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* That very scene caused this poor troper to cover his eyes in terror. And to think I watched the movie when I was 10.

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* The titular hound in ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''. Even though it turns out not to be supernatural, it's still huge and vicious and ''glowing''.

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* The titular eponymous hound in ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''. ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''. Even though it turns out not to be supernatural, it's still huge and vicious and ''glowing''.
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* His vow to dream up "[[CruelAndUnusualDeath the most creative of endings]] for the doctor...and his wife." Given what we've seen of Moriarty by that point in the movie, the audience knows he's deadly serious, and if his idea of an interrogation involves [[spoiler: meat hook torture]], God only knows what the cruelest death he could imagine would be. All for the sake of destroying Holmes. And he includes Mary, who as far as he knows hasn't even done anything against him. ''Shiver''.

* Poor Watson during the factory scene in ''A Game of Shadows''. He's pinned down by sniper fire, forced to listen to his best friend [[spoiler: shrieking in agony while Moriarty tortures him]], probably envisioning all sorts of horrific possibilities about what is actually taking place, and unable to do a thing about it. [[spoiler: Until he realizes that he's hiding behind a BFG, at least. And even then, he seems quite aware of the terrifying possibility that his desperate attempt at a rescue has actually killed Holmes.]]

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* His vow to dream up "[[CruelAndUnusualDeath the most creative of endings]] for the doctor...and his wife." Given what we've seen of Moriarty by that point in the movie, the audience knows he's deadly serious, and if his idea of an interrogation involves [[spoiler: meat hook torture]], God only knows what the cruelest death he could imagine would be. All for the sake of destroying Holmes. And he includes Mary, who as far as he knows hasn't even done anything against him. Maybe even MakeItLookLikeAnAccident of some kind.''Shiver''.

* Poor Watson during the factory scene in ''A Game of Shadows''. He's pinned down by sniper fire, Moran, forced to listen to his best friend [[spoiler: shrieking in agony while Moriarty tortures him]], probably envisioning all sorts of horrific possibilities about what is actually taking place, and unable to do a thing about it. [[spoiler: Until he realizes that he's hiding behind a BFG, at least. And even then, he seems quite aware of the terrifying possibility that his desperate attempt at a rescue has actually killed Holmes.]]


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* Holmes's boxing match with [=McMurdo=]. I admit that it's cringing to watch the hits in slow-motion since you can see the skin rippling, especially when his jaw is being broken.
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* "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" is chock full of Nightmare Fuel. First, there's the poor governess, who is brought to a mysterious countryside manor, where she is subject to bizarre demands, discovers that her boss is a CompleteMonster, and finds the child she is to care for takes a perverse delight in torturing animals. Likewise for Rucastle's daughter, who has been imprisoned by her unstable father for some time to keep her from marrying and obtaining her inheritance. This would be creepy enough, but the setting of the story means that the two girls are entirely at the mercy of an unbalanced sociopath, and can draw on no one for aid. (Holmes even comments that the isolated country setting can elevate ordinary crimes to the level of Nightmare Fuel.) Also, depending on your feelings about dogs, the vicious, half-starved mastiff can count, too.

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* "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" is chock full of Nightmare Fuel. First, there's the poor governess, who is brought to a mysterious countryside manor, where she is subject to bizarre demands, discovers that her boss is a CompleteMonster, evil, and finds the child she is to care for takes a perverse delight in torturing animals. Likewise for Rucastle's daughter, who has been imprisoned by her unstable father for some time to keep her from marrying and obtaining her inheritance. This would be creepy enough, but the setting of the story means that the two girls are entirely at the mercy of an unbalanced sociopath, and can draw on no one for aid. (Holmes even comments that the isolated country setting can elevate ordinary crimes to the level of Nightmare Fuel.) Also, depending on your feelings about dogs, the vicious, half-starved mastiff can count, too.



