History NightmareFuel / PinkFloyd

** "Run Like Hell". ''"With your empty smile And your hungry heart Feel the bile rising from your guilty past With your nerves in tatters When the cockleshell shatters And the hammers batter Down the door You better run!"''

-->"'''Waiting''' to put on a black shirt!\\

-->"Are there any queers in the theatre tonight?\\

** The creepy-ass mantis/vagina/butterfly monster ''thing'' that the shadow of Pink's mother turns into near the end of the "Don't Leave Me Now" sequence.

** The creepy-ass mantis/vagina/butterfly monster ''thing'' that the shadow of Pink's mother turns into near the end of the Don't Leave Me Now sequence.

--> "''...I like to picture "Welcome To The Machine" as a long, creepy, but breathtaking [[{{Hellevator}} elevator journey]] to the top of [[NightmarishFactory The Factory]], with [[AndIMustScream the souls of miriads of unfortunate victims trapped]] on [[ImpossiiblyTallTower the countless stories]]; and then, at the very top of it all, you are greeted by the Uberboss, a [[TheDevilIsALoser somewhat ignorant]] ("by the way, which one's Pink?"), but [[DevilInPlainSight totally efficient]] [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] model in its own right. (Maybe they should have brought in Music/AliceCooper to sing the song instead. Or Music/{{Meatloaf}}.)''"

--> "''...I like to picture ʽWelcome To The Machineʼ as a long, creepy, but breathtaking [[{{Hellevator}} elevator journey]] to the top of The Factory, [[AndIMustScream with the souls of miriads of unfortunate victims trapped on the countless stories]]; and then, at the very top of it all, you are greeted by the Uberboss, a somewhat [[TheDevilIsALoser ignorant]] ("by the way, which one's Pink?"), but [[DevilInPlainSight totally efficient]] [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] model in its own right. (Maybe they should have brought in Music/AliceCooper to sing the song instead. Or Music/{{Meatloaf}}.)''"

--> "''...I like to picture ʽWelcome To The Machineʼ as a long, creepy, but breathtaking [[{{Hellevator}} elevator journey]] to the top of The Factory, [[AndIMustScream with the souls of miriads of unfortunate victims trapped on the countless stories]]; and then, at the very top of it all, you are greeted by the Uberboss, a somewhat [[TheDevilIsALoser ignorant]] ("by the way, which one's Pink?"), but [[DevilInPlainSight totally efficient]] [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] model in its own right. (Maybe they should have brought in Music/AliceCooper to sing the song instead. Or Music/{{Meatloaf}}.''"

** Imagery seen in the video includes silver monoliths cracking and oozing blood, a mechanical dragon slowly lumbering towards the screen, skeletal rats leaping across corpse laden steel beams, and a man being viciously decapitated and the head slowly decaying into a skull(What's worse is that in the version aired on VH1, the decapitation is synced to a sound effect in the song that sounds like metallic screeching)

* "The Great Gig in the Sky". Their goal was to create a track that simulates the feeling of dying. Let's just say they succeeded.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgvAwBDbuIo "ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'M GOING TO CUT YOU INTO LITTLE PIECES!!!"]]

* While the interlocking sounds of "Speak to Me" lie within the bounds of ParanoiaFuel, the segment transforms into pure NightmareFuel right at its end when a sample of Clare Torry's screams from "The Great Gig In the Sky" enters the mix. "The Great Gig in the Sky". Their goal was to create a track that simulates the feeling of dying. Let's just say they succeeded.

