I remember watching this scene as a kid and my mom kept telling me Stan went to Heaven for saving the other guy. That helped me get through this scene.
Only Jesus Christ is our key to a pleasant eternity with God, no matter what. Even avid heroes are either lost and/or said no to the offer of salvation through gruesome death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
@@JennieLovedoll Greater love hath no one than he who lays down his life for his fellow man. Those words tell me that it does not matter in the slightest if you believe in Christ or not, if you're selfless enough to put your own life on the line for someone else, you are guaranteed salvation.
He was the first hero in a movie I saw when I was a kid, but I ended up with an abominable memory. As an adult, he wasn't a comic hero, he was a man who died to help others. He is no longer a traumatic figure, but a respectable man.
This is literally the same with me. As a kid, this scene scarred me bad. It also gave me terrible expectations of what lava is really capable of. This is the most inaccurate depiction of lava imaginable lol. Apparently, in reality this guy would have been able to run quickly across the top of it, that's how dense it is. The worse he'd really suffer are just burns to his feet. Glad to have faced this scene and learned all my childhood fears were pointless. Oh well.
Even though this movie was cheesy as fuck, this is one of the best scenes from any disaster movie ever made. The moment he knew he was going to die and he sacrificed his life for the train operator was pretty fucking powerful to see.
And the worst thing is... Stan is not there in person to be given the recognition of his bravery once the Train operator came out of the hospital. Its heartbreaking when you think about it.
Stan is the best hero I've ever seen in my life, he sacrificed himself for a man he didn't even know, I remember locking myself in my room and starting to cry
@@allengreene9954 nah. I was just goofin. Here's a real tearjerker of a movie which is actually directed by John Carroll Lynch, the firefighter in this scene; It's called Lucky (2017) Starring Harry Dean Stanton. It's about dealing with mortality and the worry of the unknown. Unironically it was his last movie before he passed away. RIP Harry Zen Stanton... damn i'm tearing up as i'm typing this.
THE ONE AND ONLY BIGGEST AUSSIE LOVER EVER!!! Not only it scared and hurt me but it saddens me as child when I saw Stan died in lava to save last bystanders a truly noble and selfless sacrifice while he didn’t deserve to die he does deserve I’m heaven for his good deed
toothscumbyt it doesn’t have to make sense a good person must make sacrifices for good cause he intentionally sacrifice himself to save unconscious person a noble sacrifice
I hope to Jesus Christ that those adults who overcame the trauma teach their children, and the young around them about the good values of positive mental resilience with sensitive considerations!
Fun fact: During production John Carroll Lynch, the actor who plays Stan, was such an intense method actor that he insisted on being melted alive in real lava to make the scene as realistic as possible.
I'm not a particularly religious man, and even as hokey as this whole movie is, I still got chills when he started praying. A fantastic scene all around.
+Noah Taylor his body was in the lava it would of been impossible for him to survive he was melting into the lava (sounds grim but lava is frikin hot look at the guy's shoes when he was walking across the train they were melting themselves
if this movie was based of real life, he could have litreally run accross the lava and maybe only burn his feet but not badly. In other words this movi is bS
I still cry *literally* every time I see this part. I am 36 years old. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Mike should’ve saved the trapped firefighter from the fire truck before the volcano erupted, but it was too late, both firefighters in the fire truck melted in the lava. 😔🚒
As hokey as the movie was overall, they did a great job with this scene. The camera angles showcasing the damage to the train, the bleak musical score, the shots of Stan's feet burning with every step he takes, the reactions of his friend and coworkers... it all comes together and makes for a surprisingly touching scene in an otherwise mindless (yet entertaining) flick. Speaking of Stan's friend, props to that guy. He could've bailed the second he saw the lava, but he stayed as long as possible and his first reaction upon seeing his friend again was to run forward and try to KICK THE LAVA BACK so Stan would have a better chance of jumping over it. What a pal.
-PaulYang2- Not only it scared and hurt me but it saddens me as child when I saw Stan died in lava to save last bystanders a truly noble and selfless sacrifice while he didn’t deserve to die he does deserve I’m heaven for his good deed
President:what law wood you like me to do? Me:you stopid ban the game the floor is lava because it giving people of what Stan melted in lava in the movie volcano
One of the most gruesome scenes. The fact that the subways were running despite warnings was Stan's fault, but he made up for it by sacrificing his life to save the engineer. Very heart-wrenching and not a nice way to die.
I was an *adult* when I saw this, and still I could never forget it. Lesson to remember: if you understand you're going to die in short but horrible pain anyway, accept it and try to save someone if you have the chance.
