History NightmareFuel / Hulk

* The Hulk Dogs and their attack on Betty qualify with the combo of their ferocity and twisted, mutated state. The sequence's novelization and original script versions feature more gore, mainly how the Hulk kills the dogs. He quickly kills the pitbull—Sammy—by leaping to a great height and landing on his back, crushing and driving Sammy's body into the ground. The Hulk tries the same method again, but the two remaining dogs wise up and barely dodge him. Then the poodle—Lily—latches onto the Hulk's ankle, and the mastiff Smokey—Smokey—gets his throat. Betty sees mangled flesh and oozing blood at the base of Hulk's neck after he gets them off. Using an uprooted redwood tree like a bat, the Hulk smashes Lily's face flat against Betty's windshield. Then she performs a final lunge at Betty, bursting through the windshield as she pulls the seat release; Betty falls back flat as Lily crunches her jaws just above Betty before expiring. The Hulk partially smashes Lily through the windshield in the script instead of against it. While Betty tries to retreat from Lily, the poodle springs back to life and partly closes its jaws around Betty, lightly injuring her before dying and melting away. In the script, the Hulk finally kills Smokey by crushing Smokey's head with one hand; in the book, he grabs the dog around its throat and squeezes the life out of it in a "pulpy bursting of flesh and bone." In the book, after the Hulk turns back into Bruce and opens Betty's car door, she partially staggers out before noticing blood on Bruce before realizing it's hers, from cuts she got from the broken windshield and Lily's claws during her final attack.

* The Hulk himself is pretty scary in this film; the roars and growls he makes practically sound demonic.
** There's also the relationship between the Hulk and Bruce. The page image comes from a scene that genuinely sells how much the Hulk '''hates''' his alter ego. It starts slow and eerie, only to show Bruce's tiny hand wiping off the steam from the mirror, and the comparatively giant finger of the Hulk is at the other side—[[JumpScare And then he grabs and attacks Banner]]. The earlier script and Creator/PeterDavid's {{novelization}} take it further: The Hulk smashes Bruce's face into the mirror after grabbing his neck. While staring at his face, a bloodied but unyielding Bruce slowly and gently unfurls the Hulk's fingers from his neck. After seemingly calming down, the Hulk turns on a dime; he forms a fist, swiftly punches Bruce in the face, and breaks his neck, killing him.
* Before the dog fight, after Betty emerges from her cabin to investigate the loud rustling sound she hears outside, one can faintly hear what seems to be [[HellIsThatNoise low growling]]. Betty finding Hulk hiding behind the tree reveals that the growling sound is his ''[[VaderBreath breathing]]'', a small detail that—with the musical score—subtly builds suspense on whether the dogs or Hulk reached her first. The novel version also does an arguably good job building tension before Betty and Hulk meet. Betty awakes from a deep sleep with a start, realizing all the animal sounds in the woods [[ItsQuietTooQuiet suddenly disappeared]] before hearing the rustling noise. The sounds return while Betty takes Bruce into the cabin after the chaos.
* The Hulk Dogs and their attack on Betty qualify with the combo of their ferocity and twisted, mutated state. The sequence's novelization and original script versions feature more gore, mainly how the Hulk kills the dogs. He quickly kills the pit bull, Sammy, by leaping to a great height and landing on his back, crushing and driving Sammy's body into the ground. The Hulk tries the same method again, but the two remaining dogs wise up and barely dodge him. Then the poodle, Lily, latches onto the Hulk's ankle, and Smokey, the mastiff, gets his throat. Betty sees mangled flesh and oozing blood at the base of Hulk's neck after he gets them off. Using an uprooted redwood tree like a bat, the Hulk smashes Lily's face flat against Betty's windshield. Then she performs a final lunge at Betty, bursting through the windshield as she pulls the seat release; Betty falls back flat as Lily crunches her jaws just above Betty before expiring. The Hulk partially smashes Lily through the windshield in the script instead of against it. While Betty tries to retreat from Lily, the poodle springs back to life and partly closes its jaws around Betty, lightly injuring her before dying and melting away. In the script, the Hulk finally kills Smokey by crushing Smokey's head with one hand; in the book, he grabs the dog around its throat and squeezes the life out of it in a "pulpy bursting of flesh and bone." In the book, after the Hulk turns back into Bruce and opens Betty's car door, she partially staggers out before noticing blood on Bruce before realizing it's hers, from cuts she got from the broken windshield and Lily's claws during her final attack.
* The Hulk riding a jet up into the atmosphere until he starts freezing, along with the pilot's scream, is highly unsettling. While the idea of the scene on its own doesn't sound so bad, it very much is the way the movie executes it.