'''Music/ASaucerfulOfSecrets''

'''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon''

'''Music/WishYouWereHere''

** This troper first listened to ''Music/TheWall'' while peaking on a strong dose of LSD...listening to it now brings intense flashbacks..."and the worms ATE INTO HIS BRAIN!"
* "CarefulWithThatAxe, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMpGdG27K9o Eugene]]"
* The ethereal wailing sounds at around the 11-minute mark in Echoes.
* The title track off of ''A Saucerful of Secrets'' up to the "Celestial Voices" movement.
* The live disc of ''Ummagumma'', which contains the aforementioned "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" and "A Saucerful Of Secrets", as well as unnerving versions of "Astronomy Domine" and "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun".
** "Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up", the ''Zabriskie Point'' version of "Eugene", is even harsher and scarier.
* "Sheep" may also qualify as this. Halfway into the song, there is very eerie Hammond organ, followed by a corrupted version of Psalm 23 which could give you nightmares:
-->"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want\\
He makes me down to lie\\
Through pastures green he leadeth me the silent waters by\\
With bright knives he releaseth my soul\\
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places\\
He converteth me to lamb cutlets\\
For lo, he hath great power and great hunger\\
When cometh the day we lowly ones\\
Through quiet reflection and great dedication\\
Master the art of karate\\
Lo, we shall rise up\\
And then we'll make the bugger's eyes water."
* ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' is such an unsettling album. "[[SplitPersonalityTakeover There's someone in my head... but it's not me.]]"
** "[[SanitySlippageSong You raise the blade, you make the change, you rearrange me 'til I'm sane.]]" Good grief.
*** Sounds like a lobotomy.
** "The Great Gig in the Sky". Their goal was to create a track that simulates the feeling of dying. Let's just say they succeeded.
** "On the Run" is a living, breathing scary sound.
** "Time" may sound like an upbeat track at first, but listen closely to the lyrics and you'll realize that it is actually about [[AdultFear how life seems to go by faster as you get older]]. Relative to this theme of time sneaking up on you, the first half a minute also features softly ticking clocks that give way to a loud alarm clock [[JumpScare that can catch first-time listeners off guard.]]
-->"The sun is the same,\\
in a relative way,\\
but you're older.\\
Shorter of breath\\
and one day closer to death."
** Try listening to the whole album on repeat while you're trying to sleep.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgvAwBDbuIo "ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'M GOING TO CUT YOU INTO LITTLE PIECES!!!"]]
* While "Welcome to the Machine" is a pretty dark song to begin with, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk6iI1Fh4VQ music video]] is just as disturbing as the animated scenes from ''The Wall.''
* Barrett's last song to be on a Floyd album, "Jugband Blues" from ''Saucerful of Secrets'', is a skin-crawling combination of SanitySlippageSong, {{Tearjerker}} and bitter EtTuBrute to the rest of the band. One of the eeriest things about it is the way it uses NonSequitur as an organising principle. The opening lines seem to be a [[SarcasmMode sarcastic]] TakeThat: "It's ''awfully'' considerate of you to think of me here / And I'm ''much'' obliged to you for [[WeUsedToBeFriends making it clear that I'm not here.]]" Then the song trips along in its part-cheerful, part-melancholy way for a while, one section lurching into another, until the band is drowned out by a parping brass band in a completely unrelated key, which in turn is replaced by just Barrett, strumming a guitar, sounding chillingly lonely, with the song cutting off abruptly on his very last word:
-->"And what exactly is a dream?\\
And what exactly is a [[SmashToBlack joke?]]"
* "The Gnome", otherwise among the most lighthearted and silly of all their songs, has an eerie, somewhat MoodWhiplash-inducing bridge: The way an [[EchoingAcoustics overly reverbed]] Syd Barrett whispers the completely benign lyrics "Look at the sky / look at the river / isn't it good?" makes them sound oddly ominous.
* While the interlocking sounds of "Speak to Me" lie within the bounds of ParanoiaFuel, the segment transforms into pure NightmareFuel right at its end when a sample of Clare Torry's screams from "The Great Gig In the Sky" enters the mix.
* "Dogs", the 17-minute epic that comprises virtually the entire first half of ''Animals'', is a thoroughly chilling composition in every conceivable sense of the word. From the twistedly psychedelic keyboard effects to the raw, brittle acoustic guitar, the prevailing mood of the entire track is utterly dour. The lyrics are a stark and unflinchingly accurate portrayal of the aggressive, egomaniacal businessmen who exploit the people around them to get ahead. One line in particular stands out, describing the eventual fate of those types:
-->"Just another sad old man,\\
All alone, and dying of cancer."

