History NightmareFuel / SkyFall

* Silva's teeth were rotted by cyanide. This means that when he [[https://youtu.be/xMOYiV7hUR0?t=3m39s removes a wicked-looking dental prosthetic]], the left side of his face...''sags.'' It's not just his teeth--his upper jaw and left cheek bones seem to be all but absent, explaining the sag. It even explains his odd "accent" - it's actually a ''lisp''. Even if cyanide doesn't actually work that way, [[RuleOfScary it is still effective]], and makes you wonder if there wasn't something ''else'' in that tooth instead of cyanide.

** What's also disturbing is [[TheSociopath the lack of effect this has on Bond;]] even more if it is because Bond, now no longer being a rookie spy agent at this point, has {{seen it all}} before by this point. With the [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 first time]] [[TearJerker being the most personally tragic for him]]. He does clench his jaw for a brief second and is very calm when he says "Waste of good scotch" which implies that [[TranquilFury that he's beyond pissed off]].

* Severine at first seems to be a Call Back to other Bond Girls from previous films (with her [[SmokingIsGlamorous smoking]] and seemingly being a FemmeFatale). Then you realize that she isn't simply the Bad Guy's girlfriend who will turn good because of Bond, she is a former SexSlave who is only with Silva as her ticket out of that, which is pretty horrific. Then you get the way she dies, shaking, clearly terrified that Bond will miss the glass on her head, and that Silva will kill her, which he does.

* When Silva dismisses the "little gadgets from those fools in Q branch", it seems to be nothing more than general contempt for old-fashioned practices. [[FridgeHorror Not until later]] does it become clear that his some of his ire springs from the failure of one those of gadgets when he needed it most.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[FacialHorror "Look upon your work...]] '''[[CreateYourOwnVillain mother.]]'''"'']]

* The effortless destruction of [=MI6=]'s Vauxhall Cross office, their RealLife HQ. Knowing that it's one of the most secure buildings in the UK which has shrugged off a rocket fired at it's windows with not even a scratch is unnerving when out of nowhere, the part which houses M's office gets blown to hell by Silva's tampering with the buildings gas main. Furthermore, a scene was cut showing the aftermath of the blast, along with the dead and dying remains of "M's" staff.

** After Silva displays his disfigurement to M and is left alone in his cell, he pops his prosthetic in and starts giggling. [[spoiler:It later emerges he's right where he wants to be]], but it's also a very creepy case of LaughingMad.

* Severine at first seems to be a Call Back to other Bond Girls from previous films (with her [[SmokingIsGlamorous smoking]] and seemingly being a FemmeFatale). Then you realize that she isn't simply the Bad Guy's girlfriend who will turn good because of Bond, she is a former SexSlave who is only with Silva as her ticket out of that, which is pretty horrific. Then you get [[spoiler: the way she dies, shaking, clearly terrified that Bond will miss the glass on her head, and that Silva will kill her, which he does.]]

** The story isn't original. People in Asia used to do that sort of thing as part of a ritual known as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodoku Kudoku]] (Normally using insects and snakes rather than rats), believing that so long as they then cared for the last surviving vermin, good fortune would come to them. Alternatively, they would send the vermin to an enemy, who wouldn't know how to care for it, at which point the Kudoku would kill them. Strangely, despite a large portion of the movie taking place in China, the connection to Asian folklore isn't brought up.

* The effortless destruction of MI6's Vauxhall Cross office, their RealLife HQ. Knowing that it's one of the most secure buildings in the UK which has shrugged off a rocket fired at it's windows with not even a scratch is unnerving when out of nowhere, the part which houses M's office gets blown to hell by Silva's tampering with the buildings gas main. Furthermore, a scene was cut showing the aftermath of the blast, along with the dead and dying remains of "M's" staff.

** The story isn't original. People in Asia used to do that sort of thing as part of a ritual known as Kudoku (Normally using insects and snakes rather than rats), believing that so long as they then cared for the last surviving vermin, good fortune would come to them. Alternatively, they would send the vermin to an enemy, who wouldn't know how to care for it, at which point the Kudoku would kill them. Strangely, despite a large portion of the movie taking place in China, the connection to Asian folklore isn't brought up.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[CreateYourOwnVillain "Look upon your work...]] '''[[CreateYourOwnVillain mother.]]'''"'']]