History NightmareFuel / Prometheus

** Not to mention if (like this troper) you already had a crippling fear of [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods squid and octopus]] before seeing this film. Getting attacked by an alien squid? Bad. Finding an alien squid buried in your abdomen, and having to cut it out yourself? '''[[ItGotWorse Worse.]]''' Cutting it out, and then being stuck in a tiny plastic coffin with said alien squid while it thrashes around wildly just inches away from your face? Excuse me while I fetch my [[BringMyBrownPants brown pants]]...
** For this troper, the most horrifying bit of that altogether-horrifying scene was when [[spoiler: the amniotic sac bursts open and the amniotic fluid spills onto Shaw as she lies below the writhing, aggressive and clearly angry creature.]]
** This scene was so bad that a ''male'' friend of one troper almost passed out. And this guy sat through ''{{Film/Saw}}'' without issue.
*** He wouldn't have been the only one: a 15-year-old teenager in Australia passed out and had a seizure during this scene and was rushed to the hospital. This sparked a discussion on the rating of the film in Australia, which had been lowered from an "MA 15+" to a more lenient "M" before its release to allow younger teens to watch the film.

* This troper had a quiet moment of horror at the beginning of the film with David. He's been on the ship for two years with limited stimuli and no interpersonal interactions beyond dreams. Consider him going through the motions, repeating the same directionless routines, alone, for that long.

** The way he walked back to the Prometheus was also HighOctaneNightmareFuel, reminiscent of ''{{Film/TheExorcist}}''.

* [[spoiler:Fifield's]] return as a horrible, swollen-faced, super strong zombie who brutally slaughters several crew members with his bare hands, including one unfortunate soul whose chest he jumps on so hard that it causes the guy to vomit blood everywhere, before smashing his face into pulp with his fists. It doesn't help that they only manage to stop him by setting him aflame, pumping multiple bullets into him, and finally running him over with a truck ''twice''. A terrified crew member even shoots a final jet of flame at his burned corpse post-mortem, just to make sure he's down for the count.

** This scene was so bad that a ''male'' friend of one trope almost passed out. And this guy sat through ''{{Film/Saw}}'' without issue.

** The whole scene is a hundred times worse if you're a person who can get pregnant (which is not something only women can do). [[AdultFear Imagine every single fear you could have about childbirth all wrapped up in one scene.]]

** Not to mention if (like this troper) you already had a crippling fear of [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods squid and octopus]] before seeing this film. Getting attacked by an alien squid? Bad. Finding an alien squid buried in your abdomen, and having to cut it out yourself? '''[[ItGotWorse Worse.]]''' Cutting it out, and then being stuck in a tiny plastic coffin with said alien squid while it trashes around wildly just inches away from your face? Excuse me while I fetch my [[BringMyBrownPants brown pants]]...

** Not to mention if (like this troper) you already had a crippling fear of [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods squid and octopus]] before seeing this film. Getting attacked by an alien squid? Bad. Finding an alien squid buried in your abdomen, and having to cut it out yourself? '''[[ItGotWorse Worse.]]''' Cutting it out, and then being stuck in a tiny plastic coffin with said alien squid while it trashes around wildly just inches away from your face? Excuse me while I fetch my axe...

** The whole scene is a hundred times worse if you're a woman. [[AdultFear Imagine every single fear you could have about childbirth all wrapped up in one scene.]]

* From the trailer:
** The [[HellIsThatNoise edit of Audiomachine's]] [[AwesomeMusic Judge and Jury]] for the trailer, complete with a {{Drone Of Dread}}, the sirens from ''{{Film/Alien}}'' and {{Psycho Strings}}.
** The [[BodyHorror changing of the victims' bodies after being bitten.]]
** The fact that one of the astronauts is apparently ''melting'' and his helmet actually melts onto his ''face.''
** The potential for an apocalypse.

** The whole scene is one hundred times worse if you're a woman. [[AdultFear Imagine every single fear you could have about childbirth all wrapped up in one scene.]]

* The entire [[spoiler: Fifield and Millburn]] death scene. The tension when the creature first appears is bad enough but when it finally makes its move the scene quickly descends into unfiltered terror. [[spoiler:It bites Millburn's hand and proceeds to wrap around his arm so tightly it breaks it. Fifield panics at first but then cuts its head off, only to get acid blood in his face. The creature immediately ''[[HydraProblem grows a new head]]'', buries itself into Millburn's arm to get into his helmet, and then forces itself down his throat.]] All whilst [[spoiler Fifield's]] helmet melts onto his face.

-> - Elizabeth Shaw

Prometheus was always going to provide a large slice of BodyHorror given that it's set in the same universe as ''{{Alien}}'', and that H.R. Giger returned to deliver new nightmares to the masses.
* From the ''trailer alone''.

