The 1972 movie scene Stanley Kubrick called “the most terrifying ever put on film”

Stanley Kubrick reportedly called a scene in John Boorman’s 1972 thriller *Deliverance* “the most terrifying scene ever put on film”. The episode, in which a mountain man forces Ned Beatty’s character to squeal like a pig, left such a strong impression that Kubrick later avoided meeting the actor who played him.

Boorman said Kubrick contacted him while considering Bill McKinney for a role in *Full Metal Jacket*. Boorman assured him McKinney was a good actor rather than like the character he portrayed, but Kubrick remained unconvinced and abandoned the idea. McKinney went on to appear in seven Clint Eastwood films, often as a villain.