History NightmareFuel / PrincessMononoke

* When Lady Eboshi tells Ashitaka that her guns wounded Nago, kickstarting the plot of the film in the first place. Ashitaka's anger makes his cursed arm bulge to dearly double in size before snapping out like a serpent and attempting to kill her on the spot. Ashitaka has to use his other arm just to keep his sword sheathed, visibly struggling to do so. And remember, his curse makes him strong enough ha can tear apart human bodies as easy as tissue paper. Lady Eboshi's calm assessment of the matter is worse, as it implies that if he lets the curse act out he will simply keep killing until everyone in Irontown was gone.

** And even though it's somewhat PlayedForLaughs (mind you, very, very, very ''Dark'' Laughs), the shot of a man's arms getting pulled from their tendons and waving around still attached to the sword that is now pinned to a tree is rather unsettling to watch.
* The introduction scene for the wolf tribe. A wolf in size of a barn suddenly jumps between the oxen and starts literally plowing them off the path, throwing dozens of animals and people down the ravine. And then Eboshi and her soldiers let hell loose with their guns and fire lances.
** In the end of it, lady Eboshi calmly orders the remaining people to get moving and declares everyone missing dead. Not out of callousness, mind you - she wants to get those still alive back home before the wolves will strike ''again'', knowing they might not get through a second encounter.

** Actually, compared to Nago, Okkoto at the very ''least'' died mercifully.

* The introduction scene for the wolf tribe. A wolf in size of a barn suddenly jumps between the oxes and starts literally plowing them off the path, throwing dozens of animals and people down the ravine. And then Eboshi and her soldiers let hell loose with their guns and fire lances.

* Ashitaka gets shot and an iron ball the size of a plum rips right through him, leaving a bloody, gaping hole in his chest... and he's ''trying'' to go on as if nothing has happened, but it's obvious that every moment is agony. Yep, this film

* Ashitaka fighting against the four riders chasing after him is just scary due to his absolute lack of emotions while ripping them into pieces and inflicting horrible wounds. He doesn't even blink when he catches an arrow fired toward him and instantly fires it back, killing his attacker. Moment later he shouts a warning and when it doesn't work, simply beheads one of his pursuers with ''another arrow''. It's not cool at all - it's downright horrifying how easy the butchery goes for him and how emotionless he is during it. The music only makes it worse.

** The apes' appearance can be even worse for people who have seen the Thai film ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Boonmee_Who_Can_Recall_His_Past_Lives Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives]]'', which features a man who has come back from the dead in a terrifying non-human form with an uncanny resemblance to the apes' first appearance in this film.

''Princess Mononoke'' is extremely intense and was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids not intended for children.]] Unfortunately, it does get watched by viewers much younger than the PG-13 target demographic.

''Princess Mononoke'' is extremely intense and was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids not intended for children.]] Unfortunately, it does get watched by viewers much younger than the target demographic.

* As the Forest Spirit searches for its head, everything it touches dies. The forest is filled with dark blobs killing stuff and the air is thick with kodama raining from the dead trees. The cries and moans of the kodama aren't just sound effects, they're actually ''part of the music playing in the background''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSd93dQL6b8]].

* Jigo's huntsmen and many of his warrior monks disguise themselves as said boars in order to trick Okkoto. Something about their movement and lack of eyes. The image of them nuzzling up to Okkoto's side so they can inject him with poison is absolutely horrifying. It's even worse: The disguises only works because they know Okkoto is almost blind from advanced age. ''They fool his keen sense of smell by wearing the flayed skins of his slaughtered people''.

''Princess Mononoke'' is extremely intense and was [[AnimationAgeGhetto not intended for children.]] Unfortunately, it does get watched by viewers much younger than the target demographic.

* Ashitaka gets shot and an iron ball the size of a plum rips right through him, leaving a bloody, gaping hole in his chest... and he's ''trying'' to go on as if nothing has happened, but it's obvious that every moment is agony.