* The entire [[spoiler: Fifield and Millburn]] death scene. The tension when the creature first appears is bad enough but when it finally makes its move the scene quickly descends into unfiltered terror. [[spoiler: It bites Millburn's hand and proceeds to wrap around his arm so tightly it breaks it. Fifield panics at first but then cuts its head off, only to get acid blood in his face. The creature immediately ''[[HydraProblem grows a new head]]'', buries itself into Millburn's arm to get into his helmet, and then forces itself down his throat.]] All whilst [[spoiler: Fifield's]] helmet melts onto his face.

* [[spoiler: Shaw's]] self-administered emergency surgery. From the operation to the [[spoiler: ''[[CosmicHorror thing]]'' she "births".]]
** Bonus creepyness points for [[spoiler: this happening to the main character.]] No one is safe!

* [[spoiler:The attempt to revive the Engineer's head.]]
** YMMV, I found that scene funny as hell
* [[spoiler: The Xenomorph's long awaited appearance. It's onscreen for less than a minute but makes it clear that despite everything we went through it's about to get a whole lot worse.]]

Prometheus was always going to provide a large slice of CosmicHorror given that it's set in the same universe as ''{{Alien}}'', and that H.R. Giger returned to deliver new nightmares to the masses.

Prometheus was always going to provide a large slice of CosmicHorror given its set in the same universe as ''{{Alien}}'' and H.R. Giger returns to deliver new nightmares to the masses.

* The entire [[spoiler: Fifield and Millburn]] death scene. The tension when the creature first appears is bad enough but when it finally makes it's move the scene quickly descends into unfiltered terror. [[spoiler: It bites Millburn's hand and proceeds to wrap around his arm so tightly it breaks it. Fifield panics at first but then cuts it's head off, only to get acid blood in his face. The creature immediately ''[[HydraProblem grows a new head]]'' and uses the fresh coating of acid to burn through Millburns helmet and force itself down his throat.]] All whilst [[spoiler: Fifield's]] helmet melts onto his face.

* [[spoiler: Shaws]] self-administered emergency surgery. From the operation to the [[spoiler: ''[[CosmicHorror thing]]'' she "births".]]

* [[spoiler: The Xenemorph's long awaited appearence. It's onscreen for less than a minute but makes it clear that despite everything we went throught it's about to get a whole lot worse.]]

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Prometheus was always going to provide a large slice of CosmicHorror given its set in the same universe as ''{{Alien}}'' and H.R. Giger returns to deliver new nightmares to the masses.
* From the ''trailer alone''.
** The [[HellIsThatNoise edit of Audiomachine's]] [[AwesomeMusic Judge and Jury]] for the trailer, complete with a {{Drone Of Dread}}, the sirens from ''{{Film/Alien}}'' and {{Psycho Strings}}.
** The [[BodyHorror changing of the victims' bodies after being bitten.]]
** The fact that one of the astronauts is apparently ''melting'' and his helmet actually melts onto his ''face.''
** The potential for an apocalypse.
* The entire [[spoiler: Fifield and Millburn]] death scene. The tension when the creature first appears is bad enough but when it finally makes it's move the scene quickly descends into unfiltered terror. [[spoiler: It bites Millburn's hand and proceeds to wrap around his arm so tightly it breaks it. Fifield panics at first but then cuts it's head off, only to get acid blood in his face. The creature immediately ''[[HydraProblem grows a new head]]'' and uses the fresh coating of acid to burn through Millburns helmet and force itself down his throat.]] All whilst [[spoiler: Fifield's]] helmet melts onto his face.
--> ''"CUT IT OFF! CUT IT OFF!!!"''
* [[spoiler: Shaws]] self-administered emergency surgery. From the operation to the [[spoiler: ''[[CosmicHorror thing]]'' she "births".]]
* The potential for an apocalypse. Not just [[spoiler: on Earth but across the galaxy given the nature of the monsters the Engineers create.]]

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Prometheus was always going to provide a large slice of CosmicHorror given its set in the same universe as ''Alien'' and H.R. Giger returns to deliver new nightmares to the masses.
* From the ''trailer'' alone.

** And all of that is ''just from the trailer.''
* The entire [[spoiler: Fifield and Millburn]] death scene. The tension when the creature first appears is bad enough but when it finally makes it's move the scene quickly descends into unfiltered terror. [[spoiler: It bites Millburn's hand and proceeds to wrap around his arm so tightly it breaks it. Fifield panics at first but then cuts it's head off, only to get acid blood in his face. The creature immediately ''grows a new head'' and uses the coating of acid to burn through Millburns helmet and force itself down his throat.]] All whilst [[spoiler: Fifield's]] helmet melts onto his face.