History NightmareFuel / TheGodfather

* Pretty much the entirety of the hospital scene. The sense of urgency and wonder if Don Vito will survive another assassination attempt on him again as he lies helplessly in his bed. [[spoiler: Michael being GenreSavvy tells an oncoming nurse to help relocate him in another room and manages to stand his ground to the oncoming assailants (with the help of the local baker that happens to owe the Don's favor) at the front of the building by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome warding them off with a ballsy bluff]].]] The atmosphere for some reason screams ParanoiaFuel.

* The mob hits against [[spoiler:the remaining family]] while Michael was at church, showing how despondent Michael has become at killing. [[spoiler:Tattaglia's death was especially gruesome as he's riddled with bullets while in bed with a prostitute (who also doesn't survive).]]

* Mosca from The Part III is frightening as well. He was deranged and terrifying overall. His methods of murder were pretty brutal.
** Likewise, Part III's blu-ray menu shows the Vatican banker hanging from a bridge, and nothing more.

** The idea that by the end of Part II [[spoiler: Michael is basically on his own. The once tight family is totally gone. Sonny was ambushed, his father died of old age and his mother too. He had his own brother murdered. Finally his wife has left him. You can imagine how awful this feeling must be, but all we see him do in the final shot is stare and not say a word.]] And in Part III [[spoiler:when things seem to be getting a bit better for him: he has reconcealed with Kay and his sister Connie, his reputation is better than before and he is about to leave the mafia business,... the CycleOfRevenge gets back at him again. Near the end he dies alone, abandoned by everyone, having reached nothing with his life.]]

* Though it was well-deserved, the scene in part II where Fredo is killed, while Michael just stands and watches from the lake house. The editing leading up to the scene of all the mobsters dropping like flies, similar to the montage near the end of the first film is part of what makes it so frightening. In addition. The blu-ray menu [[NothingIsScarier consists entirely of Michael standing and watching from his lake house.]]

** The idea that by the end of Part II [[spoiler: Michael is basically on his own. The once tight family is totally gone. Sonny was ambushed, his father died of old age and his mother too. He had his own brother murdered. Finally his wife has left him. You can imagine how awful this feeling must be, but all we see him do in the final shot is stare and not say a word.]] And in Part III [[when things seem to be getting a bit better for him: he has reconcealed with Kay and his sister Connie, his reputation is better than before and he is about to leave the mafia business,... the CycleOfRevenge gets back at him again. Near the end he dies alone, abandoned by everyone, having reached nothing with his life.]]

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJU2cz9ytPQ infamous death of Sonny Corleone]]. Ambushed at a toll booth by a dozen gangsters with tommyguns, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill he was shot several dozen times inside his car, then shot some more outside the car, then shot on the ground]] ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill after]]'' [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill he died, then had his face kicked in for good measure, just to make sure Sonny stayed dead]]. The state he was left in was so horrific that [[spoiler:Amerigo Bonasera, the undertaker from the very first scene, had to be called in by the Don himself to reconstruct his face so that his mother could see him at the funeral]].
** [[spoiler:Carlo]] getting whacked as retribution for the above scene. After being told he's getting put on a plane to Vegas, he's put in a car with [[ProfessionalKiller Pete Clemenza]] sitting behind him. Clemenza garrotes him so viciously that he's pulled partly into the backseat and kicks at the windshield, shattering it, which is a good thing because it saves us from witnessing the garrote cutting through the bastard's neck. [[HellIsThatNoise It doesn't save us from hearing it.]]
* The scene in which Woltz, after actually refusing [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse an offer he couldn't refuse]], wakes up in bed the next morning with [[spoiler:the bloody head of his favorite horse]]. Creepier still is that [[spoiler:''they used the head of a real dead horse''.]]
* In The Part II, Don Ciccio killing the entire Vito's family when he was a child.

* Mosca from The Part III is frightening as well. He was deranged and terrifying overall. His methods of murder were pretty brutal.
* The very concept of Corleone and his family, that this close knit and seemingly loving family are actually brutal, vicious murderers and criminals, no matter how genial and generous they may seem on the surface. For all the talk of honor, there's a reason Michael finds himself dying alone and abandoned in Part III.

** What's even worse is that many of them are photos of actual mob hits and murders.

* The frightening wounds on the victims of the mob war (shown in headlines and newspaper photographs) hit home how bloody and terrifying the "war" is.

** [[spoiler:Carlo]] getting whacked as retribution for the above scene. After being told he's getting put on a plane to Vegas, he's put in a car with [[ProfessionalKiller Luca Brasi]] sitting behind him. Luca garrotes him so viciously that he's pulled partly into the backseat and kicks at the windshield, shattering it, which is a good thing because it saves us from witnessing the garrote cutting through the bastard's neck. [[HellIsThatNoise It doesn't save us from hearing it.]]

* Some Luca Brasi's actions are really NightmareFuel in the book. He dismembered two rival gangsters with an ax slowly and even had '''his own child''', an infant he had with a prostitute, thrown into an incinerator.

