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* ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever": While Queen Ramonda is burning T'Challa's funeral garments, Namor emerges smoothly from the water, so Shuri and Queen Ramonda can tell he's not fully human from the get-go. Once he emerges, he levitates because he has MercurysWings. Queen Ramonda and Shuri are unsettled by this.
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** In [[OminousObsidianOoze Filth]]-flooded environments like the [[SwampsAreEvil Moon Bog]] or the bottom of [[TempleOfDoom the Ankh]], numerous [[WasOnceAMan Shades]] can be found waiting for passersby in deep pools of the stuff, rising just high enough to reveal their GlowingEyesOfDoom as you approach. For good measure, lore entries on "Filth and Humans" reveals that Shades can [[HarmlessLiquefaction willingly melt into pools of Filth]] and reform elsewhere, indicating that the "submerged" ones might not even have a lower body until they see you and go on the attack.
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** In [[OminousObsidianOoze Filth]]-flooded environments like the [[SwampsAreEvil Moon Bog]] or the bottom of [[TempleOfDoom the Ankh]], numerous [[WasOnceAMan Shades]] can be found waiting for passersby in deep pools of the stuff, rising just high enough to reveal their GlowingEyesOfDoom as you approach. For good measure, lore entries on "Filth and Humans" reveals reveal that Shades can [[HarmlessLiquefaction willingly melt into pools of Filth]] and reform elsewhere, indicating that the "submerged" ones might not even have a lower body until they see you and go on the attack.
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Most of the menace in these kinds of shots is conveyed through the pace and smoothness of the character's ascent: by surfacing slowly, the character seems untroubled by the need to breathe, making them appear inhuman even if they aren't actually some kind of monster, and by emerging smoothly, the character doesn't appear to be swimming to the surface or even getting to their feet, but ''levitating'' - furthering the impression that something unnatural and disturbing is about to happen.
Though there are many variants on this shot, one of the more popular ones is to feature a close-up of the character's face as they rise from the water, often sporting an expression that drives home their lack of humanity - the KubrickStare, for example, or an unblinking gaze despite the water. And just to upset the audience, it's not uncommon for such shots to feature the character staring directly at the camera.
In the case of more openly predatory examples, it's not unknown for this shot to be followed up - or even inverted - by a shot of the character sinking back beneath the surface, ready to attack anyone sharing the water with them...
Though there are many variants on this shot, one of the more popular ones is to feature a close-up of the character's face as they rise from the water, often sporting an expression that drives home their lack of humanity - the KubrickStare, for example, or an unblinking gaze despite the water. And just to upset the audience, it's not uncommon for such shots to feature the character staring directly at the camera.
In the case of more openly predatory examples, it's not unknown for this shot to be followed up - or even inverted - by a shot of the character sinking back beneath the surface, ready to attack anyone sharing the water with them...
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Most of the menace in these kinds of shots is conveyed through the pace and smoothness of the character's ascent: by surfacing slowly, the character seems untroubled by the need to breathe, making them appear inhuman even if they aren't actually some kind of monster, and by emerging smoothly, the character doesn't appear to be swimming to the surface or even getting to their feet, but ''levitating'' - -- furthering the impression that something unnatural and disturbing is about to happen.
Though there are many variants on this shot, one of the more popular ones is to feature a close-up of the character's face as they rise from the water, often sporting an expression that drives home their lack of humanity- -- the KubrickStare, for example, or an unblinking gaze despite the water. And just to upset the audience, it's not uncommon for such shots to feature the character staring directly at the camera.
In the case of more openly predatory examples, it's not unknown for this shot to be followed up- -- or even inverted - -- by a shot of the character sinking back beneath the surface, ready to attack anyone sharing the water with them...
Though there are many variants on this shot, one of the more popular ones is to feature a close-up of the character's face as they rise from the water, often sporting an expression that drives home their lack of humanity
In the case of more openly predatory examples, it's not unknown for this shot to be followed up
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': On the cover of ''ComicBook/XMen1991'' #106: [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/x-men-106-search-and-rescue/4000-65805 Search And Rescue]], Cecilia Reyes can be seen half-risen from a pool of dark water, with only half her face visible - including her glowing red eyes.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': On the cover of ''ComicBook/XMen1991'' #106: [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/x-men-106-search-and-rescue/4000-65805 Search And Rescue]], Cecilia Reyes can be seen half-risen from a pool of dark water, with only half her face visible - -- including her glowing red eyes.