* More or less every one of Moriarty's appearances in ''A Game of Shadows'' qualifies. If attempting to kill Watson out of spite, [[spoiler: murdering Irene once she's outlived her usefulness and then throwing the evidence in Holmes' face]], manipulating a man into planting bombs and [[spoiler: committing suicide]] by threatening his family, or [[spoiler: attempting to start World War I for the sake of war profiteering]] doesn't convince you that the man is a CompleteMonster, the scene where he [[spoiler: impales Holmes on a meat hook and dangles him from the ceiling]] while gleefully singing along with a cheerful little Schubert tune probably will.

* Let's not forget his vow to dream up "[[CruelAndUnusualDeath the most creative of endings]] for the doctor...and his wife." Given what we've seen of Moriarty by that point in the movie, the audience knows he's deadly serious, and if his idea of an interrogation involves [[spoiler: meat hook torture]], God only knows what the cruelest death he could imagine would be. All for the sake of destroying Holmes. And he includes Mary, who as far as he knows hasn't even done anything against him. ''Shiver''.

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* More or less every one of Moriarty's appearances in ''A Game of Shadows'' qualifies. If attempting to kill Watson out of spite, [[spoiler: murdering Irene once she's outlived her usefulness and then throwing the evidence in Holmes' face]], manipulating a man into planting bombs and [[spoiler: committing suicide]] by threatening his family, or [[spoiler: attempting to start World War I for the sake of war profiteering]] doesn't convince you that the man is a CompleteMonster, monster, the scene where he [[spoiler: impales Holmes on a meat hook and dangles him from the ceiling]] while gleefully singing along with a cheerful little Schubert tune probably will.

* Let's not forget his His vow to dream up "[[CruelAndUnusualDeath the most creative of endings]] for the doctor...and his wife." Given what we've seen of Moriarty by that point in the movie, the audience knows he's deadly serious, and if his idea of an interrogation involves [[spoiler: meat hook torture]], God only knows what the cruelest death he could imagine would be. All for the sake of destroying Holmes. And he includes Mary, who as far as he knows hasn't even done anything against him. ''Shiver''.
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* "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" is chock full of Nightmare Fuel. First, there's the poor governess, who is brought to a mysterious countryside manor, where she is subject to bizarre demands, discovers that her boss is a Complete Monster, and finds the child she is to care for takes a perverse delight in torturing animals. Likewise for Rucastle's daughter, who has been imprisoned by her unstable father for some time to keep her from marrying and obtaining her inheritance. This would be creepy enough, but the setting of the story means that the two girls are entirely at the mercy of an unbalanced sociopath, and can draw on no one for aid. (Holmes even comments that the isolated country setting can elevate ordinary crimes to the level of Nightmare Fuel.) Also, depending on your feelings about dogs, the vicious, half-starved mastiff can count, too.

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* "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" is chock full of Nightmare Fuel. First, there's the poor governess, who is brought to a mysterious countryside manor, where she is subject to bizarre demands, discovers that her boss is a Complete Monster, CompleteMonster, and finds the child she is to care for takes a perverse delight in torturing animals. Likewise for Rucastle's daughter, who has been imprisoned by her unstable father for some time to keep her from marrying and obtaining her inheritance. This would be creepy enough, but the setting of the story means that the two girls are entirely at the mercy of an unbalanced sociopath, and can draw on no one for aid. (Holmes even comments that the isolated country setting can elevate ordinary crimes to the level of Nightmare Fuel.) Also, depending on your feelings about dogs, the vicious, half-starved mastiff can count, too.
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* [[DescendingCeiling The hydraulic press]] in "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb." It's the reason the engineer of the title is missing [[{{Fingore}} said digit.]]

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* [[DescendingCeiling The hydraulic press]] in "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb." It's the reason the engineer of the title is missing [[{{Fingore}} said digit.]]
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* [[spoiler:Sir Thomas's death, especially when Blackwood appears out of nowhere, casually steals his ring, and puts it on, all while Sir Thomas is drowning right next to him.]]
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* In the first movie, Ambassador Standish's death. Thanks to a hidden sprinkler that sprayed gasoline on him during a rainy night, and the spark from his pulling the trigger of his gun whilst pissed off at Blackwood, Standish gets set on fire, wails helplessly, stumbles through a window ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, and demolishes a parked carriage. See for yourself.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOB26XGLWb8&t=LLDJ6Bs4Yc1DXUKsJoTygUVQ

