History NightmareFuel / TheGodfather

* 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 clever 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''.

* Pretty much the entirety of the hospital scene. The sense of urgency and wonder if Don Vito will survive another assassination attempt on his life 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 Enzo the baker who happens to be stopping by to pay his respects to Don Corleone) at the front of the building by [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome warding them off with a ballsy bluff]].]] The atmosphere for some reason screams ParanoiaFuel.

* When Michael has a stroke after Joey Zasa's assassination attempt. It all looks so real you'd think Al Pacino was having one for real and was rolling with it. It then leads to TearJerker territory when before he collapses he shouts Fredo's name.

* Some of 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 newborn infant he had with a prostitute, thrown into an incinerator.

* The mob hits against [[spoiler:the remaining rival families]] while Michael was at church, showing how numb Michael has become at the thought of murder. [[spoiler:Tattaglia's death]] is the worst, as Rocco and another assassin shoot him and [[DisposableSexWorker a prostitute]] to death with Thompson submachine guns.

* The very cold and calculated way in which Michael kills [[spoiler: Sollozzo and [=McCluskey=]]] in a restaurant. He retrieves a gun from the men's room, and then sits back down at the table. The camera slowly zooms in on his face as we hear the [[HellIsThatNoise screeching of the New York subway overlaid on Sollozzo's Italian dialogue]], before Michael [[spoiler:fires a gun at Sollozzo's head, which emits a PinkMist of blood and brain, before shooting [=McCluskey=], once in the neck, and then once in the face, killing him]]. The whole scene plays out like something out of a slasher movie.

* Some of 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.
* 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 clever 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.
** 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 reconciled 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.]]

* Don Vito's "one day, and that day may never come..." speech from the first scene to Mr. Bonasera. Although the resolution of that plot point turns out to be a TearJerker, just imagine being Mr. Bonasera at that moment: with the knowledge that you now owe a ''Mafia don'' a favor, there is absolutely no way he will take a "no" for an answer if you don't want to (or just plain can't) do it when he comes to collect, and no knowledge of what that favor will be--let alone if you will survive its aftermath...

* The scene where Michael slaps - almost punches - Kay across the room, discovering she had an abortion instead of a miscarriage. Echoing painfully the damage done by Carlo to his own sister Connie, and showing a violent side of himself (even when he killed Sollozo and [=McCluskey=] he was relatively calm). One of the few times Michael ''ever'' loses control, and it's to hurt a woman he claimed he loved...

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

* When Michael has a stroke after Zasa's assassination attempt. It all looks so real you'd think Al Pacino was having one for real and was rolling with it. It then leads to TearJerker territory when before he collapses he shouts Fredo's name.

* Pretty much the entirety of the hospital scene. The sense of urgency and wonder if Don Vito will survive another assassination attempt on his life 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 Enzo the baker who happens to be stopping by to pay his respects to Don Corleone) at the front of the building by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome warding them off with a ballsy bluff]].]] The atmosphere for some reason screams ParanoiaFuel.

'''The Godfather (the novel) and general notes about the entire saga'''

'''Film/TheGodfather Part I''':

'''Film/TheGodfather Part II'''

'''Film/TheGodfather Part III'''

* The mob hits against [[spoiler:the remaining rival families]] while Michael was at church, showing how numb Michael has become at the thought of murder. [[spoiler:Tattaglia's death is the worst, as Rocco and another assassin shoot him and [[DisposableSexWorker a prostitute]] to death with Thompson submachine guns.

* Don Vito's "one day, and that day may never come..." speech from the first scene to Mr. Bonasera. Although the resolution of that plot point turned out to be a TearJerker, just imagine being Mr. Bonasera at that moment: with the knowledge that you now owe a ''Mafia don'' a favor, there is absolutely no way he will take a "no" for an answer if you don't want to (or just plain can't) do it when he comes to collect, and no knowledge of what that favor will be--let alone if you will survive its aftermath...
* 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]] [[LastDisrespects and to disfigure his face more for his funeral]]. 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 [[UsefulNotes/LasVegas 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 mob hits against [[spoiler:the remaining rival families]] while Michael was at church, showing how numb Michael has become at the thought of murder. [[spoiler:Tattaglia's death was especially gruesome as he's riddled with bullets while in bed with a prostitute (who also doesn't survive).]]

* When Michael has a stroke after Zasa's assassination attempt. It all looks so real you'd think Al was having one for real and was rolling with it. It then leads to TearJerker territory when before he collapses he shouts Fredo's name.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The horse owner should have accepted the [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse offer he couldn't refuse.]]]]

* In The Part II, Don Ciccio killing the entire Vito's family when he was a child.

* Though it was well-deserved, the scene in part II where [[spoiler: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.]]

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

* 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]] [[LastDisrepects and to disfigure his face more for his funeral]]. 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 without telling the actor''.]]

** Moe Green's death has an extra gristly detail: The first bullet he's shot with goes through his glasses and [[EyeScream into his eye.]] Along with blood, [[{{Squick}} another indistinguishable, pus-like liquid comes out.]][[note]]It's probably supposed to be vitreous humor, but that stuff is clear, which wouldn't be as dramatic/disturbing.[[/note]]

** Moe Green's death has an extra gristly detail: The first bullet he's shot with goes through his glasses and [[EyeScream into his eye.]] Along with blood, [[{{Squick}} another indistinguishable, pus-like liquid comes out.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The horse owner should have accepted the [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse offer he couldn't refuse]]]]

* 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]].

* 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''.]]

** [[spoiler: There's also the moment where the nurse suddenly appears onscreen, sharply asking Michael what he's doing in the room. It's an effective JumpScare if you're not expecting it.]]

* 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 Enzo the baker who happens to be stopping by to pay his respects to Don Corleone) at the front of the building by [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome warding them off with a ballsy bluff]].]] The atmosphere for some reason screams ParanoiaFuel.