History NightmareFuel / TheBoxtrolls

* {{BodyHorror Archibald's horrific state after falling into the brie of cheese after the final battle.}} While his cheese allergy was grotesque before, his monstrous looking appearance, combined with his swollen eye, stomach, and hands, is downright nauseating to look at. It only highlights the literal monster Snatcher has become at this point.

* Special mention has to go to Snatcher pretending to be Madame Frou-Frou, and his subsequent performance. The way he is able to the rally the crowd into supporting his goal to "kill those boxtrolls" is very unnerving.
* Archibald Snatcher in general, once the true extent of his malevolence is revealed, can be a very unsettling villain. Especially since his murder attempts are often portrayed very realistically: bludgeoning a man with a wrench or attempting to strangle a child with a scarf for instance.

* During the invasion of the Boxtroll Cave, you can see that Snatcher forgot to remove his Madame Frou Frou lipstick, making him look like a demented clown.
* [[AssholeVictim Even if he totally deserved it]], [[PopGoesTheHuman Snatcher's death]] is shockingly [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath graphic]] for a family film. When he eats one piece of cheese, Snatcher, already swollen up from his cheese allergy, explodes into a shower of LudicrousGibs. What makes this shocking is [[JumpScare how it suddenly comes completely out of nowhere]]. Not helping is that [[{{Gorn}} you can even see his body parts fly everywhere]], making it more graphic and, while the DistantReactionShot might have [[GoryDiscretionShot obscured]] anything gruesome, this is overall '''''not''''' a good way to go.
** Worse still is how Winnie described in vivid detail the whole ordeal, which includes her [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gleefully]] [[NightmareFetishist describing]] how Snatcher's ''organs'' splattered all across the room and covered them in gore like ''a tornado''. NauseaFuel doesn't even '''cut it.'''

* When you realise that at the point of Madame Frou-Frou's performance, Eggs still believes he is a boxtroll, which makes it even worse than a whole crowd chanting for his family's death, but for his own. He is surrounded by people shouting 'Kill those boxtrolls'. They see him as a boy, but he thinks he is a boxtroll, so he would feel in immediate danger.

* [[PopGoesTheHuman Snatcher's death]] is shockingly [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath graphic]] for a family film. When he eats one piece of cheese, Snatcher, already swollen up from his cheese allergy, explodes into a shower of LudicrousGibs. What makes this shocking is [[JumpScare how it suddenly comes completely out of nowhere]]. Not helping is that [[{{Gorn}} you can even see his body parts fly everywhere]], making it more graphic and, while the DistantReactionShot might have [[GoryDiscretionShot obscured]] anything gruesome, this is overall '''''not''''' a good way to go.

** Worse still is how Weenie described in vivid detail the whole ordeal, which includes her [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gleefully]] [[NightmareFetishist describing]] how Snatcher's ''organs'' splattered all across the room and covered them in gore like ''a tornado''. NauseaFuel doesn't even '''cut it.'''

** Worse still is how Weenie described in vivid detail the whole ordeal, which includes her [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gleefully describing]] how Snatcher's ''organs'' splattered all across the room and covered them in gore like ''a tornado''. NauseaFuel doesn't even '''cut it.'''

* Snatcher's death is shockingly [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath graphic]] for a family film. When he eats one piece of cheese, Snatcher, already swollen up from his cheese allergy, explodes into a shower of LudicrousGibs. What makes this shocking is how sudden it is. As Snatcher exploding can come across as an jump scare due to how quick it happens. Not helping is that you can even see his body parts fly everywhere, making it more graphic.
* On a similar note, there's also Mr. Gristle getting crushed when Snatcher's TripodTerror is deactivated.

* Archibald Snatcher in general, once the true extent of his malevolence is revealed, can be a very unsettling villain. Especially since his murder attempts are often portrayed very realistically: [[spoiler:bludgeoning a man with a wrench or attempting to strangle a child with a scarf for instance.]]
* During [[spoiler: the invasion of the Boxtroll Cave]], you can see that Snatcher forgot to remove [[spoiler: his Madame Frou Frou lipstick]], making him look like a demented clown.

This is probably one of Laika's darkest films:

* For such a lighthearted film, this movie really has its share of disturbing moments. However, special mention has to go to Snatcher pretending to be Madame Frou-Frou, and his subsequent performance. The way he is able to the rally the crowd into supporting his goal to "kill those boxtrolls" is very unnerving.

* On a similar note, there's also Mr Gristle getting crushed when Snatcher's TripodTerror is deactivated.

* Snatcher's death is shockingly graphic for a family film. When he eats one piece of cheese, Snatcher, already swollen up from his cheese allergy, explodes into a shower of LudicrousGibs. What makes this shocking is how sudden it is. As Snatcher exploding can come across as an jump scare due to how quick it happens. Not helping is that you can even see his body parts fly everywhere, making it more graphic.

* Snatcher's death is shockingly graphic for a family film. When he eats one piece of cheese, Snatcher, already swollen up from his cheese allergy, explodes. What makes this shocking is how sudden it is. As Snatcher exploding can come across as an jump scare due to how quick it happens. Not helping is that you can even see his body parts fly everywhere, making it more graphic.

* On a similar note, there's also Mr Gristle getting crushed when Snatcher's machine is deactivated.

[[caption-width-right:350:Ouch...What happened to you?]]

* snatcher's death is shockingly graphic for a family film. When he eats one piece of cheese, Snatcher, already swollen up from his cheese allergy, explodes. What makes this shocking is how sudden it is. As Snatcher exploding can come across as an jump scare due to how quick it happens. Not helping is that you can even see his body parts fly everywhere, making it more graphic.

* Archibald Snatcher in general, once the true extent of his malevolence is revealed, can be a very unsettling villain. Especially since his murder attempts are often portrayed very realistically: [[spoiler:bludgeoning a man with a wrench or attempting to strangle a child with a scarf for instance.]]

This is probably one of Laika's darkest films.

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