History NightmareFuel / TetsuoTheIronMan

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* The Salaryman's attempt at suicide via electrocution, while [[LaughingMad laughing like a maniac]].

* Yatsu's flashback of a doctor discovering his illness.

* TheReveal that the Salaryman is far from an innocent victim in the film. Instead of calling the police or an ambulance after hitting Yatsu with their car, the Salaryman and his Wife opt instead to [[WhatTheHellHero throw his mortally wounded body in a ditch]] and then [[FanDisservice have sex by a tree only a few meters away.]] Not a single person is right in the head in this movie.

* One of Yatsu's henchmen uses Tomoo's [[WouldHurtAChild ''son'']] as a human shield as the last second, causing him to utterly ''obliterate'' his own child. The sight of the LaughingMad mook holding his tiny, severed fists aloft ensures that the salaryman is ''doomed'' to be a living weapon, mutated by rage.

** The dad accidentally wounding his wife with a ''gun'' during sex. Only to discover that his kids were watching...who then [[EnfantTerrible blast the shit out of both of them with their finger-guns]]. While ''smiling.''

-->:'''Yatsu''': Don't bother hanging up. I always know where you are. [[{{SuddenlyShouting}} DROP DEAD, YOU METAL BEAST!!]] [[{{LaughingMad}} MAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!]]

-->'''Doctor:''' [[{{PrecisionFStrike}} What the fuck is this?]] There is a piece of metal stuck in your brain. What kind of mad genius inserted it? Think of it as jewelry. You will die if it is removed.

We're going to give you a head's up: This is _not_ your average horror trilogy in the slightest. Are you ready to ride, cowboy?

-->'''Doctor:''' [[{{PrecisionFStrike}} What the fuck is this?]] (...) What kind of mad genius inserted it? (...) You will die if it is removed.

** It comes to a momentary halt when the Salaryman is struck by a car and cornered by a homeless man, who calmly confronts him like a samurai crossing paths with an old rival...before wildly beating the ''shit'' out of him with an iron rod.

* At the end of the credits, the film puts a cherry on top of the SurrealHorror sundae with a static screen and two words: '''GAME OVER.'''

-->'''Old Man''': [[{{TranquilFury}} Hey sonny...]]

* The [[DownerEnding ending:]] the Salaryman and the Fetishist merge together into one [[MechanicalAbomination horrific being]], and set out to "turn this [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] world to rust". Fittingly enough, the credits end with "GAME OVER".

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* Hell, pick any of the fight sequences. Tomoo's sheer psychotic anger turns most fights in the film into a one-sided beatdown where his foe is completely helpless.

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* The film's entire ''style,'' with it's jittery camera, even in the quieter moments, and long stretches of NothingIsScarier, combined with claustrophobic, almost abstract environments.

* The first 20 minutes or so.

* The Salarymans attempt at suicide via electrocution, while [[LaughingMad laughing like a maniac]].
* The part where the Salaryman realizes that the Fetishist is approaching his house.
* The Metal Fetishist remotely transforming everything in the house into metal. An unfortunate cat turns into a living metal sculpture.
* Yatsu shows the Salaryman a vision of the future he wants to create. It's a landscape of metallic poles and spheres. You are shown the Salaryman trapped in one of these spheres screaming and attempting to break free but he is covered in wires preventing him from escaping and then the sphere just plain *dissolves* him.
* The chase scene is incredibly jarring, even though the film is quite intense to begin with.
* The factory scene, where the Salarymans condition has reached its pinnacle of [[BodyHorror severity]], and gives the Fetishist a taste of his own medicine with sadistic glee.

* The Salarymans attempt at suicide via electrocution, while [[LaughingMad laughing like a maniac]]

* Let's look at the HighConcept of this movie: a man accidentally kills someone with his car, and as a punishment gets to witness and ''feel'' [[BodyHorror his entire body turning to metal from the inside out]] [[AndIMustScream while being unable to do anything about it]] while slowly [[SanitySlippage going insane]] as a result (probably from his brain turning to metal). It'd probably be easier to list the parts that ''aren't'' NightmareFuel.
* The opening sequence, in which the Metal Fetishist SHOVES A METAL PIPE INTO HIS LEG, with sound effects that somehow invoke Squick all on their own
** And then we get to see a [[SarcasmMode lovely]] shot of the Fetishist's mutilated leg with maggots crawling all over it. No wonder he freaked out and ran into the road...
* The subway chase is claustrophobia incarnate. Imagine fleeing from a mutant woman, but running into a dead end and hiding in a tight bathroom stall, praying she won't be able to find you...

* The opening sequence, in which the Metal Fetishist SHOVES A METAL PIPE INTO HIS LEG, with some incredibly disturbing sounds as well.

* The part where the Salaryman realizes that the Fetishist is coming for him.

* The factory scene, where the Salaryman looks even more disturbing than before, and gives the Fetishist a taste of his own medicine with sadistic glee.
* The [[DownerEnding ending:]] the Salaryman and the Fetishist merge together into one horrific being, and set out to "turn this [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] world to rust". Fittingly enough, the credits end with "GAME OVER".

* [[spoiler:The [[TankGoodness tank]] at the ending of the movie. As it rolls through the streets, ''you can hear screams coming out of it'']].

* Let's look at the HighConcept of this movie: a man accidentally kills someone with his car, and as a punishment gets to witness and ''feel'' [[BodyHorror his entire body turning to metal from the inside out]] [[AndIMustScream while being unable to do anything about it]] while slowly [[SanitySlippage going insane]] as a result (probably from his brain turning to metal).
* Just about the entire film is filled to the brim with shocking, nightmarish imagery that a picture would not do it justice
* The opening sequence, in which the main villain SHOVES A METAL PIPE INTO HIS LEG, with some incredibly disturbing sounds as well.
* The subway chase is claustrophobia incarnate. Imagine fleeing from a mutant woman, but running into a dead end and hiding in a tight bathroom stall, while knowing shes coming
* Drill Penis... Just... Drill Penis
* The part where the protagonist realizes that the fetishist is coming for him.
* The chase scene is incredibly jarring, even though the film is quite intense to begin with
* The factory scene, where the protagonist looks even more disturbing than before, and gives the fetishist a taste of his own medicine with sadistic glee
* GAME OVER

* The first film is pure NightmareFuel from start to end. That's really all there needs to be said about it.

* The first film is pure NightmareFuel from start to end.

* Yatsu's [[spoiler:[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness slaughter of the SWAT team and his own mooks]]]] is both this and NauseaFuel.

* The {{flashback}} where we learn how [[spoiler:Tomoo and Yatsu gain their abilities]].