He bleeds! The Lawgiver bleeds!
- The horrifying visions the ape soldiers see when they invade the Forbidden Zone, which include roaring fires, gorillas that have been crucified upside down, and a dose of In-Universe Religious Horror in the form of a giant statue of the Lawgiver, the Ape equivalent of Jesus, bleeding from the eyes. And not some dainty little tear, no; it's absolutely drenched in gore pouring from its own eyes.
- The Reveal of the mutants, who peel off their eerie masks to reveal the translucent skin beneath, making them look almost like anatomical models of the circulatory system come to life. It's comparatively subtle Body Horror, but it's grotesque enough that it sticks in the mind.
- The mutants worshipping their "god", the Alpha-Omega Bomb, the same poisonous source of toxic radiation that made them what they are now. It's a chilling sight, made worse by the Lyrical Dissonance, as their hymns are blatantly recognizable as Christian hymns substituting "Bomb" for "God".
- The sadistic way that the mutants "deal" with those captives they tire of: using their More than Mind Control Psychic Powers to make them kill themselves in horrible ways. This leads to such memorable scenes as our two heroes trying to fight each other to the death inside a cage whose walls are lined with huge spikes, and our previous film's protagonist kissing his Love Interest so violently that he almost smothers her.
- The end of the film: the humans and mutants are massacred and, as a final screw you to the apes, Taylor uses his dying breath to hit the trigger and detonate the Alpha-Omega Bomb, which we're told would result in the destruction of the entire planet. Cue a fade to black for the credits and a nonchalantly nihilistic closing narration, hammering home the devastation and guaranteeing a sleepless night. And this was a G-Rated film!"In one of the countless billions of galaxies in the universe, lies a medium-sized star, and one of its satellites, a green and insignificant planet, is now dead."