Movies like these and end of the world type of movies is what trumatiz me as well. I can watch messed up horror movie's all day long and not be bothered. I remember thinking to myself, damn if he had on platform shoes on he could of survived" just to try and take the nightmares away.
I have the fondest memory of my old man looking down on his shocked looking kid and saying Stan went to heaven because he gave his life saving another one. I came back to these scene after I don't know how many years and it's making me cry like it probably did back then. I got chills when he started praying.
@@witnessme602 if he jumped onto lava he'd probably be able to just walk across it. Lava is molten rock and it's much more dense than a human body, and very viscous. He'd have some very serious burns from the hot air around him and from his shoes touching it, but he wouldn't sink into it like that.
The first time I watched this, I was literally in tears and I couldn’t sleep for weeks. This scene haunted me for so many years of my life. That began my fear of volcanoes 🌋 which lingers in my head. Today, I have gotten over this fear, but as I watch it now, I still shudder, my stomach churns, my heart rate quickens, and I remember my first reaction. This scene still gets me, seeing a man melt in a lake of fire is one of the worst deaths to ever experience. Hopefully no one else has to endure that fate.
That scene gave me nightmares for years. I thought about it again today and I think I retraumatized myself. This is true horror right here. Take note writers and directors of 2020's horror. A jump scare is not horror. Some random creature killing things is not horror. Yeah, it can be a little scary, but true horror stays with you for years. It eats at something in your mind and chills you to the bone. It is profoundly disturbing, so much so that decades later it's effects can still be felt. Exorcist 1 anyone? If you saw that movie when you were 10 when it first came out. Today you would still have feelings about it.
I watched this as a kid. I was really young, so I can only tell you the emotion that it made me feel. Surprisingly enough, it wasn't fear. It was admiration.
As a kid I cried so hard when I watched this scene, it made me so sad to see Stan so scared and die a horrible death just to save someone he didn't even know. Watching it now, I can't help but think how unrealistic this scene is, lol.
They both worked for the metro rail company so it's possible they did know each other. But considering that wasn't established in the film then they probably didn't. Not that it matters lol.
Watched this film in 2005 for the first time. I was only 8time. This scene is more sad than anything. This man’s heart to save others and the subtly of him praying for protection just makes the climax so sad but also just amazing at the same time.
I watched it for the first time in 2006 on Showcase (Canadian cable station). I know it's only special effects, but just WOW. I pray if that ever happened in real life, a rescuer won't feel any pain and get taken home peacefully.
@@ai6894 If that happened in real life, you could just walk on the lava... you'd catch fire, but you wouldn't sink into it. Contrary to what movies want you to think, real lava is much less "liquid-y" than in the movies, and you can't sink into it
I've read that this scene was actually John Caroll Lynch's idea. He suggested that his character, Stan, burn and melt in the lava to make his heroic sacrifice a lot more dramatic. You have to admire that for sure.
Cant forget that wailing of agony and excruciating pain from Stan, truly a hero, but traumatizing when I was a kid. I remember crying out when I saw this scene.
This scene was very hard for me to watch when I was a kid, but now that I’m older, I admire the character sacrifice in order to save the train conductor
I'm watching this again right now and it traumatized me all over again. From him praying in the subway with his feet sticking to the floor and the lava dripping off the top to him jumping directly into the lava and literally melting down.
Man I remember watching this when I was 4 years old man this made me and my whole family cry and it made me have this in my brain for a long time i almost forgot about this man this guy was my hero he almost made the whole earth cry we we all remember this man he was brave😭
Well you gotta remember lava is almost 5000°F so even though that he probably would’ve got burned really badly anyways if he would’ve jumped farther he probably would’ve survived. But it’s my favourite scene of the movie.
Agreed. I saw a similar scene where a condemned man who was close to his execution, asked Jesus Christ to forgive him of the murders he committed; from the TV show 'In The Heat of the Night'.
Colleen Ross His friends will tell him. He will be remembered. "His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord." Matthew 25:23
I saw glimpses of this movie when I was around 14, and all I could remember was this scene, for how ridiculous it was. I don't care how much guilt this guy felt, no healthy person will sacrifice their own life to save the life of an already injured unknown person for no apparent gain whatsoever. Sure if that guy he saved was the brilliant man who could save the planet, maybe I'd understand, but an average Joe? Incredible.
