the first time I saw this in the theatre, I tried to alleviate my fear by looking away from the screen and just hearing the sounds made it worse.

Bro this monkey was 10x more scary than the actual alien

I think what bothers me personally Is the setting. A bright, light hearted, family friendly sitcom set being bathed in blood by a chimpanzee who was a part of the set, wearing children's clothing and a party hat.

I think what makes this scene so scary is that it appeals to your most primal fears: a predator noticing you. I mean, that's literally the original fear, and I think whether we realize it or not all of our greatest fears is becoming prey

The shoe standing upright was literally just a coincidence. A miracle, an impossibility, happening by sheer coincidence at the absolute worst possible time.

One of the aspects that made this scene so terrifying was that Gordy nudges the actress' foot, then seemingly realizes what he's done. Gordy then sees young Jupe and tries to fist bump him, as if his training kicked back in. This scene highlights the dangers of attempting to train a wild animal, just as Jupe tries to do with Jean Jacket.

What's terrifying to me is that this has actually happened. People have been mutilated beyond recognition by chimpanzees in real life and it is usually for a similar reason; the animals are kept as pets or for sideshows and even if they aren't treated poorly (although they often are) a chimpanzee was not made to be dressed up like a baby and taught to ride a bike.

Chimps are freaking terrifying. People underestimate how powerful they are & how unpredictable & quick to violence. In the wild, chimps will actually plan 'wars' on other groups of chimps. Part of what makes them so scary is that they're cunning. I used to live with a zookeeper who would tell me scary stories about chimps, such as them ripping apart living animals that would cross their enclosures (like the occasional cat or possum) with their bare hands & throwing the pieces around for fun. One story that really stuck with me was about two of the experienced chimp-keepers. One of the male chimps started to play a 'game' with a woman who'd been in the enclosure to make certain safety checks. He'd hold a ball out to her & snatch it back. Hold it out & snatch it back. Tempting her closer & closer. Luckily, the other keeper realised that the chimp was holding & hiding behind himself a large tree branch that he planned on hitting her with. The keeper immediately signalled to the other keeper that she needed to back out of the enclosure rather than continue interacting with the chimp. Had it hit her, it could've killed her with a single blow.

God... the moment the chimp made eye contact with the camera. With me. I was fucking terrified.

This, to me, is terrifying because it highlights how unpredictable wild animals can be. In the incident this was based off, Travis the chimp was stabbed with a butcher knife by his owner while attacking a woman. What does he do? He turns to her, stares... then resumes attacking the woman. Same thing with Gordy. He's not being aggressive to Jupe, but we don't know why. It could be because they did share a connection, because he'd calmed down, because he wasn't threatening, it could have been anything. Whatever it was, we won't know or understand it.

everyone is too focused on the shoe, but that lamp cover is great foreshadowing to the terror that is Jean Jacket

This scene was a perfect foil to play against the fake façade the adult Ricky puts up. The abrupt cut from him describing the incident laughingly as an SNL skit to this really sells it. As you watch the horror you immediately think "Ricky is messed up and is has coped with this traumatic incident in a very unhealthy way". In the conclusion of the scene with Gordy trying to give Ricky a fist bump it also plays into the arrogance and/or misunderstanding that Ricky has over wild animals. Due to this incident, Ricky makes the fatal mistake thinking that he can tame a dangerous animal such as Jean Jacket. Just as Gordy demonstrates the exploitation of animals for spectacle/entertainment, one could interpret Ricky as a demonstration of the exploitation of children for spectacle in that he is exposed to disturbing scenarios and like many child stars loses his innocence/childhood with detrimental results.

The story of Travis the chimp always stuck with me. Terrifying animals when they lose it.

I love how he actually signs “what happened to family” or something like that

I also love how this scene basically sets up Ricky's whole character. He isn't killed partly because the tablecloth blocks Gordy's view of his eyes and he's also looking away at the scene, so he can't see him staring. Ricky takes that coincidence to mean he's special

I feel like the shoe was there to really sell the "SPECTACLE" theme. Even beyond the obvious "what is a spectacle" thoughts it sends us down throughout the movie. Even in this horrific scene where a cherished animal friend becomes pure violent instinct, encased within this absolute terror is a physical marvel. The obvious "known violent animal being violent" is what we rant and rave over (the spectacle), while this one-in-a-billion chance totally unique event of a shoe landing perfectly vertically balanced is completely overlooked( also somehow, the spectacle).