All alone, and dying of cancer at home."

-->"The sun is the same,
-->in a relative way,
-->but you're older.
-->Shorter of breath
-->and one day closer to death."

** "Time" may sound like an upbeat track at first, but listen closely to the lyrics and you'll realize that it is actually about [[AdultFear how life seems to go by faster as you get older]].

** From "The Happiest Days of Our Lives": ''But in the town it was well known / when they got home at night / their fat, psychopathic wives would '''thrash them''' / within inches of their lives!''

''Waiting'' for the queens and the coons\\
and the reds and the Jews!

-->Are there any queers in the theatre tonight?\\

If I had my way\\
I'd have all of ya shot!

** And "In the Flesh", the song that directly precedes these two:

*** And "In the Flesh", the song that directly precedes these two:

* Most of the animation from ''Music/TheWall''.
** Speaking of ''Music/TheWall'', while the entire album is creepy, two tracks stand out. Most of "Don't Leave Me Now" sounds extremely disturbing, and the beginning of "Is There Anybody Out There?" resembles something from a horror movie. Thank God it turns into a nice-sounding guitar melody.
** "Goodbye Blue Sky". Particularly, the images seen in the music video. It starts with a soothing guitar riff, then the terror sets in. "D-D-D-DID YOU SEE THE FRIGHTENED ONES? D-D-D-DID YOU HEAR THE FALLING BOMBS?"

** ''But in the town it was well known / when they got home at night / their fat and psychopathic wives would '''thrash them''' / within inches of their lives!''

*** You mean one of the animated parts that they took from The Trial?

** What, no mention of "The Trial"? Pretty much everything in that animated sequence counts here.
*** Pink's wife definitely qualifies. She first appears as a scorpion-like creature who manifests from the wall, impales Pink (now a ragdoll) with her tail, and then morphs into a siren with elongated limbs and flaming eyes.
*** Pink's mother is even more frightening. She first flies out of the wall as an airplane, then morphs into a talking labia, grabbing Pink with an umbilical cord.
*** The judge is probably the most nightmarish of all. He starts off as a giant worm, and as his verse begins, he transforms into a giant talking pair of buttocks, complete with a judge's wig on top and a pair of backwards facing legs. What makes it all the more frightening is how the animation manages to make it look vaguely like a human face, as the rectum is the mouth and the scrotum is meant to look like a chin. [[SarcasmMode It's not as tame as it sounds.]]

* The whole of ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' is so, so unsettling. "[[SplitPersonalityTakeover There's someone in my head... but it's not me.]]"
** "[[SanitySlippageSong You raise the blade...you make the change...you rearrange me til I'm sane.]]" Good grief.

** The entire song "The Great Gig In The Sky"
** "On The Run" is a living, breathing scary sound.

-->[[AdultFear "Just another sad old man,\\
All alone, and dying of cancer at home."]]

** Run Like Hell. ''"With your empty smile And your hungry heart Feel the bile rising from your guilty past With your nerves in tatters When the cockleshell shatters And the hammers batter Down the door You better run!"''

* "On The Run" is a living, breathing scary sound.

* "Dogs", the 17-minute epic that comprises virtually the entire first half of ''Animals'', is a thoroughly chilling composition in every respect, both musically and lyrically. Its purpose is to deride businessmen and others who exploit the people around them to get ahead, likening them to dogs (hence the name). One line in particular stands out, describing the eventual fate of those types:

* Not exactly a Pink Floyd song, but Barrett's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEr6w7P44Nk Dark Globe]]" is both [[{{Tearjerker}} heartbreaking]] and terrifying. It's a SanitySlippageSong written by a man who was actually turning insane.
-->"Won't you miss me?\\
Wouldn't you miss me at aaaAAAAAAAALL"