History NightmareFuel / TheDarkCrystal

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** Seeing them near Podling children is pure AdultFear.

** The Scientist, who performed experiments ''on himself'', building himself an artificial blood circulation that protudes outside of his body.

** The first Emperor is seconds away from dying, and the Chamberlain tries to grab his scepter. The Emperor [[JumpScare suddenly]], and aggressively, wakes up, making a NightmareFace and using the last of his forces to hold onto the scepter, then passes away and crumbles like a dry and rotten piece of wood, with a nice closeup on his face as he does.

* The Skeksis are pretty frightening. They are cruel and sadistic [[ReptilesAreAbhorant reptilian]] [[FeatheredFiend humanoids with vulture heads]] whose bodies are [[AgeWithoutYouth rotting as they age]]. They very much embody EvilMakesYouUgly.

* The Skeksis are pretty frightening. They are cruel and sadistic [[ReptilesAreAbhorent reptilian]] [[FeatheredFiend humanoids with vulture heads]] whose bodies are [[AgeWithoutYouth rotting as they age]]. They very much embody EvilMakesYouUgly.

* The Skeksis are pretty frightening. They are cruel and sadistic [[LizardFolk reptilian]] [[FeatheredFiend humanoids with vulture heads]] whose bodies are [[AgeWithoutYouth rotting as they age]]. They very much embody EvilMakesYouUgly.

** When in the castle, Jen falls into a pit. Then plenty of purple eyes start glowing in the dark... he's ''completely surrounded'' by a horde of Garthim who promptly ZergRush him. Fortunately, they hit the walls and create a hole large enough for him to escape... right into the deep shaft beneath the Crystal.

''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' is the brainchild of Creator/JimHenson, but it's spooky enough to ''not'' fit in the same breath as ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and ''Series/SesameStreet''. According to Creator/FrankOz, Henson's intention was to get back to the darkness of the original [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimms Brothers]]' fairy tales, as he believed that it was "unhealthy for children to never be afraid".

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''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' is the brainchild of Creator/JimHenson, but it's spooky enough to ''not'' fit in the same breath as ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and ''Series/SesameStreet''. According to Creator/FrankOz, Henson's intention was to get back to the darkness of the original Grimms Brothers' fairy tales, as he believed that it was "unhealthy for children to never be afraid".

* The landstriders fight the Garthim outside the Castle to distract them from Kira and Jen's effort to rescue the Podlings captured from her village; the landstriders are able to hold their own against the Garthim at just two to six, with powerful kicks that topple the Garthim, but their high squeals as they fight become even more upsetting when the Garthim gain the upper hand, with a Garthim dragging one over the ledge into the empty (and deep) moat and the other Garthim toppling the other and closing in on it. Even worse, according to canon: "when a landstrider fell in battle, its flesh was prized by the Skeksis, who considered it a great delicacy". Ultimately, the effort to rescue the captured Podlings is for nothing and the Garthim close in on Jen, Kira, and Fizzgig.

* The Garthim, essentially a monstrous mix between beetles and horseshoe crabs with claws. They not only move in a profoundly unsettling way with a rattle sound but also have a [[Film/{{Psycho}} Psycho-esque]] scare chord when they attack. Jen, Kira and the Podlings are completely powerless against them and running away from them is the only option.

''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' is the brainchild of Creator/JimHenson, but it's sppoky enough to ''not'' fit in the same breath as ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and ''Series/SesameStreet''. According to Creator/FrankOz, Henson's intention was to get back to the darkness of the original Grimms Brothers' fairy tales, as he believed that it was "unhealthy for children to never be afraid".

''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' is the brainchild of Creator/JimHenson, but it's scary enough to ''not'' fit in the same breath as ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and ''Series/SesameStreet''. According to Creator/FrankOz, Henson's intention was to get back to the darkness of the original Grimms Brothers' fairy tales, as he believed that it was "unhealthy for children to never be afraid".

''The Dark Crystal'' is the brainchild of Creator/JimHenson, but it's scary enough to ''not'' fit in the same breath as ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and ''Series/SesameStreet''. According to Creator/FrankOz, Henson's intention was to get back to the darkness of the original Grimms Brothers' fairy tales, as he believed that it was "unhealthy for children to never be afraid".

''The Dark Crystal'' is the brainchild of Creator/JimHenson, but it's scary enough to ''not'' fit in the same breath as ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and ''Series/SesameStreet''. According to Creator/FrankOz, Henson's intention was to "get back to the darkness of the original Grimms Brothers' fairy tales", as he believed that it was "unhealthy for children to never be afraid".

''The Dark Crystal'' is the brainchild of Creator/JimHenson, but it's scary enough to ''not'' fit in the same breath as ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and ''Series/SesameStreet''.

** The first Emperor is seconds away from dying, and the Chamberlain tries to grab his scepter. The Emperor [[JumpScare suddenly]], and aggressively, wakes up and uses the last of his forces to hold onto the scepter, then passes away and crumbles like a dry and rotten piece of wood, with a nice closeup on his face as he does.

** The Chamberlain's constant whimpers and FauxAffablyEvil demeanor make him pretty unsettling, especially when he interacts with Jen and Kira to try luring them to their doom at the castle.

** By the end of ''Age of Resistance'', they have done it to dozens of Gelflings. But being zombified by a ray of the Dark Crystal that's refracted in the eyes might actually be ''[[FateWorseThanDeath worse]]'' than being directly exposed to the Dark Crystal itself and getting disintegrated.

* The scene in which the Skeksis Scientist drain the Podlings of their essence, what's even worse is you get to watch the poor Podling's RapidAging and zombification during the ordeal.

** By the end of ''Age of Resistance'', they have done it to dozens of Gelflings. But being zombified by a ray of the Crystal that's refracted in the eyes might actually be ''[[FateWorseThanDeath worse]]'' than being directly exposed to the Crystal and getting disintegrated.

* The Garthim, essentially a monstrous mix between beetles and fiddler crabs with claws. They not only move in a profoundly unsettling way with a rattle sound but also have a [[Film/{{Psycho}} Psycho-esque]] scare chord when they attack. Jen, Kira and the Podlings are completely powerless against them and running away from them is the only option.

* The Garthim, essentially a monstrous mix between beetles and horseshoe crabs with claws. They not only move in a profoundly unsettling way with a rattle sound but also have a [[Film/{{Psycho}} Psycho-esque]] scare chord when they attack. Jen, Kira and the Podlings are completely powerless against them and running away from them is the only option.

The film is the brainchild of Creator/JimHenson, but it's scary enough to ''not'' fit in the same breath as ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and ''Series/SesameStreet''.