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* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' features arguably one of the most famous examples of this trope: in the climax of the film, having sunk dangerously close to Kurtz's level of insanity, Willard is seen rising from a pool of water with his expressionless face daubed in camo paint, eyes snapping open as he surfaces. Having used this method to sneak into Kurtz's compound, he then [[spoiler: completes his mission by brutally murdering Kurtz with a machete.]]
* ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'': Shortly after Dana is saved at the last minute by [[spoiler: Marty, who turns out to have survived his clash with Judah Buckner]], Matthew Buckner is knocked off the dock and into the lake below. However, as the two surviving teens flee the area, Matthew slowly rises from the lake until he's up to chest height, not only revealing that the zombie redneck is still active but also that he's within reach of the shore - forcing our heroes to keep moving.
* ''Film/TheCell'': When Stargher's murderous alter ego invades Catherine's mind in pursuit of his inner child during the climax, it emerges headfirst from a pool of water at the centre of her mindscape, in slow motion - the better to emphasize the monstrous features of his current avatar.
* ''Film/TheDescent:'' At the end of a very long TraumaCongaLine, Sarah is plunged into a lake of blood at the centre of the Crawlers' CannibalLarder and slowly rises from the gory depths, looking much colder and much less human than she was a few minutes ago - a fact she goes on to demonstrate by stabbing one Crawler through the eye with a shard of bone and beating another to death.
* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' features arguably one of the most famous examples of this trope: in the climax of the film, having sunk dangerously close to Kurtz's level of insanity, Willard is seen rising from a pool of water with his expressionless face daubed in camo paint, eyes snapping open as he surfaces. Having used this method to sneak into Kurtz's compound, he then [[spoiler: completes his mission by brutally murdering Kurtz with a machete.]]
* ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'': Shortly after Dana is saved at the last minute by [[spoiler: Marty, who turns out to have survived his clash with Judah Buckner]], Matthew Buckner is knocked off the dock and into the lake below. However, as the two surviving teens flee the area, Matthew slowly rises from the lake until he's up to chest height, not only revealing that the zombie redneck is still active but also that he's within reach of the shore - forcing our heroes to keep moving.
* ''Film/TheCell'': When Stargher's murderous alter ego invades Catherine's mind in pursuit of his inner child during the climax, it emerges headfirst from a pool of water at the centre of her mindscape, in slow motion - the better to emphasize the monstrous features of his current avatar.
* ''Film/TheDescent:'' At the end of a very long TraumaCongaLine, Sarah is plunged into a lake of blood at the centre of the Crawlers' CannibalLarder and slowly rises from the gory depths, looking much colder and much less human than she was a few minutes ago - a fact she goes on to demonstrate by stabbing one Crawler through the eye with a shard of bone and beating another to death.
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* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' features arguably one of the most famous examples of this trope: in the climax of the film, having sunk dangerously close to Kurtz's level of insanity, Willard is seen rising from a pool of water with his expressionless face daubed in camo paint, eyes snapping open as he surfaces. Having used this method to sneak into Kurtz's compound, he then
* ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'': Shortly after Dana is saved at the last minute by
* ''Film/TheCell'': When Stargher's murderous alter ego invades Catherine's mind in pursuit of his inner child during the climax, it emerges headfirst from a pool of water at the centre of her mindscape, in slow motion
* ''Film/TheDescent:'' At the end of a very long TraumaCongaLine, Sarah is plunged into a lake of blood at the centre of the Crawlers' CannibalLarder and slowly rises from the gory depths, looking much colder and much less human than she was a few minutes ago
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* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': In the episode "[[Recap/StargateAtlantisS03E18Submersion Submersion]]," the team's efforts to investigate an underwater drilling platform go awry when a Wraith Queen attacks the facility - complete with a shot of her slowly rising from the pitch-black waters of the platform's moon pool, hissing as she ascends.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': The Season 4 episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts Leonard Betts]]" features Mulder and Scully investigating Betts's apartment after his apparent death by decapitation and subsequent disappearance of his body, and finding a bathtub full of a strange, brown fluid that they don't have time to examine. After they leave, Betts - now with an intact cranium - emerges from under the fluid.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': The Season 4 episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts Leonard Betts]]" features Mulder and Scully investigating Betts's apartment after his apparent death by decapitation and subsequent disappearance of his body, and finding a bathtub full of a strange, brown fluid that they don't have time to examine. After they leave, Betts - now with an intact cranium - emerges from under the fluid.
