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* The grim, stifling Land Of the Living, a satire of Victorian England, which is so soul crushingly miserable that even ''colour'' is rare! Almost everyone shown is unhappy, cruel, selfish or apathetic, with Victor and Victoria some of the few people who seem to have any positive emotions at all. It's really telling that the Land Of the Dead is much preferable to being alive in this setting. Thankfully, it's lessened somewhat by the end.
* At at the beginning of the movie, two men greet each other by bowing. Immediatelyafterward afterward, Lord Barkis appears out of nowhere. It might have been a mistake, or a way to show how creepy the guy is... and how he snuck up on Emily right before murdering her.
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* After Emily transforms into a cloud of moths, moving on at last, it leaves you wondering "Why doesn't that happen to everyone? Are they stuck in that nightmarish town of the dead ''forever?''"
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*** This gets [[NightmareRetardant mitigated]] when you realize that Emily turned into butterflies, not moths and remember the symbolism [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth of Butterflies.butterflies.]] Emily's not "just gone", she's managed to move on and ascend to the actual afterlife while the rest of the undead exist on earth until they move on too.
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* Emily herself is normally very kind and gentle, especially towards Victor. Doesn't mean she can't [[DeathGlare look absolutely frightening]] when she wants to), ''[[WomanScorned especially]]'' [[WomanScorned towards Victor]].
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** After he places the ring on the "twigs" finger, things begin to take a turn. The wind begins to blow and Victor looks up to see every tree branch has a raven alit on it, all watching him. Then the arm reaches up and grabs him, yanking him(or his arm anyway) into the dirt, as if trying to drag him down below physically.
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* The trailer cleverly chose to scare us all by having ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'' as its music.
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* The coachman dying from his IncurableCoughOfDeath, and Victor's parents don't even notice.
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* And of course the IronicEcho near the end. Cook says it, and she's caressing a fork in her hands, so [[EatenAlive did they...?]]
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* And of course the IronicEcho near the end. Cook Mrs. Plum says it, and she's caressing a fork in her hands, so [[EatenAlive did they...?]]
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** After he places the ring on the "twigs"finger, things begin to take a turn. The wind begins to blow and Victor looks up to see every tree branch has a raven alit on it, all watching him. Then the arm reaches up and grabs him, yanking him(or his arm anyway) into the dirt, as if trying to drag him down below physically.
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** After he places the ring on the "twigs"finger, "twigs" finger, things begin to take a turn. The wind begins to blow and Victor looks up to see every tree branch has a raven alit on it, all watching him. Then the arm reaches up and grabs him, yanking him(or his arm anyway) into the dirt, as if trying to drag him down below physically.
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*** This gets [[NightmareRetardant mitigated]] when you realize that Emily turned into butterflies, not moths and remember the symbolism [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth of Butterflies.]] Emily's not "just gone", she's managed to move on and ascend to the actual afterlife while the rest of the undead exist on earth until they move on too.
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*** This gets [[NightmareRetardant mitigated]] when you realize that Emily turned into butterflies, not moths and remember the symbolism [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth of Butterflies.]] Emily's not "just gone", she's managed to move on and ascend to the actual afterlife while the rest of the undead exist on earth until they move on too.
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** After he places the ring on the "twigs"finger, things begin to take a turn. The wind begins to blow and Victor looks up to see every tree branch has a raven alit on it, all watching him. Then the arm reaches up and grabs him, yanking him(or his arm anyway) into the dirt, as if trying to drag him down below physically.
** After Victor tosses Emily's dismembered arm away, the ground where she was buried begins to be violently pounded from below before she crawls out of the dirt, clawing her way up, her face shrouded. She brushes the veil and you could never believe the completion of a vow could sound so creepy.
-->'''Emily''':...I do....."
** After Victor tosses Emily's dismembered arm away, the ground where she was buried begins to be violently pounded from below before she crawls out of the dirt, clawing her way up, her face shrouded. She brushes the veil and you could never believe the completion of a vow could sound so creepy.
-->'''Emily''':...I do....."
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-->'''Emily''': You may KISS the Bride...
-->'''Emily''': You may KISS the Bride...
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* At at the beginning of the movie, two men greet each other by bowing. Immediately afterward Lord Barkis appears out of nowhere. It might have been a mistake, or a way to show how creepy the guy is... [[spoiler: and how he snuck up on Emily right before murdering her]].her.
