screaming "Help me!" at the top of her lungs is legit terrifying. Top notch acting.

I like how at 2:24 the tentacles participate in his gesture of despair as if they weren't the ones that damn well made the mess poor Otto is horrified at

This scene: horrified me as a kid Me now: realized that Sam raimi is a horror director Me: that makes sense

Raimi did a good job implementing HIS horror genre into this scene

Ladies and gentlemen. This is how a horror film should be made. No jumpscares or extreme gore. Just the screams of agony and struggle is enough to scare the audiences.

Part at 1:14 . When Otto just lays there unconscious, while his mechanical arms wreak havoc in the emergency room combined with the terrified screams. There’s no words to describe the cinematic genius of this movie. This scene alone deserves Oscar

This isn't even typical slightly intimidating villain introduction. This shit is genuinely scary. The imagery, the brutal way the doctors are being killed, and my god the screams.

When I was a kid I thought that Doctor Octavius had control of the arms. Being an adult and learning that the arms had its own artificial intelligence and were free from control after the inhibitor chip was destroyed makes it more terrifying

i love how the doctors joke around before the surgery . it gives immersion to this scene

It’s always so fascinating to see how much the arms move, how much personality they have. How they go from being deadly murder weapons to anyone but Otto, to being docile - albeit mischievous - child-like entities to the man himself.

how the hell i'm finding this scene scarier as an adult than when i was a child

this is just a great EVIL DEAD scene in the middle of a superhero movie

You can take Sam Rami out of horror, but you can't take the horror out of Sam Rami.

My jaw just dropped. I haven’t seen this scene in full in a long time and I’m amazed at how both well put together it is and how terrifying it is. Edit: wow, I didn’t expect this comment to blow up, thank you so much! ☺️

This scene is why I trust Sam Raimi will do a great job making Doctor Strange 2 a terror movie. Even tho its gonna be rated Pg-13

Raimi is so darn good at directing horror scenes

1:57 Three things I loved about this scene. 1) As the blindfolds come off of Octavious's eyes, he is like a new born baby at the hospital. Doc Oc is now born. 2) The Frankenstein monster vibe because he is now different from others. Like a monster. 3) The haircut. Anyone else notice his iconic Doc Oc mushroom haircut?

Doctor: *Picks up a chainsaw* Sam Raimi: "Wrong movie"

Alfred owns this role. Nobody will ever be a better Doc Ock.

Imagine going through medical school just to be killed by a robotic octopus arm.

If you listen closely when the guy first starts up the saw, you can actually hear the arms activating in response. I never noticed that until recently. They used the sound of the saw to mask their own sound. Clever little bastards. Plus that final scene when the arms screech with him is definitely concerning.

I really really hope Dr Strange 2 have a scene like this , an horror scene so well made.

Imagine how sam raimi's lizard could have been

Watching this as a kid was so terrifying, it goes to show that you don't need a single drop of blood or any gore to be scary as fuck.

That trademark Sam Raimi style POV camera angle of the tentacles was such a great touch, makes it even more unsettling

2:13 he just saw the medical bill

Green Goblin: I memorably scared heck out of everyone’s childhoods Doc Ock: (to his arms) *Hold my hat*

Even without the blood and gore, this scene still feels terrifying...and I love it.

0:41 Having one of the mechanical arms mimic the sound of the saw to get to it's target is just pure genius.

I love how octopus's arms aren't like another set of limbs, but more like the heads of a hydra. He may be the boss, but they do what they want, when they want.

Gosh this scene is INSANE. Seventeen years later and it still gives me the chills. Mr. Raimi is a freaking horror genius. DAMN.

The moment you realize Doctor Octopus can have his own horror movie

I was 15 when this movie came out the girl screaming help me digging her nails into concrete always got me. That was truly the most horrifying death out of all of them. She was truly fighting for her life.

This is easily one of the best scenes in superhero movies, ever. It's amazing.

I love that how the camera aims at doc sleeping, showing that he has no control and the tentacles control themselves like they have their own consciousness.

This scene proves that Raimi can push the boundaries and make PG-13 look brutal. A glimpse of what we'll be seeing in Multiverse of Madness.

You know a movie is very well made when it aged well

I miss when Spiderman movies were this intense.

Something I love is how the arms “snap and bite, defensively” at the staff initially before getting more aggressive. The arms reacted out of fear and self-preservation. They thought they were under attack and defended themselves. Their first “moments of life” were being threatened by Saws and Drills and then once outside, by a giant car. They think the world wants to kill them and Otto.

This scene screams Sam Rami.

I like how the girl used her nails like a cat to stay on her ground while the arm is pulling her down. What a painful thing to do.

Seeing Otto unconscious just makes the entire thing a lot more terrifying somehow.

This scene is almost as disturbing to watch as an adult as it was as a kid when this came out. Perfect editing and camera work. That nurse who scratches the floor up, Bravo! Burned into my brain forever.

*This movie was so well made*

I love how Doctor Octopus’s arms are basically their own separate entities. It actually reflects a lot to how a real life octopus’s body functions. Octopuses are absolutely fascinating! They are one of the smartest creatures on planet Earth, however their intelligence works very differently than that of most other creatures. Unlike vertebrates who have a highly centralized nervous system that is controlled entirely by a central brain, cephalopods (like the octopus) have multiple neuron clusters and ganglia throughout their body. These clusters mean the octopus basically has multiple brains (9 to be exact) that control each part of the body on their own. One cluster is the central dominant brain that receives most of the information gathered, while the other 8 control the arms and basically act as “mini brains” that can operate independently from the main central brain. This allows them to solve problems that are impossible for most other creatures. Otto designed his arms with the same purpose in mind, but unfortunately as we all know, it didn’t go as planned.

Seriously no blood, and yet this scene is still more terrifying than most horror movies these days

Notice how at 1:46 that the doc's arms hesitate before killing the surgeon, but the center eye turns from white to red indicating doc's mind was trying to fight the control of the arms but the arms regained control and killed the surgeon. Throughout the movie, when the arms' center "eyes" are white, it means Otto's brain is in control, but when they are red, they are functioning on their own will. Edit: Wow, this blew up, too cool. Thanks for all the kind comments and likes. I rewatched the movie and paid attention to small details and this was one of them. I thought it was a pretty cool detail to add that most didn't notice.

Doctor Octopus just doing his operation with multiple patients 👨‍⚕️🐙

Man when I was a kid this scene was horrifying. It still is.

In just a few minutes, they managed to display how dangerous and murderous the arms are that a normal human has no chance against Doc Ock. Spiderman only really has a chance cause of how strong, fast and durable he is. He can take the force of one of the arms pushing him against the wall

Here after the “No way home” trailer to remind myself how scary Doc Ock really is.

Anesthesiologist is fired... if he survived

This was when Raimi went full on Evil Dead. So glorious. I laughed my ass off.

Hard to believe this movie is 20 years old now

In the novel, this scene is extremely bloody. They describe the whole room with blood and guts everywhere. Edit : for those wondering, I'm talking about the official novelization of the movie by Peter David.

As a kid I never realized that they died and how actually scary this scene was, especially for a superhero movie.

This is as Raimi as it gets in the Spider-Man trilogy in my opinion. Especially when you see the pov shot of the octopus arm going after the victim. Very Evil Dead style. Chainsaw and all. I love the scene. Of course some hardcore medical explanation about the operations they'll have to do to Doc Ock's spine. Which is another thing Raimi is pro about considering Darkman.

This movie is just a masterpiece

This is what I love from Raimi. In real life, super villains wouldn't just be scary. They would be horror movie creatures. People would have mental trauma from just looking at these abominations

It's crazy to think that Raimi and his crew had the balls to implement scenes like these whether as today, everything nowadays is over the top kid friendly and comedic.

