History NightmareFuel / Watchmen

* The large amount of gore thrown around in the film version, especially Vietnam scene.

* Rorschach is a walking, breathing NightmareFuel. Observe:

* "I WILL GIVE YOU BODIES BEYOND YOUR WILDEST IMAGININGS"- A perfectly innocent-seeming advert for the [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Veidt Method]] takes on Nightmare Fuel properties at towards the end of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' when Ozymandias' plan to unify the world by dropping a gigantic "alien" monstrosity to kill half of New York is revealed.

'''[[spoiler:Veidt]]''': ''[[SmugSuper (smiles smugly at him)]]''

* When Dan tries to poke holes at [[spoiler Veidt's]] story and is in disbelief of what he did, his response is pure NightmareFuel:

* The Squid Monster reminds some readers of the standard anatomy textbook diagram of the female genitalia.[[spoiler:Veidt]]'s ultimate plan ''weaponizes'' in-universe NightmareFuel, where the mock-up "alien squid's" psychic attack incorporates fictional alien worlds invented by a professional science fiction novelist, which adds to the overwhelming effect on those killed and will be burned into the minds of the survivors.

--> '''Rorschach''' (mask now has blood spatters): ''Men...get arrested.....'''''''Dogs get put down''''' *[[UnstoppableRage proceeds to slam the meat cleaver repeatedly on the kidnapper's head]]*

* A lingering implication or possibility at the end that [[spoiler:Veidt's]] actions to unite the world, [[MoralEventHorizon horrific]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist though]] [[KillThemAll they]] [[BatmanGambit were]], were all for nothing.