Nightmare Fuel / Ben-Hur (1959)

• After the galley of Quintus Arrius is rammed during the battle, one of the galley slaves freed by Judah is clearly seen having a bloody stump instead of a hand. Supposedly the scene was reshot with extra blood when William Wyler noticed a one-handed extra.
  • The slaves' naked terror as they realize they're about to be rammed, pulling at their chains and tearing their ankles bloody in a futile attempt to escape. While Judah is able to grab some keys and get them free, at least one slave is crushed to death by the ram.
• Miriam and Tirzah have been locked by the Romans deep inside a dark dungeon. Messala's envoy orders the jailer to go check them, and the latter finds out that they've become afflicted with leprosy. We don't see them in that scene, but the terror on his face is palpable.
  • The dungeon itself is terrifying. Even with a bright torch lighting the way, the tunnels are so small you can just barely stand up, and they extend so deep that there's simply no light down there, at least at night.
• Messala getting trampled into a bloody pulp by the horses of the charioteer behind him after getting dragged behind his own horses once his chariot pulls apart. Later, Judah arrives to see what happened to his friend-turned-rival, and even he is horrified by the damage done and his agony.
  • Messala's state as he approaches death is half-way between agony and a disturbing rage. As he puts it himself, "the smashed body of a wretched animal".
• The Valley of the Lepers, not helped by the music. We can never see the faces of the lepers, but Judah does.

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