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Nightmare Fuel / Leviathan (1989)

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The Thing is busy taking notes on how to do this Facepalm of Doom.
  • When Jones visits Sixpack in the infirmary we know Sixpack is dead, but Jones doesn't, Sixpack "moves" under his blanket. Jones tells him to get some rest and leaves. Cue Oh, Crap! for the audience.
  • How about when the bodies of the dead Bowman and Sixpack fuse together on the infirmary bed? That's the stuff that would give even an Eldritch Abomination nightmares.
  • DeJesus, who has been attacked by the creature, begging Jones for help. The look on Jones' face clearly shows that he knows there's absolutely no way he can be helped.
  • Cobb finally being taken over by the infection, which provides the page image. Also, right after this, he lowers his hand towards Doc's face as the other man struggles to keep it away. After the cut away, we catch up with Doc a few scenes later, alone and see his stomach starting to twist and expand, confirmation that he was unable to keep Cobb at bay, and is now infected himself. Doc almost seems to shed a tear at what's happening to him. Seeing what it's doing to him further adds to the nightmare fuel.
  • Jones sees Doc's face as part of a abomination of fused crew members and mentions that he thought he saw him. He's no longer Doc however, yet the expression seems to confirm he's still in there, and in agony.
  • Confirmed later right before Beck abandons the station. We see the face of DeJesus who begs Beck to kill him, proving that even after you're fused with the creature, a part of you is still there.

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