History NightmareFuel / ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017

* While providing a lot of comic relief with his [[BookDumb lack of book smarts]] and [[PaperThinDisguise paper thin disguises]], Count Olaf is also [[BewareTheSillyOnes a very legitimate]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain danger to the Baudelaires]]. Special mentions go to picking up baby Sunny (who is clearly scared and frightened) and almost dropping her to [[BlatantLies accidentally]] cut off Sunny's toe, and [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace squeezing Violet's shoulder]] while talking about how he can touch anything he wants. Plus, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris' performance is creepy as hell when it's not [[ChewingTheScenery hilariously hammy]].

** After Klaus breaks his glasses, he's sent to see the optometrist Dr. Orwell, who then proceeds to hypnotize him under the guise of giving him an eye exam. The eye exam starts out with normal things, such as "An A or a C?", and rapidly segues into things such as "A parent or an arsonist?", eerily reminiscent of the TwoPlusTwoEqualsTorture scene in ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.

* The entire story is set on AdultFear. A trio of children lose their parents in a tragic fire, they are taken in by an abusive guardian after their fortune, who treats them as slaves and physically harms them. When they finally manage to flee, he goes after them, killing every chance they find to have a family or a normal life they find in the path, actively harming everyone that they bond with.

** The sheer horror that the Baudelaires experience when they realize that the pair are Justice Strauss's superiors on the High Court, meaning that [[AdultFear the Dark Side of VFD had owned the apparatus of law and order in The City the entire time]], and thus, for them, true justice could literally ''never'' have been done.
* The fate of the Snow Scouts as well, courtesy of the above. A whole camp of children carried off screaming by eagles, with all of them heavily implied to be orphaned afterwards. AdultFear doesn't even begin to describe that.

* Olivia's death in the lion pit is as disturbing as it is [[TearJerker heartbreaking]]. Everyone in the room, from the gore-hungry crowd to [[EvenEvilHasStandards the theater troupe]] to even Olaf himself, looks either disgusted, shocked, horrified, or a combination of the three (the only person who doesn't react negatively is Esmé; instead, ''she cracks a satisfied smile''). We can even hear soft tearing noises. We don't actually see the mauling onscreen, [[GoryDiscretionShot but that manages to make her grisly fate even more unsettling]]. Her terrified scream before she’s eaten by the lions doesn’t help.

-->"We visit people who are ill and try to make them cry. Even when the doctor says 'I'm afraid you have to die.'"

-->'''Hook-Handed Man:''' You scared us!\\

-->'''Count Olaf:''' Have you ever hunted, Violet?\\

--->'''Man With a Beard but No Hair:''' [[CallBack To fighting fire with fire.]]
--->'''Woman With Hair but No Beard:''' [[IronicEcho And to watching the world go up in smoke.]]

* Olivia's death in the lion pit is as disturbing as it is [[TearJerker heartbreaking]]. Everyone in the room, from the gore-hungry crowd to [[EvenEvilHasStandards the theater troupe]] to even Olaf himself, looks either disgusted, shocked, horrified, or a combination of the three (the only person who doesn't react negatively is Esmé; instead, ''she cracks a satisfied smile''). We can even hear soft tearing noises. We don't actually see the mauling onscreen, [[GoryDiscretionShot but that manages to make her grisly fate even more unsettling]].

* Olivia's death in the lion pit is as disturbing as it is [[TearJerker heartbreaking]]. Everyone in the room, from the gore-hungry crowd to [[EvenEvilHasStandards the theater troupe]] to even Olaf himself, looks either disgusted, shocked, horrified, or a combination of the three (the only person who doesn't react negatively is Esmé; instead, ''she cracks a satisfied smile''). We don't actually see the mauling onscreen, [[GoryDiscretionShot but that manages to make her grisly fate even more unsettling]].
** Especially from Olivia’s perspective. Imagine you just got the orphans that you’re helping on the other side of the pit, you tell them to run. You stand up to the man who killed your lover only for him to bring out a knife, while you [[OhCrap frantically look at the plank, the lions, and Olaf]] and he cuts the rope holding the plank, leaving you to be torn apart by the beasts as [[EveryoneHasStandards the audience watches in horror]]

Lemony Snicket warned you to look away.

** Especially from Olivia’s perspective. Imagine you just got the orphans that you’re helping on the other side of the pit, you tell them to run. You stand up to the man who killed your lover only to for him to bring out a knife, while you [[OhCrap frantically look at the plank, the lions, and Olaf]] and he cuts the rope holding the plank, leaving you to be torn apart by the beasts as [[EveryoneHasStandards the audience watches in horror]]

* While providing a lot of comic relief with his [[BookDumb lack of book smarts]] and [[PaperThinDisguise paper thin disguises]], Count Olaf is also [[BewareTheSillyOnes a very legitimate]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain danger to the Baudelaires]]. Special mentions go to picking up baby Sunny (who is clearly scared and frightened) and almost dropping her to [[BlatantLies accidentally]] cut off Sunny's toe, and [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace squeezing Violet's shoulder]] while talking about how he can touch anything he wants. Plus, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris' performance is creepy as all hell when it's not [[ChewingTheScenery hilariously hammy]].

Lemony Snicket warned you to look away from the ''Series of Unfortunate Events''.

--->--'''Count Olaf'''

-->''Does this seem like a nightmare? Because that's the vibe I was going for.''

Lemony Snicket warned you to look away.