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** There is also the FridgeHorror of Emily's family never knowing what happened to her. Her body was left in the woods and obviously wasn't discovered by anyone until Victor came along. Her family may have assumed she eloped [[spoiler:with Barkis]], but still she disappeared one night and they would never really have known why.
** The fact that [[spoiler: [[TheBluebeard Lord Barkis]] killed Emily for her money, and was going to do the same to Victoria]] and got away with it for years is terrifying. Especially since he could have done the same thing to others and no one would know.
** There is also the FridgeHorror of Emily's family never knowing what happened to her. Her body was left in the woods and obviously wasn't discovered by anyone until Victor came along. Her family may have assumed she eloped [[spoiler:with Barkis]], but still she disappeared one night and they would never really have known why.
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** The fact that[[spoiler: [[TheBluebeard Lord Barkis]] killed Emily for her money, and was going to do the same to Victoria]] Victoria and got away with it for years is terrifying. Especially since he could have done the same thing to others and no one would know.
** There is also the FridgeHorror of Emily's family never knowing what happened to her. Her body was left in the woods and obviously wasn't discovered by anyone until Victor came along. Her family may have assumed she eloped[[spoiler:with Barkis]], with Barkis, but still she disappeared one night and they would never really have known why.
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** There is also the FridgeHorror of Emily's family never knowing what happened to her. Her body was left in the woods and obviously wasn't discovered by anyone until Victor came along. Her family may have assumed she eloped
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** And even if they didn't, an [[spoiler:eternity of being tortured by the dead isn't a pleasant perspective either]]. But, of course, [[spoiler:Barkis]] [[KarmicDeath deserved every second of it]].
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** And even if they didn't, an [[spoiler:eternity eternity of being tortured by the dead isn't a pleasant perspective either]]. either. But, of course, [[spoiler:Barkis]] Barkis [[KarmicDeath deserved every second of it]].
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*** This gets [[NightmareRetardant mitigated]] when you realize that Emily turned into butterflies, not mots and remember the symbolism [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth of Butterflies.]] Emily's not "just gone", she's managed to move on and ascend to the actual afterlife while the rest of the undead exist on earth until they move on too.
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*** This gets [[NightmareRetardant mitigated]] when you realize that Emily turned into butterflies, not mots moths and remember the symbolism [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth of Butterflies.]] Emily's not "just gone", she's managed to move on and ascend to the actual afterlife while the rest of the undead exist on earth until they move on too.
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*** The fact that the rest of the town gets to stay in their happy afterlife, but what happens to Emily? She's just gone.
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*** In the German dub, it gets even more unsettling, since the magic word to say there is ''Heaven and HELL''.''
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* At at the beginning of the movie, two men greet each other by bowing. Immediately afterward Lord Barkis appears out of nowhere. It might have been a mistake, or a way to show how creepy the guy is... [[spoiler: and how he snuck up on Emily right before murdering her]].
* Victor screwing up the wedding, at least from his perspective. Being on the receiving end of those scathing glares from his parents and Victoria's parents must not have been very pleasant.
* At at the beginning of the movie, two men greet each other by bowing. Immediately afterward Lord Barkis appears out of nowhere. It might have been a mistake, or a way to show how creepy the guy is... [[spoiler: and how he snuck up on Emily right before murdering her]].
* Victor screwing up the wedding, at least from his perspective. Being on the receiving end of those scathing glares from his parents and Victoria's parents must not have been very pleasant.
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* And of course the IronicEcho near the end. Cook says it, and she's caressing a fork in her hands, so [[EatenAlive did they...?]]
-->'''Cook:''' New arrival...
** And even if they didn't, an [[spoiler:eternity of being tortured by the dead isn't a pleasant perspective either]]. But, of course, [[spoiler:Barkis]] [[KarmicDeath deserved every second of it]].
* The JumpScare of Victor suddenly turning around and Emily is ''[[OffscreenTeleportation right behind him]]''.
* At at the beginning of the movie, two men greet each other by bowing. Immediately afterward Lord Barkis appears out of nowhere. It might have been a mistake, or a way to show how creepy the guy is... [[spoiler: and how he snuck up on Emily right before murdering her]].
* The trailer cleverly chose to scare us all by having ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'' as its music.
* The chase scene right after Emily comes back to life. Imagine being chased through a cold, dark forest at night by a rotting corpse in a wedding dress that came back from the dead after you jokingly put a ring on its finger, with OffscreenTeleportation and JumpScare in full effect.
-->'''Cook:''' New arrival...
** And even if they didn't, an [[spoiler:eternity of being tortured by the dead isn't a pleasant perspective either]]. But, of course, [[spoiler:Barkis]] [[KarmicDeath deserved every second of it]].
