History NightmareFuel / TheHungerGamesCatchingFire

* The Victors' Village looked too much like Auschwitz--the sign even resembled the "Arbeit Macht Frei" on the gate.
* The Peacekeepers looked like a combination of [[Franchise/StarWars Stormtroopers]] and Nazis.

** [[MadnessMantra "Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Tick-..."]] [[SlashedThroat (silence)]]

* [[spoiler:The WhamLine after Katniss is rescued from the arena.\\
'''Katniss:''' We're not going back to Twelve?\\
'''Gale:''' There is no District 12.]]

* The poisonous fog, whose effects are seriously painful just to look at. And while soaking the boils in water draws out the poison and neutralizes it, it still hurts like hell.
* The screaming jabberjays, who parrot cries for help from the tributes' loved ones. And, as Finnick asks, [[FridgeHorror where did they get those cries in the first place?]] Hearing Katniss screaming in the midst of all is truly terrifying.
** Although it is to be noted that the book states audio samples from interviews with Victors' families could have been altered by Capitol tech for the birds to hear. While this is not mentioned in the movie, it is possible if Snow has the capability to plant bugs everywhere (i.e. the kiss scene).
* At one point in the movie during one of Katniss and Haymitch's discussions, there was this [[BlackEyesOfEvil black eyed,]] cage-headed woman (an Avox) in the background who just stood there watching them talk. Unless you read the books, it's not really explained who or what the hell she was nor is she ever mentioned during the movie.

* The girl on the Victory Tour who cheerfully tells Katniss that she's going to volunteer as a Tribute just like her just goes to show [[CrapsackWorld how far gone Panem really is.]]
** And she was from either District 2 or 4. If you've read the books, those districts are the ones that produce "Careers": people whose teenage lives are devoted to going into the Arena and winning.

* After President Snow's little speech at the Presidential Mansion, he drinks from a flute of champagne, only for some of it [[BloodFromTheMouth to come back a little redder]]...

There's a deleted scene where Plutarch goes into a room with lots of little cubby holes, goes to one, pulls out the paper inside, and replaces it with another. That CONFIRMS that the third Quarter Quell was not originally supposed to be a victors game. What makes the scene even worse is that there are HUNDREDS of these cubby holes around. The Capitol had centuries, if not MILLENIA of Hunger Games planned.

--->'''Cray (Head Peacekeeper of 12):''' Welcome to District 12, Commander Thread--

** Although it is to be noted that the book states audio samples from interviews with Victors' families could have been altered by Capitol tech for the birds to hear. While this is not mentioned in the movie, it is possible if Snow has the capability to plant bugs everywhere (ie the kiss scene).

* The Victors' Village looked too much like Auschwitz- the sign even resembled the "Arbeit Macht Frei" on the gate.

--> '''Cray (Head Peacekeeper of 12):''' Welcome to District 12, Commander Thread -
--> ''*Cray has a black hood shoved over his head and is forced down on his knees (and presumably executed) while Thread stalks off, his facial expression ice cold.*''

* The killer baboons, giant tidal wave, treacherous lightning, poisonous fog - [[DeathWorld you name it!]] The whole idea of having the arena [[spoiler: running like a clock]] was pretty spooky!

--> '''Peacekeeper:''' Welcome to District 12, Commander Thread -
--> ''*The Peacekeeper has a black hood shoved over his head and is forced down on his knees (and presumably executed) while Thread stalks off, his facial expression ice cold.*''

[[Film/TheHungerGames As the first one]] [[NightmareFuel/TheHungerGames taught us,]] [[Literature/TheHungerGames Panem]] is [[NightmareFuel a scary]] [[CrapsackWorld place]].

* The screaming jabberjays, who parrot cries for help from the tributes' loved ones. And, as Finnick asks, where did they get those cries in the first place?

--> '''Peacekeeper:''' Welcome to District 12, Thread -

** After Haymitch talks him down from shooting Katniss, Thread is seen using his fingers ''flick blood off the end his whip''.

** And Haymitch successfully talks him down by reminding him that executing one of the victors would be a very move in the eyes of the state and President Snow. Even he's cowed by what the state might do to him.

** [[MadnessMantra "Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Tick-..."]] [[SlashedThroat (silence)]]

* The girl on the Victory Tour who cheerfully tells Katniss that she's going to volunteer as a Tribute just like her just goes to show [[CrapsackWorld how far gone Panem really is.]]

* The games themselves. Somehow they manage to be more lethal and dangerous than the one from the previous film. Like lab mice the contestants are absolutely closed in with (almost) no way out except in a body bag. All are completely at the mercy of the operators and a cruel and petty tyrant who can easily destroy them with a single push of the button if he doesn't like them enough to continue living.

* The Peacekeepers looked like a combination of Stormtroopers and Nazis.

* The screaming jabberjays.

* At one point in the movie during one of Katniss and Haymitch's discussions, there was this [[BlackEyesOfEvil black eyed,]] cage-headed woman in the background who just stood there watching them talk. Unless you read the books, it's not really explained who or what the hell she was nor is she ever mentioned during the movie.

* The games themselves. Somehow they manage to be more lethal and dangerous than the one from the previous film. Like lab mice the contestants are absolutely closed in with (almost) no way out except in a body bag, all completely at the mercy of a petty and cruel white-haired tyrant who can easily rig the system with a single push of the button if he doesn't like them enough to continue living.

* The Peacekeepers looked like a combination of Stormtroopers and Nazis.