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** Sarah, Mildred, and Erin try to prevent as much as they can from drinking, while Leeza breaks down upon seeing their parents dying.

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** Sarah, Mildred, and Erin try to prevent as much many as they can from drinking, while Leeza breaks down upon seeing their parents dying.
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* After that, the camera pans in an ariel view of the island, but then it moves on its own and whooshing is heard. The camera is actually the perspective of something that is flying. [[NothingIsScarier We don't see what it looks like, only its field of vision]]. Then it goes inside an abandoned house.

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* After that, the camera pans in an ariel aerial view of the island, but then it moves on its own and whooshing is heard. The camera is actually the perspective of something that is flying. [[NothingIsScarier We don't see what it looks like, only its field of vision]]. Then it goes inside an abandoned house.
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** It's revealed that this man is Father Paul Hill, which, according to him, fills in for Monsignor Pruitt for the time being.

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** It's revealed that this man is Father Paul Hill, which, who, according to him, fills in for Monsignor Pruitt for the time being.
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* The pot-luck in and of itself is a joyous moment in the episode - at first. Dialogue is exchanged between characters, and everyone is enjoying themselves, until Joe calls out for Pike, his dog. Then Pike is throwing up blood, and dies in agony as ''its entire lower jaw dissolves'' in a mixture of blood, vomit and some kind of white frothy substance. The sight of that happening is both heart-wrenching and horrific, and it will haunt you long after it's over.

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* The pot-luck in and of itself is a joyous moment in the episode - at first. Dialogue is exchanged between characters, and everyone is enjoying themselves, until Joe calls out for Pike, his dog. Then Pike is throwing up blood, and dies in agony as ''its ''his entire lower jaw dissolves'' in a mixture of blood, vomit and some kind of white frothy substance. The sight of that happening is both heart-wrenching and horrific, and it will haunt you long after it's over.
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* Mildred screaming at Sarah that she saw her father in the window. The fact that she insists that she see's Sarah's father is enough to make you wonder what the hell is going on, and if that figure Erin saw is the same one that Mildred saw. Which, considering the fact that she describes its face as

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* Mildred screaming at Sarah that she saw something in the window, which she originally believed was her father in the window. The fact based on its clothes. Given how she repeats "that face" over and over again, it's safe to assume that she insists whatever it was, it wasn't pretty. It's also a pretty safe bet that she see's Sarah's father is enough to make you wonder what the hell is going on, and if that figure Erin saw is the same one that Mildred saw. Which, considering the fact that she describes its face as saw.
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** Well... that, ''and'' the fact that you actually catch a very brief glimpse of the creature as it turns to face Warren and his friends. It looks almost human, apart from the [[GlowingEyesOfUndeath glowing eyes]].

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** Well... that, ''and'' the fact that you actually catch a very brief glimpse of the creature as it turns to face Warren and his friends. It looks almost human, apart from the [[GlowingEyesOfUndeath [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath glowing eyes]].

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* The scenes of Warren and his gang in the Uppards. The sight of the stray cats peering from the darkness is unnerving. But then something snaps a twig, and a loud crescendo plays to indicate that the thing that snapped the twig wasn't a stray.

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* The scenes of Warren and his gang in the Uppards. The sight of the stray cats peering from the darkness is unnerving. But then something snaps a twig, and a loud crescendo plays to indicate that the thing that snapped the said twig wasn't a stray.stray.
** Well... that, ''and'' the fact that you actually catch a very brief glimpse of the creature as it turns to face Warren and his friends. It looks almost human, apart from the [[GlowingEyesOfUndeath glowing eyes]].



* The pot-luck in of itself is a joyous moment in the episode. Dialogue is exchanged between characters, and everyone is enjoying themselves, until Joe calls out for Pike, his dog. Then Pike is throwing up blood, and dies in agony as ''its entire lower jaw dissolves'' in a mixture of blood, vomit and some kind of white frothy substance. The sight of that happening is both heart-wrenching and horrific, and it will haunt you long after it's over.