I'd also like to draw attention to the fact that the incident ends with Gordy simply being shot and dying. There is absolutely nothing supernatural in this scene; the horror is not imaginary, but the raw reality of the world we live in.

It's got that creepy late-night-KZfaq/Liminal Space feeling to it. It feels like we shouldn't actually be seeing this, at all.

My theory as to why Gordy began to attack everyone around him is that he was an Ape raised in captivity due to his parents being shot by poachers, and so the loud bang of the balloons popping on set caused him to have a PTSD induced panic, the bang triggering memories of gun shots, causing him to 'defend' himself from everyone surrounding him, I think it wasn't rage that triggered him to do all of this, but instead fear and trauma

This scene gave me anxiety in theaters it felt so terrifying

What made me so terrified is how you think Gordy is still in the rampage but when he waves his hand in the air, he says: what happened family? Indicating that he didn’t mean to kill also what jordan peels did was try to show not tell what we see by putting us in Ricky’s reaction which helps tremendously. Also what I find funny is how Terry Notary plays kong in Kong skull island.

What’s always scared me about the incident with Travis was the victim sharing the same name as me, and the owner of the chimp sharing the same name as my sister. Imagine being little and taking turns googling your name with all your friends to see what celebrity you are, just to find imagines of a mutilated woman. Google didn’t have the best sensors back then

I think this chimp attack is based around a real incident. There was chimp named Travis, and he was owned by a woman named Sandra. Travis was trained and could a lot things, including house chores. One day Travis just snapped. Sandra later said she gave him tea with Xanax that may have caused irritability. He attacked a woman and mutilated her face, and she lost both hands. Police arrived and shot Travis, mortally wounding him. Sandra later died of, I think it was grief for the loss of Travis and for what he did to her friend. The victim, Charla, lived and underwent multiple surgeries, even had transplanted hands. Those didn't work and they had to amputate the transplant hands. Even the outfit this woman wears looking up @6:24 the hat and veil are similar to what Charla had to wear for the rest of her life.

I think what's genuinely the most disturbing part about this is the animal itself. Chimps are probably the most terrifying Primate right next to baboons purely for the unpredictability and stories you hear. You hear stories every once in a while about someone or a pet getting mauled by a chimp and horrifically it sounds like it's increased a bit in the past 2 decades. What makes it worse in this scene is a few things: You're literally in the position of the kid. The adults and grownups you know are dead, you watch a dude run away only for him to perish in seconds, 1 or 2 people hide behind their chairs and you're just stuck there witnessing the bloodbath and then he looks at you. What's really demented and messed up is that you can either think the Chimp didn't know what was going on, you can think he had like a blackout moment and he signals to the boy wondering what the hell happened (making him a victim in this as well) but you don't know if he's still in his rage or not when he walks to the boy. The cherry on top is the fact they don't kill like other animals; you see most animals like lions and gators use their teeth or claws and just dig into their food professionally but the chimp just bites and rips things apart making a mess for what looks like their own entertainment sometimes. I know Gorillas and Orangutans are huge guys that have the power to break your bones but they're mostly territorial and passive but only fight if they feel threatened. Honestly describing all of this now makes chimps sound like the closest things we have to real life demons.

Eye contact with the aggressor amps up the tension. Another great scene is the pitch fork scene in The Crazies remake. That is the scene that came to mind when I first viewed Nope .

That scene frightened me profoundly and is still in me. It's nice to not be alone. Thank you.

4:11 - "and i still kinda think about what it means to me". Yep, i think this is the actual reason for the shoe to be there in the first place.

One thing you didn't mention is the sound design for this scene. It starts off with these weird sharp popping sounds that are just... wrong somehow. Much later in the movie, we learn it's the sound of the helium balloons popping against the set lights, and that's what made Gordy freak out. Like Jordan Peele's other movies, Nope greatly benefits from multiple viewings.

Using people's imagination against them is a huge factor in this. The antagonist doesn't need to be obscured. They obscured the attacks instead. You can only see parts of it. You can hear it.

That nope scene I think it's the most terrifying scene I've had the displeasure/morbid pleasure to watch and I don't wanna meet a chimp in real life after that

I thought I was the only one who loved (also horrified) this scene. Thanks for making a vid on it

I was terrified of chimpanzees as a kid. So when the movie opens up to the chimp in the middle of the bloody mess, I was already thinking "oh no". But then the chimp looks directly at you (the camera), and my childhood fears unlocked themselves after twenty years, and I was already like "OH HELL TO THE FUCKING NO"

the director made this scene perfectly. I was more interested in this story then the main storyline. In fact, I wish they would have used this scene as a template for the last scene of the movie. the more they showed of the alien the less suspense there was for me. I think it would have been much better not getting a good look at the alien until the photo.

