History NightmareFuel / GangsOfNewYork

** The shot of the dead black man being stabbed and then hung from the lamp post. Then the scene cuts to a period etching of the exact same scene with the only difference that it's a tree. Then we see another etching of the corpse of another black man being burned while he's hanging. Then it cuts to Jimmy Spoils being surrounded by the mob...and that's the last we ever see of Jimmy.

* The Irish Draft Riots are shown to be terrifying for all involved. Having to worry about an angry mob coming to tear down your house and possibly kill your family, the lack of sufficient police, and if you're black or rich, you better get the hell off the street or you'll end up lynched, beaten to death, or both. The rioters even beat up other poor passerby they believed had valuables.

** The shot of the dead black man being stabbed and then hung from the lamp post. Then the scene cuts to a period etching of the exact same scene with the only difference that it's a tree. Then we see another etching of the corpse of another black man being burned while he's hanging. Then it cuts to Jimmy Spoils being surrounded the mob.
** The soldiers opening fire on the mob and are moments seen ''wading'' in blood.

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** The shot of the dead black man being stabbed and then hung from the lamp post. Then the scene cuts to a period etching of the exact same scene with the only difference that it's a tree. Then we see another etching of the corpse of another black man being burnet while it's hanging. Then it cuts to Jimmy Spoils being surrounded the mob.

* The irish Riots are shown to be terrifying for all involved. Having to worry about an angry mob coming to tear down your house and possibly kill your family, the lack of sufficient police, and if you're black or rich, you better get the hell off the street or you'll end up lynched, beaten to death, or both. The rioters even beat up other poor passerby they believed had valuables.

* The knife-throwing act. Yikes.
* In the film's beginning battle, one poor guy had his cheek ripped apart.
** Another suffers a compound fracture to his leg courtesy of Monk's shillelagh. Since the opening fight takes place in the 1840s, [[FridgeHorror it'd likely have to be amputated if he survived the battle.]]
* The riots are shown to be terrifying. Having to worry about an angry mob coming to tear down your house, the lack of sufficient police, and if you're black or rich, you better get the hell off the street.
** There's one scene where John Schermerhorn sends the women of the house upstairs and plans to hold the mob off with two pistols. ''Highly'' unlikely that ended well for any of them. (The real Schermerhorn died in 1851.)
* Bill ([[{{Sadist}} especially his propensity for violence]]) is walking fuel incarnate. The fact that he's so powerful makes it even worse. [[Creator/DanielDayLewis Daniel-Day Lewis]] will haunt your dreams.

* Bill ([[TheSadist especially his propensity for violence]]) is walking fuel incarnate. The fact that he's so powerful makes it even worse. [[Creator/DanielDayLewis Daniel-Day Lewis]] will haunt your dreams.

* Bill ([[TheSadist especially his propensity for violence]]) is walking fuel incarnate. The fact that he's so powerful makes it even worse. [[DanielDayLewis Daniel-Day Lewis]] will haunt your dreams.

* Bill (and [[TheSadist especially his propensity for violence]])) is walking fuel incarnate. The fact that he's so powerful makes it even worse.

* Bill (and [[Sadist especially his propensity for violence]])) is walking fuel incarnate. The fact that he's so powerful makes it even worse.

* Bill (and {{Sadist especially his propensity for violence}})) is walking fuel incarnate. The fact that he's so powerful makes it even worse.

* Bill (and [[Sadist especially his propensity for violence]])) is walking fuel incarnate. The fact that he's so powerful makes this even worse.

* Bill (and especially his propensity for violence) is walking fuel incarnate. The fact that he's so powerful makes this even worse.

** There's one scene where John Schermerhorn sends the women of the house upstairs and plans to hold the mob off with two pistols. ''Highly'' unlikely that ended well for any of them. (The real Schermerhorn died in 1851.)

** There's one scene where John Schermerhorn sends the women of the house upstairs and plans to hold the mob off with two pistols. ''Highly'' unlikely that ended well for any of them.

** There's one scene where a man sends the women of the house upstairs and plans to hold the mob off with two pistols. ''Highly'' unlikely that ended well for any of them.

* The riots are shown to be terrifying. Having to worry about an angry mob coming to tear down your house, the lack of sufficient police, and if you're black or rich, you better get the hell of the street.