But Temple of Doom went further, especially in one scene. The moment that made audiences squirm? A ritual sacrifice where the villain rips a still-beating heart from a man’s chest.

That film was 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, a sequel (well, technically a prequel, since it’s set in 1935) that deftly manages to be both scarier and sillier than its predecessor.

Temple of Doom is the only Indiana Jones movie where Indy truly saves the day, making it an outlier compared to the other films in the franchise. Raiders of the Lost Ar k, The Last Crusade, and ...