* The graphical exploding frog scene is disturbing; it could count as {{Squick}} too.

* Talbot's death in the novelization compared to the film version. With the Hulk trapped in the sticky foam, Talbot takes a handheld laser drill, stabs it into the Hulk's neck, and tears off some large chunks. After the Hulk escapes the foam, Talbot uses a rifle to shoot armor-piercing bullets at him, but they rebound off the Hulk's skin, with some riddling Talbot in a hail of bullets. Clutching his chest, Talbot feels something soft come out and tries shoving it back in before dying. Compared to the film version, it's another level of HoistByHisOwnPetard and a more gruesome comeuppance.

** There's also the relationship between the Hulk and Bruce. The page image comes from a scene that genuinely sells how much the Hulk '''hates''' his alter ego. It starts slow and eerie, only to show Bruce's tiny hand wiping off the steam from the mirror...and the comparatively giant finger of the Hulk is at the other side—[[JumpScare And then he grabs and attacks Banner]]. The earlier script and Creator/PeterDavid's {{novelization}} take it further: The Hulk smashes Bruce's face into the mirror after grabbing his neck. While staring him in the face, a bloodied but unyielding Bruce slowly and gently unfurls the Hulk's fingers from his neck. After seemingly calming down, the Hulk turns on a dime; he forms a fist, swiftly punches Bruce in the face, and breaks his neck, killing him.

** Water!Absorbing Man is probably the creepiest of all; after the Hulk throws Rock!Absorbing Man into the lake, the Hulk suddenly sees a reflection of David and slaps it... and a humanoid tidal wave {{Jump Scare}}s out and pulls the Hulk underwater. He subjects the Hulk to a MindScrew sequence that leads to the Hulk and Bruce collectively deciding to [[GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy Give It More Energy], and Absorbing Man's resulting PowerIncontinence makes him become what looks like a watery version of the EldritchAbomination page's image.

** There's also the relationship between the Hulk and Bruce. The page image comes from a scene that genuinely sells how much the Hulk '''hates''' his alter ego. It starts slow and eerie, only to show Bruce's tiny hand wiping off the steam from the mirror...and the comparatively giant finger of the Hulk is at the other side—[[JumpScare And then he proceeds to grab and attack Banner]]. The earlier script and Creator/PeterDavid's {{novelization}} take it further: After grabbing Bruce's neck, the Hulk smashes Bruce's face into the mirror. While staring him in the face, a bloodied but unyielding Bruce slowly and gently unfurls the Hulk's fingers from his neck. After seemingly calming down, the Hulk turns on a dime. He forms a fist, swiftly punches Bruce in the face, and breaks his neck, killing him.
* The Gamma Dogs and their attack on Betty qualifies, just with the combo of how ferocious they are and how twisted they look in their mutated state. The novelization and original script versions of the sequence feature more gore, mainly how the Hulk kills the dogs. He quickly kills the pitbull by leaping to a great height and landing on its back, crushing and driving the dog's body into the ground. The Hulk tries the same method again, but the two remaining dogs wise up and barely dodge him. Then the poodle latches onto the Hulk's ankle, and the mastiff gets his throat. After the Hulk gets them off, Betty sees mangled flesh and oozing blood at the base of his neck. Using an uprooted redwood tree like a bat, the Hulk smashes the poodle's face flat against Betty's windshield. Then it performs a final lunge at Betty, bursting through the windshield as she pulls the seat release; Betty falls back flat as the poodle crunches its jaws just above her before expiring. In the script, the Hulk partially smashes the poodle through the windshield instead of against it. While Betty tries to back away from it, the poodle springs back to life and partly closes its jaws around her, lightly injuring Betty before dying and melting away. In the script, the Hulk finally kills the mastiff by crushing its head with one hand; in the book, he grabs the dog around its throat and squeezes the life out of it in a "pulpy bursting of flesh and bone." In the book, after the Hulk turns back into Bruce and opens Betty's car door, she partially staggers out before noticing blood on Bruce before realizing it's hers, from cuts she got from the broken windshield and the poodle's claws during its final attack.
* The Hulk riding a jet up into the atmosphere until he begins to freeze, along with the scream of the pilot, is extremely unsettling. While the idea of the scene on its own doesn't sound so bad, the way the movie executes it very much is.
* The part when David first gets his absorbing abilities and transforms into the Absorbing Man is rather creepy.
* People can view David biting into the electrical cord and turning himself into electricity itself as either this or {{Narm}}. Especially the closeup of Lightning!Absorbing Man's [[UncannyValley face]].

