History NightmareFuel / TotalRecall1990

** It's also a no-win situation. Even if he freed himself, Ritcher would still fall to his death.

* The Johnny Cab taxis feature an UncannyValley animatronic bust of Creator/RobertPicardo. It gets truly creepy when it becomes the robotic version of a DerangedTaxiDriver upon Quaid refusing to pay the fee and calling him a dickhead, causing Johnny Cab to ''[[ScreamingWarrior SCREAM furiously]]'' with sparks coming out of his mouth, then he attempts to run over Quaid, only to crash directly into a wall and burst into flames... and then we close-up on Johnny's [[NightmareFace horribly melting face]] in the blazing inferno before he explodes.

* Quaid's fat lady mask opening up is a bit unsettling by today's standards due to the feeling of UncannyValley the effect gives off, though it is rather funny at the same time. Then he tosses the head over to some guards, where it taunts them and then explodes in their faces:

--> ''We hope you enjoyed the ride! Haha!''

** Best case scenario: he wakes up just fine.

* Towards the end of the film when Cohaagen promises to ''fix'' Melina by making her ''respectful, compliant and appreciative, just the way a woman should be.'' This along with his description of her becoming ''Howzer's babe'' elevates the tech from false memories to just straight up slavery and rape. What truly veers it into this trope though is the fact that you would never know. You would just cook his dinner, make his bed, have sex with him every night and then proceed to thank him for the privilege. That is until, as we saw with Quaid, the nightmares started...

** Best case scenario: he wakes up just fine.
* Towards the end of the film when Cohaagen promises to ''fix'' Melina by making her ''respectful, compliant and appreciative, just the way a woman should be.'' This along with his description of her becoming ''Howzer's babe'' elevates the tech from false memories to just straight up slavery and rape. What truly veers it into this trope though is the fact that you would never know. You would just cook his dinner, make his bed, have sex with him every night and then proceed to thank him for the privilege. That is until, as we saw with Quaid, the nightmares started...

** Best case scenario: he wakes up just fine.

* The thought that Quaid's entire adventure on Mars was just a dream and he is about to be lobotomized back on Earth.

* What is quite possibly the [=CMoNF=] in the movie comes right at the climax with Cohaagen's death (as shown in the above image). [[CruelAndUnusualDeath He is sucked out onto the surface of Mars and dies an excruciating death]] due to both suffocation and [[ExplosiveDecompression decompression]], the most memorable part being when the decompression causes his eyes, along with the optic nerves behind them, [[EyeScream to bug right out of his sockets]], all while he screams in pure agony.

* The thought that Quaid's entire adventure on Mars was just a dream and he is about to be lobotomized back on Earth.
* Quaid had to use a device to pull the homing tracker out of his brain through his nose. It can't be good for your sinus.
** He put the tracker inside the rest of the candy bar, which was eaten by a rat, whom Richter blasted to bits in anger.

* The Johnny Cab taxis feature an UncannyValley animatronic bust of Creator/RobertPicardo. It gets truly creepy when it becomes the robotic version of a DerangedTaxiDriver upon Quaid refusing to pay the fee and calling him a dickhead, at which point Johnny Cab ''[[ScreamingWarrior SCREAMS furiously]]'' with sparks coming out of his mouth and attempts to run him over, only to crash directly into a wall and bursts into flames... and then we close-up on Johnny's [[NightmareFace horribly melting face]] in the blazing inferno before he explodes.

* The brief shot of the Johnnycab's face melting due to fire just before he explodes.

* [[BodyHorror Kuato's appearance.]] Not only does he look as if [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Baby Hermann]] got re-designed by {{Satan}}, but then there's the added fact that he's protruding from the stomach of what at first appears to be a normal human.

* Richter's arms getting gruesomely ripped off, particularly as he can tell it's going to happen before hand (due to their not being enough clearance for his arms to fit) but is helpless to do anything but scream a BigNo. though this scene is lightened up a bit with Quaid's line "See you at the party, Richter!"

* The mere idea that your entire life up until this point was all a lie, and someone out there has stolen your real memories from you.

* Quaid's fat lady mask opening up is a bit unsettling by today's standards due to the feeling of UncannyValley the effect gives off, though it is rather funny at the same time.

* The thought that Quaid's entire adventure on Mars was just a dream and he is about to be lobotomized back on Earth.

* [[spoiler:Richter's]] arms getting gruesomely ripped off, particularly as he can tell it's going to happen before hand (due to their not being enough clearance for his arms to fit) but is helpless to do anything but scream a BigNo. though this scene is lightened up a bit with Quaid's line "See you at the party, [[spoiler:Richter!]]"
* What is quite possibly the [=CMoNF=] in the movie comes right at the climax with [[spoiler:Cohaagen's]] death (as shown in the above image). [[CruelAndUnusualDeath He is sucked out onto the surface of Mars and dies an excruciating death]] due to both suffocation and [[ExplosiveDecompression decompression]], the most memorable part being when the decompression causes his eyes, along with the optic nerves behind them, [[EyeScream to bug right out of his sockets]], all while he screams in pure agony.
* [[spoiler:Quaid and Melina]] too getting exposed to the Mars atmosphere, causing their eyes to expand three sizes as they desperately gasp for air.
* The thought that [[spoiler:Quaid's entire adventure on Mars was just a dream and he is about to be lobotomized back on Earth.]]

* [[spoiler:Richter's]] arms getting gruesomely ripped off, though this scene is lightened up a bit with Quaid's line "See you at the party, [[spoiler:Richter!]]"

* What is quite possibly the [=CMoNF=] in the movie comes right at the climax with [[spoiler:Cohaagen's]] death (as shown in the above image). [[CruelAndUnusualDeath He is sucked out onto the surface of Mars and dies an excruciating death]] due to both suffocation and [[ExplosiveDecompression decompression]], the most memorable part being when the decompression causes his eyes, along with the optic nerves behind them, to bug right out of his sockets, all while he screams in pure agony.

* [[BodyHorror Kuato's appearance.]] Not only does he look as if [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Baby Hermann]] got re-designed by Satan, but then there's the added fact that he's protruding from the stomach of what at first appears to be a normal human.

* [[BodyHorror Kuato's appearance.]] Not only does he look as if [[WesternAnimation/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Baby Hermann]] got re-designed by Satan, but then there's the added fact that he's protruding from the stomach of what at first appears to be a normal human.

* [[BodyHorror Kuato's appearance.]] Not only does he look as if [[WesternAnimation/WhoFramedRodgerRabbit Baby Hermann]] got re-designed by Satan, but then there's the added fact that he's protruding from the stomach of what at first appears to be a normal human.

* [[BodyHorror Kuato's appearance.]] Not only does he look as if Baby Hermann got re-designed by Satan, but then there's the added fact that he's protruding from the stomach of what at first appears to be a normal human.

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[[caption-width-right:244:[[EyeScream Your eyes will never feel the same.]]]]

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