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* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': In the episode "[[Recap/StargateAtlantisS03E18Submersion Submersion]]," the team's efforts to investigate an underwater drilling platform go awry when a Wraith Queen attacks the facility - -- complete with a shot of her slowly rising from the pitch-black waters of the platform's moon pool, hissing as she ascends.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': The Season 4 episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts Leonard Betts]]" features Mulder and Scully investigating Betts's apartment after his apparent death by decapitation and subsequent disappearance of his body, and finding a bathtub full of a strange, brown fluid that they don't have time to examine. After they leave, Betts- -- now with an intact cranium - -- emerges from under the fluid.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': The Season 4 episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts Leonard Betts]]" features Mulder and Scully investigating Betts's apartment after his apparent death by decapitation and subsequent disappearance of his body, and finding a bathtub full of a strange, brown fluid that they don't have time to examine. After they leave, Betts
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* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'': Inverted form. In the finale, Sam and Mike have to wade through an underground lake to reach the BigBad's lair, and as they clamber back onto dry land and open the door, we cut back to the lake... where said BigBad AKA [[spoiler: Hannah Washington the {{Wendigo}}]] is watching them, submerged up to their neck. Then, without making a sound, it sinks back under the water, ready to ambush the duo once they return.
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* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'': Inverted form. In the finale, Sam and Mike have to wade through an underground lake to reach the BigBad's lair, and as they clamber back onto dry land and open the door, we cut back to the lake... where said BigBad AKA [[spoiler: Hannah [[spoiler:Hannah Washington the {{Wendigo}}]] is watching them, submerged up to their neck. Then, without making a sound, it sinks back under the water, ready to ambush the duo once they return.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': On the cover of ''X-Men #106: [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/x-men-106-search-and-rescue/4000-65805 Search And Rescue]],'' Cecilia Reyes can be seen half-risen from a pool of dark water, with only half her face visible - including her glowing red eyes.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': On the cover of ''X-Men ''ComicBook/XMen1991'' #106: [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/x-men-106-search-and-rescue/4000-65805 Search And Rescue]],'' Rescue]], Cecilia Reyes can be seen half-risen from a pool of dark water, with only half her face visible - including her glowing red eyes.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': On the cover of ''X-Men #106: [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/x-men-106-search-and-rescue/4000-65805 Search And Rescue]],'' Celia Cecilia Reyes can be seen half-risen from a pool of dark water, with only half her face visible - including her glowing red eyes.
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* ''Film/CabinInTheWoods'': Shortly after Dana is saved at the last minute by [[spoiler: Marty, who turns out to have survived his clash with Judah Buckner]], Matthew Buckner is knocked off the dock and into the lake below. However, as the two surviving teens flee the area, Matthew slowly rises from the lake until he's up to chest height, not only revealing that the zombie redneck is still active but also that he's within reach of the shore - forcing our heroes to keep moving.
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* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': In the episode "[[Recap/StargateAtlantisS03E18Submersion Submersion]," the team's efforts to investigate an underwater drilling platform go awry when a Wraith Queen attacks the facility - complete with a shot of her slowly rising from the pitch-black waters of the platform's moon pool, hissing as she ascends.
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* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': In the episode "[[Recap/StargateAtlantisS03E18Submersion Submersion]," Submersion]]," the team's efforts to investigate an underwater drilling platform go awry when a Wraith Queen attacks the facility - complete with a shot of her slowly rising from the pitch-black waters of the platform's moon pool, hissing as she ascends.
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Dark, opaque bodies of water have long been used as a warning sign of potential dangers lurking below. As such, in film and television, one very simple method of establishing that a character is monstrous in some way is to feature a shot of them slowly emerging from one such body of water.