Stan Melting wasn’t the only thing that was Terryfing to Watch. The Shots of His Shoes-Feet Burning with Every Step, the Floor Being Super Red Hot and Steamy🧖♀️🧖♀️🧖♀️🧖♀️🧖♀️🧖♀️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Glass Breaking due to the Extreme Heat, the Outside of the Train being Warped due to the Fire and Extreme Heat, Steel Chairs and Poles Melting like Ice, the Metal from the Roof also Melting and Dripping like Ice, the Depressing and Gloomy Soundtrack and Stan Praying and then Seeing that the Lava had already Outrun the Train and that He really had no chance of Survival and when Stan Sacrifices His Life for the Driver and Tragically Dies, the Horrified and Saddened look of His Friends-Coworkers as He Melts makes it all the more a Punch to the Gut😢😢😢😢
This scene scared me as a kid greatly, but I always appreciated the heroism in this scene. It's a little dramatic, but it's legit. Taught me a lesson and that I haven't forgotten in the many years since.
Though unrealistic, he's not sinking in it, but melting from the legs up. At least that's the impression I got given the depth of the lava when you compare it to the ground nearby.
Dude, this scene traumatized me as kid. It's mild compared to what I've seen now, but it was the first time I'd seen the depiction of a painful death at age 8. Gotta hand it to John Carroll Lynch for delivering and excellent performance here.
This scene breaks me everytime. Then we have it again in Dante's Peak where the Grandmother saves her daughter and grandchildren, I think it's because it's not instant and they'd feel every second of that.
Where is that movie where there are family in the metal boat. Then the boat starts melting so the grandmother goes down on the lava and starts pushing the boat to save her family.
My dad took me to see this movie when I was three... THREE! I'm now 27 and this is still one of my favorites, even if this scene, and 95% of the movie are illogical
Guy was probably expecting that it was Stan's goal to get out alive, which he wouldn't have been able to do without leaving the driver. The man was definitely not expecting Stan's sacrifice.
1:18 Those guys told Stan to leave the driver and save himself, but instead of listening; everyone that was on that train, he chose not to leave one RIP Stan Olber
Me and my Mother saw this in the theater (I was 13), and it was extremely impactful upon both of us at the time... Now that I've returned to this film and re-watched it, the scene is just as powerful now (2019) as it was in 1997.
This wouldnt have happened if he just took roarkes advice and stop the trains (same time how could he have known), but at least he redeemed himself here and went out a hero and its extremely sad too since he already knew he wasn't going to survive. Still saddest death ever seen RIP man.
I remember Siskel and Ebert both giving this movie thumbs down. Then I saw it at a dollar cinema with my little brother and we were both blown away. A good time.
My mom always looks away like during this scene, especially when he plummets into lava. I didn't, even as a kid. This, _Twister_ ,and _Dante's Peak_ are my favorites. Now, my brain urge me to watch this with my anxiety attacks going on.
The slow mo really made it seem like it was gonna be this superhuman hero moment. That's what made it funny. Was like in the Simpsons when Homer thought he was gonna make the jump over the canyon on the skateboard.
I literally saw this when I was like 7 and I was sobbing because of this scene, my mom literally had to take me into the other room and show me the actor was still alive!
I'd like to thank the makers of the movies Volcano and Dantes Peak, for traumatising an entire generation of children.
Like 2012?
@metalgearhead99 Noooo peacccee.....
Ahahaha my to
Is this the scene trying to compete Dante’s peak for traumatizing the audiences? I hope so.
I've never known fear until my homeroom teacher decided to show this movie, then knowing that we are living just 18km away from an active volcano.
this movie was my childhood trauma
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Brendo I remember watching it on tape one night. I had a nightmare that it was me as Stan. I went into my parents room to sleep.
I remember watching this scene as a kid and my mom kept telling me Stan went to Heaven for saving the other guy. That helped me get through this scene.
Thy mother is wrong, for there is no such thing as "Heaven" , there is only Hell.
@@Idiotic_B_Purcell I believe in Heaven
Only Jesus Christ is our key to a pleasant eternity with God, no matter what.
Even avid heroes are either lost and/or said no to the offer of salvation through gruesome death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
@@JennieLovedoll Greater love hath no one than he who lays down his life for his fellow man. Those words tell me that it does not matter in the slightest if you believe in Christ or not, if you're selfless enough to put your own life on the line for someone else, you are guaranteed salvation.
Jesus die for our sins
He was the first hero in a movie I saw when I was a kid, but I ended up with an abominable memory.
As an adult, he wasn't a comic hero, he was a man who died to help others.
He is no longer a traumatic figure, but a respectable man.
What line is the burning train?
@@Aeropolis707 red line
@@byronthomas153 red line?
@@Aeropolis707RED LINE FROM THE METRO
@@Aeropolis707 the Red Line
I'm so glad so many other people were just as traumatized by this scene as I was.
I remember having nightmares about this scene and being in the parking garage from the movie with no one around me.
