History NightmareFuel / AWrinkleInTime

* The rather casual, banal way which Charles explains how Camazotz deals with illness - even minor ailments such as the common cold.

** And it's rammed home exactly what kind of eldritch horror the kids are dealing with when Charles[[note]]All references to Charles in this section refer to Charles under [=ITs=] control. Normally, Charles was a loving little brother toward Meg.[[/note]] lets slip how IT thinks of [=ITself=]:
--->'''Charles''': IT sometimes calls [=ITself=] the Happiest {{Sadist}}.

-->'''Charles:''' We let no-one suffer. It is so much kinder to simply annihilate anyone who is ill. Nobody has weeks and weeks of runny noses and sore throats. Rather then endure such discomfort, they are simply put to sleep.

-->'''Charles:''' [[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord "Murder" is a most primitive word...]]

-->'''Charles:''' We let no-one suffer. It is so much kinder to simply [[KillEmAll annihilate]] anyone who is ill. Nobody has weeks and weeks of runny noses and sore throats. Rather then endure such discomfort, they are simply put to sleep.

* [=ITs=] servant, The Man With Red Eyes, who talks about the potential enslavement of the universe in the politest terms possible and doesn't open his mouth when he talks. He lets the mask slip when he actually laughs at one point, a laugh that would [[HellIsThatNoise not be out of place]] from a Lovecraftian Great Old One (which essentially ''[[HumanoidAbomination he is]]''.) Then he channels IT to take control of Charles Wallace...

** If you're doing it properly, such as the Mrs. Ws can do, it feels mildly uncomfortable, like being in a walk-in refrigerator. If you ''don't'', such as Mr. Murry's frantic tesser away from IT, you get hit with absolute-zero cold. It damn near kills Meg, and even though she survives, it takes Meg ''a lot'' of time and very careful care from the Beasts of Ixchel to recover from that.

** If you're doing it properly, such as the Mrs. Ws can do, it feels mildly uncomfortable, like being in a walk-in refrigerator. If you ''don't'', such as Mr. Murry's frantic tesser away from IT, you get hit with absolute-zero cold. It damn near kills Meg, and even though she survives, it takes Meg ''a lot'' of time and very careful care to recover from that.

-->'''Charles:''' We let no-one suffer. It is so much kinder to simply annihilate anyone who is ill. Nobody has weeks and weeks of runny noses and sore throats. Rather then endure such discomfort, they are simply put to sleep.

* IT, a giant disembodied brain that enslaves or outright absorbs your mind. IT is the ''literal'' EldritchAbomination and HiveMind that runs the entire planet of Camazotz, subsuming any dissenting minds within [=ITself=] and cowing the rest into fearful, blind obedience. Anyone placed in IT's tender care either ends up completely insane or absorbed into IT, with the only exception being Meg (who resists IT just long enough to rescue Charles Wallace).

* IT, a giant disembodied brain that enslaves or outright absorbs your mind if you get too close to IT. IT is the ''literal'' EldritchAbomination and HiveMind that runs the entire planet of Camazotz, subsuming any dissenting minds within [=ITself=] and cowing the rest into fearful, blind obedience.

* [=ITs=] servant, The Man With Red Eyes, who talks about the potential enslavement of the universe in the politest terms possible and doesn't open his mouth when he talks. He lets the mask slip when he actually laughs at one point, a laugh that would [[HellIsThatNoise not be out of place]] from a Lovecraftian Great Old One (which essentially ''he is''.) Then he channels IT to take control of Charles Wallace...

* [=ITs=] servant, The Man With Red Eyes, who talks about the potential enslavement of the universe in the politest terms possible and doesn't open his mouth when he talks. He lets the mask slip when he actually laughs at one point, a laugh that would [[HellIsThatNoise not be out of place]] from a Lovecraftian Outer God. Then he channels IT to take control of Charles Wallace...

[[WMG:The original book]]

[[WMG: The 2018 movie]]
* The trailer gives us our first look at the city controlled by IT. The place may look colorful and innocent... [[CrapsaccharineWorld But it's not]]. On closer inspection, you notice the children are bouncing their toy balls in the most uncanny synchronization. Everybody in that village talks in sync. With the exception of the village being colorless, this follows the book all too closely...
** Even scarier? The way the mothers look [[BreakingTheFourthWall right at the screen]] and ask "Are you lost?" It's as though IT detects that there's something or someone (the audience) intruding on [=ITs=] 'body', and in the most thinly veiled threat, understands it must be somehow removed...
* Alex Murray looks like he's gone through hell while imprisoned. At one point he looks towards the camera in utter shock, [[NothingIsScarier and we don't know why.]]
* The downright '''chilling''' delivery of the trailer's final line:
-->''"The only thing faster than light... is the darkness."''

** And it's rammed home exactly what kind of eldritch horror the kids are dealing with when Charles lets slip how IT thinks of [=ITself=]:

* The rather casual, banal way which Charles (under control of IT) explains how Camazotz deals with illness - even minor ailments such as the common cold.

* Tessering: what does ''nothingness'' actually feel like?

* The trailer gives us our first look at the city controlled by IT (possibly Camazotz). The place may look colorful and innocent... [[CrapsaccharineWorld But it's not]]. On closer inspection, you notice the children are bouncing their toy balls in the most uncanny synchronization. Everybody in that village talks in sync. With the exception of the village being colorless, this follows the book all too closely...

* The Black Thing - the grandaddy EldritchAbomination.

** And it's rammed home exactly what kind of eldritch horror the kids are dealing with when Charles lets slip how IT thinks of itself:

* [=ITs=] servant, The Man With Red Eyes, who talks about the potential enslavement of the universe in the politest terms possible and doesn't open his mouth when he talks. He actually laughs at one point, a literal case of HellIsThatNoise. Then he channels IT to take control of Charles Wallace...

** An actual nightmare: all roads lead to IT.

* IT, a giant disembodied brain that enslaves your circadian rhythms if you get too close to IT. IT is the ''literal'' EldritchAbomination and HiveMind that runs the entire planet of Camazotz, subsuming any dissenting minds within [=ITself=] and cowing the rest into fearful, blind obedience.

** And it's rammed home exactly what the kids are dealing with when Charles lets slip how IT thinks of itself: