I do remember that scene in "Genesis" when Barclay suddenly appeared as this human-spider abomination.
Scariest, Spookiest Scenes in Trek
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I do remember that scene in "Genesis" when Barclay suddenly appeared as this human-spider abomination.
I grew up with the gruesome "Alien" Sigourney movies, so the "splatter" scene at the end of "Conspiracy" didn't bother me in the slightest. But it was grosser than you'd expect in Trek.
Agreed, because what I found twisted and horrifying was that dying woman at Memory Alpha, making strange, inhuman noises while her face was changing bright, fluorescent colors. And then that gaping-mouthed, wide-eyed expression of horror on her face when she died certainly was a bit macabre to watch.
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I found that more awesome than scary
Worf in the jeffries tube in Genesis
That hologram janitor that killed all of the "organics" on board because organics are disgusting.
That's all I can think of. In the episode where Riker goes crazy, the image of that alien looking through the window scared me when I was little, as did the episode where no one can sleep.
That hologram janitor that killed all of the "organics" on board because organics are disgusting.
That's all I can think of. In the episode where Riker goes crazy, the image of that alien looking through the window scared me when I was little, as did the episode where no one can sleep.
My mind instantly went to Schisms as well. The thing that really made feel uneasy was the scene in the holodeck. It started out mundane enough, the computer making oak tables etc, and gradually things started appearing sharper and metallic and surgical. Then those sounds at the end...
"I've been in this room before."
"We all have"
[shudders]
And this is in Star Trek's only G-Rated movie, folks.
Such an interesting dichotomy. The birth of the modern-day thriller, centering around a deranged serial killer and loosely based on real life events, and then he goes on to write TOS's fun Halloween episode, with witches and castles in Outer Space. You would never guess they were both by the same guy.
Hologram janitor? Somebody please refresh my memory.
At any rate, "The Man Trap," although "spooky" is hardly the right word for it, is still, for me, the most nightmare-inducing episode ever. Not to mention being almost as full of weak concepts and junk science as it is of amusing throwaway scenes.
And yet, I wrote a fanfic sequel ("Interview with Dr. Ambrose Crater, or 'The Salt Vampire Ate my Parents' "). Just as I wrote a Borg origin fanfic ("The Gray People"), despite the fact that I find the Borg to be rather disgusting. Go figure.
"MACROCOSM"... there is a shot with Neelix and color is reflected on his face, coupled with his eyes looking upward. That shot was creepy.
Yes, Leland Orser was great in that episode.
The Haunting of Deck Twelve...when the alien starts talking with the ship's voice and commands. Also, when the hallway is just being lit by a flashlight, and the automatic door keeps opening and closing by itself...
"Night Terrors" comes to mind. I agree "Schisms" also has it's creepy points. And the Barclay-spider in "Generations". "Conspiracy" is a good one--I think it's the first time I saw any real 'slasher film' type of gore in Star Trek. I remember when I first saw it I was like OMG. I'm a big horror movie fan so it didn't freak me out--it was just unusual at the time for a Star Trek show.
Enteprise "Impulse" comes to mind. It's obviously very reminiscent of a zombie movie, but the Vulcans were particularly creepy. Esp. when the two Vulcans at the beginning are just staring at Archer's team for a moment before closing the door. That was a spine chilling look. And some of the camera work at the beginning segment when T'Pol is screaming and it seems her mouth grows 3 times its normal size.
"Empok Nor" from DS9 has a haunted house feel to it. The dark lighting on the station helps the feeling.
In the film "First Contact" I thought they managed to make the Borg look extra creepy. Whenever they looked at one of the crew it was a bit spine tingling.
Voyager's "Macrocosm" freaked me out a bit. I'm not a bug person and the little viruses that looked like gnats coming out of the 'zits' on the crews faces was a bit freaky (more so then the larger versions IMO). "Revulsion" had it's moments too.
And there are a few jumps as well. In the 2nd episode of Enterprise when Hoshi gets scared by the dead aliens evoked a quick jump. And in TWOK when McCoy bumps into the dead crewman hanging upside down--partly due to the music in that scene--definitely meant to make you jump.
Enteprise "Impulse" comes to mind. It's obviously very reminiscent of a zombie movie, but the Vulcans were particularly creepy. Esp. when the two Vulcans at the beginning are just staring at Archer's team for a moment before closing the door. That was a spine chilling look. And some of the camera work at the beginning segment when T'Pol is screaming and it seems her mouth grows 3 times its normal size.
"Empok Nor" from DS9 has a haunted house feel to it. The dark lighting on the station helps the feeling.
In the film "First Contact" I thought they managed to make the Borg look extra creepy. Whenever they looked at one of the crew it was a bit spine tingling.
Voyager's "Macrocosm" freaked me out a bit. I'm not a bug person and the little viruses that looked like gnats coming out of the 'zits' on the crews faces was a bit freaky (more so then the larger versions IMO). "Revulsion" had it's moments too.
And there are a few jumps as well. In the 2nd episode of Enterprise when Hoshi gets scared by the dead aliens evoked a quick jump. And in TWOK when McCoy bumps into the dead crewman hanging upside down--partly due to the music in that scene--definitely meant to make you jump.
Writers can be hard to pigeonhole. Richard Matheson ("The Enemy Within") wrote dark, horrific stuff like I AM LEGEND and HELL HOUSE and DUEL, and is pretty much the grandfather of the entire zombie-apocalypse genre (by way of George Romero), but he also wrote sentimental fantasies like SOMEWHERE IN TIME and WHAT DREAMS MAY COME and resisted being pegged as a horror writer.
And Theodore Sturgeon wrote "Shore Leave," a light-hearted romp, but also wrote some extremely dark books and short stories, including SOME OF YOUR BLOOD, a classic 1950s novel about a troubled individual with a fetish for drinking menstrual blood.
True story: I did a "Horror in Science Fiction" panel with Sturgeon back in the day. He expressed confusion as to why he was even on the panel. "I've never written horror."
I respectfully challenged him on this: "Um, Bianca's Hands, It, Some of Your Blood . . . ?"
At which point he conceded that maybe he had written some material that might be described as horrific . . . . ..
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The transporter accident in ST: TMP was the most disturbing, the Ceti-Eels in ST II: TWOK were the creepiest.
TOS : Arena. There were some close calls with the Gorn that still generate suspense.
TNG's Identity Crisis was scary because Geordi's humanity hung by a thread when he turned into a glow in the dark lizard. The metamorphosis came so quickly upon him.
TOS : Arena. There were some close calls with the Gorn that still generate suspense.
TNG's Identity Crisis was scary because Geordi's humanity hung by a thread when he turned into a glow in the dark lizard. The metamorphosis came so quickly upon him.
The 2 diseased children in "Miri" and the disease itself growing on the crew were a little frightful to me. Somehow it never looks so bad on Yeoman Rand's legs though, but that may be a personal bias.
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"Miri" is not a great episode, but the basic premise would make a great zombie movie. A post-apocalyptic world where everyone turns into a crazed zombie at puberty, so that only children survive . . . until they grow up.