History NightmareFuel / ThePrinceOfEgypt

*** The implication that if someone forgot to mark one area of the doorway, or accidentely marked the wrong place, that the Angel of Death would kill some of the Hebrews as well. It implies that the Angel of Death is not a sentient being, but a force of nature that only follows a single rule: kill every firstborn unless there's lamb blood on their doorway. As in, if the Egyptians were aware of this, some of them could have been spared as well.

* The scene where the Hebrews begin staining their doorposts with lamb's blood before the Angel of Death arrives is really creepy and tense due to the atmosphere and darkness. The music doesn't help either.
-->''God has come to me again, saying, '''"Take a lamb. And with its blood, mark the lintel and posts of every door; for tonight, I shall pass through the land of Egypt, and smite all the firstborn. But when I see the blood upon your door, I will pass over you and the plague shall not enter."'''''
** The implication that if someone forgot to mark one area of the doorway, or accidentely marked the wrong place, that the Angel of Death would kill some of the Hebrews as well. It implies that the Angel of Death is not a sentient being, but a force of nature that only follows a single rule: kill every firstborn unless there's lamb blood on their doorway. As in, if the Egyptians were aware of this, some of them could have been spared as well.

* [[AntiVillain Rameses]], while the antagonist of the story, is portrayed as a sympathetic character with a deep love for his son and Moses as well as a desire to live up to the legacy he's been born into. Even when he's at (arguably) his lowest point during the penultimate plague, he still longs to reconcile with his brother and tries to comfort his frightened son. That goes all out the window when Moses warns him that something worse is coming and Rameses makes his chilling proclamation: "You Hebrews have been nothing but trouble. My father had the right idea about how to deal with ''your'' '''''people.''''' And I think it's time I finished the job! '''''And''''' ''there shall be a great cry through all of Egypt, such as never has been or ever will be again!''" Gone is the sympathetic man and we see the hardhearted Pharaoh, and the expression on Moses' face shows it's not just the final plague he's scared of. And to adult viewers, his rhetoric might even remind them of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName the greatest enemy of the Jewish people.]]

*** What's even more terrifying is that when Moses speaks of all the innocent that are suffering from Rameses actions he's not just referring to the Egyptians. Egypt was (and still is) a center of international trade with people coming from all over the known world to both trade and reside there. Merchants from as far as India, China, sub-Sahara Africa, the British Islands and Scandinavia, and even the Americas are also caught up in the middle of this disaster and are even more terrified than the Egyptians are! After all, it's not only the Egyptian gods that are completely powerless against this new unknown foe but their own as well!

* "Playing With The Big Boys" is a big [[ShowStopper showstopping]][[VillainSong number]] featuring the majority of the Egyptian pantheon and Martin Short and Steve Martin giving it their all. But take a good look at Moses's face at the beginning of the song. It's clear he's afraid. Keep in mind that he had spent the majority of his young life watching and believing in this before learning of and embracing his true heritage. Whether he's afraid of God not being there at that moment or because of the manipulation tactics Hotep and Huy use during the song is left up to the audience's interpretation...but it's unnerving to see your protagonist afraid of something they once believed in.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2R07EbLjSU The Angel of Death]] is both beautiful and horrific. There's [[NothingIsScarier no dialogue or even soundtrack at this part]]; just the sound of the angel moving through Egypt, which sounds like a strong wind, and [[HellIsThatNoise that creepy sighing noise]] - a simple sighing gasp, when you take your last breath - whenever it kills a child.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2R07EbLjSU The Angel of Death]] is both beautiful and horrific. There's [[NothingIsScarier no dialogue or even soundtrack at this part]]; just the sound of the angel moving through Egypt, which sounds like a strong wind, and [[HellIsThatNoise that creepy sighing noise]] whenever it kills a child.
** It sounds more like a sighing gasp, like the sound an adult in any form of fiction/real life makes as they take their last breath.

