History NightmareFuel / TwilightZoneTheMovie

** The slow buildup to that moment. Even if you're completely unfamiliar with the classic episode being adapted, you just ''know'' Valentine is going to open that shutter again, and he's going to see something horrible when he does. The placid music yields to unsettling, staccato strings on the soundtrack as the peaceful look on his face slowly gives way to palpable unease, with the camera tight in on his face, ramping up the tenstion until finally he can't ignore it any longer and turns to open the shutter, and '''''[[NightmareFace HOLY JESUS GOD IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE WINDOW!!]]'''''

** The slow buildup to that moment. Even if you're completely unfamiliar with the classic episode being adapted, you just ''know'' Valentine is going to open that shutter again, and he's going to see something horrible when he does. The placid music yields to unsettling, staccato strings on the soundtrack as the peaceful look on his face slowly gives way to palpable unease, with the camera tight in on his face, ramping up the tenstion until finally he can't ignore it any longer and turns to open the shutter, and '''''[[NightmareFace HOLY JESUS GOD IT'S RIGHT THERE AT WINDOW!!]]'''''

** The opening to the segment, with him suffering a panic attack in the airplane bathroom. The claustrophobic cinematography, Music/JerryGoldsmith's driving, pulsating string soundtrack and Creator/JohnLithgow's excellently convincing acting are all highly unsettling and do a great job at putting the viewer on edge.
** SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The gremlin in the original episode was simply an actor in makeup. Here, however, the creature is much more frightening in appearance; when it's revealed in full at the end, it's a horrifying payoff.

** The opening to the segment, with him suffering a panic attack in the airplane bathroom. The claustrophobic cinematography, driving, pulsating string soundtrack and Creator/JohnLithgow's excellently convincing acting are all highly unsettling and do a great job at putting the viewer on edge.

** The opening to the segment, with him suffering a panic attack in the airplane bathroom. The claustrophobic cinematography, driving, pulsating string soundtrack and Creator/JohnLithgow's convincing acting are all highly unsettling and do a great job at putting the viewer on edge.

* Anthony brings [[spoiler:a demented-looking [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Tazmanian Devil]]-like character out out of the TV into real life and [[UncannyValley it looks almost real]]]]. Then he brings his (false) sister into the cartoon world [[spoiler: to have her eaten alive by a cartoon monster]] and [[AndIMustScream robs his real sister of her mouth.]] The world he creates is demented in and of itself. He also summons a demonic mutant rabbit out of hat. What's worse, he has no idea why people would find his ideas of toons frightening.

** "…Or maybe he'll do to you what he did to his ''real'' mother and father." Just what exactly did Anthony do to them? His own parents. Given the horror in Ethel's tone, it's likely something not worth thinking about. Practically a master class in NothingIsScarier.

* The helicopter accident that killed Creator/VicMorrow and the two kids he was carrying. Even more disturbing is that Renee's mother was on set and saw her own child killed by the helicopter. Morrow and one of the kids were ''[[OffWithHisHead decapitated]]''! [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150210060127/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/twilight_zone/2.html The actual description of what happened on set is even more disturbing]]:
-->''The helicopter went out of control.''
-->''In the water, Morrow dropped Renee Chen. He grabbed at her but the helicopter's right skid slammed into the child, killing her. Then its whirling main rotor ripped off the middle-aged actor's head and the head, a shoulder, and an arm of 7-year old My-ca.''
-->''"That's a wrap!" Creator/JohnLandis shouted through the loudspeaker and the standard, banal words signaling the end of filming day sounded sickeningly incongruous. "Leave your equipment where it is. Everyone go home. Please, everyone go home."''[[note]]Some crew ignored ''that'' directive to look for the bodies of the actors.[[/note]]
** The behind the scenes footage of the incident, taken here from the 1992 {{mondo}} film ''Death Scenes 2'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru6I9Cc9XnE as shown here]]. '''It's just as horrifying visually as it is reading about it'''. Though not graphic due to the distance the camera filmed it plus the splashing of the water obscuring the crash on impact, it's recommended not watching it if you want to sleep at night.
** Note that if you watch ''very'' closely and in slow motion, you can faintly see two objects fly away from the crash. [[OffWithHisHead Those are Morrow and My-ca's]] ''[[OffWithHisHead heads.]]''
** Adding onto this, the explosions on the set were so intense that My-ca's father had flashbacks to his own experience in the Vietnam War.
** Perhaps the worst part about all this, however, was that Landis was [[KarmaHoudini acquitted for causing the accident in the first place]], meaning he got away scot-free with ''killing an innocent actor and two children''. That said, [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty the incident permanently tainted his reputation]], later mentioning that the incident haunts him to this day, and most of the crew members, including Steven Spielberg, never forgave him after that.

** Perhaps the worst part about all this, however, was that Landis was [[KarmaHoudini acquitted for causing the accident in the first place]], meaning he got away scot-free with ''killing an innocent actor and two children''. That said, [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty the incident permanently tainted his reputation]], later mentioning that the incident haunts him to this day, and most of the crew members never forgave him after that.

** "Maybe he'll do to you what he did to his ''real'' mother and father." Just what exactly did Anthony do to them? His own parents. Given the horror in Ethel's tone, it's likely something not worth thinking about. Practically a master class in NothingIsScarier.

** The worse part about the rabbit trick is that Walt actually [[CatScare pulls a real, adorable rabbit out]] [[BaitAndSwitch the first]], making it [[JumpScare more effective]] when the actual mutant rabbit pops out.

* The helicopter accident that killed Vic Morrow and the two kids he was carrying. Even more disturbing is that Renee's mother was on set and saw her own child killed by the helicopter. Creator/VicMorrow and one of the kids were ''[[OffWithHisHead decapitated]]''! [[https://web.archive.org/web/20150210060127/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/twilight_zone/2.html The actual description of what happened on set is even more disturbing]]:

** Perhaps the worst part about all this, however, was that Landis was [[KarmaHoudini acquitted for causing the accident in the first place]], meaning he got away scot-free with ''killing an innocent actor and two children''. That said, the incident permanently tainted his reputation, later mentioning that the incident haunts him to this day, and most of the crew members never forgave him after that.

** Adding onto this, the explosions on the set were so intense that Myca's father had flashbacks to his own experience in the Vietnam War.

*** Worse yet, the implications of the picture are even more horrifying. It’s stated later that Anthony did ''something'' to his real parents, and knowing what he did to his real sister and after having seen the portrait...