History NightmareFuel / DanceMoms

* Jojo's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrJw6szJKqI prom queen solo]], as seen in the page image. It's a ''Film/{{Carrie}}'' inspired dance that is being performed by an 11 year old. [[SarcasmMode Because there's]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids nothing wrong with that.]] Anyway, the dance starts innocently before [[JumpScare surprising you with some]] PsychoStrings that sound out while Jojo thrashes onstage. From then on, it becomes an intense and disquieting orchestral piece of madness that Jojo dances to.

[[caption-width-right:252:Yes, that is an [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids 11-year-old]] doing a ''Film/{{Carrie}}''-inspired routine.]]

* The group dance "The Chosen One" from Episode 13. The concept is the following: The farmers hold a lottery every year to have a "chosen one." That chosen one is ''stoned to death'' in order for the rest of the village to have good crops for the rest of the year.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QajOwj1l4ZE "Amber Alert"]] routine, which has been said to nearly rival "The Last Text" in its level of AdultFear-filled storytelling. If the idea alone (child abduction) isn't enough to creep you out, the actual dance itself will do it, with special note going to the ending. [[spoiler:Mackenzie has been killed by her "abductors", and Maddie approaches her. [[HopeSpot She is smiling.]] She lifts up Mackenzie's head (which had been hanging downwards), and recoils in horror when she realizes that her sister is dead. [[DownerEnding She then runs away]].]]

** Please note that these solos were called [[TakenUpToEleven Jojo's solos on crack]] by Abby herself. That is how extreme it is.

** The musical accompaniment, "Describing the Car Crash", is NightmareFuel all on its own. The eerie and ominous sound, the loud bang that sounds every few seconds, and the fact that it repeats over and over for the two most frightening minutes of your life.
** You could see a look of near-horror on Abby's face watching the dance. If Abby's scared by one of her own dances, ''you know it's scary''.

* [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/dancemoms/images/1/1c/Tumblr_n76mo5JA8k1skz71so1_500.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140615102246 This]] image of Mackenzie laying "dead" on the ground, with blood all over her hand.
* Abby can sometimes be [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant genuinely terrifying]], and it doesn't help with [[LargeHam how hammy she can get]]. Case in point, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9c2K9H9tAo the violent scuffle between her and Kelly]].

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QajOwj1l4ZE "Amber Alert"]] routine, which has been said to nearly rival "The Last Text" in its level of AdultFear-filled storytelling. If the idea alone (child abduction) isn't enough to creep you out, the actual dance itself will send chills down your spine, with special note going to the ending. [[spoiler:Mackenzie has been killed by her "abductors", and Maddie approaches her. [[HopeSpot She is smiling.]] She lifts up Mackenzie's head (which had been hanging downwards), and recoils in horror when she realizes that her sister is dead. [[DownerEnding She then runs away]].]]

** But then it gets worse: [[spoiler:[[FridgeHorror what happens in real life?]]]]

** Look at how the dance and song go together. Exactly when Mackenzie gets taken by the abductors, there is some creepy, scratchy ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets''-esque distortion that starts sounding in the song...

** Special mention to the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic music]], which is already scary to listen to; it's a mixture between an OminousMusicBoxTune and brooding, roaring synths that sound a few pegs softer than something off a Music/NineInchNails bootleg. It's even creepier once you start to hear the words. Note that these are said by a ''[[CreepyChild child]]'' in the song.

Abby described herself in [[https://www.facebook.com/abbylee23 her Facebook]] bio as "your worst nightmare". Apparently, [[NightmareFuel she wasn't kidding]], and this applies to both her and the show.

** The first time seeing the image of burned-out Abby (DeathGlare and all) is likely to shock you the first time around. If you really want to see it, [[http://tn.ltcdn.com/BRAND_LFT_DMOM_160106_TVE_000_2997_60_20150130_000_HD_768x432-16x9.jpg here it is.]]

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* Remember the "Electricity" dance from back in season 1 with the stripper costumes? Remember the "Fantastic" dance from season 2 that made the girls look naked? Now just think about how [[{{Squick}} those dances were conducted by a 40-something year old woman.]]
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** Special mention to the [[AwesomeMusic music]], which is already scary to listen to; it's a mixture between an OminousMusicBoxTune and brooding, roaring synths that sound a few pegs softer than something off a Music/NineInchNails bootleg. It's even creepier once you start to hear the words. Note that these are said by a ''[[CreepyChild child]]'' in the song.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG5Au7dhec8 Suicide Hotline]], a dance that's equal parts grim and sad considering its subject matter. It has Kalani in a white dress dancing alongside Brynn, Kendall, and Nia in black dresses and ends with Kalani running away as her friends try to stop her. [[spoiler:The phone then rings, and as Kalani picks it up [[DownerEnding we only hear a dead tone...]]]]

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* Maddie's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlJeLxGVmtQ Lizzie Borden]] solo. Everything about it is creepy. Special mention to the [[AwesomeMusic music]], which is even creepier once you start to hear the words.