totalfilm: 20 Most Tense Movie Scenes The Scene: Everything looks set to go as Doc Brown prepares to send Marty McFly back to the future by harnessing the power of lightning – which is about to strike the clocktower. Except he gets in a right mess trying to sort out the cables when a tree collapses and threatens to ruin everything.

Robert Zemeckis expertly drags the tension out so that you’re on the edge of the seat no matter how many (hundreds of) times you’ve seen the film. Damn. Damn damn.

 Hide Behind The Cushion Moment: Up on the clocktower, Doc finally manages to re-attach the cords, only for the one on the ground to come unstuck. “Aaaggh!” indeed. [FOR 19 MORE TENSE MOVIE SCENES HIT THE FRONT PAGE OF THE HILL VALLEY TELEGRAPH OR FOLLOW THIS LINK] Reblogged with TumTum ♻ 797
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