Raimi, spielberg and peter jackson are great at creating horror scenes that actually shocks and scares you in pg-13 movies

My dad took me to see this at the cinema when I was 6 or so (not sure how he got me in as it was PG13), and I was visibly agitated due to the intensity of Otto’s demonstration scene with the fusion reactor. My dad said “it’s ok, the scary part is over” ...and then this scene happened and I was immediately crying and screaming at the top of my lungs and we had to quickly leave lmao I’m 25 and this scene still gives me some anxiety and chills because of how intense it is. I’m just glad that 6 year old me didn’t get PTSD from this scene!

MCU: We need an intense scene in far from home, lets make Peter launch a killer drone to his bus Sam Raimi:

Fun fact, the arm that first reacts is is FLO, the most motherly one, she would remove the blind fold, give him drinks, and take off his hat. This is also the arm he would talk to when he regains control. It was the most protective arm, according to the actor, they wanted each arm to have a personality, the bottom 2 were just followers, mimicking eachother, top right (from his perspective) was the most protective and violent. Top left prefered to use weapons like the blade and didn't mind not "seeing" things while Flo would always look in the direction Doc does.

That scream is peak acting, such perfect casting, Sam Raimi is truly a genius.

As much as I love this scene, I can't unhear the stock "vase breaking" sound effect at 1:29. It's the same one Red Letter Media uses all the time as a joke.

I forget sometimes how beautifully Raimi-esque this scene is. Its got all the Evil Dead hallmarks- cool shadows, zoom-ins, closeups, even the first-person zoom along the ground shot. LOVE this scene.

The same guy who directed this scene will direct Doctor Strange 2, the MCU’s first horror themed movie. I like where this is going. Edit: I’m also aware that it’s not going to be a horror movie, nor that it ever was going to be. Kevin Feige mentioned that it’s just going to have scary sequences in the movie. Still excited nonetheless.

I absolutely adore his campy, almost humorous cuts and gags in what is otherwise a tense and frightening moment. Such an iconic scene.

On behalf of the fans I'd like to thank the brave men and women who gave their lives in this scene just to make it more believable.

I'm not gonna lie, this scene scared the hell outta me as a kid!

2:23 I like how the arms all yell in unison like “Ahhhh It’s totally our fault but we’ll sympathize with ya for a bit!”

The fact that there is no music makes the scene even scarier, and the silences interspersed throughout the scene to highlight certain sounds is incredible. Often, victims of trauma cling to specific sounds, and Raimi used that here brilliantly.

This is what you get when a horror film director directs an action movie. Brilliant scene man🤣🤣

If this movie was rated R there would be so much blood

Man, Raimi’s horror roots really shine through in this scene, the fact that he was able to blend comic book goofiness and horror so well speaks volumes about his directing skills

1:03 that arm definitely snapped that guys neck, it quickly cuts to another arm

I just love the horror movie elements Raimi brought to this trilogy!!!!

After this I had to google "do they have chainsaws in hospitals," and apparently chainsaws were originally used for childbirth purposes. Thanks, Spiderman!

I really can't wait to see his return in spiderman no way home

One of the best scenes in superhero history. I loved this scene since I was a kid, like, omg that's the coolest way to tell the villain isn't a joke.

Sam Raimi's horror in this movie, now imagine how scared that is in Dr. Strange and The Multiverse of Madness

This scene show that you don't need an excessive amount of blood to be a violent scene

I just realised that this is a perfect sequence that Corridor can use to make Spiderman 2 R-Rated lol.

I just love that the Film is almost 18 Years old but is still just SO Well Made it just looks Exzremly good

*Doc* *Ock* 🐙 The woman’s nail effects @ 1:19 were a little over the top, no? 😂 Not to mention the gas powered chainsaw sound effect @ 1:37. The beauty of cinema, you just gotta love it. ❤️