History NightmareFuel / RaidersOfTheLostArk

* Indiana Jones' traitorous companion having several tarantulas on his back, which Jones casually pushes off his body, at least for the severely arachnophobic.

* Jones' traitorous assistant Satipo impaled upon the booby trap Indy and he managed to escape from earlier. His horrified expression makes it even more unnerving.
-->'''Indy:''' Adios, stupido.

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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!"]]]]

** Even worse, the buildup of that moment showed several mice wandering in the ship's hold. Just before the swastika is burned away, one of the mice rolls over and starts hyperventilating, strongly implying that ''something'' had actually come into the hold.

* When Indy and Sallah finally uncover the well of souls, [[JumpScare lightning flashes revealing a snarling statue of anubis]], it's enough to catch the viewer off guard

** The image of Toht's face melting used to be this page's image before it got changed. The reason (Quoted from the edit description): "Image is too scary!" That's right: ''even tropers [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards were scared]]''.

** On top of the visual horror, 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 his screams getting muffled by the gurgling of his mouth filling with blood. ''And those screams continue as he becomes skeletonized.'']] Sweet dreams...

* 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 jarring, considering the Ark scene aside, the film is rather light on blood. 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....

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[[caption-width-right:330: {{Why did it have to be snakes}} indeed!]]

* The Well of Souls is this trope both for the audience and Indy. ''Unbelievable'' amounts of snakes. And mummies. And snakes slithering out of the mummies. '''GAH.''' Imagine falling down into the SnakePit and landing directly near your worst fears and it is ready to attack you along with other snakes all around. This was enough to [[BreakTheBadass cause Indy to panic]].

* The Well of Souls is this trope both for the audience and Indy. ''Unbelievable'' amounts of snakes. And mummies. And snakes slithering out of the mummies. '''GAH.'''
** Imagine falling down into the SnakePit and landing directly near a venomous cobra that is ready to attack along with being surrounded with many other deadly snakes. This was enough to [[BreakTheBadass cause Indy to panic]].
* After Indy and Marion found a way to escape from being trapped in the Well of Souls, they are met with an awful surprise when they stumble into a room filled with decaying corpses.
** It also doesn't help that there are screeching sounds as if the dead were screaming at Marion and whenever she knocks down the corpses they fall in such a way that it looked like they were trying to grab her.

** Given that the Ark is an artifact of [[TheOmnipotent God]], it is obviously very powerful.

* 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 jarring, considering the Ark scene aside, the film is rather light on blood.
** 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....

* The unsettling shot of the dead monkey after he ate the poisoned dates.

** The image of Toht's face melting used to be this page's image before it got changed. The reason (Quoted from the edit description): "Image is too scary!" That's right: ''even tropers [[EvenNerdsHavesStandards were scared]]''.

** The image of Toht's face melting used to be this page's image before it got changed. The reason (Quoted from the edit description): "Image is too scary!" That's right: even Tropers [[TooSpicyForYogSogoth were scared]].

** Imagine falling down into the SnakePit and landing directly near a venomous cobra that is ready to attack along with being surrounded with many other deadly snakes. This was enough to [[BreakTheBadass cause Indy to panic]]

** Imagine falling down into the SnakePit and landing directly near a venomous cobra that is ready to attack along with being surrounded with many other deadly snakes.

** When Indy slowly descends into the snake infested Well of Souls, the rope he uses slips and he lands on the floor face to face with an angry cobra [pictured above]

* When Indy triggers one of the traps in the cave, spikes suddenly emerge carrying the [[PeekABooCorpse decaying body]] of one of his older competitors
* Jones' traitorous assistant impaled upon the booby trap Indy and he managed to escape from earlier. His horrified expression makes it even more unnerving.
-->'''Indy:''' Adios, Satipo.

** When Indy slowly descends into the snake infested Well of Souls, the rope slips and he lands on the floor face to face with an angry cobra [pictured above]

** When Indy slowly descends into the snake infested Well of Souls, he is filled with terror due to his phobia of snakes, it becomes worse when the rope slips and he lands on the floor face to face with an angry cobra [pictured above]

* When Indy triggers one of the traps in the cave, spikes suddenly emerge carrying the decaying body of one of his older competitors, this caused Indy's companion to freak out

* 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 - quickly followed by an ''exploding head'' - would have been enough to give plenty of theatre-goers nightmares.

* While the Ark is being transported, it makes a eerie humm before it burns the swastika on the box it's being held in. Considering what it does in the finale, what else can the Ark do with its lid on?]

[[caption-width-right:330: [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it have to be snakes]] indeed!]]

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

* 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.'''

* While the Ark is being transported, it makes a eerie humm before it burns the swastika on the box it's being held in. Considering what it does in the finale, [[FridgeHorror what else can the Ark do with its lid on?]]

** 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 his screams getting muffled by the gurgling of his mouth filling with blood. ''And those screams continue as he becomes skeletonized.'']] [[SarcasmMode Sweet dreams...]]

** 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....

** The image of Toht's face melting used to be this page's image before it got changed. The reason (Quoted from the edit description): "Image is too scary!" That's right: [[TooSpicyForYogSogoth even [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Tropers]] are scared]].

** The image of Toht's face melting used to be this page's image before it got changed.