History NightmareFuel / TheFrighteners

** As Frank, the Judge, Stuart, and Cyrus pursue the fleeing Soul Collector, he stops to face Frank's oncoming car. Then he charges straight through it and its driver, at which point we get a glimpse of its face. [[NightmareFace It isn't a pretty sight]].

** Imagine you're one of the Reaper's victims. You're perfectly healthy and just minding your business. Then suddenly you get a horrible pain in your chest, like something is crushing your heart, to paraphrase Sheriff Perry and Lucy. And you have no idea what the hell is going on. Worse, unless [[ISeeDeadPeople you're psychic like Frank]], [[InvisibleToNormals you can't see]] that some dark, evil thing--actually the depraved spirit of a SerialKiller--is directly causing your heart attack. Seriously, it's ParanoiaFuel at its finest.

* The manner in which the Soul Collector's identity is revealed. After gunning him down into piles of blackened sludge, Frank picks up the spirit's skeletal face and repeatedly whacks it against a tombstone. It gradually becomes more human until it's revealed to be Johnny Bartlett. The manner in which his very human face exists on the sludge generates a creepier feeling than the skull face, [[UncannyValley due to how deliberately human it looks]] with blackened teeth. He gradually slithers down while talking with [[VoiceOfTheLegion a distorted voice]] underneath the cemetery as a sludge ghost until Frank robs him of his powers.
** Of course, the revelation that this isn't some wild and mindless monster but a SerialKiller that escaped from {{Hell}} that wants to keep killing is very harrowing. It shows that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he's just as much a monster than what he disguised himself as, if not more so]].

* The menu screen for the DirectorsCut has the Soul Collector ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou coming right at the screen towards you]]''! All the while it makes [[HellIsThatNoise that god-awful screech of his]]. [[SarcasmMode Sweet dreams]]!

** The Soul Collector has the habit of whispering "[[BondOneLiner Don't fear the reaper]]" to its victims as it kills them. It's also described as having a ShadowedFaceGlowingEyes look.

* The final fate of Johnny and Patricia, while deserved, is still pretty gruesome. The tunnel of light they are using to return to Earth while [[EvilGloating gloating about all they are going to do back on the living world]] suddenly turns into [[BloodyBowelsOfHell a very womb-like tunnel]], then snake-like protuberances come out to bind and go through both ghosts until the tunnel closes, revealing it to be an infernal snake that then [[DraggedOffToHell takes them into Hell]]. "This isn't going to be pleasant," indeed.

* Everything about TheGrimReaper spirit (later revealed to be Johnny Bartlett), from his appearance as a [[DarkIsEvil dark]], [[EvilIsBigger towering]] [[InTheHood cloaked]] figure that [[EvilSlinks prowls and lurks about]], to [[HellIsThatNoise the unearthly snarls and screeches he makes]]. He can also "''[[DeaderThanDead kill]]''" other spirits.

** The bathroom scene. Frank sees a fellow patron with [[YourDaysAreNumbered a number glowing on his head]], then sees ''something'' moving through the walls and slide into a stall. He tries to get the jump on whatever the hell this thing is, only to find an empty stall and [[HopeSpot starts to relax]]. [[JumpScare THEN]] the Grim Reaper comes out of the mirror in front of the unseeing guy with an unholy screech, reaches into the poor man's chest, and squeezes the life out of his heart as Frank can only watch in horror.
** As Frank, The Judge, Stuart, and Cyrus pursue the fleeing creature, it stops to face Frank's oncoming car and charges straight through it and its driver, at which point we get a glimpse of its face. [[NightmareFace It isn't a pretty sight]].
** His scythe can even affect items and people in the living world, as shown when he pursues Frank and Magda, and he manages to cut Frank's chin and cause him to drive off the road.
** Imagine you're one of the Reaper's victims. You're perfectly healthy and just minding your business when, suddenly, you get a horrible pain in your chest, like something is crushing your heart, to paraphrase Sheriff Perry and Lucy. And you have no idea what the hell is going on. And worse, unless [[ISeeDeadPeople you're psychic like Frank]], [[InvisibleToNormals you can't see]] that some dark, evil thing--actually the depraved spirit of a SerialKiller--is directly causing your heart attack. Seriously, it's ParanoiaFuel at its finest.

* In the manner in which the false Grim Reaper's identity is revealed. After being gunned down by Frank into piles of blackened sludge, Frank picks up the piece of sludge with the skeletal face and gradually thwacks it against a tombstone. It gradually becomes more human until it's revealed to be Johnny Bartlett. The manner of which his very human face exists on the blackened sludge generates a creepier feeling than the skull face, [[UncannyValley due to how deliberately human it looks]] with blackened teeth. He gradually slithers down while talking with a distorted voice underneath the cemetery as a sludge ghost until Frank robs him of his powers.
** Of course the revelation that this isn't some wild and mindless monster but a SerialKiller that escaped from Hell that wants to keep killing is very harrowing, showing that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he's just as much as a monster than he disguised himself if not more so]].

* An example from the DirectorsCut that crosses over with {{Squick}}. Frank sees Johnny and Patricia playing around in the morgue, then the couple starts making love on an examination table, with Patricia's foot dipping into a scale filled with some corpse's innards. ''Gross''.

* The menu screen for the DirectorsCut has the Grim Reaper ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou coming right at the screen towards you]]''! All the while it makes [[HellIsThatNoise that god-awful screech of his]]. [[SarcasmMode Sweet dreams]]!
* The behind-the-scenes feature on the DirectorsCut shows some pieces of concept art of the Grim Reaper, one of which [[ParanoiaFuel shows the thing standing behind a young woman seated in a chair]].

** The Reaper has the habit of whispering "[[BondOneLiner Don't fear the reaper]]" to its victims as it kills them.
** The Reaper is described as having a ShadowedFaceGlowingEyes look.

* In the manner in which the false Grim Reaper's identity is revealed. After being gunned down by Frank into piles of blackened sludge, Frank picks up the piece of sludge with the skeletal face and gradually thwacks it against a tombstone. It gradually becomes more human until it's revealed to be Johnny Bartlett. The manner of which his very human face exists on the blackened sludge generates a creepier feeling than the skull face, [[UncannyValley due to how deliberately human it looks]] and truly highlights this is a rotten soul that escaped from hell. He gradually slithers down while talking.
* The [[AndIMustScream implications]] of a spirit missing both chances to move on. You are stuck on this plane of existence until you just fall apart. The Judge has been around for quite a while, and showed no signs he was about to [[{{Pun}} give up the ghost]] anytime soon. And if no one around has had near-death trauma, then the only people who can hear you are other ghosts, who are equally stranded.

* An example from the DirectorsCut that crosses over with {{Squick}}. Frank sees Johnny and Patricia playing around in the morgue, then the couple start making love on an examination table, with Patricia's foot dipping into a scale filled with some corpse's innards. ''Gross''.

* The [[AndIMustScream implications]] of a spirit missing both chances to move on. You are stuck on this plane of existence until you just fall apart. The Judge has been around for quite a while, and showed no signs he was about to [[IncrediblyLamePun give up the ghost]] anytime soon. And if no one around has had near-death trauma, then the only people who can hear you are other ghosts, who are equally stranded.