Most of the menace in these kinds of shots is conveyed through the pace and smoothness of the character's ascent: by surfacing slowly, the character seems untroubled by the need to breathe, making them appear inhuman even if they aren't actually some kind of monster, and by emerging smoothly, the character doesn't appear to be swimming to the surface or even getting to their feet, but ''levitating'' - furthering the impression that something unnatural and disturbing is about to happen.
Though there are many variants on this shot, one of the more popular ones is to feature a close-up of the character's face as they rise from the water, often sporting an expression that drives home their lack of humanity - the KubrickStare, for example, or an unblinking gaze despite the water. And just to upset the audience, it's not uncommon for such shots to feature the character staring directly at the camera.
In the case of more openly predatory examples, it's not unknown for this shot to be followed up - or even inverted - by a shot of the character sinking back beneath the surface, ready to attack anyone sharing the water with them...
Contrast SexySurfacingShot.
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* In the final arc of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', [[spoiler:Eren's Wall Titans have such a moment when they surface from the sea as they march implacably towards the Marleyan coast to lay the country to waste during the Rumbling]]. It is every bit as horrifying as you can expect.
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': During the final battle of ''Recap/DigimonAdventure02M1TranscendentEvolutionTheGoldenDigimentals'', Antylamon retreats into a lake to evolve, then slowly emerges from the water as Cherubimon. The sequence is accompanied by unsettling background music and close-up shots on the creature's body, serving to highlight what a horrible EldritchAbomination it has become.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Neonomicon}}'': The cover to one issue of the miniseries depicts a [[FishPeople Deep One]] slowly rising out of the waters of the underground pool, slowly zeroing in on Agent Brears from behind. For good measure, both parties are naked, further increasing the sense of menace.
* ''ComicBook/Wolverine1982'': The cover of ''[[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/wolverine-9-coyote-crossing-part-3/4000-92145/ Wolverine #9 - Coyote Crossing Part 3]]'' features the man himself, out of costume, rising from a pool of water with claws at the ready and a particularly vicious-looking glare on his face. Judging by the tint of the scene and the jungle in the background, it's likely this was a homage to another instance of this trope in ''Film/ApocalypseNow.''
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': On the cover of ''X-Men #106: [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/x-men-106-search-and-rescue/4000-65805 Search And Rescue]],'' Celia Reyes can be seen half-risen from a pool of dark water, with only half her face visible - including her glowing red eyes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBFG'': Fleshlumpeater's true monstrosity is revealed in a scene that begins with a close-up shot of him as he slowly rises from the sea just outside a small fishing village, surfacing just high enough to reveal his [[UhOhEyes mismatched eyes]] and SinisterSchnoz as he surveys the area, then rising to waist height and marching inland to prey on sleeping children.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'': When Luca, Giulia, and Alberto [[spoiler:have a row about Luca going to human school, Alberto dives into the water to prove that he and his friend are actually sea monsters. While Giulia doesn't suspect anything for a few seconds, she is soon surprised when Al slowly rises out of the sea in sea monster form.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' uses this as an EstablishingCharacterMoment for Jack Skellington; to cap off the big "This is Halloween" number, after lighting himself ''[[ManOnFire on fire]]'', he jumps into Halloween Town's fountain and unflinchingly rises in all his [[DemBones skeletal]] glory...all with a [[DarkIsNotEvil big cheery smile on his face]].
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* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' features arguably one of the most famous examples of this trope: in the climax of the film, having sunk dangerously close to Kurtz's level of insanity, Willard is seen rising from a pool of water with his expressionless face daubed in camo paint, eyes snapping open as he surfaces. Having used this method to sneak into Kurtz's compound, he then [[spoiler: completes his mission by brutally murdering Kurtz with a machete.]]
* ''Film/CabinInTheWoods'': Shortly after Dana is saved at the last minute by [[spoiler: Marty, who turns out to have survived his clash with Judah Buckner]], Matthew Buckner is knocked off the dock and into the lake below. However, as the two surviving teens flee the area, Matthew slowly rises from the lake until he's up to chest height, not only revealing that the zombie redneck is still active but also that he's within reach of the shore - forcing our heroes to keep moving.
* ''Film/TheCell'': When Stargher's murderous alter ego invades Catherine's mind in pursuit of his inner child during the climax, it emerges headfirst from a pool of water at the centre of her mindscape, in slow motion - the better to emphasize the monstrous features of his current avatar.
