History NightmareFuel / TheSopranos

** Brendan Filone's Moe Greene special. The kill itself is a GoryDiscretionShot, but later we see an unflinching close-up of his empty socket.
** Matthew Bevilaqua crying, begging for "Mommy" and pissing himself before Tony and Big Pussy shoot him over twenty times. Made even worse by the false HopeSpot Tony had sadistically orchestrated. The following episode shows that even Tony himself was unnerved by this.
** Tracee's death is possibly one of the most disturbing murders in the entire series. [[spoiler:Let's just say that, yes, it ''is'' possible to punch someone to death. Especially when there's a convenient highway railing around for you to slam their head into.]]
** Big Pussy's attempt to FaceDeathWithDignity, only to gradually panic as the reality of his situation sets in.
** The killing of Jackie Aprile Jr. is incredibly abrupt, understated, and bleak.
** Tony's argument with Ralph Cifaretto that escalates into a brutal fight to the death, and the ensuing disposal of Ralph's body, in which his head and hands are removed. All this just after Ralph's son was hospitalized.
** Adriana's death.
** Tony Blundetto's death, and the gory close-up of his buckshot-ravaged face.
** Vito Spatafore is beaten to death, then has a pool cue pushed into his anus. His wife describes him as no longer looking like a human being.
** Tony's compulsive murder of Christopher.

* "Employee of the Month." [[RapeAsDrama You know the scene]].

** To clarify: the series finale infamously ends with a sudden SmashToBlack mid-scene. Creepy. But [[ItWasHisSled you probably already knew that]].

** Tracee's death is possibly one of the most disturbing murders in the entire series.

** The killing of Jackie Aprile Jr. is incredibly abrupt, understated and bleak.

* Livia's memorial, in which we (the audience, not the characters) see Pussy's ghost and a mysterious figure in a dark suit who vaguely looks like a young uncle Junior slowly walking up and down the stairs.

* Livia's memorial, in which we (the audience, not the characters) see Pussy's ghost and a mysterious figure slowly walking up and down the stairs.

** Paulie's vision of the Virgin Mary suddenly appearing in the Bada Bing definitely qualifies. You also see her in the mirror right before, which is enough to unnerve you (if you spot it). Right after that, BAM! floating Virgin Mary on stage.

* Richie Aprile was creepy in himself. He [[spoiler: brutally beats and paralyzes a man with a big smile.]] And he was not redeeming features.

* Most of the mobsters are disturbingly violent and ruthless in running their business. Paulie Walnuts, Feech La Manna, and Johnny Boy are examples. Especially Johnny Boy, who was pretty damn creepy when he was angry when he was angry.

* Richie Aprile is creepy in himself. He brutally beats and paralyzes a man with a big smile. And he has not redeeeming traits.

* Many mobsters on the show are generally frightening, especially Paulie, Feech La Manna, Johnny Boy Soprano and Phil Leotardo as examples.

* Several brutal mobsters on the show are generally frightening, especially Paulie, Feech La Manna, Johnny Boy Soprano and Phil Leotardo as examples.

* Several brutal, AxCrazy mobsters on the show are generally frightening, especially Paulie, Feech La Manna, Johnny Boy Soprano and Phil Leotardo as examples.

* Several brutal mobsters on the show are generally frightening, especially Paulie, Feech La Manna, Johnny Boy Soprano and Phil Leotardo as examples.

* Feech La Manna's AxCrazy behaviour is genuinely frightening.

* Paulie is generally frightening when he's ''really angry''.

** Tracee's death is possibly one of the most disturbing murder in the entire series.

* Paulie is generally frightening when he's really angry.

** Matthew Bevilaqua crying, begging and pissing himself before Tony and Big Pussy shoot him over twenty times. Made even worse by the false HopeSpot Tony had sadistically orchestrated. The following episode shows that even Tony himself was unnerved by this.

** To clarify: the series finale ends with a sudden SmashToBlack mid-scene. Creepy.

** To clarify: the show ends with a sudden SmashToBlack mid-scene. Creepy.

* The ending.

* The abrupt, gruesome fate of [[spoiler:Tony Blundetto.]]
* The finale, with its unflinchingly brutal depiction of [[spoiler:TheNothingAfterDeath.]]

* Tony's feverish, Lynchian dream sequence in "Funhouse".
* Almost everything about Ralph Cifaretto. [[spoiler: Including the surreal sequence surrounding his death, as well as his post-mortem appearance as a bald ghost in Tony's dreams.]]

* [[spoiler:Eugene Pontecorvo's suicide.]]

* Almost everything about Ralph Cifaretto. [[spoiler: Including his death and the surreal sequence surrounding it.]]

* Another dream sequence, this one in "Calling All Cars", which depicts [[spoiler:the bald ghost of Ralph Cifaretto leading Tony to a colonial house, where he encounters a shadowy figure that appears to be his mother.]]