History NightmareFuel / MortalKombat9

* Also on the note with the Living Forest, the background if filled with bodies hanging from trees and one man entangled by one of them, lying back against it in the foreground. [[FateWorseThanDeath Except some of these bodies don't appear to be quite dead]], [[AndIMustScream as they can be seen gasping for air or vomiting on the ground]].

** The Krypt is also broken into different sections. Near the Necropolis, there's a field full of a bloody river and multiple men strapped into varying torture devices. You ''kill'' them to unlock the site.

** Or a grim warning, [[spoiler:seeing that Reptile has been abused all his life and he's had enough abuse thus his rampage ends up to ensure that no one could abuse him and his race again. When TheDogBitesBack, it can ''fucking hurt'' so much that it can be the stuffs of nightmares. So treat your dog well.]]

** Or a grim warning, [[spoiler:seeing that Reptile has been abused all his life and he's had enough abuse. When TheDogBitesBack, it can ''fucking hurt'' so much that it can be the stuffs of nightmares. So treat your dog well.]]

** In Scorpion's Lair, your face is burned off by lava, which pours out of your open mouth before your skull is kicked under again.

** In the Street, you are thrown in front of a taxi and get decapitated on impact with its bumper. The twisted body you leave behind looks even worse.

[[caption-width-right:350:He just wanted to say ''[[JumpScare hi]]''.]]

** The worst ''by far'' is Kabal, whose mask can be knocked off, (something which should kill him, but we can see the breathing hose is connected to his throat) revealing just how'gruesome a toll the experience of [[spoiler:being burned alive by Kintaro]] can take on your appearance.
*** Speaking of which, said experience is scary on it's own: in Chapter 12, after witnessing [[spoiler:Raiden's killing of Motaro]], [[spoiler:Kintaro]] appears in front of both [[spoiler:Stryker]] and him and proceeds to [[spoiler:roast the latter]].

[[caption-width-right:350:He just wanted to say[[JumpScare ''hi'']].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:He is just your average [[JumpScare Krypt Demon]].]]

*** His second fatality, "Tremor", involves him doing his smoke teleport through the opponent.

** In the Street, you are thrown in front of a taxi and get decapitated on impact with its bumper.
** In the Deadpool, your skin and all facial tissues are melted off by acid.
** In Scorpion's Lair, your face is burned off by lava.

** Quan Chi's X-ray]takes PeoplePuppets and refines it to a horrific extent. He controls them with his amulet and tosses them a skull, which they proceed to ram against their skull and crack it. After that, he forces them to [[NeckSnap snap their own neck]].

* The intro sequence of the Story Mode. Every single character that appeared in the series until ''Armageddon'' is dead and in bloody chunks save for Shao Kahn and Raiden, the former beating the ever-loving crap out of the latter while delivering a chilling TheReasonYouSuckSpeech... And to get into more detail, just to see how hscary it is: [[spoiler:dead bodies everywhere; vultures eating Sonya's [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe severed]] body, Johnny Cage's [[OffWithHisHead head]], Baraka cut in half by Kung Lao's [[NiceHat razor hat]]]], you name it.

* Reptile's arcade ending: [[spoiler: after he kills Shao Kahn, he finally manages thanks to Shang Tsung to restore his race...then he leads them into a genocidal rampage against tarkatas, shokan and centaurians, complete with the shot of Reptile burning a tarkata child's face off with acid puke. it's not just the sheer brutality of this ending, but the fact that in a series choke-full of {{Humanoid Abomination}}s and {{Complete Monster}}s, Reptile was the closest thing to an AntiVillain, discovering he could be capable of such gratuitous and ruthless cruelty makes everything worse. he gloriously [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumped the slippery slope]].]]

* If, with everything mentioned above, [=MK9=] wasn't nightmare-inducing enough, the fact that [[ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] himself is a GuestFighter totally seals the deal.

** One that truly stands out is Noob Saibot's "Make a Wish". He summons his shadow clone on the opposite side of the opponent. Both he and the clone grab onto the opponent's legs and pull, slowly ripping the opponent in half vertically, with the opponent still alive throughout the entire thing until their body splits completely.

* Reptile's arcade ending: [[spoiler: after he kills Shao Kahn, he finally manages thanks to Shang Tsung to restore his race...then he leads them into a genocidal rampage against tarkatas, shokan and centaurians, complete with the shot of Reptile burning a tarkata child's face off with acid puke. it's not just the sheer brutality of this ending, but the fact that in a series choke-full of HumanoidAbominations and CompleteMonsters, Reptile was the closest thing to an AntiVillain, discovering he could be capable of such gratuitous and ruthless cruelty makes everything worse. he gloriously [[JumpTheSlipperySlope jumped the slippery slope]].]]

