Nightmare Fuel / El Camino

• The movie doesn't sugarcoat the fact that Jesse was traumatized by his experiences of enslavement at the compound:
  • Upon waking up after falling asleep at Skinny Pete's crib, Jesse mistakenly thinks he's still at the compound and proceeds to try and escape out the window. When Badger and Skinny Pete rush to the room to see what's wrong, Jesse almost shoots them in his panic.
  • While in the shower at Skinny Pete's, Jesse can't help but have a flashback to being hosed down by the Neo-Nazis, which forces him to shut the water off.
  • Even though you know that Jesse is going to survive all those flashbacks, you are still terrified for him whenever he's with Todd or any of the Aryan Brotherhood, because you don't know what they did to him.
• Everything about Todd and his (Faux) Affably Evil nature, from how casually he can murder people like swatting a fly, to his treatment of Jesse like a pet. He even manages to talk Jesse out of killing him right then and there... just by offering him pizza and beer. Jesse was that broken by that point.
  • The scene where Jesse gives Todd back his gun is especially horrifying when you think about it. Any other villain would beat Jesse up in retaliation for even considering using the gun, but Todd just puts his arm around Jesse and tells him to enjoy the beautiful view. Todd is so detached from human morality he cannot truly comprehend the gravity of the situation.
  • The shot of Todd's dead housekeeper, whom he killed only because she found his hidden money. She wasn't even stealing it. She was giving it back to Todd, and he killed her with his belt, which is still wrapped around her neck when Jesse and Todd get there.
  • Todd petting and stroking Jesse like he owned him is enough to make your skin crawl.
• Imagine, if you will: the police have you dead to rights, and are moving as though to arrest you... and then you realize they're not cops at all, but associates of the Neo-Nazi scumbags that you just escaped from...

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