History NightmareFuel / IntoTheWoods

** Even more when a YouTube commenter noted that just as the Witch is being pulled under, you can hear a mysterious voice, likely the Witch's mother asking "Where are my beans?"/ "Where are the beans?"

** Perhaps the most unsettling demise of them all would be the Baker's Wife's. The final conversation she has with her husband is an argument, along with some very foreboding words ([[{{Foreshadowing}} "Will only a giant's foot stop your arguing?!"]]). Afterwards she (unwillingly) cheats on him with Cinderella's Prince, and, in a cruel twist of fate, ends up in the path of the Giantess (like Rapunzel, her death also varies depending on the production. In the original Broadway show, she gets crushed by a tree, in the 2002 revival, she's stepped on by the Giantess, and in the 2014 movie, she falls off a cliff). Special mention goes to the revival, in which the staging of her death is especially eerie. We see the Giantess's shadow slowly stomp towards her, and as soon as her foot comes down on her, the stage goes to black as we hear her blood-curdling scream, followed by a beat of complete silence.

** Even more when a Youtube commenter noted that just as the Witch is being pulled under, you can hear a mysterious voice, likely the Witch's mother asking "Where are my beans?"/ "Where are the beans?"
* The [[LogoJoke/{{Disney}} Castle introduction]] is pretty creepy in it's own right, not even starting with the wishing star, just panning down from the clouds. The music and fireworks are absent, we just hear sound effects. The castle is black and white, and one the castle stops zooming out, its framed by the titular woods. The arc freezes into [[spoiler: the blue moon]] from the movie.

* The Witch's fate at the end of "Last Midnight". The original show simply had her sink into the ground in a veil of smoke. However, a few subsequent productions managed to amp it up to eleven. In the 2002 revival, the Witch slowly begins to transform back into an old crone after she throws away the beans. In the outdoor productions, her mother rises from the ground, grabs her, and [[DraggedOffToHell pulls her down into the earth]]. In the Broadway version, the Giantess's hands grab her and drag her away to be eaten.

* The [[LogoJoke/Disney Castle introduction]] is pretty creepy in it's own right, not even starting with the wishing star, just panning down from the clouds. The music and fireworks are absent, we just hear sound effects. The castle is black and white, and one the castle stops zooming out, its framed by the titular woods. The arc freezes into [[spoiler: the blue moon]] from the movie.

* The [[LogoJoke/Disney: Castle introduction]] is pretty creepy in it's own right, not even starting with the wishing star, just panning down from the clouds. The music and fireworks are absent, we just hear sound effects. The castle is black and white, and one the castle stops zooming out, its framed by the titular woods. The arc freezes into [[spoiler: the blue moon]] from the movie.

* The Witch's fate at the end of "Last Midnight". The original show simply had her sink into the ground in a veil of smoke. However, a few subsequent productions managed to amp it up to eleven. In the 2002 revival, the Witch slowly begins to transform back into an old crone after she throws away the beans. In the outdoor productions, her mother rises from the ground, grabs her, and [[DraggedOffToHell pulls her down into the earth]].

* The Witch's fate at the end of "Last Midnight". The original show simply had her sink into the ground in a veil of smoke. However, a few subsequent productions managed to amp it UpToEleven. In the 2002 revival, the Witch slowly begins to transform back into an old crone after she throws away the beans. In the outdoor productions, her mother rises from the ground, grabs her, and [[DraggedOffToHell pulls her down into the earth]].

* The Wolf provides some hardcore AdultFear during "Hello, Little Girl". Anyone who is familiar with the original fairy tale should know that the Wolf is meant to represent sexual predators, and the musical has no trouble retaining this metaphor. Oh, and just [[http://i1332.photobucket.com/albums/w603/andreatorrence/tumblr_kznz968frH1qz9xqho1_500_zpsfc28b7e8.png look at the Wolf from the original Broadway show]]. If the realistic wolf mask doesn't creep you out, his large penis sure will!

** Even more when a Youtube commenter noted that just as the Witch is being pulled under, you can hear a mysterious voice, likely the Witch's mother asking "Where are my beans?"

* Cinderella's stepmother cutting up her daughters' feet is made more disturbing by [[GoryDiscretionShot focusing on the stepsisters' faces]] as their feet get the chop. Even so, it's more [[Funny]] than scary.
** When it's time for the second stepsister to have her foot cut, the first shoves a handkerchief into her mouth to muffle her screams. It's also pretty danged unpleasant watching the scenes after, when they are sent off with the prince. Both are clearly in immense pain and the second stepsister doesn't even make it past the door before she collapses.
* Special mention goes to the death of the Baker's Wife. A complete silence in the forest's birdsong heralds the Giantess' approach as the ground begins to shake ominously. The Baker's Wife desperately tries to figure out which direction the danger is coming from, scrambling to the edge of a cliff to avoid the falling trees. She gets back on her feet for a moment, tries to regain her composure ... before another quake throws her off balance and, presumably, over the edge. The worst part? A close up of her hand trying and failing to grab a nearby tree branch, and her terrified gasp being the last thing we hear before a moment of dead silence.

* Cinderella's stepmother cutting up her daughters' feet is made more disturbing by [[GoryDiscretionShot focusing on the stepsisters' faces]] as their feet get the chop.