THIS SCENE ACTUALLY HAPPENED TOO!!!

I love the scene in retrospect because it cements Jupe’s confidence for dealing with creatures he doesn’t understand, believing he has a kind of divine luck.

These scenes during the movie scared me so badly, it actually didn’t leave my head for multiple hours

That blinking "Applause" though

What got me the most was the complete silence, knowing that if you made one wrong move you would be brutally ripped apart with no mercy

This was the scariest scene in the movie, i know the monkey getting shot was supposed to be a form of jumpscare, but rather than jump, i sighed with relief that the monkey was dead and no longer able to terrify me

I watched Nope with my friend last summer and we both didn't quite get the movie but this scene was absolutely horrifying, I always thought monkeys are scary, I think it might be because they're the animals that looks the mkst like a human which makes them uncanny to my point of view at least, we can communicate with them but not understand what and how they exactly think.

Most devastating random chimp event in history 😔

It's the subtle silence as Gordys killing the cast members on stage

No joke, my girlfriend developed a fear of primates from this movie. I remember distinctly how me, my mate and them went out to the movies in anticipation. “Another Jordan Peele work!” and all that, as we are rather avid movie-watchers and horror fans. Then that scene happened first and foremost, and the dread set in. For the record, I love this movie, and the cinematic finale is spectacular, but my girlfriend demonstrates their disdain towards it every single time it pops up on Netflix, if only for that one segmented scene. Very effective.

it was heartbreaking too. Gordy clearly came to his senses or just didn't see the kid as an enemy..

When I was a little kid watching “Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp” on Saturday morning TV I never realized that he could bite my face off

Nope is a really great movie. The Gordy scene is actually the most important because it explains how the alien blows up in the end when the balloons pop and set Gordy off

I'd love to see this kind of analysis on scenes that made you feel powerful, or feel as if you're the one rushing into battle alongside the MC.

Learning the scene was based on real events really made this scene even more scary for me

That movie actually has the best scare scenes outside the main story/monster. The director being like "if I want to scare you, I CAN"

This scene was scarier than the whole movie

One of THE BEST horror sci fi movies ever made. I watched it every day for a week after I first watched it.

The chimp was scarier than the freakin alien…

My toxic trait is thinking i could beat the chimp in hand to hand combat

This scene shows how in an emergency, 1 minute seems like an hour.

This wouldn't work nearly as well if it wasn't for the fact how dangerous and terrifying chimps are in real life. Like the pet one that ripped off a woman's face. Edit: His name was Travis

One scary thing that you see when Jupe is telling Oj and his sister about what happened, does not mention any deaths or anyone getting seriously hurt. He says the studio tried to cover it up, which leads me to think that they told this child that if he ever told the truth of what happened he'd lose his career. He was forced to downplay it every time while it ate away at him from within

I think what sells the scene so well is the fact it feels so real. We are seeing this through eyes of Ricky , and the silence other then some of the sounds from Gordy are just so unnerving. It’s also just sad that this all happened because Gordy was pushed to his limit and acted on his animal instincts.

Well reality is often much scarier than fiction

I’m so happy I’m not the only one who felt this way. I watch horror movies on the regular, but I could not sleep the night I watched this film because I could not get that damn monkey out of my head. That momentary silence after the horrid events and sounds is what really got to me. To say this scene was a brilliant and bone-chilling way to add to the story Mr. Peele was telling would be an understatement.

I saw Nope in theaters... and I was stoned. Yeah, I was bordering on a panic attack that whole scene AND IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME

This isnt terrifying. Its heartbreaking. He didnt know what happened. He even asks the boy at the end what happened to family? Its soooo sad.

This was one of the reasons why I loved NOPE as a whole, it still is one of my favourite sci-fi horror films, it’s so unique and surely creepy.

I think it's a direct tie between this scene and the scene of people being digested that scared me the most.

