History NightmareFuel / AnimalFarm

** Out of all the animals, [[GruesomeGoat the flock of sheep are the creepiest]] of the bunch during the ending. Especially during shots where we see silhouettes and shadows of the sheep complete with enraged eyes.

* The way the sheep are repeating "Fours Legs Good, Two Legs Bad" throughout the film is downright haunting since [[AnimalSpeciesAccent they bleat out the word "ba-a-a-d"]] making them sound like zombies. Especially since the sheep and the pigs are the only animals in the entire film that are heard talking.

* The second attack on the farm is surprisingly violent with multiple animals being killed onscreen, with a particularly disturbing shot of a human farmer strangling a goose. Boxer is also shot at close range and we even see blood spurting from the wound.

* Napoleon sending his dogs to round up the hens. The scene in general is nightmarish as it takes place in a dark setting and the dogs appear almost demonic as they charge, but it gets worse when the cat, who did nothing wrong and just happens to be there, is caught by them and killed. While all other animal deaths in the film are either peaceful, like Old Major's, or subject to a GoryDiscretionShot, you see the cat mauled to death ''onscreen''.

* The PublicExecution scene for the chickens, sheep and ducks in this film. To instill fear into the rest of the animals, Napoleon and Squealer recorded the murders and ''showed'' them to the animals.

** To punctuate this, Napoleon at first confidently calls for his guard dogs, only for them to be drunk and incapacitated. The scowl he had the entire film, even in the most intense moments, slowly disappears, and as the animals corner him, [[OhCrap his eyes widen in panic.]] [[VillainousBreakdown He's screwed, ''and he knows it.]]''

** To punctuate this, Napoleon at first confidently calls for his guard dogs, only for them to be drunk and incapacitated. The scowl he had the entire film, even in the most intense moments, slowly disappears, and as the animals corner him, [[OhCrap his eyes widen in panic.]] [[VillainousBreakdown He's screwed,]] ''[[VillainousBreakdown and he knows it.]]''

* The horror of the abovementioned Trials scene gets so bad in the 1954 film, that the crow (possibly Moses) that had nonchalantly watched Snowball's death at the hands of the dogs [[ICantLookGesture turns its back on the scene,]] being [[EveryoneHasStandards absolutely horrified at this cruelty]].Then the camera pans lower and gives us a view of the "No animal shall kill any other animal" law changed to "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause" -- the last two words written ''in blood''.

* While it spells karma for the pigs, the NothingIsScarier downfall of Animal Farm. All the animals have gone into hiding and now just watch as the farm literally crumbles and dilapidates. When they come back, only one dog, now humbled from whatever has happened, has survived. There is one pig corpse seen in the mud, but it is not clear which one it is.

* The horror of the abovementioned Trials scene gets so bad in the 1954 film, that the crow (possibly Moses) that had nonchalantly watched Snowball's death at the hands of the dogs [[ICantLookGesture turns its back on the scene,]] being [[EveryoneHasStandards absolutely horrified at this cruelty]].
** And then camera pans lower and gives us a view of the "No animal shall kill any other animal" law changed to "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause" -- the last two words written ''in blood''. Weirdly, this also CrossesTheLineTwice into BlackComedyBurst due to RefugeInAudacity on the part of the pigs.

* The PublicExecution scene for the chickens, sheep and ducks in this film. The 1999 version didn't show much except a chicken, duck and rat in nooses. To instill fear into the rest of the animals, Napoleon and Squealer recorded the murders and ''showed'' them to the animals.

* Then there's Napoleon threatening Moses to hang him by the flag pole. We don't get to see that he succeeded in this but Moses does disappear after that point, which makes you wonder if he followed through with that.

* While it spells karma for the pigs, the NothingIsScarier downfall of Animal Farm. All the animals have gone into hiding and now just watch as the farm literally crumbles and dilapidates. When they come back, only one dog, now humbled from whatever has happened, has survived but the pigs are nowhere to be seen.

** To punctuate this, Napoleon at first confidently calls for his guard dogs, only for them to be drunk and incapacitated. The scowl he had the entire film, even at the most intense of points, slowly disappears, and as the animals corner him, [[OhCrap his eyes widen and panic,]] [[VillainousBreakdown he's screwed and he knows it.]]

* The ending , which sees the pigs on the receiving end of a BolivianArmyEnding, seesaws between this and SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. On the one hand, there's the fact that the filthy swinish bastards are ''finally'' going to get what's coming to them. But on the other hand, the scene itself, with hordes of red-eyed animals ripping and tearing their way into the house like a swarm of zombies where their former oppressors, the pigs, are cowering in terror at their strongly implied imminent, terrible death at the hooves, paws, claws and mouths of the animals they once lorded over... it's chilling.

* The infamous final scene of the book, where the humans and pigs all start resembling each other in a way that none of the other animals can tell them apart anymore.

* Snowball's implied death gets even worse in this short. In the book, it's not clear if he was just chased off or mauled to death but the film makes it more clear. The scared expression he has and, as the chase continues offscreen, we hear Snowball's pained squeals and when the dogs return to Napoleon, they give him an approving nod, leaving little ambiguity the book had that the job was done.

