History NightmareFuel / Annihilation2018

* While the ending of the movie crosses can be seen as both BittersweetEnding mixed with AmbiguousEnding, the original ending was a straight up DownerEnding. Because even though Lena managed to destroy the Shimmer, thus seemingly saving the world, after it's revealed that her and Kane are either clones or simply new beings mutated, it pans out to a space view of Earth, and we see ''[[OhCrap several more meteors falling to Earth]]'', which ultimately meant Lena's efforts and the deaths of everyone else were AllForNothing, therefore Earth's [[TitleDrop annihilation]] [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt really is guaranteed]].

* The last time we see Josie, her arms are [[BodyHorror sprouting leaves and red rosebuds at a slowly-yet-steadily increasing pace]], implying that she may have turned into one of the [[{{Transflormation}} human-shaped flower bushes]], like the ones the group encountered earlier, shortly after Lena looses sight of her.

* While the ending of the movie crosses can be seen as both BittersweetEnding mixed with AmbiguousEnding, the original ending was a straight up [[spoiler: DownerEnding. Because even though Lena managed to destroy the Shimmer, thus seemingly saving the world, after it's revealed that her and Kane are either clones or simply new beings mutated, it pans out to a space view of Earth, and we see ''[[OhCrap several more meteors falling to Earth]]'', which ultimately meant Lena's efforts and the deaths of everyone else were AllForNothing, therefore Earth's [[TitleDrop annihilation]] [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt really is guaranteed]]]].

[[caption-width-right:350:'' [[AndIMustScream “Heeeelp Meeee!”]]'']]

* The Shimmer itself. [[EldritchAbomination A strange, complex alien entity that does not one bit adhere to the law of physics as we know it]], [[TheVirus emanating a ever-growing dome of radiation that horrifically mutates every lifeform it comes into contact with, essentially mashing together the DNA of things like Play-Doh, which creates vicious, disgusting monsters out of the wildlife that are likely already in undescribable pain because of it]]. Albeit, certain aspects of it are serene and in fact even beautiful, namely the deer with cherry blossom branches for antlers and the crystallized trees on the beach, it's clear that despite Lena's (likely insane) sentiment that it was "making something new", the Shimmer's presence on Earth was horrific and very much destructive, and had Lena not destroyed it, it would have eventually enveloped the entire world, it would have indeed brought about [[TitleDrop annihilation]], endlessly mutating everything to death, essentially giving the Earth cancer. What's even worse, [[BizarreAlienBiology if it's core being comes into contact with a human being for long enough to fully absorb it's DNA, it assumes a human shape that mimics the movements of the person it imprinted on, and further contact results in it becoming a full on clone of that person, including some of their memories]]. And it's left entirely vague whether or not it is a malevolent entity seeking to destroy everything out of irrational hatred, or if it's so utterly alien to the point it doesn't even comprehend it's own existence basically in a way an oversized cancer cell. And by the end, our two main characters are either clones created by it, meaning the Shimmer lives on in them, or they have been so fundamentally and genetically transformed by exposure to it that they are now a new species.

* The Shimmer itself. [[EldritchAbomination A strange, complex alien entity that does not one bit adhere to the law of physics as we know it]], [[TheVirus emanating a ever-growing dome of radiation that horrifically mutates every lifeform it comes into contact with, essentially mashing together the DNA of things like Play-Doh, which creates vicious, disgusting monsters out of the wildlife that are likely already in undescribable pain because of it]]. Albeit, certain aspects of it are serene and in fact even beautiful, namely the deer with cherry blossom branches for antlers and the crystallized trees on the beach, it's clear that despite Lena's (likely insane) sentiment that it was "making something new", the Shimmer's presence on Earth was horrific and very much destructive, and had Lena not destroyed it, it would have eventually enveloped the entire world, it would have indeed brought about [[TitleDrop annihilation]], endlessly mutating everything to death, essentially giving the Earth cancer. What's even worse, [[BizzareAlienBiology if it's core being comes into contact with a human being for long enough to fully absorb it's DNA, it assumes a human shape that mimics the movements of the person it imprinted on, and further contact results in it becoming a full on clone of that person, including some of their memories]]. And it's left entirely vague whether or not it is a malevolent entity seeking to destroy everything out of irrational hatred, or if it's so utterly alien to the point it doesn't even comprehend it's own existence basically in a way an oversized cancer cell. And by the end, our two main characters are either clones created by it, meaning the Shimmer lives on in them, or they have been so fundamentally and genetically transformed by exposure to it that they are now a new species.

