Ellen DeGeneres compiles her top celebrity scares

Ellen loves nothing more than to terrify her guests.

She is the queen of scaring celebrities and now fans can enjoy all of their reactions at once.

Ellen DeGeneres put together a best celebrity scares reel in celebration of her 2000th episode.

"My team of researchers tell me we have done a total of 121 scares, 121 scares! Obviously I can't show them all to you, so here's my, well, 120 of them," Ellen joked before showing the compilation.

The reactions of famous folk are priceless - some cover their faces, others get angry, Jake Gyllenhaal tried to fight back.

Singer Selena Gomez was targeted twice in one show after saying: "You know what, I want to do a full on one, you gotta get me good".

There have been costumed ghosts, lizards, cockroaches and clowns jumping out of boxes and from behind chairs.

Ellen herself sometimes takes part and is particularly memorable in one clip where she frightens Taylor Swift so much she slips and falls on tiles on her way into the bathroom.

- nzherald.co.nz