History NightmareFuel / TheWall

* The film version of "Stop" is shot at a creeping pace with very little background noise. Adding to the disturbing nature of this scene is Pink hiding away in a bathroom stall while mumbling the lyrics to the song, with echoes to fill in the silence, which really just goes to show the depths of insanity Pink's mind has reached up until this moment. Can overlap with TearJerker since [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorse]] [[HeelRealization hits him]] [[VillainousBSOD hard]].

** Worse still: Bob hurled a real wine bottle during the scene. It almost ended badly for poor Joanne Whalley (the groupie).

** "When we grew up and went to school, there were certain teachers who would hurt the children any way they could. By pouring their derision upon anything we did, exposing every weakness however carefully hidden by the kids." - [[TruthInTelevision this really happened back in their day (and still does to a lesser extent).]]

** "When we grew up and went to school, there were certain teachers who would hurt the children any way they could. By pouring their derision upon anything we did, exposing every weakness however carefully hidden by the kids." - [[TruthInTelevision this really happened back in their day (and you could say kind of still does to a lesser extent).]]

* "The Thin Ice", which starts innocuously enough - the sound of a baby crying, followed by Gilmour's vocals. Then Waters starts singing and the song begins to take on a darker tone. That's when the guitar solo begins... and any semblance of innocence vanishes.

* The animated piece for "Empty Spaces" and "What Shall We Do Now?".

** And yet, the worst of the bunch would probably be Pink himself--portrayed as nothing but a tiny, naked, pink ragdoll with empty eyes (possibly eye sockets) and a mouth that gapes open in a permanent scream about 90% of the time. [[AndIMustScream Really shows just how broken he's become and how little control he has over his life at this point.]]

*** Roger Waters may be mocking racism, homophobia, antisemitism, et cetera; but it could easily be taken out of context.
* "Hey You" starts with a frail, haunting guitar riff accompanied by a few notes played on a fretless bass and a Fender Rhodes electric piano. The song gets more and more desperate in tone throughout, right up to its climactic end with Roger Waters wailing at the top of his lungs. Also notable is the line directly preceding a reprise of the song's intro: "No matter how he tried, he could not break free -- and the worms ate into his brain." This is easily one of Pink Floyd's darkest songs.

* From "The Happiest Days of Our Lives": ''"But in the town it was well known when they got home at night, their fat, psychopathic wives would '''thrash them''' within inches of their lives!''

** Marching schoolchildren enter a strange machine... and leave as putty-faced... things with hollow eyes and mouths.

** Pink's mother is even more frightening. She first flies out of the wall as an airplane, then morphs into a talking labia, grabbing Pink with an umbilical cord. Afterward she reforms as her normal self, but still looks plenty creepy, like the love child of [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hades]] (for good reason) and [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula the Sea Witch]], and at the end of her verse, she ''transforms into the wall itself''. RuleOfSymbolism is in [[MyBelovedSmother full-effect]] here, and it's not pretty...

** Everything the wall passes becoming corrupted/destroyed.

** Everything the wall passes becoming corrupted.

Whaaaat?! A Music/PinkFloyd album being [[NightmareFuel scary]]? [[SarcasmMode That's just never been heard of!]]

* The creepy-ass mantis / butterfly / flower / vagina monster ''thing'' that the shadow of Pink's wife turns into near the end of the "Don't Leave Me Now" sequence.

** And of course, there's the student revolution. The children start by throwing things and flipping over their desks, but then they start smashing the school and everything in it with hammers. Before long, the school is on fire, and the kids are about to throw their teacher into the flames. True, it's not actually happening, but still...

* It might not be clearly evident, but the song that plays during the hotel trashing scene is "One pf My Turns". Key words: '''''"One of"'''''. This could indicate that [[FridgeHorror this all has happened to someone else before.]]

** Pink's wife definitely qualifies. She first appears as a scorpion like creature who manifests from the wall, impales Pink (now a ragdoll) with her tail, and then morphs into a siren with elongated limbs and flaming eyes.
** Pink's mother is even more frightening. She first flies out of the wall as an airplane, then morphs into a talking labia, grabbing Pink with an umbilical cord. Afterward she reforms as her normal self, but still looks plenty creepy, like the lovechild of [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Hades]] (for good reason) and [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula the Sea Witch]], and at the end of her verse, she ''transforms into the wall itself''. RuleOfSymbolism is in [[MyBelovedSmother full-effect]] here, and it's not pretty...

* It might not be clearly evident, but the song title of the hotel trashing scene is ''One Of My Turns''. Key words: '''''"One Of"'''''. This could indicate that [[FridgeHorror this all has happened to someone else before.]]

** '''''"YOU! YES! YOU! STAND STILL LADDY!"'''''

** Humanoid [[Film/LordOfTheRings Gollum]]-like creatures wearing gas masks running for cover.

[[caption-width-right:350:Is there anybody OUT THERE?]]

** A dove suddenly becoming a dark metallic eagle.
** The metallic eagle grabbing a bit of ground that actually bleeds.
** A warlord with glowing headlights for eyes that morphs into a factory of steel.
** An army of bombers emerging from the towering structure.
** The Union Jack (British flag) on a post becoming a blood-red cross.
** The soldiers with skulls for heads.
** Strange creatures wearing gas masks running for cover.

** Blood trickling through a storm drain.

* The animated piece for "Empty Spaces" and "What Shall We Do Now?"
** The two animated flowers. The female quickly snatches the male in her jaws and becomes a horrid creature.
** The wall being constructed.

* "Outside the Wall", the calm and peaceful ending to the album/movie, hinting that Pink has finally accepted the help of others, ends with 'Isn't this where...' Put the album on repeat. "In the Flesh?", the first song on the album, ends his sentence: '''''[[FridgeHorror "we came in?"]]'''''