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[[Hayao Miyazaki]] is one of the greatest [[Anime]] film directors of this generation. That being said it doesn't mean that his works won't frighten you.
* ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of
* ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]'':
** The possibility that Mei {{spoiler|might have drowned in the lake}}.
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** The opening sequence seems specifically designed to tap into the childhood fear of being left alone in a strange place. When the hero Chihiro's parents eat some cursed food that turns them into pigs, the sun goes down, and all kinds of creepy black blob monsters flood into the streets. Chihiro runs to the river, where more weird creatures disembark from a riverboat. Finally, she starts to fade into nothing.
** This movie is packed with nightmare fuel, from No Face's rampage to the creepy faceless people on the train ride.
** Then there's Yubaba, whose head is scary enough on its own...then you see how proportionately huge it is to her body. Apparently, Yubaba was based physically on the original (and most famous) illustrations to ''[[
** The corrupted No-Face rampaging around the bathhouse and, at various points, eating people, making death threats at the heroine, destroying everything in sight, and puking his guts out.
** The River Spirit in the bathhouse. Its face is like a zombie's.
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