Reptile sticks his claws through the eyes and snaps the neck before kicking them away.

** Quan Chi's X-ray]takes PeoplePuppets and refines it to a horrific extent. He controls them with his amulet and tosses them a skull, which they proceed to ram against their skull and crack it. After that, he forces them to [[NeckSnap snap their own neck]].

*** His other fatality. Remember TheJoker's gun fatality in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse''? By the time of the second gunshot, you see the [[YourHeadASplode victim's head explode]] right in front of you.

*** His second fatality, "Tremor", involves him doing his smoke teleport through the opponent.

*** But Shao Kahn tops them all: he either tosses you in the air and smashes you to bits with one swipe of his hammer, or plunges his bare hands into your chest and tears you in half like he was parting a curtain.

* The stage fatalities.
** In the Street, you are thrown in front of a taxi and get decapitated on impact with its bumper.

** In Scorpion's Lair, your face is burned off by lava.

** The worst ''by far'' is Kabal, whose mask can be knocked off, (something which should kill him, but we can see the breathing hose is connected to his throat) revealing just how'gruesome a toll the experience of [[spoiler:being burned alive by Kintaro]] can take on your appearance.

** Special mention goes to [[spoiler:Cyber Sub-Zero]], whose [[{{Squick}} brain]] gets exposed. This also happens to the Retro Cyber-Ninjas and Sektor's default if you look closely.
* The DLC character Skarlet. The concept of a warrior made from the blood of fallen warriors and capable of manipulating blood is quite frightening.

*** In the first one, he summons a boiler out of the ground, and then tosses the conquered foe in it. They start burning to death; not immediately like Scorpion's "Toasty!" fatality, slowly. They try to stumble out, but all they can do is get one of their arms out of it, and Freddy slams the boiler door on the grasping appendage, severing it.

* Reptile's arcade ending: [[spoiler: after he kills Shao Kahn, he finally manages thanks to Shang Tsung to restore his race...then he leads them into a genocidal rampage against tarkatas, shokan and centaurians, complete with the shot of Reptile burning a tarkata child's face off with acid puke. it's not just the sheer brutality of this ending, but the fact that in a series choke-full of [[HumanoidAbomination]]s and [[CompleteMonster]]s, Reptile was the closest thing to an AntiVillain, discovering he could be capable of such gratuitous and ruthless cruelty makes everything worse. he gloriously [[JumpTheSlipperySlope jumped the slippery slope]].]]

** Goro's X-ray move deserves special mention. He lifts up his opponent and squeezes their head so hard that their skull '''cracks''', exposing some of the brain. This is then followed by a one-handed toss to the ground, which breaks the skull and neck even further.
** Quan Chi's X-ray]takes PeoplePuppets and refines it to a horrific extent. He controls them with his amulet and tosses them a skull, which they proceed to ''ram against their skull and crack it''. After that, he forces them to [[NeckSnap snap their own neck]].

** One that truly stands out is Noob Saibot's "Make a Wish". He summons his shadow clone on the opposite side of the opponent. Both he and the clone grab onto the opponent's legs and pull, ''slowly'' ripping the opponent in half vertically, with the opponent ''still alive'' throughout the entire thing until their body splits completely.
*** And then there's his second Fatality, "As One". He summons his shadow clone, which drags his opponent down into a portal and then ''[[PortalCut closes it shut on their waist, severing them in two]]''. The character in question then agonizingly crawls to their death after Saibot, with blood spewing from where their legs used to be.

** Skarlet's "Blood Bath" fatality is particularly horrific; not only does she slit your throat, but ''she tilts your head back and lets your blood spray on her''.
*** Her second fatality, "Make It Rain", is even ''more'' terrifying. She stabs herself and melts into a puddle of blood that slithers underneath the opponent. Then, four spikes made of hardened blood come out of the puddle, impaling the opponent through their arms and legs and lifting them above her, who emerges shortly after. She then proceeds to cut the opponent open and lets the blood rain down on her.

** Smoke's "Smoked Out" involves Smoke plunging his fingers into his opponent's cranium and then removing them, where his smoke then ''melts'' his foe like acid from the inside out. The player is greeted by the hapless victim screaming in pain as their skin and most of their muscle tissue is burned away.
*** His second fatality, "Tremor", involves him doing his smoke teleport ''through the opponent''.

** Remember how [[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Shaolin Monks]] was the first time you could actually ''[[VideoGameCrueltyPotential feed your enemies to the trees]]'' in [[WhenTreesAttack The Living Forest]]? Yeah, that's back. The victor tosses their dazed opponent into the maw of a hungry tree that proceeds to chew away, eventually ''biting off the legs'' and swallowing the torso. As the camera zooms out, the legs are still twitching.

