History NightmareFuel / DunePartTwo

** Paul also had a small hallucination as he ate the Spice-laden food of the Fremen. It serves as a glimpse of what's to come. It wasn't about death. It was about worship. It shows the Fremen praying in front of a shrine with a skull motif, and a picture of the late Leto Atreides. It showed that the Fremen are so fanatical that they will not only worship Paul, but also worship and bow before a shrine they built in gratitude for a '''dead man''' who had helped brought the Lisan al-Gaib to the world. It is terrifying as much as it is disturbing.

-->'''Ramallo''': [[MyGodWhatHaveWeDone What have we done?]] [[OhCrap She is pregnant!]]

-->'''Ramallo''': What have we done? She is pregnant!

** Immediately following this is the gladiatorial combat scene on Giedi Prime, which was filmed in infrared due to the light put out by the planet's black sun. The stark high contrast makes Feyd's violent dispatching of three Atreides fighters captured as slaves that much more nightmarish. Especially terrifying is the animalistic way in which Feyd barked like a rabid dog after killing the second drugged slave, and then roaring and screamed out "''BACK!''" at the guards who come to try and kill the last, undrugged slave, whom he sees as a WorthyOpponent. Even as he's close to death at the hands of the Atreides, with the knife ''mere inches from his face'', he '''laughed''' and drooled, and the camera angle it showed from made his blackened mouth look like a grin worthy of {{ComicBook/Joker}} himself as he continued barking the guards to "''STAY BACK!''". It proved Gurney's prominent quote from the previous movie correct, and set Feyd up as the perfect {{Foil}} to Paul, as, unlike Paul, Feyd seemed to be in the mood. '''All the time.''' Gurney calling Paul a "young pup"? Well, then, Feyd is a '''rabid one'''.

** The introduction of the arena. Through Fenring's binoculars, we got a hint of what life on Giedi Prime looks like. And the daytime is much worse than nighttime. With the people of the planet considering their Baron and his heir, the na-Baron, as deities, as heard from the announcer considering Feyd's birthday as Holy. The announcer's deep voice, coupled with Harkonnen's BlackSpeech announcements and chants, and the sadistic slashing-like gestures they do while awaiting their champion, the na-Baron, made the world seemed even more outworldly than even Salusa Secundus. And the ''sheer number'' of the Harkonnen spectators. "Harkonnens outnumber the Atreides."? '''There's your proof.'''

** "Lead them to Paradise." Such a simple command had never been so terrifying, especially as the audience knows what it means. It means coming to all Planets of the Great Houses, and, by extension, the Known Universe, and converting everyone to believe in the new Padishah Emperor, the Lisan al-Gaib. For everyone who believes in him will be led to Paradise, and everyone who doesn't, which is everyone choosing to believe in different religions besides the Fremen's or other messiahs besides the Lisan al-Gaib, shall ''perish''. And the war that ensues is called the Holy War, or Muad'Dib's Jihad, if you're familiar with the books. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything

** This seems more like a case of TooStupidToLive, as the underling ''argues'' with "The Beast" Rabban about what is killing their men.

** Feyd-Rautha's EstablishingCharacterMoment has him test one of his new blades by [[BadBoss slitting the throat of a servant girl and stabbing another several times]].

* The Water of Life. It's practically a poison. Jessica, despite being handpicked to succeed as Reverend Mother, was hesitant to drink it, but the Voice of her predecessor commands her to do it. Jessica convulses after she drank it, collapsing on the ground. What happened to her unborn daughter is shown onscreen, as the Water practically ''filled the womb'', surrounding the growing fetus. The music adds to the tension as it reaches its apex, right up to the moment when the fetus gave the audience an EyeAwaken and revealing the eyes of Ibad as the water unlocked her mind. The horror on the predecessor's face is palpable as she realizes Jessica's pregnancy too late. The loud gasp heard when both of their blue eyes of Ibad was revealed is less of relief that both mother and daughter survived the effects of the poison, but more of the realization that through surviving the poison, they turned into '''monsters'''. What's worse? The rest of the movie ''confirmed'' that fact. And the Bene Gesserit have a special name for children born with the Water of Life in their system: '''"Abomination."'''