* Some Luca Brasi's actions are really NightmareFuel in the book. He dismembered two rival gangsters with an ax slowly and even had '''his own child''', an infant he had with a prostitute, thrown into an incinerator.

* In The Part II, the simple fact that Don Ciccio has killed the entire family of Vito and even looking for him when he was a child is just horrible.

* Two words: '''Luca Brasi'''. He's possibly the most dangerous, cold blooded and sadistic mobster a mafia film has ever had (along with [[GoodFellas Tommy DeVito]] of course), besides being arguably the most terrifying character of the franchise. Furthermore, of all the villains in the franchise, Luca seems to be the most unnecessarily evil character, and extremely cruel.
** Not to mention some of his many atrocities: killed his own father, dismembered two rival gangsters with an ax slowly and even had '''his own child''', an infant he had with a prostitute, thrown into an incinerator. What makes him so horrible is that, all of it was done ''willingly''. Luca is little more than a monster, who's only on the "heroes" side because of his devotion to Don Corleone.

* Though it was well-deserved, the scene in part II where Fredo is killed, while Michael just stands and watches from the lake house. The editing leading up to the scene of all the. Obstetric dropping like flies, similar to the montage near the end of the first film is part of what makes it so frightening. In addition. The blu-ray menu [[NothingIsScarier consists entirely of Michael standing and watching from his lake house.]]

* The infamous death of Sonny Corleone. Ambushed at a toll booth by a dozen gangsters with tommyguns, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill he was shot several dozen times inside his car, then shot some more outside the car, then shot on the ground]] ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill after]]'' [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill he died, then had his face kicked in for good measure, just to make sure Sonny stayed dead]]. The state he was left in was so horrific that [[spoiler:Amerigo Bonasera, the undertaker from the very first scene, had to be called in by the Don himself to reconstruct his face so that his mother could see him at the funeral]].

* The very concept of Corleone and his family, that this close knit and seemingly loving family are actually brutal, vicious murderers and criminals, no matter how genial and generous they may seem on the surface. For all the talk of honor, there's a reason Michael finds himself dying alone and abandoned in Part III.

** Not to mention some of his many atrocities: killed his own father, dismembered two rival gangsters with an ax slowly and even had a '''baby''' thrown into a furnace. What makes him so horrible is that, all of it was done ''willingly''.

* Mosca from The Part III is frightening as well. He was deranged and terrifying overall. His methods of murder were pretty brutal.

* The infamous death of Sonny Corleone. He is viciously tommygunned to death in true [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] fashion. The state he was left in was so horrific that [[spoiler:Amerigo Bonasera, the undertaker from the very first scene, had to be called in by the Don himself to reconstruct his face so that his mother could see him at the funeral]].

* The infamous death of Sonny Corleone. He is viciously tommygunned to death in true {{overkill}} fashion. The state he was left in was so horrific that [[spoiler:Amerigo Bonasera, the undertaker from the very first scene, had to be called in by the Don himself to reconstruct his face so that his mother could see him at the funeral]].

* Two words: '''Luca Brasi'''. He's possibly the most dangerous, cold blooded and sadistic mobster a mafia film ever has (along with [[GoodFellas Tommy DeVito]] of course), besides being arguably the most terrifying character of the franchise. Furthermore, of all the villains in the franchise, Luca seems to be the most unnecessarily evil character, and extremely cruel.

* The infamous Sonny's death. He is brutally shot to death.

* The infamous Sonny's death. He is brutally shooted to death.

* In The Godfather Part II, the simple fact that Don Ciccio has killed the entire family of Vito and even looking for him when he was a child is just horrible.
* Mosca is frightening as well. He was deranged and terrifying overall. His methods of murder were pretty brutal.

* Two words: '''Luca Brasi'''. He's possibly the most dangerous and sadistic mobster that has a mafia film ever (along with [[GoodFellas Tommy DeVito]] of course), besides being arguably the most terrifying character of the franchise. Furthermore, of all the villains in the franchise, Luca seems to be the most unnecessarily evil character, and extremely cruel.

* Mosca is frightening as well. Mosca. He was deranged and terrifying overall. His methods of murder were pretty brutal.

** Not to mention some of his many atrocities: killed his own father, dismembered two rival gangsters with an ax slowly and even had a '''baby''' thrown into a furnace. The worst part is that he did everything ''willingly''.

* Two words: '''Luca Brasi'''. He's possibly the most dangerous and sadistic mobster that has a mafia film ever (along with Tommy DeVito of course), besides being arguably the most terrifying character of the franchise. Furthermore, of all the villains in the franchise, Luca seems to be the most unnecessarily evil character, and extremely cruel.
** Not to mention some of his many atrocities: killed his own father, dismembered two rival gangsters with an ax slowly and even had a ''''baby''' thrown into a furnace. The worst part is that he did everything ''willingly''.

* The scene showing the severed head of a horse on a bed, even more disturbing is that the head was a real horse.