* ''Film/TheDescent:'' At the end of a very long TraumaCongaLine, Sarah is plunged into a lake of blood at the centre of the Crawlers' CannibalLarder and slowly rises from the gory depths, looking much colder and much less human than she was a few minutes ago - a fact she goes on to demonstrate by stabbing one Crawler through the eye with a shard of bone and beating another to death.
* ''Film/Hellboy2004'': Early in the film, [[BigBad Grigori Rasputin]] is resurrected for the second time by spilling the blood of an innocent guide in an ancient ritual circle, resulting in a pool of blood that he rises smoothly from as if levitating, firmly driving home the fact that Rasputin is [[HumanoidAbomination even more unearthly]] this time around. For good measure, the deleted scenes featured Rasputin being resurrected without eyes, making the resurrection even more unsettling and forcing Rasputin to make use of glass prosthetics throughout the film.
* ''Film/LandOfTheDead'': The climax of the film begins with the zombie army of Big Daddy, who [[ItCanThink is smarter than the average zombie]], emerging in a menacing shuffle from the waters of the Allegheny River and with that bypassing the anti-zombie fortifications of the city of Pittsburgh.
* ''Film/TimeBandits'': During the exploration of the Time of Legends, the voyage by ship is interrupted when a ''giant'' slowly rises from the ocean in a close-up shot. Already thuggish and intimidating, the giant's lack of human reaction is further driven home by the fact that it's using the heroes' ship as a ''hat'' and either doesn't notice or just doesn't care.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The cliffhanger of the first episode of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]" features a Dalek slowly and ominously emerging from the River Thames, which was repeated in the story's film adaptation ''Film/DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD''.
* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': In the episode "[[Recap/StargateAtlantisS03E18Submersion Submersion]," the team's efforts to investigate an underwater drilling platform go awry when a Wraith Queen attacks the facility - complete with a shot of her slowly rising from the pitch-black waters of the platform's moon pool, hissing as she ascends.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': The Season 4 episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts Leonard Betts]]" features Mulder and Scully investigating Betts's apartment after his apparent death by decapitation and subsequent disappearance of his body, and finding a bathtub full of a strange, brown fluid that they don't have time to examine. After they leave, Betts - now with an intact cranium - emerges from under the fluid.
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* ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'':
** In [[OminousObsidianOoze Filth]]-flooded environments like the [[SwampsAreEvil Moon Bog]] or the bottom of [[TempleOfDoom the Ankh]], numerous [[WasOnceAMan Shades]] can be found waiting for passersby in deep pools of the stuff, rising just high enough to reveal their GlowingEyesOfDoom as you approach. For good measure, lore entries on "Filth and Humans" reveals that Shades can [[HarmlessLiquefaction willingly melt into pools of Filth]] and reform elsewhere, indicating that the "submerged" ones might not even have a lower body until they see you and go on the attack.
** In the climax of Issue 11, a phone call from [[EldritchAbomination the Black Signal]] results in a huge pool of Filth spreading across Orochi Tower's penthouse balcony, and from it, Shades slowly and smoothly begin to rise...
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'': At one point, Lara Croft falls into a pool of blood and slowly emerges from it head-first in a scene played for ominousness, presumably as a homage to similar scenes from ''Film/TheDescent'' and ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'': Inverted form. In the finale, Sam and Mike have to wade through an underground lake to reach the BigBad's lair, and as they clamber back onto dry land and open the door, we cut back to the lake... where said BigBad AKA [[spoiler: Hannah Washington the {{Wendigo}}]] is watching them, submerged up to their neck. Then, without making a sound, it sinks back under the water, ready to ambush the duo once they return.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In the stinger of "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E7BigTroubleInLittleSanchez Big Trouble In Little Sanchez]]," a vampire seemingly levitates from a pool of blood to [[SinisterNudity stand naked]] before his assorted servants, who quickly drape a cloak over his shoulders and proffer up a human victim for him to feed upon. It's one of the many things about this scene that's played for horror... [[MoodWhiplash up until]] the vampire lord belatedly realizes that the vampire spy who was just killed went by the name "Coach Feratu".