** The worst ''by far'' is Kabal, whose mask can be knocked off, (something which should kill him, but we can see the breathing hose is connected to his throat) revealing just ''how'' gruesome a toll the experience of [[spoiler:''being burned alive by Kintaro'']] can take on your appearance.

*** In the first one, he summons a boiler out of the ground, and then tosses the conquered foe in it. They start burning to death; not immediately like Scorpion's "Toasty!" fatality, ''slowly''. They try to stumble out, but all they can do is get one of their arms out of it, and Freddy slams the boiler door on the grasping appendage, severing it.
*** His second one has him appear behind his opponent, impale them with both claws, and drag them into a hole that appears within the ground. It soon closes up. And what comes next? ''A geyser of blood''. Extra points to how [[GoryDiscretionShot it doesn't show exactly what Freddy's doing to the opponent.]]

* The intro sequence of the Story Mode. Every single character that appeared in the series until ''Armageddon'' is dead and in bloody chunks save for Shao Kahn and Raiden, the former beating the ever-loving crap out of the latter while delivering a chilling TheReasonYouSuckSpeech... And to get into more detail, just to see how horrorsome it is: [[spoiler:dead bodies everywhere; vultures eating Sonya's [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe severed]] body, Johnny Cage's [[OffWithHisHead head]], Baraka cut in half by Kung Lao's [[NiceHat razor hat]]]], you name it.
** The fate of [[spoiler:ALL but two]] of the members of the Forces of Light. [[spoiler:Raiden]]'s failure to [[spoiler:successfully interpret the visions of his future self]] led him to make mistake after mistake, each one more costly than the last. Nine of the heroes died in the battle against [[spoiler:Sindel]], and all of them are now [[spoiler:slaves of Quan Chi]]. [[spoiler:Liu Kang]], the most devout of the group, loses his faith in [[spoiler:Raiden]] and is accidentally killed by him. And after everything's said and done, all that's left for the final fight are [[spoiler:Johnny Cage and Sonya]]...

** Goro's X-ray move deserves special mention. He lifts up his opponent and squeezes their head so hard that their skull '''CRACKS''', exposing some of the brain. This is then followed by a one-handed toss to the ground, which breaks the skull and neck even further.
** Quan Chi's [[LimitBreak X-ray]] takes PeoplePuppets and refines it to a horrific extent. He controls them with his amulet and tosses them a skull, which they proceed to ''ram against their skull and crack it''. After that, he forces them to [[NeckSnap snap their own neck]].
** Baraka, Kitana, Reptile, and Skarlet all give the opponent EyeScream.\\
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Baraka uses one of his blades to lift the opponent and stab them through their neck and then one of their eyes.\\
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Kitana warps behind the opponent and sticks her fans in the back of their skull, then warps in front of them and removes the fans only to put them through the eyes\\
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Reptile sticks his fingers (which have claw-like nails) through the eyes and snaps the neck before kicking them away.\\
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Skarlet slams her palm into their face before sticking one of her high heels into an eye.

** One that truly stands out is Noob Saibot's "Make a Wish". He summons his shadow clone on the opposite side of the opponent. Both he and the clone grab onto the opponent's legs and pull, ''slowly'' ripping the opponent in half vertically, with the opponent ''still alive'' throughout the entire thing until their body splits completely.\\
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And then there's his second Fatality, "As One". He summons his shadow clone, which drags his opponent down into a portal and then ''[[PortalCut closes it shut on their waist, severing them in two]]''. The character in question then agonizingly crawls to their death after Noob, with blood spewing from where their legs used to be.

** Kung Lao is no slouch in horrifyingly gory finishers either. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2K-Z05hmRc See for yourself...]]
** Shang Tsung's "[[DemonicPossession Possession]]" fatality: he turns himself into a mist form and flies inside the opponent, leaving them confused. It appears to do nothing until their eyes glow green and their hand starts moving on its own, reaching for their head. They try to push it away, but cannot. As their hand grabs onto their head, they let out a horrified [[LittleNo "No!"]] before ripping it off themselves. Shang then flies out of the body and lets out an EvilLaugh.\\
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His other fatality is gruesome itself. Remember the Joker's gun fatality in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse''? By the time of the second gunshot you see the [[YourHeadASplode victim's head explode]] right in front of you.
** Skarlet's "Blood Bath" fatality is particularly horrific; not only does she slit your throat, but ''she tilts your head back and lets your blood spray on her''.\\
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Her second fatality, "Make It Rain", is even ''more'' terrifying. She stabs herself and melts into a puddle of blood that slithers underneath the opponent. Then, four spikes made of hardened blood come out of the puddle, impaling the opponent through their arms and legs and lifting them above her, who emerges shortly after. She then proceeds to cut the opponent open and lets the blood rain down on her.
** Scorpion "Nether-Gate" fatality consists of him first stabbing his opponent in the chest with his spear and wrapping the chain around them, then kicking them into a portal to the Netherrealm that flays them alive. Their skeleton drops out of another portal, still hanging from Scorpion's chain.\\
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The Klassic Skins DLC also includes his classic "Toasty!" fatality, rendered in all of it's 3D glory and horror.
** Stryker's "Time Served": First he tasers the opponent, then ''blows the top of their head off'' with brain and bone fragments flying everywhere. If that wasn't bad enough, you can briefly see what's left of the lower half of the opponent's jaw with the tongue jerking around spasmodically.

