!!General:
* The character Zalachenko ("Zala") with the burns inflicted by Lisbeth as a child; the make-up of the burns to his ear is severe NightmareFuel and can stay in your mind for days. Not to mention the beating-up part too.
** The original Swedish movie, some very detailed [[RapeAsDrama rape scenes]]. The scenes in the American film are hardly any more delicate.
* From the several hour long anal rape part, to what [[spoiler:Martin Vanger]] actually did to his victims, to what happens to [[spoiler:Lisbeth]] in the end of the second book... Creepy stuff.

!!''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'':
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* All the faux-religious murders and the recurring sexual abuse scenes. Then when Mikael discovers the full extent of [[spoiler: Martin]] the killer's evil. The images of the girl victims, their skin gray and huge bug-eyes staring in terror, will stay with you.
* The freaky opening titles are a [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome magnificent achievement]] in SurrealHorror.
* Blomkvist being interrogated and tortured by [[spoiler:Martin as he details his enjoyment of his decades of killings. And then plays ''[[NarmCharm Enya]]'', of all things, in the background as he suffocates Mikael with a plastic bag over his head]].

!!''The Girl Who Played with Fire'':
* Many scenes from [[spoiler:Niedermann's]] perspective, especially [[spoiler:his climactic hallucination of Salander as an undead monstrosity]], are ''extremely'' creepy.

!!''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest'':


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