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Most of the menace in these kinds of shots is conveyed through the pace and smoothness of the character's ascent: by surfacing slowly, the character seems untroubled by the need to breathe, making them appear inhuman even if they aren't actually some kind of monster, and by emerging smoothly, the character doesn't appear to be swimming to the surface or even getting to their feet, but ''levitating'' - furthering the impression that something unnatural and disturbing is about to happen.
Though there are many variants on this shot, one of the more popular ones is to feature a close-up of the character's face as they rise from the water, often sporting an expression that drives home their lack of humanity - the KubrickStare, for example, or an unblinking gaze despite the water. And just to upset the audience, it's not uncommon for such shots to feature the character staring directly at the camera.
In the case of more openly predatory examples, it's not unknown for this shot to be followed up - or even inverted - by a shot of the character sinking back beneath the surface, ready to attack anyone sharing the water with them...
Contrast SexySurfacingShot.
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!!Examples
[[folder: Anime & Manga]]
* In the final arc of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', [[spoiler:Eren's Wall Titans have such a moment when they surface from the sea as they march implacably towards the Marleyan coast to lay the country to waste during the Rumbling]]. It is every bit as horrifying as you can expect.
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': During the final battle of ''Recap/DigimonAdventure02M1TranscendentEvolutionTheGoldenDigimentals'', Antylamon retreats into a lake to evolve, then slowly emerges from the water as Cherubimon. The sequence is accompanied by unsettling background music and close-up shots on the creature's body, serving to highlight what a horrible EldritchAbomination it has become.
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[[folder: Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Neonomicon}}'': The cover to one issue of the miniseries depicts a [[FishPeople Deep One]] slowly rising out of the waters of the underground pool, slowly zeroing in on Agent Brears from behind. For good measure, both parties are naked, further increasing the sense of menace.
* ''ComicBook/Wolverine1982'': The cover of ''[[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/wolverine-9-coyote-crossing-part-3/4000-92145/ Wolverine #9 - Coyote Crossing Part 3]]'' features the man himself, out of costume, rising from a pool of water with claws at the ready and a particularly vicious-looking glare on his face. Judging by the tint of the scene and the jungle in the background, it's likely this was a homage to another instance of this trope in ''Film/ApocalypseNow.''
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': On the cover of ''X-Men #106: [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/x-men-106-search-and-rescue/4000-65805 Search And Rescue]],'' Celia Reyes can be seen half-risen from a pool of dark water, with only half her face visible - including her glowing red eyes.
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[[folder: Film - Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBFG'': Fleshlumpeater's true monstrosity is revealed in a scene that begins with a close-up shot of him as he slowly rises from the sea just outside a small fishing village, surfacing just high enough to reveal his [[UhOhEyes mismatched eyes]] and SinisterSchnoz as he surveys the area, then rising to waist height and marching inland to prey on sleeping children.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'': When Luca, Giulia, and Alberto [[spoiler:have a row about Luca going to human school, Alberto dives into the water to prove that he and his friend are actually sea monsters. While Giulia doesn't suspect anything for a few seconds, she is soon surprised when Al slowly rises out of the sea in sea monster form.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' uses this as an EstablishingCharacterMoment for Jack Skellington; to cap off the big "This is Halloween" number, after lighting himself ''[[ManOnFire on fire]]'', he jumps into Halloween Town's fountain and unflinchingly rises in all his [[DemBones skeletal]] glory...all with a [[DarkIsNotEvil big cheery smile on his face]].
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[[folder: Film - Live-Action]]
* ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' features arguably one of the most famous examples of this trope: in the climax of the film, having sunk dangerously close to Kurtz's level of insanity, Willard is seen rising from a pool of water with his expressionless face daubed in camo paint, eyes snapping open as he surfaces. Having used this method to sneak into Kurtz's compound, he then [[spoiler: completes his mission by brutally murdering Kurtz with a machete.]]
* ''Film/CabinInTheWoods'': Shortly after Dana is saved at the last minute by [[spoiler: Marty, who turns out to have survived his clash with Judah Buckner]], Matthew Buckner is knocked off the dock and into the lake below. However, as the two surviving teens flee the area, Matthew slowly rises from the lake until he's up to chest height, not only revealing that the zombie redneck is still active but also that he's within reach of the shore - forcing our heroes to keep moving.
* ''Film/TheCell'': When Stargher's murderous alter ego invades Catherine's mind in pursuit of his inner child during the climax, it emerges headfirst from a pool of water at the centre of her mindscape, in slow motion - the better to emphasize the monstrous features of his current avatar.