** First, there's [[spoiler: the Narrator. He was merely moving the story along and commenting on how the characters' "happy endings" hadn't prepared them for an even bigger force. That is, until he's [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou dragged into the story and unwillingly sacrificed to the Giantess]]]].
*** [[spoiler: In the special 2012 production in Central Park the part was played by a young boy who screamed as such when being given to the giant, in the end the ''heroes'' sacrificed a child!]]
** Then there's [[spoiler: Rapunzel, the poor girl who was driven insane by a life of solitude (which is Nightmare Fuel on its own). She meets her end when she runs into the Giantess's path and is subsequently crushed (depending on the production, this was either an accident or an act of [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]])]].
** Perhaps the most unsettling demise of them all would be the [[spoiler: Baker's Wife's. The final conversation she has with her husband is an argument, along with some very foreboding words ([[{{Foreshadowing}} "Will only a giant's foot stop your arguing?!"]]). Afterwards she (unwillingly) cheats on him with Cinderella's Prince, and, in a cruel twist of fate, ends up in the path of the Giantess (like Rapunzel, her death also varies depending on the production. In the original Broadway show, she gets crushed by a tree, in the 2002 revival, she's stepped on by the Giantess, and in the 2014 movie, she falls off a cliff). Special mention goes to the revival, in which the staging of her death is especially eerie. We see the Giantess's shadow slowly stomp towards her, and as soon as her foot comes down on her, the stage goes to black as we hear her blood-curdling scream, followed by a beat of complete silence]].
* A more minor case, but the death of [[spoiler:Jack's mother]]. A cruel subversion of the TapOnTheHead trope, the Steward stops her from antagonizing the Giantess by smacking her upside the head with his cane...and then the Baker discovers, to his great horror, that her head is ''bleeding''...

* The Witch's fate at the end of "Last Midnight". The original show simply had her sink into the ground in a veil of smoke. However, a few subsequent productions managed to amp it UpToEleven. In the 2002 revival, the Witch [[spoiler: slowly begins to transform back into an old crone after she throws away the beans]]. In the outdoor productions, [[spoiler: her mother rises from the ground, grabs her, and [[DraggedOffToHell pulls her down into the earth]]]].

* The scene where the ghosts of all the deceased characters come out to share their final words is made even more haunting in the 2002 revival. It starts out with some unsettling piano music as Jack's Mother eerily shares her moral, with the Steward (her killer) sharing his moral right after her ("The greater the good, the harder the blow"). Also, the Mysterious Man's line, "Every knot was once straight rope", is now given to [[spoiler: the Narrator]], giving it an entirely new meaning.
* Both of the outdoor productions contain a particularly disturbing take on "Witch's Lament": [[spoiler: after Rapunzel gets trampled by the Giantess, the mourning Witch tries to cradle one of her twins in her arms, only for it to ''turn to dust while its head falls clean off''. Both of the babies had died and rotted away because Rapunzel had neglected them for so long!]]

* Special mention goes to the death of [[spoiler: the Baker's Wife. A complete silence in the forest's birdsong heralds the Giantess' approach as the ground begins to shake ominously. The Baker's Wife desperately tries to figure out which direction the danger is coming from, scrambling to the edge of a cliff to avoid the falling trees. She gets back on her feet for a moment, tries to regain her composure ... before another quake throws her off balance and, presumably, over the edge. The worst part? A close up of her hand trying and failing to grab a nearby tree branch, and her terrified gasp being the last thing we hear before a moment of dead silence.]]
* The movie manages to make the Witch's dramatic exit in "Last Midnight" even more chilling: [[spoiler: she lets out a distorted scream as the ground begins to swallow her up, eventually creating a giant pit of tar in her place. We don't know whether she was killed or if she simply disappeared, but it was frightening to watch nonetheless]].
** For a bit of FridgeHorror, there's always the possibility that the Witch actually [[spoiler: [[ImMelting TURNED INTO the pit of tar]]]].

* After the Baker takes Red Riding Hood's cape by force, she responds with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHB5Qq-TJ6o bloodcurdling scream]]. Compare that to the 1991 recording with the Broadway cast, where [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfFunny Red Riding Hood lets out an over-the-top bawl]].

** The Central Park production took a very unique direction that really ramps up the nightmare factor. While the Giantess' voice is amplified as loudly as usual, she rarely rises to a shout. She has the occasional outburst, but far more chilling are the lines when her voice drops to a menacing half whisper, fury and contempt clearly boiling under the surface of her subdued tone.

** Perhaps the most unsettling demise of them all would be the [[spoiler: Baker's Wife's. The final conversation she has with her husband is an argument, along with some very foreboding words ([[{{Foreshadowing}} "Will only a giant's foot stop your arguing?!"]]). Afterwards she (unwillingly) cheats on him with Cinderella's Prince, and, in a cruel twist of fate, ends up in the path of the Giantess (like Rapunzel, her death also varies depending on the production. In the original Broadway show, she gets crushed by a tree, in the 2002 revival, she's stepped on by the Giantess, and in the 2014 movie, she falls off a cliff). Special mention goes to the revival, in which the staging of her death is especially eerie. We see the Giantess's shadow slowly stomp towards her, and as soon as her foot comes down on her, the stage goes to black as we hear her blood-curdling scream]].

** The Central Park production took a very unique direction that really ramps up the nightmare factor. While the Giantess' voice is amplified as loudly as usual, she rarely rises to a shout. She has her outbursts, as usual, but far more chilling are the moments when her voice almost drops to a menacing half whisper, fury and contempt clearly boiling under the surface of her subdued tone.