** In the end of it, lady Eboshi calmly orders the remaining people to get moving and declares everyone missing death. Not out of callousness, mind you - she wants to get those still alive back home before the wolves will strike ''again'', knowing they might not get through a second encounter.

** They don't run. They ''slither at inhuman speeds''. And the scary part is that these are just normal humans underneath the skin of boars.

* Ashitaka gets shot and the iron ball in size of a plum rips right through him, leaving a bloody, gaping hole in his chest around heart area... and he's ''trying'' to go on as if nothing has happened, but it's obvious that every moment is agony.
** There is also the trendemous amount of blood not just dripping, but freely flowing from his wound. It creates a ''deep, slippery poodle'' when he tries to lift the massive town gate all by himself. And his curse just won't let him die.
* The prince eventually falls unconscious from the back of Yakul due to the bloodloss. One of the wolves escorting them instantly runs toward him and ''starts to maul his entire head''.
* The Forest God as a not-a-deer, with the stretchy neck and a flat pseudo-human face. And then it turned into a cross between the night sky and Godzilla.

** Lady Eboshi picking Asano's commanders one by one to further disrupt the ranks. The gun hits with enough power to go through a field shield, then pierce armour and knocks the guy out of the saddle, killing him on the spot. [[MercyKill Hopefully]], because he would be minced.
* Moro has a few scenes where she is just terrifying. For one thing, she's a wolf the size of an elephant who is smart enough to talk then there's her laugh and her face she makes ''as'' she's laughing. Something about that just seems... [[UncannyValley off]].
* Every time the boars attack. An unstoppable ''wave'' of animals trampling down everything and never stopping, no matter how many of them get killed or if there are any obstacles on their way.
* The battle between Eboshi's forces and the boars. Particularly the shot where a mine detonates and sends boars flying into the air while they're screaming in agony and people being thrown off cliffs.

* Jigo's huntsmen and many of his warrior monks disguise themselves as said boars in order to trick Okkoto. Something about their movement and lack of eyes. The image of them nuzzling up to Okkoto's side is absolutely horrifying. It's even worse: The disguise works because Okkoto is almost blind. They fool his sense of smell by wearing the skins and blood of his slaughtered tribe.

* San crying "I don't want to be a demon!" as she's drawn into the sea of demonic tendrils.

* Ashitaka fighting against the four riders chasing after him is just scary due to his absolute lack of emotions while ripping them into pieces and inflicting horrible wounds. He doesn't even blink when he catches an arrow fired toward him and instantly fires it back, killig his attacker. Moment later he shouts a warning and when it doesn't work, simply beheads one of his chasers with ''another arrow''. It's not cool at all - it's downright horrifying how easy the killing goes for him and how emotionless he is in it. The music only makes it worse.

* The hands of the blobs of death that bring about instant death while looking for the head of the Forest Spirit, reaching into the forest and killing everything they touched.

* Iron Town evacuates in the wake of the murderous blob that was once the Nightwalker. Toki desperately calls other townsfolk to follow her, only for them to pick the wrong turn and getting swepped by the killing goo, moving like a tide over them.

* As the Forest Spirit searches for its head, everything it touches dies. The forest is filled with dark blobs killing stuff and the air is thick with kodama raining from the dead trees. The cries and moans of the kodama aren't just sound effects, they're actually ''part of the music playing in the background''.

* The introduction scene for the wolf tribe. A wolf in size of a barn suddenly jumps between the oxes and quite literally plowing them off the path, throwing dozens of animals and people down the ravine. And then Eboshi and her soldiers let hell loose with their guns and fire lances.

* Ashitaka gets shot and the iron ball rips right through him, leaving a bloody, gaping hole in his abdomen... and he's ''trying'' to go on as if nothing has happened, but it's obvious that every moment is agony.

* Jigo's huntsmen and many of his warrior monks disguise themselves as said boars in order to trick Okkoto. Something about their movement and lack of eyes. The image of them nuzzling up to Okkoto's side is absolutely horrifying. It's even worse: The disguise works because Okkoto is almost blind. They fool his sense of smell by wearing the skins of his slaughtered tribe.