** Water!Absorbing Man is probably the creepiest of all. After the Hulk throws Rock!Absorbing Man into the lake, the Hulk suddenly sees a reflection of David and slaps it... and a humanoid tidal wave {{Jump Scare}}s out, and pulls the Hulk underwater. He subjects the Hulk to a MindScrew sequence that leads to the Hulk and Bruce collectively deciding to [[GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy Give It More Energy]], and Absorbing Man's resulting PowerIncontinence causes him to become what looks like a watery version of the EldritchAbomination page's image.

* The death of Lawrence Berkeley's original elderly janitor, Benny Goodman. The novelization reveals that David goes to Benny's house late one night with his dogs and tells him they're hungry. Benny says he has no dog food, followed by David saying they'll "improvise." Then he snaps his fingers, and the dogs are on poor Benny in a heartbeat, forcing him to the floor with the pitbull clamping on Benny's throat before he can scream. David casually jokes about loving Benny's 'orchestra' and closes the door behind him. Later, the book reveals that David stole Benny's ID and took Benny's house for himself.
* Talbot's death in the novelization. With the Hulk trapped in the sticky foam, Talbot takes a handheld laser drill, stabs it into the Hulk's neck, and tears off some large chunks. After the Hulk escapes the foam, Talbot uses a rifle to shoot armor-piercing bullets at him, but they rebound off the Hulk's skin, with some riddling Talbot in a hail of bullets. Clutching his chest, Talbot feels something soft come out and tries shoving it back in before dying. Compared to the film version, it's another level of HoistByHisOwnPetard and a more gruesome comeuppance.

* Hulk himself is pretty scary in this film; the roars and growls he makes practically sound demonic.
** There's also the relationship between Hulk and Bruce. The page image comes from a scene that genuinely sells how much the Hulk '''hates''' his alter ego. It starts slow and eerie, only to show Bruce's tiny hand wiping off the steam from the mirror...and the comparatively giant finger of the Hulk is at the other side—[[JumpScare And then he proceeds to grab and attack Banner]]. The earlier script and Creator/PeterDavid's {{novelization}} take it further: After grabbing Bruce's neck, Hulk smashes Bruce's face into the mirror. While staring him in the face, a bloodied but unyielding Bruce slowly and gently unfurls Hulk's fingers from his neck. After seemingly calming down, Hulk turns on a dime. He forms a fist, swiftly punches Bruce in the face, and breaks his neck, killing him.
* The Gamma Dogs and their attack on Betty qualifies, just with the combo of how ferocious they are and how twisted they look in their mutated state. The novelization and original script versions of the sequence feature more gore, mainly how the Hulk kills the dogs. He quickly kills the pitbull by leaping to a great height and landing on its back, crushing and driving the dog's body into the ground. Hulk tries the same method again, but the two remaining dogs wise up and barely dodge him. Then the poodle latches onto Hulk's ankle, and the mastiff gets his throat. After Hulk gets them off, Betty sees mangled flesh and oozing blood at the base of his neck. Using an uprooted redwood tree like a bat, Hulk smashes the poodle's face flat against Betty's windshield. Then it performs a final lunge at Betty, bursting through the windshield as she pulls the seat release; Betty falls back flat as the poodle crunches its jaws just above her before expiring. In the script, Hulk partially smashes the poodle through the windshield instead of against it. While Betty tries to back away from it, the poodle springs back to life and partly closes its jaws around her, lightly injuring Betty before dying and melting away. In the script, Hulk finally kills the mastiff by crushing its head with one hand; in the book, he grabs the dog around its throat and squeezes the life out of it in a "pulpy bursting of flesh and bone." In the book, after the Hulk turns back into Bruce and opens Betty's car door, she partially staggers out before noticing blood on Bruce before realizing it's hers, from cuts she got from the broken windshield and the poodle's claws during its final attack.
* Hulk riding a jet up into the atmosphere until he begins to freeze, along with the scream of the pilot, is extremely unsettling. While the idea of the scene on its own doesn't sound so bad, the way the movie executes it very much is.

** Rock!Absorbing Man. His echoing BigYes while giving Hulk an EnergyAbsorption bearhug is just eerie.
** Water!Absorbing Man is probably the creepiest of all. After Hulk throws Rock!Absorbing Man into the lake, Hulk suddenly sees a reflection of David and slaps it... and a humanoid tidal wave {{Jump Scare}}s out, and pulls Hulk underwater. He subjects Hulk to a MindScrew sequence that leads to Hulk and Bruce collectively deciding to [[GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy Give It More Energy]], and Absorbing Man's resulting PowerIncontinence causes him to become what looks like a watery version of the EldritchAbomination page's image.