* The JumpScare of Victor suddenly turning around and Emily is ''[[OffscreenTeleportation right behind him]]''.
* At at the beginning of the movie, two men greet each other by bowing. Immediately afterward Lord Barkis appears out of nowhere. It might have been a mistake, or a way to show how creepy the guy is... [[spoiler: and how he snuck up on Emily right before murdering her]].
* The trailer cleverly chose to scare us all by having ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'' as its music.
* The chase scene right after Emily comes back to life. Imagine being chased through a cold, dark forest at night by a rotting corpse in a wedding dress that came back from the dead after you jokingly put a ring on its finger, with OffscreenTeleportation and JumpScare in full effect.
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* The JumpScare of Victor suddenly turning around and Emily is ''[[OffscreenTeleportation right behind him]]''.
* At at the beginning of the movie, two men greet each other by bowing. Immediately afterward Lord Barkis appears out of nowhere. It might have been a mistake, or a way to show how creepy the guy is... [[spoiler: and how he snuck up on Emily right before murdering her]].
* The trailer cleverly chose to scare us all by having ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'' as its music.
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*** The JumpScare of Victor suddenly turning around and Emily is ''[[OffscreenTeleportation right behind him]]''.
* The first part of the movie, from Victor's POV. Sure, the Dead eventually turn out to be more pleasant than the living, but this kind of story is very common in old European myth, where the dead are ''not'' anything you want to interact with.
* Truly, stop-motion animation is the creepiest medium ever, and there's something unnerving about that cheery "We all pass away" song.
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*** In the German dub, it gets even more unsettling, since the magic word to say there is ''Heaven and HELL''.
* The fact that [[spoiler: [[TheBluebeard Lord Barkis]] killed Emily for her money, and was going to do the same to Victoria]] and got away with it for years is terrifying. Especially since he could have done the same thing to others and no one would know.
** There is also the FridgeHorror of Emily's family never knowing what happened to her. Her body was left in the woods and obviously wasn't discovered by anyone until Victor came along. Her family may have assumed she eloped [[spoiler:with Barkis]], but still she disappeared one night and they would never really have known why.
* Victor screwing up the wedding, at least from his perspective. Being on the receiving end of those scathing glares from his parents and Victoria's parents must not have been very pleasant.
* The grim, stifling Land Of the Living, a satire of Victorian England, which is so soul crushingly miserable that even ''colour'' is rare! Almost everyone shown is unhappy, cruel, selfish or apathetic, with Victor and Victoria some of the few people who seem to have any positive emotions at all. It's really telling that the Land Of the Dead is much preferable to being alive in this setting. Thankfully it's lessened somewhat by the end.
* The fact that [[spoiler: [[TheBluebeard Lord Barkis]] killed Emily for her money, and was going to do the same to Victoria]] and got away with it for years is terrifying. Especially since he could have done the same thing to others and no one would know.
** There is also the FridgeHorror of Emily's family never knowing what happened to her. Her body was left in the woods and obviously wasn't discovered by anyone until Victor came along. Her family may have assumed she eloped [[spoiler:with Barkis]], but still she disappeared one night and they would never really have known why.
* Victor screwing up the wedding, at least from his perspective. Being on the receiving end of those scathing glares from his parents and Victoria's parents must not have been very pleasant.
* The grim, stifling Land Of the Living, a satire of Victorian England, which is so soul crushingly miserable that even ''colour'' is rare! Almost everyone shown is unhappy, cruel, selfish or apathetic, with Victor and Victoria some of the few people who seem to have any positive emotions at all. It's really telling that the Land Of the Dead is much preferable to being alive in this setting. Thankfully it's lessened somewhat by the end.
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*** In the German dub, it gets even more unsettling, since the magic word to say there is ''Heaven and HELL''.
* The fact that [[spoiler: [[TheBluebeard Lord Barkis]] killed Emily for her money, and was going to do the same to Victoria]] and got away with it for years is terrifying. Especially since he could have done the same thing to others and no one would know.
** There is also the FridgeHorror of Emily's family never knowing what happened to her. Her body was left in the woods and obviously wasn't discovered by anyone until Victor came along. Her family may have assumed she eloped [[spoiler:with Barkis]], but still she disappeared one night and they would never really have known why.
* Victor screwing up the wedding, at least from his perspective. Being on the receiving end of those scathing glares from his parents and Victoria's parents must not have been very pleasant.