** The Angel chases one of the palace guards, implying that it went after the adult firstborns, too.
** Another thing that makes the Angel of Death utterly terrifying is that every other miracle or plague seen so far is still fairly mundane; they can still be thought of as a normal illness or natural phenomenon. With the Angel, there is no doubt that this thing was sent by a higher power, as its appearance is just so eldritch compared to everything else in the movie.

---->'''Moses''': Do you still not understand what Seti ''was''?

---> '''[=YouTube=] Comment:''' Moses isn’t just disturbed that those children were killed, but also the fact that he could have been one of them. Seti hugs him, calls him his son, when really, he could have been the man who '''killed''' him. His son would’ve just been another slave to him if Moses’ mother hadn’t saved him.

-->'''Moses:''' But I was their enemy. I was the prince of Egypt, the son of the man who ''slaughtered'' their children. You've- You've chosen the wrong messenger! How can I even speak to these people?
-->'''God''': [[AC: Who made man's mouth?! Who made the deaf, the mute, the seeing, the blind?! Did not I?! Now go!]]

--->''I send a pestilence and plague,''\\
''Into your house, into your bed,''\\
''Into your streams, into your streets,''\\
''Into your drink, into your bread,''\\
''Upon your cattle, on your sheep,''\\
''Upon your oxen in your field,''\\
''Into your dreams, into your sleep,''\\
''Until you [[BreakTheHaughty break]], until you yield,''\\
''I send the swarm, I send the horde''\\
''Thus saith the Lord!''
** The line "Into your dreams, into your sleep" is probably the most terrifying part. [[GoodIsNotSoft God's not messing around here]], as this line indicates that He ''[[{{Determinator}} will NOT stop]]'' or [[ParanoiaFuel leave any Egyptian citizens]] in peace until they free the Hebrews. Worse is the following line “until you break, until you yield” Rameses's and the Egyptians' pride (or at least those who are benefiting from the slave labor) are what is getting in the way of what God wants so he’s effectively saying “do exactly what I told you to and I’ll stop sending these plagues, refuse and I won’t until you have no choice but to”.

*** What's even more terrifying is that when Moses speaks of all the innocent that are suffering from Rameses actions he’s not just referring to the Egyptians. Egypt was (and still is) a center of international trade with people coming from all over the known world to both trade and reside there. Merchants from as far as India, China, sub-Sahara Africa, the British Islands and Scandinavia, and even the Americas are also caught up in the middle of this disaster and are even more terrified than the Egyptians are! After all, it’s not only the Egyptian gods that are completely powerless against this new unknown foe but their own as well!

* [[AntiVillain Rameses]], while the antagonist of the story, is portrayed as a sympathetic character with a deep love for his son and Moses as well as a desire to live up to the legacy he's been born into. Even when he's at (arguably) his lowest point during the penultimate plague, he still longs to reconcile with his brother and tries to comfort his frightened son. That goes all out the window when Moses warns him that something worse is coming and Rameses makes his chilling proclamation: "You Hebrews have been nothing but trouble. My father had the right idea about how to deal with ''your'' '''''people.''''' And I think it's time I finished the job! '''''And''''' ''there shall be a great cry through all of Egypt, such as never has been or ever will be again!''" Gone is the sympathetic man and we see the hardhearted Pharaoh, and the expression on Moses's face shows it's not just the final plague he's scared of. And to adult viewers, his rhetoric might even remind them of [[ANaziByAnyOtherName the greatest enemy of the Jewish people.]]

** Perhaps the cruelest thing God does to humble Rameses after his constant bullheadedness and attempted genocide is to destroy all the remaining soldiers that followed him through the parted seas... but leave him battered, emotionally broken, but alive. He has witnessed devastation brought to his kingdom by his own arrogance, and God leaves him a sobbing wreck on the opposite shore to witness the aftermath as he walks home to a city in shambles. Worse still that even if Rameses isn’t killed by his own people for what he’s done, God merely targeted Egypt, her trade partners/rivals/enemies are still in one piece, and a devastated and militarily-crippled Egypt is now ripe for conquest.