Now just imagine that incidents like the one with Gordy the Chimp have happened irl, But with a full adult male chimp, Travis being a great example

This scene gave me nightmares. When I watched it I had to close my eyes but the organic crunching got to me. The other scary scene for me is when all the people get shoved up the monsters throat, they’re all screaming and crying p. This movie has some pretty disturbing scenes

the actor terry notary actually played a significant role in “planet of the apes”

I remember this scene ever so vividly because I never held my breath involuntarily for so long. It was suffocating to watch.

As a person who's afraid of monkeys and what they could do I could not imagine watching this in theaters.

this scene and the Dog scene in "when evil lurks" both chill my soul negatively

When grown-up Ricky was describing the “Saturday Night Live” sketch about the incident, I, for the next (what seemed like 10 minutes straight) laughed my ass off! Which presented a challenge to keep quiet in that crowded theater with tears rolling down my face! I missed next 10 minutes of the movies dialogue!!😂

This scene is also beyond impossible given how many precautions are taken on set for wild animals. Hed have been shot loooooong before this shot even starts

Watching this movie in theaters was unforgettable

i learned about the actual incident right after watching the movie and was horrified by this scene

Another amazing upload by HipStart!

I did not see Nope when it came out, but 2 minutes of this video convinced me to go back and see it.

I didn’t watch this in cinema, but rather at home. And oh my god. That was the first time a movie has ever put genuine fear into my body. I’d say it’s because it’s not some far-fetched possibility. It’s something very real and dangerous, something that people thought was completely safe and fine but rather turned out to be a horror that was so out of one’s control. It would be such a brutal and scary death too. To be completely honest, the other parts of the movie were quite mild. The movie was okay. But they MASTERED the scare factor with that scene.

I love how they make one of the scariest scenes in horror in general with the monkey scene. And then like 5 minutes later they top it with the scene inside the ufo's stomach

Bro this scene gave me nightmares for like a week when I watched the movie

The little boy in that scene goes to school w my little neighbors. Kid said he bought a PC with the NOPE check.

Another HitStart video, talk about an early Christmas

Honestly it really highlights the false positive fascination over chimps, especially in older type movies where chimps were always presented as friendly and having positive characteristics and behaviour similar to humans, creating a false image to many of us when we were young that chimps are friendly. But what we need to realise is that wild animals are *wild* for a reason, they need to be kept there and left alone. Observation and animal rescue is fine, but exploiting and keeping chimps as pets is out of the question, we’ve seen too many incidents of people’s body and faces looking like grounded meat.

Watching that in theaters was genuinely scary

Watching this scene myself just half a year ago, I can understand where you're coming from.

You’ve been going ham with the content, keep it up 👍🏾

Reminder that this scene was somewhat inspired by the true story of Travis the Chimp. Long story short, he was a chimp that belonged to a married couple. When the husband died, it indirectly led to Travis not getting as much attention as he used to. He eventually attacked his owner and ripped her face off, but thankfully she survived.

Oh yes, scary as hell. At the same time, slow and quiet.

Once I saw a single frame of a bloodied chimp, I am immediately reminded of The Travis the Chimp case.

This scene had a fear in me a have never felt in all my trauma in horror movies and I still can’t forget the feeling

I think what makes it so grueling to me is that for the chimp, it's just another tuesday. He's just going through his day as he would in the wild. He has no idea of the massacre and fear and tragedy he's caused. The chimp is just letting his instincts lead him, just like he did during the training, give fistbump, get reward, just this time, they're another set of instincts than punishment and reward. It must'be felt like pretty much an average day to him

I remember when this happened in the 80's. Bronson Pinchot (no pun intended) went Ape and made a fool of himself on the set of Perfect Strangers.

thanks for putting the clip from insidious in here great bed time fuel

Thank you for the video!

I was hoping that scene with the chimp was much bigger

The chimp attack segment of the movie "NOPE" was off the hook, well shot and acted. The movie was a little off kilter though.

This scene and the scene where they are in the alien's esophagus made me so uncomfortable, I loved NOPE and it was genuinely such a good movie

That monkey is scarier than most horror stars in todays movies

6:10 I went to the FNAF movie with my friends and I would be spooked or startled at almost every opening or closing of the door because I thought their be a jump-scared because, as you said, they were winding up the tension. Another, and probably better reason why I was spooked was just because of how dang loud those doors were!

4:33 jumpscare tf

The first thing I really latched onto in that scene was the camera pointing at us the entire time. I really felt like it added an extra layer of exploitation that the story was aiming for, and gave me a sort of “taste of your own medicine” vibe. This scene is so perfect in so many ways and I’m happy to see it covered :)

Good Analysis Dude