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" I. Marlene King brought the dark, devious world of Pretty Little Liars to television in 2010 and has been freaking viewers out ever since. Here, she chooses her 10 scariest scenes from the series so far, giving insight into how her show became &amp;quot;Hitchcock for Teens.&amp;quot; 1. The opening scene of the pilot, when Ali scares the Pretty Little Liars in the barn. (Episode 101) I think we did a good job showing where we were going, in terms of how we were going to scare people on Pretty Little Liars. It&amp;#039;s not just like, &amp;quot;Boo!&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s scares that come through tension and character and suspense. One of the reasons this scene still resonates for me is that whenever I see it, I always have to watch the whole scene\u2014you want to see Ali pop in there, and then get that sigh of relief. 2. When Ian fights Spencer in the Bell Tower, and A shows up. (Episode 122) Lesli Glatter, who directed our pilot, came back to direct this [episode] for us, which was really special and felt like a great bookend to the [season]. This was our first real reference to a Hitchcock film; we talked about Vertigo a lot, and we sort of visually recreated that, which helped build the tension. That&amp;#039;s when critics started calling us &amp;quot;Hitchcock for Teens,&amp;quot; and we realized that was our sweet spot. We realized our fans loved to be scared, and we fully embraced that. We call it the Ho-Ro [horror/romance]: Our fans want romance and they want to be scared, and we have so much fun giving that to them.      3. Spencer is ready to defend herself against an intruder but it turns out to be Toby. (Episode 201) I think this is what great suspense is all about: the lights are off, you&amp;#039;re cowering behind a counter, there&amp;#039;s a sigh of relief, and then we scare you after you have that sigh of relief. We were just starting to talk about the fact that Toby would eventually join the A team, so there was a little foreshadowing there, and I think that&amp;#039;s why it&amp;#039;s one of my favorite scares. I also really love Toby, so any scene where he ends up being embraced is going to be a favorite of mine. We&amp;#039;ve asked Keegan [Allen] to do so much; in the beginning, he was shy, and then he became the Jesus Christ of Rosewood. He was the only person in the cast who had never told a lie, and even when he joined the A team he was still making the ultimate sacrifice for Spencer. MORE: 41 Most Amazing Outfits From Pretty Little Liars 4. A gives the Pretty Little Liars their dolls. (Episode 212) In the book, Sara Shepard thematically introduced this idea \u2014 that Alison treated the Pretty Little Liars as if they were her dolls \u2014 and now A plays with them as if they&amp;#039;re A&amp;#039;s dolls. It felt like the perfect opportunity to introduce real dolls into the show. These dolls are creepy! And talking dolls are even creepier.  We took the doll idea and ran with it; any chance we get to put a creepy doll in the show, we will \u2026 Emily&amp;#039;s driving in her car and she looks in her rearview mirror and there&amp;#039;s a little Chucky doll staring at her from the back. 5. Emily passes out in the barn and Alison saves her. (Episode 212) This is one of my favorite scary scenes, because I knew when I was writing it that that Alison really was alive. This was Alison really saving Emily and really speaking her truth to her\u2014she was the hardest to leave\u2014and that&amp;#039;s what I love about it. Alison is saying, &amp;quot;You can come with me if you want.&amp;quot; She was willing to take Emily. And I think Emily was on the verge of that, and A was so close to winning.      Going back to the theme of the show, Ali isn&amp;#039;t always the good guy and Ali isn&amp;#039;t always the bad guy. She&amp;#039;s a very complex character, which you see here. [She and Emily] have such an interesting relationship. What I love is letting these two characters figure out what their relationship is as the show progresses. It is complex, and it&amp;#039;s not black or white, and there are a lot of layers to that relationship that we&amp;#039;re going to continue to uncover as the show unfolds. For I. Marlene&amp;#039;s other top five picks for scariest scenes, visit our sister site, Cosmopolitan.com! What do you think is the scariest PLL scene? Comment below! MORE: The Ultimate Pretty Little Liars Trivia Quiz! Seventeen&amp;#039;s Ranking of the 10 Scariest Episodes of Pretty Little Liars 14 Things That Make Absolutely No Sense About Pretty Little Liars Keegan Allen Admits He Doesn&amp;#039;t Understand Pretty Little Liars Either  Photo Credit: ABC Family Originally Posted on Cosmopolitan.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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