THE OTHER MOVIES HAS TRAIN SCENES LIKE TRAINS GETTING STOPPED BY SPIDER-MAN AND SUPERMAN, GOT BURNT BY FIREY OR DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE
I avoided metro because of this movie lol
Shoulda threw the passed out guy onto the lava and stepped on him...he was passed out so he wouldn’t have felt a thing ;)
1000%
This scene gave me nightmares growing up. I'm proud to say that I was able to face this scene tonight and grow a pair.
I did the same thing with Night on Bald mountain (with a little help from Kingdom Hearts).
Did you face it with this small clip lol?
no, by playing the game when it first came out
This is literally the same with me. As a kid, this scene scarred me bad. It also gave me terrible expectations of what lava is really capable of. This is the most inaccurate depiction of lava imaginable lol. Apparently, in reality this guy would have been able to run quickly across the top of it, that's how dense it is. The worse he'd really suffer are just burns to his feet. Glad to have faced this scene and learned all my childhood fears were pointless. Oh well.
What? You can run across Lava without sinking into it? Your feel would just be burned?
He should've given them thumbs up as he melted like the Terminator did.
funny, I thought he does in 1:50
Looks like a middle finger to me
that wasnt a thumbs up...pretty sure it as the middle finger...lol to me it looked like it anyway
yes!! lol me too
0prahTV lol
Even though this movie was cheesy as fuck, this is one of the best scenes from any disaster movie ever made. The moment he knew he was going to die and he sacrificed his life for the train operator was pretty fucking powerful to see.
He was praying too
And the worst thing is... Stan is not there in person to be given the recognition of his bravery once the Train operator came out of the hospital. Its heartbreaking when you think about it.
Apart from the fact that a human can't physically sink in lava.
The guy would still die though.
Even though in reality he wouldn't sink, he'd skid across the lava like a macabre cartoon and the train operator would die too. XD
stupid move though... he doesn't even know if this guy he's saving, maybe he's giving his precious hero life for an unconscious child abuser!
"Hey kids, let's play the floor is lava!"
*10 year old me Remembers the movie and starts screaming*
My 5-year-old brought me into that game. So I showed him this clip.
True
Lol
@@tonyherrman7542 it's not VIetnam trauma, it's Volcano Trauma ^^
When the game, The Floor is Lava has gone wrong. 🌋😮
Stan is the best hero I've ever seen in my life, he sacrificed himself for a man he didn't even know, I remember locking myself in my room and starting to cry
Nah Indiana Jones was a better hero.
Wow this made me laugh. Locking yourself in a room and bursting into tears over a cheesy volcano movie. That’s crazy 😂
I laughed hysterically as a 9yo kid
@@Swaebeats616. I shed a tear myself but I didn’t go into a room. That make me soft too???? 🤷🏿🤷🏿🤷🏿🤷🏿
@@allengreene9954 nah. I was just goofin. Here's a real tearjerker of a movie which is actually directed by John Carroll Lynch, the firefighter in this scene; It's called Lucky (2017) Starring Harry Dean Stanton. It's about dealing with mortality and the worry of the unknown. Unironically it was his last movie before he passed away. RIP Harry Zen Stanton... damn i'm tearing up as i'm typing this.
He sacrifices his own life to safe someone. Even if this IS just a movie, thats what I call a true hero.
truer words we're never spoken my friend
THE ONE AND ONLY BIGGEST AUSSIE LOVER EVER!!! Not only it scared and hurt me but it saddens me as child when I saw Stan died in lava to save last bystanders a truly noble and selfless sacrifice while he didn’t deserve to die he does deserve I’m heaven for his good deed
toothscumbyt don’t ever be selfish he did right he rather die to save person rather than let him die like selfish coward
toothscumbyt it doesn’t have to make sense a good person must make sacrifices for good cause he intentionally sacrifice himself to save unconscious person a noble sacrifice
@@toothscumbyt One of them was going to die anyway...... He made the right choice.
Not all heroes wear capes, some wear hardhats
For heroes that wear capes, there are some that combine it with plate mail armor, chain mail armor, leather armor, and even cloth armor. Trust me.
"The engineer is engihere"
"You're about to have a really bad day"
Some wear lava.
Didnt you hear? Capes get you killed lol. Wonder if you'll get the reference.
And Nike shoes
I love how so many of us are people who were traumatised by this as kids coming back as adults
I hope to Jesus Christ that those adults who overcame the trauma teach their children, and the young around them about the good values of positive mental resilience with sensitive considerations!
Yep. That's true
and realizing people don't just melt like that.
Stan Cry 0:40
Was the train not fast enough to outrun the lava?
Fun fact: During production John Carroll Lynch, the actor who plays Stan, was such an intense method actor that he insisted on being melted alive in real lava to make the scene as realistic as possible.
Sadly, it wasn't realistic at all, except very traumatic.
No way, he's the Zodiac killer?
No he was in Gran Turino. God
if they had used real lava he would have been able to walk across it tho his legs would have burst into flames
Methodcore
I'm not a particularly religious man, and even as hokey as this whole movie is, I still got chills when he started praying. A fantastic scene all around.
Learned the word hokey today huh?
Stan's sacrifice to save the driver was an act of heroism. He deserves to be in heaven. RIP Stan😢😢😢😢.
Yeah, you said it. May god accept Stan😟.
R.I.P Stan.. He was a good man.. Sacrificing his life for that monorail driver, he does deserves to be in heaven.. 😰😢😭
because stan died in lava he goes to hell xD
NovaScarlett23 Amen
why bring religion into this? living forever is hell.
And thus my lava phobia began..
Sorry to hear that.
is the guy in the lava still alive?
+Noah Taylor his body was in the lava it would of been impossible for him to survive he was melting into the lava (sounds grim but lava is frikin hot look at the guy's shoes when he was walking across the train they were melting themselves
Noah Taylor Lava is about 2000 degrees.
if this movie was based of real life, he could have litreally run accross the lava and maybe only burn his feet but not badly. In other words this movi is bS
I still cry *literally* every time I see this part. I am 36 years old.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
And the driver wasn't even a friend. He was an employee for the railway. Stan is amongst those who at truly at peace.
@@musicbrush9231 Can’t name any other Bosses that would DIE for their Employees besides Stan👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
I'm 37 and I still get that same anxiety that i felt when I first saw this at 10 years old
RIP, Stan. You're a hero
Mike should’ve saved the trapped firefighter from the fire truck before the volcano erupted, but it was too late, both firefighters in the fire truck melted in the lava. 😔🚒
@@sebastianramirez3998 he couldn't because of his daughter
@@pontiacGXPfan Well, don’t blame Tommy Lee Jones, blame the director, it was his idea! 🎬
@@sebastianramirez3998 Mike never said he was a superhero
As hokey as the movie was overall, they did a great job with this scene. The camera angles showcasing the damage to the train, the bleak musical score, the shots of Stan's feet burning with every step he takes, the reactions of his friend and coworkers... it all comes together and makes for a surprisingly touching scene in an otherwise mindless (yet entertaining) flick.
Speaking of Stan's friend, props to that guy. He could've bailed the second he saw the lava, but he stayed as long as possible and his first reaction upon seeing his friend again was to run forward and try to KICK THE LAVA BACK so Stan would have a better chance of jumping over it. What a pal.
He isn’t kicking anything back. What?!
@@johnbrown8570. His Feet would become BBQ Chicken if He EVEN TRIED😂😂😂😂🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿
This gave me a nightmare as a kid.. I can't sleep and walk on the floor after watched this..
-PaulYang2- Which Is Why "The Floor Is Lava" Game Was Invented
-PaulYang2- Not only it scared and hurt me but it saddens me as child when I saw Stan died in lava to save last bystanders a truly noble and selfless sacrifice while he didn’t deserve to die he does deserve I’m heaven for his good deed
President:what law wood you like me to do? Me:you stopid ban the game the floor is lava because it giving people of what Stan melted in lava in the movie volcano
Damn son ! That bad huh ?
I feel you bro 😔
One of the most gruesome scenes. The fact that the subways were running despite warnings was Stan's fault, but he made up for it by sacrificing his life to save the engineer. Very heart-wrenching and not a nice way to die.
One of the cruelest movie scenes I've ever seen.
Most likely but it was effective
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That must be some strong lava.
@@katelynthewhitewerewolf6376 Very Strong Lava Indeed
Movie heaven
Was horrifying as a kid. Pretty over the top funny now lol.
I agree it's pretty damn funny
If he ran from the beginning, he could’ve totally made it!
Hes not the hulk
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@@justinrojas3289 plus ultra
I was an *adult* when I saw this, and still I could never forget it.
Lesson to remember: if you understand you're going to die in short but horrible pain anyway, accept it and try to save someone if you have the chance.
this traumatized me when i was young
I was traumatized to.......to see Breda a650 burn IDC about those people tho lol
Movies like these and end of the world type of movies is what trumatiz me as well. I can watch messed up horror movie's all day long and not be bothered. I remember thinking to myself, damn if he had on platform shoes on he could of survived" just to try and take the nightmares away.
who didn't get traumatized as a kid watching this
In my opinion, this scene is the reason this movie should be rated R.
