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3* Moloch, the demonic master of the Horsemen. He's only ever seen as a blurred human-like figure, but he's [[LeanAndMean very thin]], walks with a strange jerking limp, and has bright red hands and arms as well as [[HornedHumanoid seemingly huge horns]].
4** Furthermore, just as he's retreating to his MirrorWorld at the end of the pilot, he slowly turns [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou back towards the audience]] and [[JumpScare lunges]] hard enough to break the mirror itself.
5* Brooks after being [[BackFromTheDead resurrected]] as a zombie because he's [[UncannyValley just human enough to be disturbing]]. Also, [[NeckSnap his neck]]. ''GOOD LORD''.
6* Ro'kenrontreys AKA The Sandman from "For the Triumph of Evil" and the ProphetEyes he gives his victims. A [[UndeathlyPallor deathly pale]], [[BlackEyesOfEvil empty-eyed]], [[NoMouth mouth-less horror]] that haunts the dreams of his victims until [[DrivenToSuicide they snap and kill themselves]].
7* In "John Doe," we are given a sort of preview of the next possible Horseman: Pestilence. He spread a MysticalPlague on Roanoke Island some 500 years ago which he uses via [[InnocentBystander Thomas]] to try and manifest in the current time period. The plague gives its victims [[TaintedVeins black veins]] and, when they die, they spit up BlackBlood. In a lot of ways, [[TheSpook he's more frightening]] than Death is.
8* In "The Midnight Ride," Death decapitates the Masons that Ichabod and Abbie met in the previous episode. Later, we find out what he did with the heads: He [[BodyHorror hollowed them out and turned them into lanterns]].
9* "Necromancer" is full of [[SarcasmMode fun stuff]]. From Brooks [[MouthOfSauron speaking for the Horseman]] (spasming in agony and then having [[BlackEyesOfEvil his eyes turn fully jet-black]]) to him [[BodyHorror pulling the summoning disc out of his stomach]], to the horrible [[TheReveal reveal]] that the Horseman of Death is Abraham van Brunt, Ichabod's former best friend who was so jealous and prideful over Katrina choosing Ichabod over him that he made a DealWithTheDevil and sold his soul to become Death.
10* The...''creature'' (dubbed "Scarecrow" or "Tree Monster") from "Sanctuary." [[http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131126085048/sleepyhollow/images/2/2d/Tree_Monster_jpg.jpeg Gah!]] It's not helped by the fact that you never actually get a clear look at it in the episode, BUT you get a damn good look at what it does to people. And its first target? [[WouldHurtAChild Ichabod's newborn son!]]
11* Moloch (or one of his demons) can [[DemonicPossession possess people]] now, and threatens the life of Captain Irving's daughter. ''[[SarcasmMode Great]].''
12* The Golem. Strong enough to destroy a car (and crush someone inside it), and his backstory is both horrifying and a {{tearjerker}}. Ichabod and Katrina's son, Jeremy, accidentally created him while he was being beaten at an orphanage, and it became the embodiment of his rage, pain, and grief, killing anyone who came close.
13** Also, Jeremy accidentally burning his foster parents to death as a baby because his magic manifested when he cried.
14** The Four-Who-Speak-As-One are both awesome and terrifying. Four women of varying ages with brilliant blue eyes and horrible fanged mouths who speak in a high-pitched, creepy voice. They're responsible for handing Katrina over to Moloch and killing Jeremy (well, ''temporarily'' killing him...).
15** Moloch's "prophecy" to Ichabod: "I've touched her soul before... The second Witness' soul will be mine, and ''you'' will deliver it to me!" He's talking about ''Abbie's'' soul.
16** And the prophecy comes true.
17* In "The Vessel," Macy gets possessed by Ancitif. It's exactly as [[CreepyChild creepy]] and [[HarmfulToMinors scary]] as one would expect.
18* Purgatory. Good, sweet Christ. [[TheBlank A faceless woman]], people glitching in and out of existence, and [[UnderCrank jittery mud people]]. If that's what Purgatory looks like, one shudders to imagine what {{Hell}} is like.
19* The ending of the season finale:
20** Abbie is trapped in Purgatory, locked in a recreation of her childhood dollhouse.
21** Irving has been arrested for the murder of the cop from the last episode (the one possessed!Morales killed) and of the priest (killed by possessed!Macy).
22** Jenny is attacked by the Headless Horseman, who causes her to have a horrific accident that leaves her bleeding and unconscious.
23** Henry Parrish is [[LukeYouAreMyFather actually Ichabod and Katrina's son Jeremy]], and he has joined forces with Moloch and become the Second Horseman, War. He causes his mother to fall into a magical sleep and hands her over to the Headless Horseman before burying his father alive, but only after [[ForcedToWatch forcing him to watch]] as he (Henry) breaks the second seal of the Apocalypse.
24* The Weeping Woman. Dear god, those eyes!
25* Katrina's demonic pregnancy. Her screams of pain ''will'' haunt you.
26** The image itself if haunting. And even more so when Moloch damn near pulls a ''[[Film/{{Species}} Species 2]]'' on her.
27* Nurse Lambert. She was bad enough as a normal human being ([[DrivenToSuicide convincing mentally-ill people to kill themselves]] and spending her last moments laughing and winking at her spiritual advisor), but as an undead demon/ghost, she's even ''worse''. She killed Abbie and Jenny's mother Lori, nearly kills Abbie, and has a truly terrifying showdown at the climax. Really, it's something you'd see on ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' or ''{{Series/Supernatural}}''!
28** The utter hell that the demons put Lori through is just as bad; they possess her and force her to nearly kill Jenny with carbon monoxide poisoning, then release her just long enough to watch her struggle to get free. And they're ''laughing at her fear''.

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