* The grim, stifling Land Of the Living, a satire of Victorian England, which is so soul crushingly miserable that even ''colour'' is rare! Almost everyone shown is unhappy, cruel, selfish or apathetic, with Victor and Victoria some of the few people who seem to have any positive emotions at all. It's really telling that the Land Of the Dead is much preferable to being alive in this setting. Thankfully it's lessened somewhat by the end.HELL''.''
* The fact that [[spoiler: [[TheBluebeard Lord Barkis]] killed Emily for her money, and was going to do the same to Victoria]] and got away with it for years is terrifying. Especially since he could have done the same thing to others and no one would know.
** There is also the FridgeHorror of Emily's family never knowing what happened to her. Her body was left in the woods and obviously wasn't discovered by anyone until Victor came along. Her family may have assumed she eloped [[spoiler:with Barkis]], but still she disappeared one night and they would never really have known why.
* Victor screwing up the wedding, at least from his perspective. Being on the receiving end of those scathing glares from his parents and Victoria's parents must not have been very pleasant.
* The grim, stifling Land Of the Living, a satire of Victorian England, which is so soul crushingly miserable that even ''colour'' is rare! Almost everyone shown is unhappy, cruel, selfish or apathetic, with Victor and Victoria some of the few people who seem to have any positive emotions at all. It's really telling that the Land Of the Dead is much preferable to being alive in this setting. Thankfully it's lessened somewhat by the end.
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* [[spoiler: Lord Barkis]] grabbing Victoria and violently shaking her.
** The fact that [[spoiler: [[TheBluebeard Lord Barkis]] killed Emily for her money, and was going to do the same to Victoria]] and got away with it for years is terrifying. Especially since he could have done the same thing to others and no one would know.
** There is also the FridgeHorror of Emily's family never knowing what happened to her. Her body was left in the woods and obviously wasn't discovered by anyone until Victor came along. Her family may have assumed she eloped [[spoiler:with Barkis]], but still she disappeared one night and they would never really have known why.
* And of course the IronicEcho near the end. Cook says it, and she's caressing a fork in her hands, so [[EatenAlive did they...?]]
-->'''Cook:''' [[IronicEcho "New arrival..."]]
** And even if they didn't, an [[spoiler:eternity of being tortured by the dead isn't a pleasant perspective either]]. But, of course, [[spoiler:Barkis]] [[KarmicDeath deserved every second of it]].
* Thefirst part grim, stifling Land Of the Living, a satire of Victorian England, which is so soul crushingly miserable that even ''colour'' is rare! Almost everyone shown is unhappy, cruel, selfish or apathetic, with Victor and Victoria some of the movie, from Victor's POV. Sure, few people who seem to have any positive emotions at all. It's really telling that the Land Of the Dead eventually turn out is much preferable to be more pleasant than the living, but being alive in this kind setting. Thankfully it's lessened somewhat by the end.
* After Emily transforms into a cloud ofstory is very common moths, moving on at last, it leaves you wondering "Why doesn't that happen to everyone? Are they stuck in old European myth, where that nightmarish town of the dead are ''not'' anything you want ''forever?''"
*** The fact that the rest of the town gets tointeract with.stay in their happy afterlife, but what happens to Emily? She's just gone.
** The fact that [[spoiler: [[TheBluebeard Lord Barkis]] killed Emily for her money, and was going to do the same to Victoria]] and got away with it for years is terrifying. Especially since he could have done the same thing to others and no one would know.
** There is also the FridgeHorror of Emily's family never knowing what happened to her. Her body was left in the woods and obviously wasn't discovered by anyone until Victor came along. Her family may have assumed she eloped [[spoiler:with Barkis]], but still she disappeared one night and they would never really have known why.
* And of course the IronicEcho near the end. Cook says it, and she's caressing a fork in her hands, so [[EatenAlive did they...?]]
-->'''Cook:''' [[IronicEcho "New arrival..."]]
** And even if they didn't, an [[spoiler:eternity of being tortured by the dead isn't a pleasant perspective either]]. But, of course, [[spoiler:Barkis]] [[KarmicDeath deserved every second of it]].
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* After Emily transforms into a cloud of
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* The first part of the movie, from Victor's POV. Sure, the Dead eventually turn out to be more pleasant than the living, but this kind of story is very common in old European myth, where the dead are ''not'' anything you want to interact with.
* The first part of the movie, from Victor's POV. Sure, the Dead eventually turn out to be more pleasant than the living, but this kind of story is very common in old European myth, where the dead are ''not'' anything you want to interact with.