This shit gave me nightmares as a wee lad..
same
Same
me too man
They should of brong buckets of water 💦 and this stuff gave me nightmares dam
Daron mcclam it would have to be ice ti work and would make it worse
I have the fondest memory of my old man looking down on his shocked looking kid and saying Stan went to heaven because he gave his life saving another one. I came back to these scene after I don't know how many years and it's making me cry like it probably did back then.
I got chills when he started praying.
Looking back now, we all know they would have been fried just by merely standing so close to the lava. Still an entertaining movie.
It depends on the temp but being in a train tunnel that is being directly feed by the volcano, I image that tunnel is a god damn oven.
yeah my son and I were laughing just now at this scene due to the scientific impossibility of it
Lets be real, if he did jump into the lava, his death would be so much worse than what we're seeing here
the whole tube would have become a furnace up to a kilometre away from the lava
@@witnessme602 if he jumped onto lava he'd probably be able to just walk across it. Lava is molten rock and it's much more dense than a human body, and very viscous. He'd have some very serious burns from the hot air around him and from his shoes touching it, but he wouldn't sink into it like that.
The first time I watched this, I was literally in tears and I couldn’t sleep for weeks. This scene haunted me for so many years of my life. That began my fear of volcanoes 🌋 which lingers in my head. Today, I have gotten over this fear, but as I watch it now, I still shudder, my stomach churns, my heart rate quickens, and I remember my first reaction. This scene still gets me, seeing a man melt in a lake of fire is one of the worst deaths to ever experience. Hopefully no one else has to endure that fate.
Luckily, in real life the death would’ve been really quick. Lava is so hot you’d be incinerated in moments
Hilarious review
Stan out here giving his life for his employees and my boss won't even give me a raise. 🤣🤣
Seems I'm not alone in this scene causing childhood trauma.
That scene gave me nightmares for years. I thought about it again today and I think I retraumatized myself. This is true horror right here. Take note writers and directors of 2020's horror. A jump scare is not horror. Some random creature killing things is not horror. Yeah, it can be a little scary, but true horror stays with you for years. It eats at something in your mind and chills you to the bone. It is profoundly disturbing, so much so that decades later it's effects can still be felt. Exorcist 1 anyone? If you saw that movie when you were 10 when it first came out. Today you would still have feelings about it.
>implying modern horrors doesn’t do paronia or teaumatizing horrors and only do jump scares
The facial expressions in this scene are nothing but brilliance! The best acting in this entire movie came from these characters.
I avenge him
I played call of duty and shoot up the lava
Leo Orduna What, on Magma on BO2?
A Hacon
it's on a zombie level
Transit
Leo Orduna Oohhh, of course. Not sure how I forgot that.
mayor west: GOOD! it won't be hurting anyone anymore!
Lmao fr 😂😂😂
We’re all pouring a little out for Stan tonight. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend.” said Jesus.
I watched this as a kid. I was really young, so I can only tell you the emotion that it made me feel. Surprisingly enough, it wasn't fear. It was admiration.
One of the iconic scenes of the movie. Watched it during my childhood and moved by the scene. Just unbelievable
As a kid I cried so hard when I watched this scene, it made me so sad to see Stan so scared and die a horrible death just to save someone he didn't even know. Watching it now, I can't help but think how unrealistic this scene is, lol.
They both worked for the metro rail company so it's possible they did know each other. But considering that wasn't established in the film then they probably didn't. Not that it matters lol.
@@sotyfan73 Stan was the chairman of the department I think. Usually the heads don’t enter act with the boots on the ground that much.
I just laugh at this over the top death scene now lol
Watched this film in 2005 for the first time. I was only 8time. This scene is more sad than anything. This man’s heart to save others and the subtly of him praying for protection just makes the climax so sad but also just amazing at the same time.
I watched it for the first time in 2006 on Showcase (Canadian cable station). I know it's only special effects, but just WOW. I pray if that ever happened in real life, a rescuer won't feel any pain and get taken home peacefully.
@@ai6894 If that happened in real life, you could just walk on the lava... you'd catch fire, but you wouldn't sink into it. Contrary to what movies want you to think, real lava is much less "liquid-y" than in the movies, and you can't sink into it
Happy to see I wasn’t the only one traumatized by this scene as a child.
Took me years to realize that the driver is Ernie from George Lopez.
Its movie scenes like this that remind us on how precious and fragile life really is
True, but there are some who agree with you; although fraught with fear and fright.
How precious life is and how angry Mother Nature is and how she can easily extinguish us if she chooses to
True but we just gotta try 2 stay positive n this world we need christ and 4 those hoo liv n feer we just gotta pray 4 them god bless u
Things just happen sometimes but god can do anything god bless u
@@trentonspence4122 very true
Thank you, stay safe and may God bless you too
1:47 That Moment where he screams his last breath is pulse pounding. He suffered the whole way down.
