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huh, I thought you would have found "Judith" scarier tbh. Stephen King even said it "scared the shit out of him":

http://uproxx.com/movies/it-movie-stephen-king-scared/

The director, Andy Muschietti, also wrote and directed Mama, so you can quickly draw parallels between the visual style of the 'Mama' ghost and Judith. In fact, one Italian painter's series of human portraits is pretty much the basis for that elongated, hollow look. Here the director explains how seeing one such painting as a child had a lasting effect on him:

http://horrorfreaknews.com/spoilers-artist-inspired-terrifying-manifestation/20206

Just glancing at some of Modigliani's paintings yourself, you can easily see where the inspiration came from: http://tinyurl.com/yanuaeea

I love the initial reveal of Judith once she's escaped the painting - the shot of her from the neck down in the background, dropping the flute, as she's barely able to hold onto it with her unnaturally long, deformed fingers - it builds perfectly to her face reveal as we feel the same knowing horror that Stanley projects on-screen. I think it's an all-time great horror scene.
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special shout outs to DpObliVion and JDTAY, who did well in the contest and normally play the piano when these scenes play