History NightmareFuel / TheCell

* When they enter Carl the second time around, it's starts off as a malfunction in the procedure having the technician Henry ask Catherine to find a reboot switch the room. She then discovers she has somehow shrunk and looks behind to find herself suspended. Catherine realizes she's already inside his mind hinting of the possibility that Carl, while comatose, is somewhat aware of what Catherine and the team are doing.

* A man getting his nipples ripped off.....by having his piercings yanked off!

* Carl's serial killer modus operandi: he puts the victim in a glass tank which periodically showers them with water and stops, before turning on and not stopping until the victim drowns. Carl then takes the bodies back to his house, bleaches their hair and skin such that they resemble porcelain dolls, and then proceeds to [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate]] whilst suspending himself above the corpse via chains attached to piercings in his back (as Creator/RogerEbert noted, "[Carl's] libido needs such complicated tending it hardly seems worth the trouble"). The bodies are then fitted with a collar (signifying Carl's "possession" of them) and unceremoniously dumped in an area just out of sight, with the implication being that he wants the authorities to find them.

* Carl's serial killer modus operandi: he puts the victim in a glass tank which periodically showers them with water and stops, before turning on and not stopping until the victim drowns. Carl then takes the bodies back to his house, bleaches their hair and skin such that they resemble porcelain dolls, and and proceeds to masturbate whilst suspending himself above the corpse via chains attached to piercings in his back. The bodies are then fitted with a collar (signifying Carl's "possession" of them) and unceremoniously dumped in an area just out of sight, with the implication being that he wants the authorities to find them.

* The killer's method of killing putting them in a glass tank which periodically showers them with water and stops, then turns on and doesn't stop until they drown, all while masturbating to it. The killer bleaching the bodies to look like dolls and masturbating whilst hanging himself above them via chains attached to piercings in his back.

[[caption-width-right:350:"WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!"]]

* The demon with purple curtains attached to his back advancing down the steps and screaming at Deane: "WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!" That's the killer, within his own mind. That's why he's so surprised to see her; she's someone he hadn't thought up himself, inside his mind.

[[caption-width-right:350:"WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?"]]

* The killer's method of killing putting them in a glass tank which periodically showers them with water and stops, then turns on and doesn't stop until they drown, all while masturbating to it.
** The killer bleaching the bodies to look like dolls and masturbating whilst hanging himself above them via chains attached to piercings in his back.
* The horse getting sliced up sushi-style. Even worse, ''[[spoiler: [[AndIMustScream it's still alive afterwards.]]]]''

* The demon with purple curtains attached to his back advancing down the steps and screaming at Deane: "WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!"
** That's the killer, within his own mind. That's why he's so surprised to see her; she's someone he hadn't thought up himself, inside his mind.

* Meta-example: Even though he's not adverse to [[Film/MenInBlack doing roles]] [[Film/TheSaltonSea like this,]] this is '''easily''' Creator/VincentDOnofrio's scariest role yet. You didn't think that the GentleGiant was capable of being so evil, did you?
** A notable scene of his in ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' gave us a hint though.

* The scenes of child abuse with the father beating his son with a belt, calling him a "faggot" and burning him with an iron for playing with dolls.

Where, oh where to begin with the horrifying imagery used in ''The Cell''? Can you even begin to imagine the kind of things you expect to find in the mind of ''a serial killer?''

* When they enter Carl the second time around, it's starts off as a malfunction in the procedure having the technician Henry ask Catherine to find a reboot switch the room. She then discovers she has somehow shrunk and looks behind to find herself suspended. Catherine realizes she's already inside hinting of the possibility that Carl, while comatose, is somewhat aware of what Catherine and the team are doing.

Where, oh where to begin with the horrifying imagery used in ''The Cell''?

* The scenes of child abuse with the father beating his son with a belt, calling him a faggot and burning him with an iron for playing with dolls.
* Novak being shackled down, having a hole cut in his chest and getting his intestines pulled out and spiralled around a rotisserie.

* The horse getting sliced up sushi-style.

* The giant, rubbery-looking female bodybuilder creeping silently around behind J-Lo and ambushing her when you'd think her footsteps would be thunderous.
* The demon with purple curtains attached to his back advancing down the steps and screaming at her: "WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!"

* The way J-Lo entered the serial killer's mind: a cloth mask is lowered over her face and slowly, she zooms into the stitches of the cloth, until suddenly she's flying through a thicket of dodgy threadwork and nightmarish dolls jittering across her perspective. The only break from this BigLippedAlligatorMoment is when she suddenly finds herself watching the killer's baptism- which we later discover resulted in a seizure and near-drowning experience.

* A man getting his nipples ripped off.
** By having his piercings yanked off!

* Where to begin?! :
** The boy who suddenly turns into a snarling werewolf-like creature.
** The killer's method of killing putting them in a glass tank which periodically showers them with water and stops, then turns on and doesn't stop until they drown, all while masturbating to it.

** The horse getting sliced up sushi-style.
** The collection of doll-like, corpse-like women in dioramas behind glass panels, attached to crude machinery that jerks them about in grotesque, sadomasochistic, sexual poses while they moan and groan, and one of them is bound to a dentist chair with her mouth pried open.
** The giant, rubbery-looking female bodybuilder creeping silently around behind J-Lo and ambushing her when you'd think her footsteps would be thunderous.
** The demon with purple curtains attached to his back advancing down the steps and screaming at her: "WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!"
*** That's the killer, within his own mind. That's why he's so surprised to see her; she's someone he hadn't thought up himself, inside his mind.
** The scenes of child abuse with the father beating his son with a belt, calling him a faggot and burning him with an iron for playing with dolls.
** Novak being shackled down, having a hole cut in his chest and getting his intestines pulled out and spiralled around a rotisserie.
** A man getting his nipples ripped off.
*** By having his piercings yanked off!
** The way J-Lo entered the serial killer's mind: a cloth mask is lowered over her face and slowly, she zooms into the stitches of the cloth, until suddenly she's flying through a thicket of dodgy threadwork and nightmarish dolls jittering across her perspective. The only break from this BigLippedAligatorMoment is when she suddenly finds herself watching the killer's baptism- which we later discover resulted in a seizure and near-drowning experience.

* By god; where to begin?! :