I've read that this scene was actually John Caroll Lynch's idea. He suggested that his character, Stan, burn and melt in the lava to make his heroic sacrifice a lot more dramatic. You have to admire that for sure.
He was obviously a T2 fan
Wow I thought I was the only person who was scarred by this scene.
Stan easily could have saved himself but the driver's safety and well being was his responsibility. Mad respect to Stan.
Oh god, I can never forget those screams and wails from Stan. Nor his body gruesomely burning alive.
Cant forget that wailing of agony and excruciating pain from Stan, truly a hero, but traumatizing when I was a kid. I remember crying out when I saw this scene.
This scene was very hard for me to watch when I was a kid, but now that I’m older, I admire the character sacrifice in order to save the train conductor
I'm watching this again right now and it traumatized me all over again. From him praying in the subway with his feet sticking to the floor and the lava dripping off the top to him jumping directly into the lava and literally melting down.
このシーントラウマ😭😭
カッコよすぎる😭😭
It's ironic. He died to fire and brimstone, but since he died saving someone, fire and brimstone are the last thing one would expect.
Man I remember watching this when I was 4 years old man this made me and my whole family cry and it made me have this in my brain for a long time i almost forgot about this man this guy was my hero he almost made the whole earth cry we we all remember this man he was brave😭
You don’t melt away on lava. He actually would of been able to walk over. It’s a very solid liquid.
Well you gotta remember lava is almost 5000°F so even though that he probably would’ve got burned really badly anyways if he would’ve jumped farther he probably would’ve survived. But it’s my favourite scene of the movie.
I’m not religious I’m atheist, the praying part was a beautiful touch to the scene. Very sad
Back when you could do that in films and people weren't offended
Dude gives us the middle finger as he melts into the lava.
Straight gangster.
It was very unexpected when he started praying, right in the feels 😭
Agreed. I saw a similar scene where a condemned man who was close to his execution, asked Jesus Christ to forgive him of the murders he committed; from the TV show 'In The Heat of the Night'.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:13
That train driver will never know just who gave his life for his
Colleen Ross His friends will tell him. He will be remembered.
"His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
Matthew 25:23
Glad I wasn't the only one who was thinking of that when this man gave his life to save the other guy.
I can't tell if you're reciting what he was saying to himself or if you are actually using bible quotes while talking about a fictional character. ◉_◉
take that shit somewhere else.
this scene this exact scene was a heartbreaker
I saw glimpses of this movie when I was around 14, and all I could remember was this scene, for how ridiculous it was. I don't care how much guilt this guy felt, no healthy person will sacrifice their own life to save the life of an already injured unknown person for no apparent gain whatsoever. Sure if that guy he saved was the brilliant man who could save the planet, maybe I'd understand, but an average Joe? Incredible.
I wouldn’t even save a kid. After a blunt and a beer I’ll forget all about him.
Lls literally yooo 😂😂 kinda true though lol
Stan Melting wasn’t the only thing that was Terryfing to Watch. The Shots of His Shoes-Feet Burning with Every Step, the Floor Being Super Red Hot and Steamy🧖♀️🧖♀️🧖♀️🧖♀️🧖♀️🧖♀️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Glass Breaking due to the Extreme Heat, the Outside of the Train being Warped due to the Fire and Extreme Heat, Steel Chairs and Poles Melting like Ice, the Metal from the Roof also Melting and Dripping like Ice, the Depressing and Gloomy Soundtrack and Stan Praying and then Seeing that the Lava had already Outrun the Train and that He really had no chance of Survival and when Stan Sacrifices His Life for the Driver and Tragically Dies, the Horrified and Saddened look of His Friends-Coworkers as He Melts makes it all the more a Punch to the Gut😢😢😢😢
This scene scared me as a kid greatly, but I always appreciated the heroism in this scene. It's a little dramatic, but it's legit. Taught me a lesson and that I haven't forgotten in the many years since.
John Carroll Lynch playing The Floor Is Lava like a pro since 1997
Critics gave this movie ⭐⭐
however as of reading the comments on this scene is horrifically painful
⭐⭐⭐⭐
for being a childhood traumatic experience
Actually lava that shallow you could technically walk through it. But you’ll be severely burned for sure
Lowkey Lonelyy back then, people still thought lava was acid, not liquified rock and people would melt before they would combust.
Though unrealistic, he's not sinking in it, but melting from the legs up. At least that's the impression I got given the depth of the lava when you compare it to the ground nearby.
No. You don't even know how hot lava is. Once you put your finger to it, it will gone for good. Lava is extremely hot that can melt anything.