* The Shimmer itself. [[EldritchAbomination A strange, complex alien entity that does not one bit adhere to the law of physics as we know it]], [[TheVirus emanating a ever-growing dome of radiation that horrifically mutates every lifeform it comes into contact with, essentially mashing together the DNA of things like Play-Doh, which creates vicious, disgusting monsters out of the wildlife that are likely already in undescribable pain because of it]]. Albeit, certain aspects of it are serene and in fact even beautiful, namely the deer with cherry blossom branches for antlers and the crystallized trees on the beach, it's clear that despite Lena's (likely insane) sentiment that it was "making something new", the Shimmer's presence on Earth was horrific and very much destructive, and had Lena not destroyed it, it would have eventually enveloped the entire world, it would have indeed brought about [[TitleDrop annihilation]], endlessly mutating everything to death, essentially giving the Earth cancer. What's even worse, [[BizzareAlienBiology if it's core being comes into contact with a human being for long enough to fully absorb it's DNA, it assumes a human shape that mimics the movements of the person it imprinted on, and further contact results in it becoming a full on clone of that person, including some of their memories. And it's left entirely vague whether or not it is a malevolent entity seeking to destroy everything out of irrational hatred, or if it's so utterly alien to the point it doesn't even comprehend it's own existence basically in a way an oversized cancer cell. And by the end, our two main characters are either clones created by it, meaning the Shimmer lives on in them, or they have been so fundamentally and genetically transformed by exposure to it that they are now a new species.

* The Shimmer itself. [[EldritchAbomination A strange, complex alien entity that does not one bit adhere to the law of physics as we know it]], [[TheVirus emanating a ever-growing dome of radiation that horrifically mutates every lifeform it comes into contact with, essentially mashing together the DNA of things like Play-Doh, which creates vicious, disgusting monsters out of the wildlife that are likely already in undescribable pain because of it]]. Albeit, certain aspects of it are serene and in fact even beautiful, namely the deer with cherry blossom branches for antlers and the crystallized trees on the beach, it's clear that despite Lena's (likely insane) sentiment that it was "making something new", the Shimmer's presence on Earth was horrific and very much destructive, and had Lena not destroyed it, it would have eventually enveloped the entire world, it would have indeed brought about [[TitleDrop annihilation]], endlessly mutating everything to death, essentially giving the Earth cancer.

* The Shimmer itself. [[EldritchAbomination A strange, complex alien entity that does not one bit adhere to the law of physics as we know it]], [[TheVirus emanating a ever-growing dome of radiation that horrifically mutates every lifeform it comes into contact with, essentially mashing together the DNA of things like Play-Doh]]. Albeit, certain aspects of it are serene and in fact even beautiful, namely the deer with cherry blossom branches for antlers and the crystallized trees on the beach, it's clear that despite Lena's (likely insane) sentiment that it was "making something new", the Shimmer's presence on Earth was horrific and very much destructive, and had Lena not destroyed it, it would have eventually enveloped the entire world, it would have indeed brought about [[TitleDrop annihilation]], endlessly mutating and changing everything, essentially giving the Earth cancer.

* While the ending of the movie crosses can be seen as both BittersweetEnding mixed with AmbiguousEnding, the original ending was a straight up [[spoiler: DownerEnding. Because even though Lena managed to destroy the Shimmer, thus seemingly saving the world, after it's revealed that her and Kane are either clones or simply new beings mutated, it pans out to a space view of Earth, and we see ''[[OhCrap several more meteors falling to Earth]]'', which ultimately meant Lena's efforts and the deaths of everyone else were AllForNothing, therefore Earth's [[TitleDrop annihilation]] [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt really is guaranteed]].

** When the bear attacks Anya, it kills her by ripping her lower jaw out. The suddenness of the act makes it all the more jarring.

** In the first, Kane vivisects another soldier to reveal the changes his body is undergoing. The soldier is apparently ''willing'' and perhaps Kane is trying to help him (gently holding his head with one hand as if to reassure him, then cutting a square out of his belly with a knife). Kane then peels open his belly to reveal what look like live, eel-sized worms writhing around in there - ''possibly'' attached to his body, mutated out of his intestines - or something (it might have been his mutating body restructuring itself really, really fast). One of the worst parts is that there's no screaming at all, and the soldier might not be able to feel pain anymore. From start to finish, it's unclear if Kane himself is insane or not.

--->'''Kane:''' My flesh moves, like a liquid... My mind's cut loose.

* That FUCKING scene with the doppelgänger. That weird tone on the teaser trailer? It's the sound the thing makes as it's manhandling Lena to presumably absorb whatever it needs to copy her.