Nightmare Fuel / Show by Rock!!

You think a Sanrio series about cute musical creatures wouldn't be so scary right? Well, you are WRONG!

In General

• Specifically bands in the Purple group. To be fair, their element is darkness. Here are some examples:
  • Alice Beans go from cute to creepy
• Not to mention Demon's Venom's "human" forms.
  • Some of the Dark Monsters look adorable but as for others...

Anime

• In Episode 1, when Cyan's game glitches, there's a sudden Jump Scare when Dagger appears on the screen. His maniacal laugh doesn't make things better either.
• You think fighting a Dark Monster as a boss in the game was tough, imagine having to fight a Dark Monster from a Myumon's perspective in the show. Taken Up to Eleven when you realize they are actually Myumons whose Melodisian Stones have been corrupted and are forced to become monsters.
  • It becomes especially freaky, if you're a Steven Universe fan and are familiar with the ideal concept of Corrupted Gems.
• The beginning of episode 5 has Tsurezure fighting a Dark Monster. They thankfully escape offscreen but Daru Dayu gets injured in the process...
• Episode 7 has a few jumpscares when Shingan Crimsonz encounter a few Yokai but its mostly Played for comedic effect. But...
  • Remember that comment about fighting a Dark Monster from before? Guess what they have to do? Even Rom had some trouble...
    • There's even a moment where Crow nearly gets crushed underfoot by it! If Rom hadn't showed up...
  • Not to mention a fragment of said monster possessing Aion leading to...
• A possessed Aion in Episode 8.
• The fate of Criticrista at the End of Episode 9. Even scarier is when the screen cuts to black, before we get a close up of the scared girls. Their ultimate fate is revealed in the eleventh episode...
• Episode 10 has Chu-Chu getting brainwashed by Dagger. The music turns distorted and eerie, the background becomes corrupted and the sudden change in Chu-Chu's voice... https://youtu.be/Zw8VvOLO9lw?t=730 Just see for yourself.
  • The emotionless expression on her face, is already ominous-looking enough, but the half-realistically dull-looking change in her eyes, kinda make Chu-Chu's severe "shell-shocked expression", much creepier to look at.
  • Her eyes were literally glowing and flashing '''bright red, at the same time!!!
• Episode 11 has a Bee-like Dark Monster Attacking trapping most of the character except Cyan, Shu⭐ Zo and Daru Dayu leaving them to fight on their own.
  • Good news, Daru Dayu can handle it.
  • Bad News: Towards the end, Well.. Remember what I said about Criticrista's fate...?
• Episode 12 has our heroes defeat the Dark Monster!!! Now they have to deal with the REAL monster,Dagger in all his terrifying glory!!! Oh, Crap!!!!
• The second season's 1st couple of MINUTES. If that's not Darker and Edgier, I don't know what it is.
  • Also, two words; Manipulated introduction...
    • The Mad Queen, herself, in general, is brutally cold-hearted enough to be a true final boss of a Supernatural/Dark Fantasy RPG.
    • Not to mention her Blood Knight-Esque Henchmen. Let's just say… They're merciless towards some of their opponents. Guess what that implies?
• The anime manages to make anytime Bud Virgin Logic appears a bit frightening....
• In episode 8 of #, Arcareafact's manager's speech to the team except for Titan who was thankfully late.
  • What makes that more scary, check out their smiling faces, specifically: their eyes. Thank the rock gods they were purified by the end of the episode.
• Episode 9 ends with BVL getting the dark monster treatment! It gets worse: remember back in season 1 when Dagger turned Criticrista because they lost to Plasmagica? Well here, the results were never announced because Dagger admitted he didn't care about the results. He wants Plasmagica dead.
• In episode 10 of #, we see the REAL Queen of Darkness in all her glory. To give you a taste of her power: She defeats the BVL Dark Monster. Not Scary Enough for ya? Dagger was also a part of that Monster!