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** Forget ''use'' it; it's heavily implied that VFD '''created''' the Medusoid Mycelium as a bio-weapon to be used against their enemies. [[FridgeHorror Which would mean that the horrific fate Sunny almost met was the]] ''[[FridgeHorror intended purpose of the fungus]]''. And since [[spoiler: the Sugar Bowl contains the cure to the fungus, and the theft of the Sugar Bowl kicked off the Schism,]] they must have already been working on it before the Schism had even started!

* The Medusoid Mycellium being released upon the island, infecting all of its inhabitants. Even worse is how Ishmael gets everyone on a boat to try to get to safety. Especially considering how remote the island might be, it's unlikely that they would get to safety within the hour they have. [[spoiler:Although it's suggested that the Incredibly Deadly Viper may have saved them too.]]

* The Man With Beard but No Hair and The Woman With Hair but No Beard, full stop. Villains so [[TheDreaded dreadful]] that [[HorrifyingTheHorror even Olaf is afraid of them]], and in the first two episodes they appear in, they show us exactly why. Unlike Olaf or Esmé, [[KnightOfCerebus there is nothing comical about them to balance out their villainy]], leaving us with the two most evil characters in the entire show.

* Esme Squalor ups the ante even further. If you ran into Olaf, you could probably get away by being clever enough to get past his overcomplicated schemes, but Esme would have no qualms about just beating you to a pulp or flat-out killing you. Especially nasty is her stalking them through the records room at Heimlich Hospital, with literal stiletto heels that Violet just barely avoids.

* The entirety of Hostile Hospital seems almost out of place with how much NightmareFuel is present. MedicalHorror, AbandonedHospital vibes, Violet getting StrappedToAnOperatingTable and almost undergoing a MeatgrinderSurgery. Aside from all that, the overall tone of the episodes and the legitimate threat that Count Olaf and Esme have become make these two episodes the darkest in the series.

** The scene where Esme is chasing the Baudelaires through the Library of Records. The children are all alone in a dark room with a woman who, unlike Olaf, doesn't care about keeping them alive. The whole scene also shows just how unhinged Esme is as a person.

* Olivia's death in the lion pit is as disturbing as it is [[TearJerker heartbreaking]]. Everyone in the room, from the gore-hungry crowd to [[EvenEvilHasStandards the theater troupe]] to even Olaf himself, looks either disgusted, shocked, horrified, or a combination of the three (the only person who doesn't react negatively is Esme; instead, ''she cracks a satisfied smile''). We don't actually see the mauling onscreen, [[GoryDiscretionShot but that manages to make her grisly fate even more unsettling]].

* The Man With Beard but No Hair and The Woman With Hair but No Beard, full stop. Villains so [[TheDreaded dreadful]] that [[HorrifyingTheHorror even Olaf is afraid of them]], and in the first two episodes they appear in, they show us exactly why. Unlike Olaf or Esme, [[KnightOfCerebus there is nothing comical about them to balance out their villainy]], leaving us with the two most evil characters in the entire show.

* The fate of the Snow Scouts as well, courtesy of the above. A whole camp of children carried off screaming by eagles, with all of them heavily implying to be orphaned afterwards. AdultFear doesn't even begin to describe that.

*** "...And when I have it, I will tear you and your siblings from ''limb...'' to '''limb.'''" What reads like "make a joke" becomes uniquely frightening coming from a villain who doesn't always know what he's doing -- but ''he'll '''certainly''' try.''

** Forget ''use'' it; it's heavily implied that VFD '''created''' the Medusoid Mycelium as a bio-weapon to be used against their enemies. [[FridgeHorror Which would mean that the horrific fate Sunny almost met was the]] ''[[FridgeHorror intended purpose of the fungus]]''. And since [[spoiler: the sugar bowl contains the cure to the fungus, and the theft of the sugar bowl kicked off the Schism,]] they must have already been working on it before the Schism had even started!

* The Medusoid Mycellium being released upon the island, infecting all of its inhabitants. Even worse is how Ishmael gets everyone on a boat to try to get to safety. Especially considering how remote the island might be, it's unlikely that they would get to safety within the hour they have.

* While providing a lot of comic relief with his [[BookDumb lack of book smarts]] and [[PaperThinDisguise paper thin disguises]], Count Olaf is also a very legitimate danger to the Baudelaires. Special mentions go to picking up baby Sunny (who is clearly scared and frightened) and almost dropping her to [[BlatantLies accidentally]] cut off Sunny's toe, and [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace squeezing Violet's shoulder]] while talking about how he can touch anything he wants. Plus, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris' performance is creepy as all hell when it's not hilariously hammy.

* The Man With Beard but No Hair and The Woman With Hair but No Beard, full stop. Villains so dreadful that even Olaf is afraid of them, and in the first two episodes they appear in, they show us exactly why. Unlike Olaf or Esme, there is nothing comical about them to balance out their villainy, leaving us with the two most evil characters in the entire show.

** In "The Vile Village" he accuses the orphans of murder, and intends to burn them in a stake for a crime they didn't commit.

** Olivia's death in the lion pit is as disturbing as it is [[TearJerker heartbreaking]]. Everyone in the room, from the gore-hungry crowd to [[EvenEvilHasStandards the theater troupe]] to even Olaf himself, looks either disgusted, shocked, horrified, or a combination of the three (the only person who doesn't react negatively is Esme; instead, ''she cracks a satisfied smile''). We don't actually see the mauling onscreen, [[GoryDiscretionShot but that manages to make her grisly fate even more unsettling]].