History NightmareFuel / TheSecretOfNIMH

** {{Jerry Goldsmith}}'s score only serves to make the whole thing more frightening, particularly the ScareChord to accompany the tractor turning over. [[SchmuckBait Have]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALF1DnfuBVU a listen]].

** Speaking of which, just where was Timmy when all of this was happening? ''Timmy was still in bed.''

** Speaking of which, just where was Timmy when all of this was happening?''Timmy was still in bed.''

** Speaking of which, just where was Timmy when all of this was happening?
''Timmy was still in bed.''

* The Great Owl, from the perspective of a little field mouse like Mrs. Brisby, really ''is'' a Great Wyrm (minus the firebreathing). His opening act is messily crushing a spider right next to Mrs. Brisby and it gets worse from there. But perhaps the most shiver-inducing scene is [[NothingIsScarier before we ever see him]]. When Mrs. Brisby calls into the bottomless dark hole that is his lair, this drifts up almost lazily from within:

'''[[AC: Step inside my house.]]'''

* The Great Owl, from the perspective of a little field mouse like Mrs. Brisby, really ''is'' a Great Wyrm (minus the firebreathing). His opening act is messily crushing a spider right next to Mrs. Brisby and it gets worse from there. But perhaps the most shiver-inducing scene is before we ever see him. When Mrs. Brisby calls into the bottomless dark hole that is his lair, this drifts up almost lazily from within:
--> '''[[AC: Step inside my house.]]'''

[[caption-width-right:292:''WHY HAVE YOU COME?'']]

-> '''[[AC: Step inside my house.]]'''
** The spider that he crushes is even ''more'' frightening.

-> '''[[ACText: Step inside my house.]]'''

* The Great Owl, from the perspective of a little field mouse like Mrs. Brisby, really ''is'' a Great Wyrm (minus the firebreathing). His opening act is messily crushing a spider right next to Mrs. Brisby and it gets worse from there. But perhaps the most shiver-inducing scene is before we ever see him. When Mrs. Brisby calls into the bottomless dark hole that is his lair, this drifts up almost lazily from within:

* The Great Owl, although he's neutral at worst, is first depicted gorily crushing a spider, and looks quite dark and intimidating even in comparison to the rest of the film.
** The spider that he crushes is far scarier.

* Jenner, for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to kill Nicodemus, he tells about how the Brisby house will "crush his bones" while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked what to do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "{{Leave him to me}}... to me... to me..."

* The expression on Jenner's face as he is killed by the knife Sullivan threw into his back.

* The tractor scene is very [[UncannyValley unnerving]], with the heavily [[{{Rotoscoping}} rotoscoped]] tractor deliberately clashing with the rest of the film's {{Disneyesque}} style. Not to mention how dangerous it is for a mouse.
** The soundtrack for that scene done by {{Jerry Goldsmith}} only increases the tension and nightmare fuel. [[SchmuckBait Have]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALF1DnfuBVU a listen]].

* The tractor scene is very [[UncannyValley unnerving]], seeing as it is live-action and tinted compared to the rest of the film's {{Disneyesque}} style. Not to mention how dangerous it is for a mouse.

* The Great Owl, although he`s neutral at worst, is first depicted gorily crushing a spider, and looks quite dark and intimidating even in comparison to the rest of the film.
* Dragon, the farmer`s massive cat. It`s much worse than it sounds.

* Jenner, for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to kill Nicodemus, he tells about how the Brisby house will "crush his bones" while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked what to do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "Leave him to me... to me... to me..."

* The sequence describing the rats' experience at NIMH. Starts off with sad imagery of animals in too-small cages, then they show a rat being injected with God-knows-what and the DisneyAcidSequence begins.

* Dragon, the farmer`s massive cat. It`s much worse than it sounds.

* Jenner, for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to kill Nicodemus, he tells about how the Brisby house will "crush his bones" while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked what to do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "Leave him to me... to me... to me..."

* Jenner is probably one of the most horrifying, dark, and vile characters in a G-rated film, for his actions, demeanor, and utter ruthlessness in getting what he wants. In the scene where he tells Sullivan about his plan to kill Nicodemus, he tells about how the Brisby house will "crush his bones" while pulling off a NightmareFace. When asked what to do about Justin, Jenner's response is an echoing "Leave him to me... to me... to me..."