Poor Stan :(
I know :(
rip
rip
Same here (T.T)
Dude, this scene traumatized me as kid. It's mild compared to what I've seen now, but it was the first time I'd seen the depiction of a painful death at age 8. Gotta hand it to John Carroll Lynch for delivering and excellent performance here.
This scene breaks me everytime.
Then we have it again in Dante's Peak where the Grandmother saves her daughter and grandchildren, I think it's because it's not instant and they'd feel every second of that.
Where is that movie where there are family in the metal boat. Then the boat starts melting so the grandmother goes down on the lava and starts pushing the boat to save her family.
Dantes peak
+Josh Martinez thats the name?
+Kimberly Anne yup!
It was a lake of Sulfuric Acid and she was pulling the boat. I admit that was more fucked up
ahh yeah, I thought it was a lava. That granny wasa hero tho.
That was just brutal. Head first is merciful.
Stan was a hero to rescue this poor man from the lava
Okay, that wasn't nearly as bad as I remembered. Thank you, Volcano, for traumatizing me as a kid!
Ah yes, the scene that traumatized me as a kid.
My dad took me to see this movie when I was three... THREE! I'm now 27 and this is still one of my favorites, even if this scene, and 95% of the movie are illogical
I remember this scene really upset me when I was a kid.
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Same here 😭
I've already seen this scene and gotten over it many times, but my heart still pounds fast and my stomach still knots up whenever I look at it.
Why is it giving me goosebumps every time. Perhaps one of the greatest movie scenes of all time
As soon as he starts praying... man tears.
His damn shoes are melting, Yet despite sitting there unconscious for so long the train operators clothes aren't even singed. Lol
"You can't save him" seconds later he sacrifices himself to save the guy. I wonder what that guy was thinking after seeing that?
Guy was probably expecting that it was Stan's goal to get out alive, which he wouldn't have been able to do without leaving the driver. The man was definitely not expecting Stan's sacrifice.
The praying made it more emotional
(Also, was he flipping them off at 1:50?)
Adam N/A yo, he flipped me off! 😤
No he was pointing up to heaven, cuz that's the only place he's going
gave them the thumbs up like what the terminator did
LOL
How is he pointing when he should be dead
1:18 Those guys told Stan to leave the driver and save himself, but instead of listening; everyone that was on that train, he chose not to leave one
RIP Stan Olber
Me and my Mother saw this in the theater (I was 13), and it was extremely impactful upon both of us at the time... Now that I've returned to this film and re-watched it, the scene is just as powerful now (2019) as it was in 1997.
This movie really traumatized me the guys melted face at the beginning and him melting 😢
OMG i felt sad for Stan who sacrificed himself to save the driver. True heroism. RIP in heaven, not in hell.
Yes.I was going to same thing similar to your but yes rip Stan and let live on in heaven!
i was thinking he will made it but no :(
Yeah, i agree with you😢😢😢😢.
He was brave
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This wouldnt have happened if he just took roarkes advice and stop the trains (same time how could he have known), but at least he redeemed himself here and went out a hero and its extremely sad too since he already knew he wasn't going to survive. Still saddest death ever seen RIP man.
I remember Siskel and Ebert both giving this movie thumbs down. Then I saw it at a dollar cinema with my little brother and we were both blown away. A good time.
My mom always looks away like during this scene, especially when he plummets into lava. I didn't, even as a kid. This, _Twister_ ,and _Dante's Peak_ are my favorites. Now, my brain urge me to watch this with my anxiety attacks going on.
Haha this is just like Super Mario Maker with the funny boys
A-HA! Looks like I’m not the only one here who look up this clip because of Oney Plays!
Chup angrez ka baccha 😂😂
Ah do that's where I first saw this. I just recently watched his resident evil playthrough and Lyle mentioned this.
Now that's what I call a hero, even though this just a movie Stan gave his own life to save the train driver
Rip Stan 😢
This is the only scene i still remember from this movie . . .23 years afrer still stuck in my head 😂😂
Jumps into middle of lava....hurls a 200lbs man several feet with just his arms. Have to love Hollywood. The shock would've been instant.
RIP bud. You earned my respect.
I can feel the heat through the screen
1:36 "He's gonna make it. HE'S GONNA MAKE IT!"
1:38 "Darn!"
The slow mo really made it seem like it was gonna be this superhuman hero moment. That's what made it funny. Was like in the Simpsons when Homer thought he was gonna make the jump over the canyon on the skateboard.
Despite Pete's warnings, Stan saved the driver but is killed in the process. I wore that movie out!
I literally saw this when I was like 7 and I was sobbing because of this scene, my mom literally had to take me into the other room and show me the actor was still alive!
As a kid, this scene traumatized me. As an adult, it’s just absurd. And I love it.