* Napoleon deciding to have the dogs chase out Snowball, who at that point had been the ReasonableAuthorityFigure and TokenGoodTeammate of the pigs. Especially in the 1954 film. The scared expression he has and the implications that he was mauled to death, makes the scene all the more disturbing.
** While the chase continues offscreen, we hear Snowball's pained squeals and when the dogs return to Napoleon, they give him an approving nod, leaving little ambiguity the book had that the job was done.
* The KangarooCourt that Napoleon holds to execute falsely accused animals with the aforementioned dogs eating them as punishment.
** It gets so bad in the 1954 film, that the crow that had nonchalantly watched Snowball's death at the hands of the dogs [[ICantLookGesture turns its back on the scene,]] being [[EveryoneHasStandards absolutely horrified at this cruelty]].
** And then camera pans lower and gives us a view of the "No animal shall kill any other animal" law changed to "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause" -- the last two words written ''in blood''. Weirdly, this also CrossesTheLineTwice into BlackComedyBurst due to RefugeInAudacity on the part of the pigs.

* The ending of the 1954 animated film, which sees the pigs on the receiving end of a BolivianArmyEnding, seesaws between this and SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. On the one hand, there's the fact that the filthy swinish bastards are ''finally'' going to get what's coming to them. But on the other hand, the scene itself, with hordes of red-eyed animals ripping and tearing their way into the house like a swarm of zombies where their former oppressors, the pigs, are cowering in terror at their strongly implied imminent, terrible death at the hooves, paws, claws and mouths of the animals they once lorded over... it's chilling.

* The PublicExecution scene for the chickens, sheep and ducks. The 1999 version didn't show much except a chicken, duck and rat in nooses. To instill fear into the rest of the animals, Napoleon and Squealer recorded the murders and ''showed'' them to the animals. This is supposed to represent UsefulNotes/JosefStalin killing some of his subjects during his reign.
* In the animated film, when Napoleon summons his dogs to quell the hens' uprising, they promptly arrive on the scene and decide to violently maul the cat to death...onscreen!
* The live action flim has a few that need mention:
** First is when Old Major's skull is revealed. It's like a jumpscare. And what's worse is that when the sheep understandably back away, Napoleon threatens them with how only "criminals" fear a DEAD BOAR'S SKULL!
** Then there's Napoleon threatening Moses to hang him by the flag pole. And he does.
** Squealer is much creepier than he was in the animation. Not helped by the fact that his voice while fitting, gives a air of anxiety to the other animals. Mainly when Jesse tries to tell the others what she saw earlier. His lying and FauxAffablyEvil tendencies are much more half hearted than in other takes, this Squealer favouring a tacit threatening tone, knowing no one would ''dare'' anger Napoleon, with at least one or two cases he straight up cuts the formalities and snarls at animals to shut up and get back to work ''or else''.
** And while the duck's song is silly and catchy, there is one part that is creepy. Around the halfway point, we see Napoleon standing on his hind legs and wearing clothes! And to cap the song off, Napoleon decides that he's planning on building weapons! Thankfully he doesn't get that far.
** While it spells karma for the pigs, the NothingIsScarier downfall of Animal Farm. All the animals have gone into hiding and now just watch as the farm literally crumbles and dilapidates. When they come back, only one dog, now humbled from whatever has happened, has survived but the pigs are nowhere to be seen.
* In the 1954 film, the way the sheep are repeating "Fours Legs Good, Two Legs Bad" throughout the film is downright haunting since [[AnimalSpeciesAccent they bleat out the word "ba-a-a-d"]] making them sound like zombies. Especially since the sheep and the pigs are the only animals in the entire film that are heard talking.

** And then camera pans lower and gives us a view of "No animal shall kill any other animal" law changed to "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause" -- the last two words written ''in blood''.

** While it spells karma for the pigs, the NothingIsScarier downfall of Animal Farm. All the animals have gone into hiding and now just watch as the farm literally crumbles and dilapidates. When they come back, only one dog, now humbled from whatever has happened, has survived but the pigs are nowhere to be seen.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.'' Image by Ralph Steadman.]]

* "[[NotSoDifferent It was a pig]] [[FullCircleRevolution walking on his hind legs.]]" One edition of the book has this sentence as the first one on a left-hand page, forcing the reader to turn the page before finding out exactly "what Clover had seen." For someone not expecting it, it can be a WhamLine that can force the reader to put down the book and walk away to catch their breath.

** While it spells karma for the pigs, the NothingIsScarier downfall of the pigs. All the animals have gone into hiding and now just watch as the farm literally crumbles and dilapidates. When they come back, only one dog, now humbled from whatever has happened, has survived but the pigs are nowhere to be seen.

** And while the duck's song is silly and catchy, there is one part that is creepy. Around the halfway point, we see Napoleon standing on his hind legs and wearing clothes! And to cap the song off, Napoleon decides that he's planning on building weapons! Thankfully he doesn't get that far.