* ''Film/TheDescent:'' At the end of a very long TraumaCongaLine, Sarah is plunged into a lake of blood at the centre of the Crawlers' CannibalLarder and slowly rises from the gory depths, looking much colder and much less human than she was a few minutes ago - a fact she goes on to demonstrate by stabbing one Crawler through the eye with a shard of bone and beating another to death.
* ''Film/Hellboy2004'': Early in the film, [[BigBad Grigori Rasputin]] is resurrected for the second time by spilling the blood of an innocent guide in an ancient ritual circle, resulting in a pool of blood that he rises smoothly from as if levitating, firmly driving home the fact that Rasputin is [[HumanoidAbomination even more unearthly]] this time around. For good measure, the deleted scenes featured Rasputin being resurrected without eyes, making the resurrection even more unsettling and forcing Rasputin to make use of glass prosthetics throughout the film.
* ''Film/LandOfTheDead'': The climax of the film begins with the zombie army of Big Daddy, who [[ItCanThink is smarter than the average zombie]], emerging in a menacing shuffle from the waters of the Allegheny River and with that bypassing the anti-zombie fortifications of the city of Pittsburgh.
* ''Film/TimeBandits'': During the exploration of the Time of Legends, the voyage by ship is interrupted when a ''giant'' slowly rises from the ocean in a close-up shot. Already thuggish and intimidating, the giant's lack of human reaction is further driven home by the fact that it's using the heroes' ship as a ''hat'' and either doesn't notice or just doesn't care.
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[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The cliffhanger of the first episode of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]" features a Dalek slowly and ominously emerging from the River Thames, which was repeated in the story's film adaptation ''Film/DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD''.
* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': In the episode "[[Recap/StargateAtlantisS03E18Submersion Submersion]," the team's efforts to investigate an underwater drilling platform go awry when a Wraith Queen attacks the facility - complete with a shot of her slowly rising from the pitch-black waters of the platform's moon pool, hissing as she ascends.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': The Season 4 episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS04E12LeonardBetts Leonard Betts]]" features Mulder and Scully investigating Betts's apartment after his apparent death by decapitation and subsequent disappearance of his body, and finding a bathtub full of a strange, brown fluid that they don't have time to examine. After they leave, Betts - now with an intact cranium - emerges from under the fluid.
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'':
** In [[OminousObsidianOoze Filth]]-flooded environments like the [[SwampsAreEvil Moon Bog]] or the bottom of [[TempleOfDoom the Ankh]], numerous [[WasOnceAMan Shades]] can be found waiting for passersby in deep pools of the stuff, rising just high enough to reveal their GlowingEyesOfDoom as you approach. For good measure, lore entries on "Filth and Humans" reveals that Shades can [[HarmlessLiquefaction willingly melt into pools of Filth]] and reform elsewhere, indicating that the "submerged" ones might not even have a lower body until they see you and go on the attack.
** In the climax of Issue 11, a phone call from [[EldritchAbomination the Black Signal]] results in a huge pool of Filth spreading across Orochi Tower's penthouse balcony, and from it, Shades slowly and smoothly begin to rise...
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'': At one point, Lara Croft falls into a pool of blood and slowly emerges from it head-first in a scene played for ominousness, presumably as a homage to similar scenes from ''Film/TheDescent'' and ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'': Inverted form. In the finale, Sam and Mike have to wade through an underground lake to reach the BigBad's lair, and as they clamber back onto dry land and open the door, we cut back to the lake... where said BigBad AKA [[spoiler: Hannah Washington the {{Wendigo}}]] is watching them, submerged up to their neck. Then, without making a sound, it sinks back under the water, ready to ambush the duo once they return.
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In the stinger of "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E7BigTroubleInLittleSanchez Big Trouble In Little Sanchez]]," a vampire seemingly levitates from a pool of blood to [[SinisterNudity stand naked]] before his assorted servants, who quickly drape a cloak over his shoulders and proffer up a human victim for him to feed upon. It's one of the many things about this scene that's played for horror... [[MoodWhiplash up until]] the vampire lord belatedly realizes that the vampire spy who was just killed went by the name "Coach Feratu".
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