* The graphical exploding frog scene is particularly disturbing. It could counts as {{Squick}} too.

* Talbot's death in the novelization. With Hulk trapped in the sticky foam, Talbot takes a handheld laser drill, stabs it into Hulk's neck, and tears off some large chunks. After Hulk escapes the foam, Talbot uses a rifle to shoot armor-piercing bullets at him, but they rebound off Hulk's skin, with some riddling Talbot in a hail of bullets. Compared to that of the film, it's another level of HoistByHisOwnPetard and a more gruesome comeuppance.

* The Gamma Dogs and their attack on Betty qualifies, just with the combo of how ferocious they are and how twisted they look in their mutated state. The novelization and original script versions of the sequence feature more gore, mainly how the Hulk kills the dogs. He quickly kills the pitbull by leaping to a great height and landing on its back, crushing and driving the dog's body into the ground. Hulk tries the same method again, but the two remaining dogs wise up and barely dodge him. Then the poodle latches onto Hulk's ankle, and the mastiff gets his throat. After Hulk gets them off, Betty sees mangled flesh and oozing blood at the base of his neck. Using an uprooted redwood tree like a bat, Hulk smashes the poodle's face flat against Betty's windshield. Then it performs a final lunge at Betty, bursting through the windshield as she pulls the seat release; Betty falls back flat as the poodle crunches its jaws just above her before expiring. In the script, Hulk partially smashes the poodle through the windshield instead of against it. While Betty tries to back away from it, the poodle springs back to life and partly closes its jaws around her, lightly injuring Betty before dying and melting away. In the script, Hulk finally kills the mastiff by crushing its head with one hand; in the book, he grabs the dog around its throat and squeezes the life out of it in a "pulpy bursting of flesh and bone."

** Water!Absorbing Man is probably the creepiest of all after Hulk throws Rock!Absorbing Man into the lake, Hulk suddenly sees a reflection of David and slaps it, and a humanoid tidal wave {{Jump Scare}}s out and pulls Hulk underwater. He subjects Hulk to a MindScrew sequence that leads to Hulk and Bruce collectively deciding to invoke GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy and Absorbing Man's resulting PowerIncontinence causes him to become what looks like a watery version of the EldritchAbomination page image.

* The Gamma Dogs and their attack on Betty qualifies, just with the combo of how ferocious they are and how twisted they look in their mutated state. The novelization and original script versions of the sequence feature more gore, mainly how the Hulk kills the dogs. He quickly kills the pitbull by leaping to a great height and landing on its back, crushing and driving the dog's body into the ground. Hulk tries the same method again, but the two remaining dogs wise up and barely dodge him. Then the poodle latches onto Hulk's ankle, and the mastiff gets his throat. After Hulk gets them off, Betty sees mangled flesh and oozing blood at the base of his neck. Using an uprooted redwood tree like a bat, Hulk smashes the poodle's face flat against Betty's windshield. Then it performs a final lunge at Betty, bursting through the windshield as she pulls the seat release; Betty falls back flat as the poodle crunches its jaws just above her before expiring. In the script, Hulk partially smashes the poodle through the windshield instead of against it, and while Betty tries to back away from it, the poodle springs back to life and partly closes its jaws around her, lightly injuring Betty before dying. In the script, Hulk finally kills the mastiff by crushing its head with one hand; in the book, he grabs the dog around its throat and squeezes the life out of it in a "pulpy bursting of flesh and bone."

* The part when David first gets his absorbing abilities and transforms into the Absorbing Man is rather... creepy.

** There's also the relationship between Hulk and Banner. The page image comes from a scene that really sells how much the Hulk '''hates''' his alter ego. It starts out slow and eerie, only to show Banner's tiny hand wiping off the steam from the mirror...and the comparatively huge finger of the Hulk is at the other side. [[JumpScare And then he proceeds to grab and attack Banner]].
* The Gamma Dogs and their attack on Betty qualifies, just with how ferocious they are combined with how twisted they look in their mutated state.

* The part when David first gets his absorbing abilities and transforms into the Absorbing Man is rather...creepy, to say the least.
* David biting into the electrical cord and turning himself into electricity itself can be viewed as either this or {{Narm}}. Especially the closeup of Lightning!Absorbing Man's [[UncannyValley face]].

