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9	* Pretty much any of the screams at various points of the movie (the screams following the data archive in London being blown up, the screaming of the ''Enterprise'''s crew being sucked out through the hull breach or when several are caught in another explosion; Carol's scream upon witnessing Khan crushing her father's skull).
10	** For that matter, what Khan does to Carol. There's a helpless person on the floor, [[WouldHitAGirl surely he wouldn't]]--[[SickeningCrunch stomp]]
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12	* The death of Admiral Pike. He's obviously afraid and in pain, and despite Spock's efforts, he dies that way.
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14	* Harrison [[MookHorrorShow slaughtering the Klingon patrol]]. One unfortunate mook has his ''entire upper body disintegrated''. Also qualifies as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Harrison.
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16	* Creator/BenedictCumberbatch goes above and beyond creepy in his role as John Harrison AKA Khan Noonien Singh. Even when he's not being outright horrifying, as seen below, there's just something about him that has you nervous.
17	** Khan crushing Admiral Marcus' head with his ''bare hands''.
18	*** And the sheer rage in Khan's face when he hisses, '''''"YOU. YOU SHOULD HAVE LET ME SLEEP."'''''
19	*** Just [[SickeningCrunch that]] ''[[HellIsThatNoise noise]]'' that Marcus' skull makes when Khan caves it in with his hands. ''[[NauseaFuel Ugh.]]''
20	*** We [[GoryDiscretionShot don't get to see]] Marcus die. Instead, [[GoryDiscretionShot we cut away]] to [[ScreamingWoman Carol screaming in horror]] and Kirk looking utterly terrified.
21	*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-gkvrkvH_Q Here, you too can have the piss scared out of you.]]
22	** He attempts to crush Spock's skull during the final fight. Though a Vulcan skull clearly gives him more trouble, we hear this dreadful creaking and Spock drops all strategy in favor of escape; for just one moment, we see Spock look absolutely terrified.
23	** Khan taking ImplacableMan up to eleven when Uhura is trying to stun him with a phaser. He takes ten, maybe eleven shots, and each just shoves him back a bit before he goes right back to trying to close in on her with a blood-chilling DeathGlare. [[OhCrap The look on Uhura's face]] is sheer terror as she realizes that all she's doing is slowing him down and ''pissing him off''.
24	** If he's not actually doing something, you can just ''tell'' he's plotting. Not thinking. ''Plotting.''
25	** Why did Marcus wake up Khan? "He wanted to exploit my savagery. You, Mr. Spock, you can't break a rule. How would you be expected to break bone?" Spock's expression confirms that he's aware Khan is right.
26	** When Khan tells Spock he will kill everyone onboard ''The Enterprise'' if he doesn't get the torpedoes, he [[SlasherSmile SMILES]]. He's relishing the idea.
27	---> '''Khan:''' Your crew requires oxygen to survive. Mine does not. I will target your life support systems, located behind the aft narcelle. And after every single person onboard your ship suffocates, I will walk over ''your cold corpses'' to recover my people. Now...shall we begin?"
28	** And after Spock gives him the torpedoes, what does Khan do? He still intends to kill everyone onboard ''The Enterprise''.
29	--->'''Khan:''' Well, Kirk. It seems apt I return you to your crew. After all. No ship should go down without her Captain.
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31	* [[OhCrap The look on Spock Prime's face]] when Spock asks him if he had ever encountered Khan says it all. Especially if you've seen either the original series or ''Wrath of Khan'', you know from [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Spock Prime's willingness to break his vow]] so Spock, Kirk and the crew have a chance at survival is a damn good sign at how dangerous Khan is.
32	---> '''Spock:''' In your travels, did you ever encounter a man named Khan?
33	---> (''Beat'')
34	---> '''Spock Prime:''' As you know, I have made a vow to never give you information that could potentially alter your destiny. Your path is yours to walk and yours alone. That being said, Khan Noonien Singh is the most dangerous adversary ''The Enterprise'' ever faced. He is brilliant, ruthless and will not hesitate to kill every single one of you.
35	---> '''Spock:''' Did you defeat him?
36	---> '''Spock Prime''': [[WhamLine At great cost, yes.]]
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38	* When Bones gets his arm trapped in the torpedo. Think about it from Kirk's point of view: He can't beam Bones back aboard without taking the torpedo with him, and if he beams Carol out, then he's condemning one of his best friends to certain death. At the same time, if he lets her stay and she can't defuse the torpedo, they're both dead. Imagine having to make that choice.
39	** What's worse is how ''fast'' he has to make that choice. It all happens in ''30 seconds''!