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* The pot-luck in and of itself is a joyous moment in the episode.episode - at first. Dialogue is exchanged between characters, and everyone is enjoying themselves, until Joe calls out for Pike, his dog. Then Pike is throwing up blood, and dies in agony as ''its entire lower jaw dissolves'' in a mixture of blood, vomit and some kind of white frothy substance. The sight of that happening is both heart-wrenching and horrific, and it will haunt you long after it's over.



* When Erin is sorting photos, she hears something walking on her roof, making loud footsteps. Then she peaks out the window, and if you look to the left, you'll see a humanoid figure with small, glowing eyes. Then it simply walks away, followed by a violin crescendo. Just the thought of someone watching you is enough to make your skin crawl.
* Mildred screaming at Sarah that she saw her father in the window. The fact that she insists that she see's Sarah's father is enough to make you wonder what the hell is going on, and if that figure Erin saw is the same Mildred saw.

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* When Erin is sorting photos, she hears something walking on her roof, making loud footsteps. Then she peaks out the window, and if you look to the left, you'll see a humanoid figure with small, glowing eyes. Then it simply walks away, followed by a violin crescendo.crescendo similar to the one that played when Warren caught a glimpse of the creature the night before. Just the thought of someone watching you is enough to make your skin crawl.
* Mildred screaming at Sarah that she saw her father in the window. The fact that she insists that she see's Sarah's father is enough to make you wonder what the hell is going on, and if that figure Erin saw is the same one that Mildred saw.saw. Which, considering the fact that she describes its face as
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** There is a high chance that it ''didn't'' survive, however, as Leeza loses her ability to walk by episode's end. In most mythology, that means that the vampire that afflicted her has died.

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** There is a high chance that it ''didn't'' survive, however, as Leeza loses her ability to walk by episode's end. In most mythology, vampire lore, that usually means that the vampire that afflicted her her, in this case the Angel, has died.
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** There is a high chance that it ''didn't'' survive, however, as Leeza loses her ability to walk by episode's end. In most mythology, that means that the vampire that afflicted her has died.
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*** Especially since she's praising Ali for defying his father in the pursuit of God. The sixth Commandment is to "honor thy father and thy mother," but Bev doesn't care about that anymore.



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* The ashes of the incinerated townspeople, probably including Ed, Annie, Wade, and Dolly, raining down from the sky upon Leeza and Warren as they watch (from the same rowboat Riley died in).
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* The pot-luck in of itself is a joyous moment in the episode. Dialogue is exchanged between characters, and everyone is enjoying themselves, until Joe calls out for Pike, his dog. Then Pike is throwing up blood, and dies in agony. The sight of that happening is both heart-wrenching and horrific.

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* The pot-luck in of itself is a joyous moment in the episode. Dialogue is exchanged between characters, and everyone is enjoying themselves, until Joe calls out for Pike, his dog. Then Pike is throwing up blood, and dies in agony. agony as ''its entire lower jaw dissolves'' in a mixture of blood, vomit and some kind of white frothy substance. The sight of that happening is both heart-wrenching and horrific.horrific, and it will haunt you long after it's over.

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** Then Sturge cuts the cell tower. The island is truly isolated.



