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36 Movies and TV Shows We Didn’t Realize Were Pretty Dark

August 24, 2023

It’s a moment we’ve all had, some more pleasantly surprising than others: You're watching an old favorite when you're struck as if by lightning. Wait, is this movie actually dark as hell? Sometimes it’s a simple scene, placed intentionally into a work to make you feel a certain way. But other times, it’s an unexpected little incongruity that sends your mind spiraling, trying to connect the pieces, and maybe not liking the results. Results like…

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Chicken Run

CHICKEN RUN There's a lot of fun stuff in this movie but there's also the horrible, protracted death of a chicken named Edwina. CRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Seinfeld

CRACKED.COM Seinfeld Although it was just a dream, the scene in The Baby Shower where Jerry is shot to death is horrific for a sitcom. — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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The Princess Bride

THE In PRINCESS BRIDE Wesley and Buttercup are so sweet together. Except for the scene where he almost smacks her across the face and tells her that next time, he won't stop himself from knocking her senseless. CRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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King of the Hill

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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Toy Story 2

TOY STORY 2 Woody's nightmare scene scared me so much that I refused to watch the rest of the movie. I only watched the whole thing after being assured that there were no other nightmare scenes. CRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Trainspotting

Anything crawling on a ceiling with its head on backwards would be extremely creepy... ...but the zombie-looking baby on the ceiling in TRAINSPOTTING was just too much for me to handle because it was a freakin' baby! CRACKED COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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The Butterfly Effect

BUTTERFLYEFFECT THE I was expecting a trippy sci-fi movie, but it turned out to be the stuff of nightmares. I'll never get over one of Tommy's revenge attempts against Evan: he catches his dog, just to burn it to death with gasoline inside a bag. I still remember the dog's shriek. CRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Pinocchio

CRACKED COM Pinocchio That scene where Lampwick transforms into a donkey traumatized me so much I didnt see the rest of the movie until years later I still shudder when I think about it. When he screams 'mama'... The whole thing is like something from a nightmare.... — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Pokemon

PoKéMoN When Jessie was little, her mother disappeared and she was put into a foster home. Jessie was sometimes forced to eat snow because the foster home was lacking in money and food. CRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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The Blues Brothers

CRACKED.COM According to an official book... Jake Blues was Elwood Blues the son of a was abandoned woman in prison at a newspaper for murdering stand. her husband. — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Babar

BABAR As a child, the Elephant King witnesses his mother get shot to death by a hunter. GRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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The Goonies

CRACKED.COM THE GOONieS The Fratellis want to force a confession out of Chunk... ...so they try to stick the boy's hand into a blender. — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Trading Places

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The Rugrats Movie

In for Anyone أبيب ever بارب dupets In The Rugrats Movie, an exciting adventure brings Tommy Pickles and his new baby Rua M brother Dil closer - - - - - - Vita - together. Of course, before they make that bond, Tommy completely loses his sh!t. Не gets so fed up with Dil that he looks like he wants to smash him with a jar of baby food. (Luckily, he was only going to drench him in bananas so wild monkeys would drag him away.) CRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Full House

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Vacation

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S Clark Griswold VACATION dragging a dog to his CRACKED.COM death... is fully played for laughs in the '80s' John Hughes classic. Clark can barely contain his joy in front of the highway patrolman informing him. — Source: 30 'Family' Movies With Horrifying Implications

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The Magic School Bus

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

After The Nightmare Before Christmas, it is unlikely that it will be easily forgotten that Jack tried to take over another town's holiday... Since he 's shown that it's possible, some worlds might even launch preemptive attacks to avoid it happening again. An Easter/Christmas war might be coming next. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 'Family' Movies With Horrifying Implications

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Dragon Ball Z

Animal people disappeared from the show during the time between Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z DRAGON BALL NOTICE DRAGONBALLZ Which implies that, at some point, a furry genocide occurred. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 'Family' Movies With Horrifying Implications

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Return of the Jedi

In Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, the Ewoks show an appetite for human meat. Then, in the ending, they play with empty Stormtrooper helmets. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 'Family' Movies With Horrifying Implications

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Snow White

CRACKED.COM WALT Disney Snow White AND THE SEVEN OWARFS In this movie, the dwarves can't bring themeselves to bury Snow White, so they put her in a glass coffin in the middle of the woods... SO THEY CAN WATCH HER BODY DECAY? Also, the prince literally didn't hesitate to kiss her presumably dead body. Gross. — Source: 30 'Family' Movies With Horrifying Implications

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E.T

E.T. It was discovered that THE EXTRA- TERRESTRIAL Elliot and Е.Т. were ELLIOTT linked with CRACKED.COM complete coherence and synchronization C.T. of brainwave activity. for a period of time. So, even though Е.Т. escaped... Elliot will likely be spending much of his life HAVING HIS BRAIN EXAMINED BY GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS. — Source: 30 'Family' Movies With Horrifying Implications

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Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins is set in 1910, so what major events await the kids in the near future? Heck, little Michael Banks will probably be drafted in WWII. CRACKED.COM — Source: 30 'Family' Movies With Horrifying Implications

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Dragon Ball Z

CRACKED.COM Goku When Goku was a little boy, he accidentally killed his adoptive grandfather Gohan, leaving him to take care of himself. — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Spongebob Squarepants

CRACKED.COM In One Coarse Meal, Plankton blows up the Krusty Krab on a quest to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. When Pearl arrives, Plankton panics and flees back to the Chum Bucket. Realizing that Plankton has a severe fear of whales, Mr. Krabs disguises himself as Pearl and torments Plankton for 2 straight weeks. Plankton has recurring nightmares and ultimately attempts suicide by waiting for a bus to run him over until SpongeBob talks him out of it. — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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My Little Pony

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Guardians of the Galaxy

Rocket Raccoon's comment about unethical experiments on animals makes more sense if you read the comics. Guardians of the Galaxy His ancestors were basically lab rats. The robots that were entrusted with helping the patients at the Keystone Quandrant Asylum began to tinker with genetics, giving animals human intellegence and prosthetics to mimic human movement. CRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I couldn't rewatch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The nightclub carnage in the two-part pilot reminded me too much of the mass shootings in Paris and Orlando. CRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Wreck It Ralph

IN WRECK IT RALPH, CHARACTERS ARE LEFT HOMELESS AND HUNGRY DOEGLE the THERE R 13A125V WHITE 15A125V WHITE Will npc in fps 4 food! GAME UNPLUGGED. PLEASE HELP! AFTER THEIR GAMES ARE UNPLUGGED AND REMOVED FROM THE ARCADE CRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Django Unchained

At the end of Django Unchained, Django murders everyone in Candieland and blows up the place. Now he's a free man... in a country that is still racist, in which its citizens are going to try to avenge the important people who died by Django's hands. CRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Frozen

In Frozen, 13 years pass between the time we're introduced to Kristoff and Sven and the film's main events. The average life expectancy of a male reindeer? Around 12 to 15 years. Tick tock, tick tock. GRACKED.COM — Source: Out Of Nowhere Dark Moments In Movies & Shows

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Moana

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The Wizard of Oz

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Tangled

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The Croods

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