History NightmareFuel / RaidersOfTheLostArk

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it have to be snakes]] indeed!]]

[[caption-width-right:340: [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it have to be snakes]] indeed!]]

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[[caption-width-right:320: [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it have to be snakes]] indeed!]]

[[caption-width-right:340: [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it have to be snakes]] indeed!]]

[[caption-width-right:360: [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it have to be snakes]] indeed!]]

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[[caption-width-right:400: [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it have to be snakes]] indeed!]]

[[caption-width-right:480: [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it have to be snakes]] indeed!]]

* Indiana Jones' traitorous companion having several tarantulas on his back, which Jones casually pushes off his body.

-->'''Indy:''' [[IronicEcho Adios]], Sapito.

* The (in)famous "opening of the Ark" sequence from the finale is incredibly jarring for a viewer who has thus far enjoyed an action/adventure movie with a relatively light tone. The shot of a head imploding on itself, followed by a melting face (pictured) - quickly followed by an ''exploding head'' - would have been enough to give plenty of theatre-goers nightmares.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[SchmuckBait Marion, don't look at it. Shut your eyes, Marion. Don't look at it, no matter what happens!]]]]

-->'''Indy:''' [[IronicEcho Adios]], stupido.

** It also doesn't help that there are screeching sounds as if the dead were screaming at her and whenever she knocks down the corpses they fall in such a way that it looked like they were trying to grab her.

** The moment the spirits that emerge from the Ark turn hostile is utterly nightmarish. At first, they're serene - even beautiful, as Belloq declares - and then they suddenly start to shift into skull-face terrors, snarling at those daring to look upon the open Ark.

* Jones' traitorous assistant impaled upon the booby trap Indy and he managed to escape from earlier. His horrified expression makes it even more unnerving.

** It's never made clear, but in the long shot of the plane shortly before it explodes, a large smear across the sand with some chunky bits is seen near the plane....

** On top of the visual horror, [[HellIsThatNoise the sound]] [[spoiler: of Dietrich's head imploding. You can hear his brain matter turn to goop and his bones crunching! To further add to the nightmare fuel, there's the horrific hissing sound Toht's boiling blood makes, coupled with the gurgling of his mouth filling with blood. ''Which continues as he becomes skeletonized.'']] [[SarcasmMode Sweet dreams...]]

** On top of the visual horror, [[HellIsThatNoise the sound]] [[spoiler: of Dietrich's head imploding. You can hear his brain matter turn to goop and his bones crunching! To further add to the nightmare fuel, there's the horrific hissing sound Toht's boiling blood makes, coupled with the gurgling of his mouth filling with blood.]] [[SarcasmMode Sweet dreams...]]

* Indiana Jones' treacherous companion having several tarantulas on his back, which Jones casually pushes off his body.
* Jones' treacherous assistant impaled upon the booby trap Indy and he managed to escape from earlier. His horrified expression makes it even more unnerving.

* Indiana Jones' treacherous companion having several tarantula's on his back, which Jones casually pushes off his body.
* Jones' treacherous assistant pierced upon the booby trap Indy and he managed to escape from earlier. His horrified NightmareFace makes it even more unnerving.

* The (in)famous "opening of the Ark" sequence from the finale is incredibly jarring for a viewer who has thus far enjoyed an action/adventure movie with a relatively light tone. The shot of a head implosing on itself, followed by a melting face (pictured) - quickly followed by an ''exploding head'' - would have been enough to give plenty of theatre-goers nightmares.

* The (in)famous "opening of the Ark" sequence from the finale is incredibly jarring for a viewer who has thus far enjoyed an action/adventure movie with a relatively light tone. The shot of the melting face (pictured) - quickly followed by an ''exploding head'' - would have been enough to give plenty of theatre-goers nightmares.

* The (in)famous "opening of the Ark" sequence from the finale is incredibly jarring for a viewer who has thus far enjoyed an action/adventure movie with a relatively light tone. The shot of the melting face - quickly followed by an ''exploding head'' - would have been enough to give plenty of theatre-goers nightmares.

* Major Toht threatening to burn Marion with a poker in The Raven bar. Heck, everything with Toht is terrifying due to the RealitySubtext that surrounds him.

* The (in)famous "opening of the Ark" sequence from the finale is incredibly jarring for a viewer who has thus far enjoyed an action/adventure movie with a relatively light tone and BloodlessCarnage. The shot of the melting face - quickly followed by an ''exploding head'' - would have been enough to give plenty of theatre-goers nightmares, although it is [[{{Narm}} hardly as effective now considering how much it looks like a model]].
* BloodlessCarnage nothing. Earlier in the film, a GiantMook is chopped up by the propeller of an airplane and while it happens off-screen, the copious amounts of blood on-screen are just as jarring.

* The Well of Souls is this trope both for the audience and [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Indy]]. ''Unbelievable'' amounts of snakes. And mummies. [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs And snakes slithering out of the mummies.]] '''GAH.'''