* [[WhamEpisode The entire Easter vigil]], ''all of it''. Every second, it goes FromBadToWorse. Here are some highlights that truly stand out:
** Pruitt saying "I brought with me that angel of the Lord." That's the indication that all those in attendance will see the "Angel".
** Bev taking the cup out of a storage room, only for the camera to pan over a collection of plastic cups. But there's something beside it: Compound 1080. Do the math in terms of how many cups there are.
** Sturge drinks the cup first, and he convulses and throws up blood. Remember how Pike died? Sturge is succumbing to a similar manner.
** [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Hassan tries to leave with Ali due to the demonstration with Sturge]], only to see the Angel wearing a white gown, standing ominously in the entrance.
*** The Angel wearing the white gown should be {{Main/Narm}}, but due to how he connects with the description of an angel (an archangel as well) and when they appear to mortals, it actually heightens the horror.
** Sturge resurrects just after the Angel unfolds his wings, hiking up the horror for the attendance of the vigil. Leeza looks like she could break down at any moment, and a lot of the participants look in pure horror.
** When Hassan tries to get Ali to leave, he fires his gun at the roof, and gets pinned down. Bev chastises him for this, and she praises Ali for demonstrating bravery and courage. It shows how unhinged she's become.
** When Ali succumbs to the pressure, he drinks it, to Hassan's despair. Then the rest begin to drink from their cups. Hearing the cups clatter, the retching, and seeing the attendence convulse and throw up blood is straight up horrifying, and is eerily reminiscent of the Jonestown massacre.
** [[WouldHurtAChild There's even shots of children drinking]].
** Sarah, Mildred, and Erin try to prevent as much as they can from drinking, while Leeza breaks down upon seeing their parents dying.
** When Mildred takes Hassan's gun, she shoots Pruitt point blank in the head. He survives, but only moves one eye, paralyzed. But that action results in the Angel dragging her far from the church, to Sarah's despair.
** When the camera pans to Bev's blood soaked hands, the soundtrack becomes a heartbeat.
** The bloodbath when all the deceased reawaken.
** Sturge has no recollection of the massacre, and seeing the shot of a dead little girl makes this both heartbreaking and horrific, knowing that some succumb to hunger, that when they come back, they would have no idea what they have done.
** Pruitt shaking his head at Sturge, telling him not to open the doors. But due to Bev's manipulations, the doors are open and everyone is free.



* Monsignor Pruitt's reaction to being shot in the forehead in the penultimate episode. As he's now a vampire, he just lies paralyzed and gulping, with only one of his eyes moving.
* The entire Easter vigil in Episode 6. It just gets worse and worse, starting with the townspeople realizing something is off, to Sturge taking poison and dying in front of everyone, to the appearance of the "Angel" when Hassan tries to run with Ali. And finally when everyone, convinced of Monsignor Pruitt's righteousness, drink poison en masse while others beg them to stop and try to escape, it's scarily reminiscent of the Jonestown massacre. And the bloodshed that follows when they start to come back...

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* The episode begins with the camera focusing on Riley's ashes and clothes in the canoe, with a catatonic Erin. Seeing the ashes scout about in the wind is both ominous and heartbreaking.
* Sarah describing to Erin and Mildred what this new condition. Seeing the flashbacks of people drinking from the cup, ingesting the blood, is certainly distressing.
* When the Sherrif fills in Riley's missing person file, the lights go out. He waits for a bit, only to phone Sturge when it doesn't come back on. But it turns out, [[WhamShot they're sabotaging the power on purpose for the Easter vigil]].
-->Sturge: "[[WhamLine That's the last of 'em]]."
** The fact that they are cutting power off, diverting the boats, and intending on severing the phone reception during the vigil is certainly frightening. All it would take is manipulation and gaslighting to make it look like an accident.
* Hearing the singing on the way to the vigil. The song sounds nice, but there's a creeping feeling that something will go wrong.
!Book VII: Revelation



!Book VII: Revelation
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* When Erin is sorting photos, she hears something walking on her roof, making loud footsteps. Then she peaks out the window, and if you look to the left, you'll see a humanoid figure with small, glowing eyes. Then it simply walks away, followed by a violin crescendo. Just the thought of someone watching you is enough to make your skin crawl.
* Mildred screaming at Sarah that she saw her father in the window. The fact that she insists that she see's Sarah's father is enough to make you wonder what the hell is going on, and if that figure Erin saw is the same Mildred saw.
* Bowl walking by that abandoned house at night. When the door opens, he asks if someone's there. He shrugs it off and leaves, only to hear his voice echoing back from the house. He initially thinks it's Ooker, and walks in the house. But we see a figure that resembles a humanoid with glowing eyes. Then it stands up, then leaps at Bowl. His hat is thrown to the ground, and the door slowly closes.
* [[WhamShot Leeza getting up from the wheelchair in the episode's end]]. It's not a scary as the other examples, but how would you feel that seeing someone who was paralyzed in a horrible accident start walking again?