** Smoke's "Smoked Out" involves Smoke plunging his fingers into his opponent's cranium and then removing them, where his smoke then ''melts'' his foe like acid from the inside out. The player is greeted by the hapless victim screaming in pain as their skin and most of their muscle tissue is burned away.\\
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His second fatality, "Tremor", involves him doing his smoke teleport...''through the opponent''. They scream as vapor issues from their eyes and ears before falling apart in bloody chunks.

** Even the bosses have fatalities, and they're just as sick as the others:\\
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Goro can either tear your head off and rip it into fourths, or dismember you before tearing your body in half lengthwise.\\
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Kintaro can either rip off your arms and head (and rip the head in half, as well), or ''quarter you with his bare hands''.\\
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But Shao Kahn is the [[JustForPun Emperor]] of brutal fatalities: he either tosses you in the air and smashes you to bits with one swipe of his hammer, or ''plunges his bare hands into your chest and tears you in half like he was parting a curtain''.

** In the Street, you are thrown in front of a taxi and get decapitated on impact with its bumper. To make matters worse, the beheaded body still lies there...twitching...

** In Scorpion's Lair, your face is burned off by lava. [[ConvectionSchmonvection It's a wonder none of it splashed up on the other fighter]].

** Remember how [[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Shaolin Monks]] was the first time you could actually ''[[VideoGameCrueltyPotential feed your enemies to the trees]]'' in [[WhenTreesAttack The Living Forest]]? Yeah that's back in this. The victor tosses their dazed opponent into the maw of a hungry tree that proceeds to chew away, eventually ''biting off the legs'' and swallowing the torso. As the camera zooms out, the legs are still twitching.\\
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And ItGetsWorse: the Stage Bio for it says "They say those who are consumed by the forest ''become the forest'', their faces engraved into the trees", so you might've just doomed your victim to [[AndIMustScream an eternity of agony]], and [[YouBastard probably don't care]].
* As the battles wear on, characters [[ShowsDamage experience more than]] ClothingDamage; exposed brains, eyes, skulls, etc. ''[[HowMuchMoreCanHeTake The characters look like they're ready for a trip to the morgue.]]''
** The worst ''by far'' is Kabal, whose mask can be knocked off, (something which should kill him, but we can see the breathing hose is connected to his throat) revealing just ''how'' gruesome a toll the experience of [[spoiler:''being burned alive by Kintaro'']] can take on your appearance.\\
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Speaking of which, said experience is horrorsome on it's own: in Chapter 12, after witnessing [[spoiler:Raiden's murder of Motaro]], [[spoiler:Kintaro]] appears in front of both [[spoiler:Stryker]] and him and proceeds to [[spoiler:roast]] the latter.

* The DLC character Skarlet. The concept of a warrior made from the blood of fallen warriors and capable of manipulating blood is frightening enough, but her attractive appearance acts somewhat as NightmareRetardant.

** That being said, his fatalities are no slouches either:\\
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In the first one, he summons a boiler out of the ground, and then tosses the conquered foe in it. They start burning to death; not immediately like Scorpion's "Toasty!" fatality, ''slowly''. They try to stumble out, but all they can do is get one of their arms out of it, and Freddy slams the boiler door on the grasping appendage (if you pay attention to the arm, ''it's still moving''), severing it. The arm is still on fire. There's no indication how long [[AndIMustScream it'll take them to die.]]\\
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His second one has him appear behind his opponent, impale them with both claws, and drag them into a hole that appears within the ground. It soon closes up. And what comes next? ''A geyser of blood''. Extra points to how [[GoryDiscretionShot it doesn't show what the hell he's doing to them.]]
*** Bonus points for both fatalities being iconic deaths from the movies. The first is Freddy's own death, and the second is a paraphrased version of Glen's death in the first movie.
* Heck, even some of the Babalities are downright disturbing.
** Stryker invokes a very poignant AdultFear by having a baby hold a loaded firearm.
** Jade's is less so, but still frightening... when she turns into a baby, she throws a '''very sharp object''' across the room, only for it to return and hit her head with a loud CLANG. She should consider herself lucky it didn't embed itself in her head!