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* In the first movie, Ambassador Standish's death. Thanks to a hidden sprinkler that sprayed gasoline on him during a rainy night, and the spark from his pulling the trigger of his gun whilst pissed off at Blackwood, Standish gets set on fire, wails helplessly, stumbles through a window ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, and demolishes a parked carriage. See for yourself.http://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOB26XGLWb8&t=LLDJ6Bs4Yc1DXUKsJoTygUVQ
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* [[SwampsAreEvil The Grimpen Mire]] gives the hound a run for its money. One false step onto what you thought was solid ground, and you're up to your waist in a slimy bog that sucks you under like quicksand.

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* ''The Valley of Fear'' is aptly named. The Scowrers would be scary enough, but it's the looming background threat of Moriarty that makes the story really ominous. He's brilliant, he's merciless, he has the wealth and power of an enormous criminal empire at his command, and he orchestrates his crimes so carefully and blends in so seamlessly [[VillainWithGoodPublicity that even Holmes can't prove anything against him.]] [[spoiler: And he wins in the end.]]

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* ''The Valley of Fear'' is aptly named. The Scowrers would be scary enough, but it's the looming background threat of Moriarty that makes the story really ominous. He's brilliant, he's merciless, he has the wealth and power of an enormous criminal empire at his command, and he orchestrates his crimes so carefully and blends in so seamlessly [[VillainWithGoodPublicity that even Holmes ''Holmes'' can't prove anything against him.]] him. [[spoiler: And he wins in the end.]]
-->'''Inspector [=MacDonald=]:''' [[VillainWithGoodPublicity He seems a very respectable, learned, and talented sort of man...]][[FacePalm when he put his hand on my shoulder as we were parting, it was like a father's blessing before you go out into the cold, cruel world.
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* [[DescendingCeiling The hydraulic press]] in "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb." It's the reason the engineer of the title is missing said digit.

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* "The Cardboard Box" is often cited as one of the darkest Holmes stories, and for good reason. Never mind the [[CreepySouvenir severed]] [[EarAche ears]] [[{{Squick}} in a box]]. There's no true villain, just a family of unhappy people who brutally and irreparably destroy each other's lives to the point that Holmes wonders aloud whether we live in a CrapsackWorld, and the [[TheInsomniac murderer's]] [[OutDamnedSpot confession]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is]] [[PleaseDontLeaveMe haunting]].

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* "The Cardboard Box" is often cited as one of the darkest Holmes stories, and for good reason. Never mind the [[CreepySouvenir severed]] [[EarAche ears]] [[{{Squick}} in a box]]. There's no true villain, just a family of unhappy people who brutally and irreparably destroy each other's lives to the point that Holmes wonders aloud whether we live in a CrapsackWorld, and the [[TheInsomniac [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone murderer's]] [[OutDamnedSpot confession]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone [[DespairEventHorizon is]] [[PleaseDontLeaveMe haunting]].haunting]].

* ''The Valley of Fear'' is aptly named. The Scowrers would be scary enough, but it's the looming background threat of Moriarty that makes the story really ominous. He's brilliant, he's merciless, he has the wealth and power of an enormous criminal empire at his command, and he orchestrates his crimes so carefully and blends in so seamlessly [[VillainWithGoodPublicity that even Holmes can't prove anything against him.]] [[spoiler: And he wins in the end.]]
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* "The Cardboard Box" is often cited as one of the darkest Holmes stories, and for good reason. Never mind the [[CreepySouvenir severed]] [[EarAche ears]] [[{{Squick}} in a box]]. There's no true villain, just a family of unhappy people who brutally and irreparably destroy each other's lives to the point that Holmes wonders aloud whether we live in a CrapsackWorld, and the [[TheInsomniac murderer's]] [[OutDamnedSpot confession]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is]] [[PleaseDontLeaveMe haunting]].
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* "The Greek Interpreter" features a victim who is imprisoned (in a foreign country where he can't speak the language, no less), tortured via starvation, and finally locked in a room to suffocate on charcoal gas.