** Water!Absorbing Man is probably the creepiest of all. After Hulk throws Rock!Absorbing Man into the lake, Hulk suddenly sees a reflection of David and slaps it... and a humanoid tidal wave {{Jump Scare}}s out and pulls Hulk under. After that, he subjects Hulk to a MindScrew sequence that leads to Hulk and Bruce collectively deciding to invoke GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy... and Absorbing Man's resulting PowerIncontinence causes him to become what looks like a watery version of the image on the EldritchAbomination page.
--->'''David''': ''([[MindRape Inside Bruce's mind]])'' Sleep now, Bruce, and forget forever. Struggle no more and give me all of your power.

** There's also the relationship between Hulk and Banner. The page image comes from a scene that really sells how much the Hulk ''hates'' his alter ego. It starts out slow and eerie, only to show Banner's tiny hand wiping off the steam from the mirror...and the comparatively huge finger of the Hulk is at the other side. [[JumpScare And then he proceeds to grab and attack Banner]].

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-->''[[VillainousBreakdown I'll]]'' [[EmergencyTransformation go]].\\
''[[WhatTheHellHero You just]] '''[[ExactWords watch me go!]]'''''

-->[[VillainousBreakdown Fine.]] ''[[EmergencyTransformation I'll]]'' [[EmergencyTransformation go]].\\

-->Fine. ''I'll'' go.\\
''[[OhCrap You just]] '''[[EmergencyTransformation watch me go!]]'''''

* The graphical exploding frog scene is particularly disturbing. It could counts as {{Squick}} too.

--->'''David''': ''(Begins to swell like a balloon)'' Take it back! It's not stopping! '''''TAAAAAAKE IIIIIITTTT BAAAAAACCCCKKK!!!''''' ''(lets out a roar of pain and anger)''

* The part when David first gets his absorbing abilities is rather...creepy, to say the least.
* David biting into the electrical cord and turning himself into electricity itself can be viewed as either this or {{Narm}}. Especially the closeup of Lightning!David's [[UncannyValley face]].
** Rock!David. His echoing BigYes while giving Hulk an EnergyAbsorption bearhug is just eerie.
** Water!David is probably the creepiest of all. After Hulk throws Rock!David into the lake, Hulk suddenly sees a reflection of Human!David and slaps it... and a humanoid tidal wave {{Jump Scare}}s out and pulls Hulk under. After that, he subjects Hulk to a MindScrew sequence that leads to Hulk and Bruce collectively deciding to invoke GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy... and Water!David's resulting PowerIncontinence causes him to become what looks like a watery version of the image on the EldritchAbomination page.

--->'''David''': ''(Begins to swell like a balloon)'' Take it back! It's not stopping! '''''TAAAAAAKE IIIIIITTTT BAAAAAACCCCKKK!!!''''' ''(lets out a roar of pain and anger)''

--->'''David''': Take it back! It's not stopping! '''''TAAAAAAKE IIIIIITTTT BAAAAAACCCCKKK!!!'''''

--->'''Hulk''': '''''TAKE IT AAAAAALLL!!!'''''

* Just the film's surrealistic style itself results in plenty of nightmarish imagery. Such as Bruce violently playing with a dinosaur doll as an infant and Betty dreaming of herself as a child witnessing a gamma radiation explosion.
* Danny Elfman's overall score for the movie is quite chilling and psychologically intense, very much unlike his other works.
* Hulk himself is pretty scary in this film, the roars and growls he makes practically sound demonic.

** Water!David is probably the creepiest of all. After Hulk throws Rock!David into the lake, Hulk suddenly sees a reflection of Human!David and slaps it... and a humanoid tidal wave {{Jump Scare}}s out and pulls Hulk under. After that, he subjects Hulk to a MindScrew sequence that leads to Hulk and Bruce collectively deciding to invoke GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy... and Water!David's resulting PowerIncontinence causes him to become what looks like a watery version of the image on the EldritchAbomination page.

** Water!David is probably the creepiest of all. After Hulk throws Rock!David into the lake, Hulk suddenly sees a reflection of Human!David and slaps it -- and a humanoid tidal wave {{Jump Scare}}s out and pulls Hulk under. After that, he subjects Hulk to a MindScrew sequence that leads to Hulk and Bruce collectively deciding to invoke GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy... and Water!David's resulting PowerIncontinence causes him to become what looks like a watery version of the image on the EldritchAbomination page.

** Rock!David. His echoing BigYes while giving Hulk an EnergyAbsorption bear-hug is just eerie.

* David biting into the electrical cord and turning himself into electricity itself can be viewed as either this or {{Narm}}.

* David biting into the electrical cord and turning himself into electricity itself can be viewed as either this or Narm.