The Seance
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The seance sequence in 1980’s The Changeling is sort of two-fold. The first part of it — the actual seance — is a slow build to minimal action: a glass shattering against a cabinet. The second actually takes place immediately following the seance, wherein George C. Scott’s John Russell listens back to the recording and hears the faint voice of a boy respond to the medium’s questions. Both are creepy as hell, and both are done in such a way that their drawn-out nature leaves the viewer feeling uneasy and on-edge.