- The opening title sequence shows the kids in their costumes running around in terror from huge, ghostly Halloween monsters (such as skeletons, witches, and big black cats) while disembodied Evil Laughter is heard. The kids eventually hide in a pumpkin patch, but the sequence ends with an Ominous Owl flying at the screen. The whole thing is a Disney Acid Sequence to boot. The original longer version
of the intro mentioning the sponsors (Coca-Cola and Dolly Madison) mitigates the creepiness somewhat; after the owl flies at the screen, the opening continues with the costumed kids running around some more and Snoopy (dressed as a Bedsheet Ghost) running around the same pumpkin patch before doffing his sheet and doing his trademark Happy Dance. - The way Lucy carves that pumpkin. Stabbing it. Cutting it. All with a determined sadistic grin on her face... No wonder Linus freaked out.Linus: You didn't tell me you were gonna kill it! (cries)
- The whole "Snoopy as the WWI Flying Ace getting shot down behind enemy lines" sequence. That eerie flute music (coupled with the distant gunfire and air-raid siren) doesn't help.