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* The titular substance in The Devil's Foot is literally this. In a less literal sense, Holmes and Watson testing it on themselves.

* The Adventure of the Copper Beeches is chock full of Nightmare Fuel. First, there's the poor governess, who is brought to a mysterious countryside manor, where she is subject to bizarre demands, discovers that her boss is a Complete Monster, and finds the child she is to care for takes a perverse delight in torturing animals. Likewise for Rucastle's daughter, who has been imprisoned by her unstable father for some time to keep her from marrying and obtaining her inheritance. This would be creepy enough, but the setting of the story means that the two girls are entirely at the mercy of an unbalanced sociopath, and can draw on no one for aid. (Holmes even comments that the isolated country setting can elevate ordinary crimes to the level of Nightmare Fuel.) Also, depending on your feelings about dogs, the vicious, half-starved mastiff can count, too.

* The Speckled Band, especially if you don't like snakes.

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* The "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches Beeches" is chock full of Nightmare Fuel. First, there's the poor governess, who is brought to a mysterious countryside manor, where she is subject to bizarre demands, discovers that her boss is a Complete Monster, and finds the child she is to care for takes a perverse delight in torturing animals. Likewise for Rucastle's daughter, who has been imprisoned by her unstable father for some time to keep her from marrying and obtaining her inheritance. This would be creepy enough, but the setting of the story means that the two girls are entirely at the mercy of an unbalanced sociopath, and can draw on no one for aid. (Holmes even comments that the isolated country setting can elevate ordinary crimes to the level of Nightmare Fuel.) Also, depending on your feelings about dogs, the vicious, half-starved mastiff can count, too.

* The "The Speckled Band, Band," especially if you don't like snakes.



* The titular hound in Hound of the Baskervilles. Even though it turns out not to be supernatural, it's still huge and vicious and glowing.

* The hydraulic press in 'The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb', it being the reason the engineer of the title is missing said digit.

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* The titular hound in ''The Hound of the Baskervilles. Baskervilles''. Even though it turns out not to be supernatural, it's still huge and vicious and glowing.''glowing''.

* [[DescendingCeiling The hydraulic press press]] in 'The "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb', it being Thumb." It's the reason the engineer of the title is missing said digit.digit.

* In "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax," the titular woman turns out to have been kidnapped by a couple of con artists, smothered in chloroform, and ''[[PrimalFear locked in a coffin]]''. Holmes and Watson arrive just in time to prevent her from being [[BuriedAlive buried alive]], and even then it takes all of Watson's medical expertise to revive her.
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* In the first movie, Ambassador Standish's death. Thanks to a hidden sprinkler that sprayed gasoline on him during a rainy night, and the spark from his pulling the trigger of his gun whilst pissed off at Blackwood, Standish gets set on fire, wails helplessly, stumbles through a window ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, and demolishes a parked carriage. See for yourself.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOB26XGLWb8&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLDJ6Bs4Yc1DXUKsJoTygUVQ

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* In the first movie, Ambassador Standish's death. Thanks to a hidden sprinkler that sprayed gasoline on him during a rainy night, and the spark from his pulling the trigger of his gun whilst pissed off at Blackwood, Standish gets set on fire, wails helplessly, stumbles through a window ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, and demolishes a parked carriage. See for yourself.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOB26XGLWb8&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLDJ6Bs4Yc1DXUKsJoTygUVQ
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* In the first Robert Downey Jr. Movie, Ambassador Standish's death. Thanks to a hidden sprinkler that sprayed gasoline on him during a rainy night, and the spark from his pulling the trigger of his gun, whilst pissed off at Blackwood, Standish gets set on fire, wails helplessly, stumbles through a window ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING THEY'RE ON, and demolishes a parked carriage. see for yourself.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOB26XGLWb8&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLDJ6Bs4Yc1DXUKsJoTygUVQ