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41	* The USS ''Vengeance'' itself is pretty terrifying just when they reveal that it can actually ''catch up'' to the ''Enterprise'' in warp, and we can just see it bearing down on the ''Enterprise'' with [[HellIsThatNoise the creepiest of noises]]. Not to mention that it looks very intimidating, courtesy of its [[DarkIsEvil black paint job]] and [[EvilIsBigger massive size]].
42	** Adding to this is a bit of FridgeHorror: The ''Vengeance'' is referred to as "''[[TheDreadedDreadnought Dreadnought]]''-class." Since ship classes are typically named after the first one built, there's probably another ship out there named USS ''Dreadnought'' that's just as powerful as this one. And if this is an actual class of starships, then there may be more of these things out there...
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44	* As a crewmember aboard the ''Enterprise'', it would be bad enough being sucked out into space when the hull's breached. Now imagine being one of the casualties when the ''Vengeance'' blows holes in the ''Enterprise'' '''while they're at warp'''.
45	-->'''Khan:''' If you think you're safe at warp... '''''you're wrong.'''''
46	* Admiral Marcus forcefully having his own daughter beamed off the ''Enterprise'' so that he can destroy it without harming her. Carol's screaming while she's being beamed off makes the entire scene even more chilling.
47	** Hell, ''everything'' about Marcus is blood-chilling. He revives [[AVillainNamedKhan Khan Noonien Singh]], one of the most dangerous warlords who ever existed, so he can enlist Khan's help to militarize Starfleet for a war with the Klingons -- and forces Khan to cooperate by holding his cryogenically-preserved friends hostage. When Khan rebels and flees to Qo'noS, Marcus decides to not only kill him and his "family," he also uses Kirk and the ''Enterprise'' crew as part of a UriahGambit, sacrificing them just so he can provoke the war he wants. And then, when ''that'' goes OffTheRails by Kirk taking Khan alive and learning the truth from him, Marcus has no compunctions about murdering everybody aboard the ''Enterprise'', just so [[HeKnowsTooMuch they can't reveal what he tried to do]]. This is no ordinary InsaneAdmiral we're talking about; this guy is ''evil''.
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49	* The scene where the ''Enterprise'' is falling into Earth's atmosphere. [[GravityScrew People are falling through the ship's levels]], and they're either crashing into things like walls, ramps and, well, THINGS. Or having things fall on them. Imagine hanging on for dear life and something--or someone--smashes into you. Yikes.
50	** [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse]]. We get a quick shot of the shuttle bay, with shuttles getting tossed around like toy cars while the crew is attempting to AbandonShip. They can't even escape while the ship is tumbling like that. Even ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' didn't have as unnerving a SinkingShipScenario as this film pulls off.
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52	* Kirk's death. Imagine being in Spock's place: Watching your best friend slowly die from radiation poisoning while being completely helpless to do anything to save, or even comfort, him.
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54	* Khan crashing what's left of the ''Vengeance'' into San Francisco. Considering the number of buildings fallen, it's like [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11]] up to eleven. Likely many thousands of deaths.
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56	* Spock going berserk and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown almost beating Harrison/Khan to death]].
57	** The scariest part is we had just seen both Khan and Spock in an intellectual battle; not civilized, but cool, calm, and in control. Then Khan thinks Spock killed his fellow Augments and Spock witnesses the death of his best friend. After that, all bets are off; their intelligence and control are completely gone.
58	*** When Kirk dies, Spock lets out a [[SayMyName loud scream]] that lets us know that Khan is going to pay for what he's done.
59	** Khan was terrifying because we knew what he could do and we finally got to see it completely let loose. ''Spock'' was terrifying because we have never seen him go full-blown on someone before this moment. And holy ''shit'' can that Vulcan do damage! He attacks Khan with the nerve pinch and [[SickeningCrunch breaks Khan's arm over his shoulder]] after hitting him repeatedly with a piece of metal he tears off the hover vehicle they're on!
60	*** To paraphrase ''Series/DoctorWho'': Good men don't need rules. There's a ''really damn good reason'' that Vulcans have so many.
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62	* How many tens of thousands died when the ''Vengeance'' crashed? How would you have liked to have been a tourist on Alcatraz Island (one presumes that this is its function in the future) and be erased without warning by a giant starship falling from the sky? Or in any one of the dozens of buildings that were leveled by the crash?
63	* On Kronos, when Uhura tries to negotiate with the Klingons who have found them, the platoon's leader angrily [[NeckLift seizes her by the throat]] and slowly [[PsychoKnifeNut draws a brutal-looking knife]] from his boot with clear intent to use it. [[VillainousRescue Had Harrison not intervened...]]
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