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!General
* The entire character of Beverly Keane, in the RealismInducedHorror sense. While vampires do not exist in the real world, smug, racist, self-righteous people like her definitely do. And while they're mostly harmless when contained, the series shows the horrors they're capable of if they get their hands on some power.
* The Angel's varying levels of intelligence. At first, it seems to merely be a beast skulking in the shadows, only wanting to feed and propagate itself. But as the series continues, it imitates Bowl's voice, wears Pruitt's clothing, and participates in his plan. It isn't incapable of speech and wearing clothes. It just chooses not to...
** There's also the FridgeHorror as to why. Before Leeza's miracle, it was just a mindless beast, feeding. But as more people attended church and fell into Pruitt's plan, it seemed to develop more intelligence as the series progresses. It's the Easter vigil where it reaches its apex, with enough influence and supporters.
* Each time the Angel feeds on screen, it does so with such abandon that its head bobs up and down as it gulps.



** What's worse is that Riley sees someone on the beach that matches Warren's description. When he tries to get the man's attention, he just runs away, and managed to outrun Riley and vanished out of sight after that.

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** What's worse is that Riley sees someone on the beach that matches Warren's description.description (he too recalled seeing a similar figure). When he tries to get the man's attention, he just runs away, and managed to outrun Riley and vanished out of sight after that.



* Joe's death, ''full stop''. The second that he walks into Father Paul's cabin, the viewer gets a sense that something is wrong. That tension only escalates from there, with that feeling of anticipation that Paul will do something bad. When Joe tries to run out of the cabin from Paul (who was displaying weird mannerisms that are vampire-like), he trips and cracks his head open on a table. He pleads to Paul to get help, but all that the priest can do is drink the blood from Joe, and suck from the head wound in another scene.
** Worst of all, Joe is still alive but paralyzed as he watches Paul slurp his blood from the floor, Joe's hand twisted and shaking from the brain damage.
* Riley's (first) death. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time to talk to Father Paul about Joe's sister, only to stumble upon the "Angel" pouring its blood into a vial. When Riley tries to run away, [[JumpScare the Angel pounces on him at super high speeds]], and bites his neck. All Paul does is close the door silently.
** The series itself relies on atmospheric tension building and auditory spikes and jumpscares to deliver the horror, so seeing this as the only visual jumpscare in the series, the show can be horrific without relying on cheap tactics frequently.
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* Joe's death in Book IV, ''full stop''. The second that he walks into Father Paul's cabin, the viewer gets a sense that something is wrong. That tension only escalates from there, with that feeling of anticipation that Paul will do something bad. When Joe tries to run out of the cabin from Paul (who was displaying weird mannerisms that are vampire-like), he trips and cracks his head open on a table. He pleads to Paul to get help, but all that the priest can do is drink the blood from Joe, and suck from the head wound in another scene.
** Worst of all, Joe is still alive but paralyzed as he watches Paul slurp his blood from the floor, Joe's hand twisted and shaking from the brain damage.
* Riley's (first) death in the same episode. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time to talk to Father Paul about Joe's sister, only to stumble upon the "Angel" pouring its blood into a vial. When Riley tries to run away, [[JumpScare the Angel pounces on him at super high speeds]], and bites his neck. All Paul does is close the door silently.
* The entire character of Beverly Keane, in the RealismInducedHorror sense. While vampires do not exist in the real world, smug, racist, self-righteous people like her definitely do. And while they're mostly harmless when contained, the series shows the horrors they're capable of if they get their hands on some power.
* The Angel's varying levels of intelligence. At first, it seems to merely be a beast skulking in the shadows, only wanting to feed and propagate itself. But as the series continues, it imitates Bowl's voice, wears Pruitt's clothing, and participates in his plan. It isn't incapable of speech and wearing clothes. It just chooses not to...
* Each time the Angel feeds on screen, it does so with such abandon that its head bobs up and down as it gulps.

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