Kananga’s Inflated Ego In Live and Let Die Though it might be the stuff of Austin Powers parody by today’s standards, the moment Pleasance’s Blofeld dropped Dor’s character down into a pool of ravenous piranha remains as unsettling now as it did back then. Donald Pleasance excels in the role of the Bond supervillain but remains largely unseen during the terrifying scene in which he dispatches with henchwoman Helga Brandt (Karin Dor) after she fails in her attempts at eliminating 007. The second animal-related entry on this list comes from Connery’s fifth outing as Bond and a film that perhaps best captured the menace of 007’s long-time adversary Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Blofeld Serves Helga Brandt To the Piranhas in You Only Live Twice More than living up to the name Goldfinger, the murder feels like something out of a high-concept serial killer movie. Bond finds her body in an iconic movie moment. Masterson is thus murdered by having her body covered in gold paint and dying from skin suffocation. Her boss does not take kindly to this though. Having discovered Goldfinger using his employee Jill Masterson to cheat during a high-stakes card game, Bond succeeds in derailing the scheme before seducing Masterson. The exploits of his razor sharp-hatted henchman Oddjob (Harold Sakata) may provide plenty of nightmare fuel, but another moment highlights what a dangerous and depraved adversary his boss is. Jill Masterson Paints the Town Dead in Goldfingerġ964’s Goldfinger ranks as arguably the most iconic movie in the storied history of 007, partly down to the menacing specter of Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe). It’s a nerve-shredding sequence and one that had fans checking under their duvets for years to come. What follows is every arachnophobic’s worst nightmare with Bond waking to discover the spider crawling up his arm. No (Joseph Wiseman) dispatches a henchman to eliminate Bond using a deadly tarantula. Here are 10 iconic James Bond scares.įearing that 007 knows too much, the film’s titular villain Dr. But even when it doesn’t, the resulting misfires often live long in the memory, in part because of the terrifying and often bizarre scenarios they present. When it works, it can result in some of the most iconic moments in the history of 007. Like Steven Spielberg and Indiana Jones, Bond movies deploy scare tactics to heighten the drama and add a sense of danger to proceedings. However, good Bond movies possess another ingredient often overlooked when discussing the franchise’s enduring appeal: the ability to scare. Bond has been known to take forays into the world of science fiction, either in an attempt to match box office rivals like Star Wars or in an attempt to address the concerns of an ever evolving technological world. Where once Bond might have been defined by the wry humor and slapstick gags of Roger Moore, the more modern 007 of Daniel Craig played it straight. Yet for all the expectations surrounding the world’s most famous secret agent, the recipe isn’t set in stone in fact, it’s forever evolving. There must be action, adventure, romance, and a dash of comedy. Over 25 films, fans have carved out an understanding of what they expect from 007. Bond movies are cinema’s equivalent of a Philippe Petit-level highwire balancing act. There must be few things more daunting to a filmmaker than taking on the mantle of directing a new James Bond movie.
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