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*Let's not forget his vow to dream up "[[CruelAndUnusualDeath the most creative of endings]] for the doctor...and his wife." Given what we've seen of Moriarty by that point in the movie, the audience knows he's deadly serious, and if his idea of an interrogation involves [[spoiler: meat hook torture]], God only knows what the cruelest death he could imagine would be. All for the sake of destroying Holmes. And he includes Mary, who as far as he knows hasn't even done anything against him. ''Shiver''.
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*Poor Watson during the factory scene in ''A Game of Shadows''. He's pinned down by sniper fire, forced to listen to his best friend [[spoiler: shrieking in agony while Moriarty tortures him]], probably envisioning all sorts of horrific possibilities about what is actually taking place, and unable to do a thing about it. [[spoiler: Until he realizes that he's hiding behind a BFG, at least. And even then, he seems quite aware of the terrifying possibility that his desperate attempt at a rescue has actually killed Holmes.]]
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*More or less every one of Moriarty's appearances in ''A Game of Shadows'' qualifies. If attempting to kill Watson out of spite, [[spoiler: murdering Irene once she's outlived her usefulness and then throwing the evidence in Holmes' face]], manipulating a man into planting bombs and [[spoiler: committing suicide]] by threatening his family, or [[spoiler: attempting to start World War I for the sake of war profiteering]] doesn't convince you that the man is a CompleteMonster, the scene where he [[spoiler: impales Holmes on a meat hook and dangles him from the ceiling]] while gleefully singing along with a cheerful little Schubert tune probably will.

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* In the first Robert Downey Jr. Movie, Ambassador Standish's death. Thanks to a hidden sprinkler that sprayed gasoline on him during a rainy night, and the spark from his pulling the trigger of his gun, whilst pissed off at Blackwood, Standish gets set on fire, wails helplessly, stumbles through a window ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING THEY'RE ON, and demolishes a parked carriage. see for yourself.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOB26XGLWb8&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLDJ6Bs4Yc1DXUKsJoTygUVQ

* The titular substance in The Devil's Foot is literally this. In a less literal sense, Holmes and Watson testing it on themselves.

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* In the first Robert Downey Jr. Movie, Ambassador Standish's death. Thanks to a hidden sprinkler that sprayed gasoline on him during a rainy night, and the spark from his pulling the trigger of his gun, whilst pissed off at Blackwood, Standish gets set on fire, wails helplessly, stumbles through a window ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING THEY'RE ON, and demolishes a parked carriage. see for yourself.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOB26XGLWb8&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLDJ6Bs4Yc1DXUKsJoTygUVQ

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* In the first Robert Downey Jr. Movie, Ambassador Standish's death. Thanks to a hidden sprinkler that sprayed gasoline on him during a rainy night, and the spark from his pulling the trigger of his gun, whilst pissed off at Blackwood, Standish gets set on fire, wails helplessly, stumbles through a window ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING THEY'RE ON, and demolishes a parked carriage. see for yourself.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOB26XGLWb8&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLDJ6Bs4Yc1DXUKsJoTygUVQcom/watch?v=AOB26XGLWb8&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLDJ6Bs4Yc1DXUKsJoTygUVQ
The titular substance in The Devil's Foot is literally this. In a less literal sense, Holmes and Watson testing it on themselves.

*The Adventure of the Copper Beeches is chock full of Nightmare Fuel. First, there's the poor governess, who is brought to a mysterious countryside manor, where she is subject to bizarre demands, discovers that her boss is a Complete Monster, and finds the child she is to care for takes a perverse delight in torturing animals. Likewise for Rucastle's daughter, who has been imprisoned by her unstable father for some time to keep her from marrying and obtaining her inheritance. This would be creepy enough, but the setting of the story means that the two girls are entirely at the mercy of an unbalanced sociopath, and can draw on no one for aid. (Holmes even comments that the isolated country setting can elevate ordinary crimes to the level of Nightmare Fuel.) Also, depending on your feelings about dogs, the vicious, half-starved mastiff can count, too.

*The Speckled Band, especially if you don't like snakes.

*"The Creeping Man" is, well, super creepy.

*The Jack the Ripper game, being based (naturally) on the Ripper killings has this in spades.

*The titular hound in Hound of the Baskervilles. Even though it turns out not to be supernatural, it's still huge and vicious and glowing.

*The hydraulic press in 'The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb', it being the reason the engineer of the title is missing said digit.
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