** Timothée Chalamet's performance as Paul once he goes DarkMessiah is genuinely alarming, he swings between between eerie serenity and explosive feral rage (in a very Harkonnen style) on a dime. The scene where he openly claims the title as Fremen's Prophet is harrowing, he starts by refusing to kill Stilgar and take his place as a chief which seems kind and noble but when the Fremen out of respect for his growing legend try to explain why this has to happen he explodes, screaming that none of the Fremen, perhaps not all of the Fremen together, can challenge him. When this enrages even the fanatical southern Fremen to near violence against him Paul starts acting outright demonic, ominously describing himself as a thing the Fremen's parent's warned them about like a boogeyman or mythological monster out of the End Times and singling out random member of the crowd to who he relates information (how the man's grandmother prayed as a child and how she came by an injury long before Paul set foot on the planet) that he should not know. After the initial shock the Fremen fall to their knees in worship. And ''then'' Paul changes tune, promising the Fremen the Green Paradise from their dreams and topping it off with deafening proclamation that [[AGodAmI he ''is'' Lisan al-Gaib]]. Normally this would be a [[RousingSpeech heroic, uplifting call]], but the context and Chalamet's performance turn it into chilling NewEraSpeech.

** Subsequently too across from him is Stilgar's own transformation from a [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure compassionate and sincere father figure]] to Paul shortly after his arrival into a completely manic zealot worshipping every grain of sand beneath Paul's feet in his wake by the film's end, further worsening the fervent control Paul has over the Fremen as he becomes [[TheDragon his willing right hand]] with his [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist beliefs]]. In fact, Stilgar's consistent fanaticism following his obsession to see Paul embrace his seeming "messianic" nature is probably the sharpest knife that keeps digging into Paul's side and encouraging him to become the Lisan al Gaib until he finally accepts his horrible destiny, showing how far dogmatism can change someone empathetic and respectful of others to being to a mindless zealot leading the charge according to his prophet's will, [[AMillionIsAStatistic even if said charge leads to the death of billions]], without batting an eye.

** Timothée Chalamet's performance as Paul once he goes DarkMessiah is genuinely alarming, he swings between between eerie serenity and explosive feral rage (in a very Harkonnen style) on a dime. The scene where he openly claims the title as Fremen's Prophet is harrowing, he starts by refusing to kill Stilgar and take his place as a chief which seems kind and noble but when the Fremen out of respect for his growing legend try to explain why this has to happen he explodes, screaming that none of the Fremen, perhaps not all of the Fremen together, can challenge him. When this enrages even the fanatical southern Fremen to near violence against him Paul starts acting outright demonic, ominously describing himself as a thing the Fremen's parent's warned them about like a boogeyman or mythological monster out of the End Times and singling out random member of the crowd to who he relates information (how the man's grandmother prayed as a child and how she came by an injury long before Paul set foot on the planet) that he should not know. After the initial shock the Fremen fall to their knees in worship of this new seemingly crazed Paul, perfectly capturing why their embracing of this ideology is a bad idea.

* Jessica's turn from timid bystander to ruthless manipulator upon taking the Water of Life pretty much indicates you do not want to be near her and disagree with her desires. This is true for any Bene Gesserit. As Reverend Mother Mohiam mentioned, ''they plan''. Jessica had the grand plan to put in place the Kwisatz-Haderach and would stop at nothing to do it - using the Voice if needed. She used it to coerce the Worm tender into welcoming Paul into the chamber and take the Water of life. She also countered Chani's refusal to participate in the ritual by using the voice on ''her''. When the Fremen commandeer the Corrino ships, Jessica just stands at the altar with a satisfied look upon her face, confirming the war has begun.

** Paul also had a small hallucination as he ate the Spice-laden food of the Fremen. It serves as a glimpse of what's to come. It wasn't about death. It was about worship. It shows the Fremen praying in front of a shrine with a skull motif, and a picture of the late Leto Atreides. It showed that the Fremen are so fanatic that they will not only worship Paul, but also worship and bow before a shrine they built in gratitude for a '''dead man''' who had helped brought the Lisan al-Gaib to the world. It is terrifying as much as it is disturbing.

'''Jessica''': "Your brother attacks the great houses. ''[[TheWarHasJustBegun The holy war begins]]''"