The Shadow (film)/Nightmare Fuel

As per any adaptation of the Shadow, the movie has it's fair share of frighting scenes.

Any time Lamont Cranston's life as Ying Ko, is much scarier than his role as the Shadow.
- While not quite related, there is a moment of weakness when Lamont has his first nightmare. He finds himself in his bathroom scratching his face. Only to find his hand digging under his skin. Which in turn tears off more skin, until he reveals himself to be Shiwan Khan underneath. Prompting Margo to scream in terror, before Lamont wakes up. Shiwan's attempts to corrupt him seemed of have gotten to him psychologically.
- His second nightmare is no slouch either. Margo sees that he's sleeping with his eyes open with a look of terror on his face. She reads his mind and meets him in a mental version of Ying Ko's fortress as Ying Ko. The apparition of him telling her she's not supposed to be here as the flames of his fire place surround her. She looks into them which shows her the memory of his previous life as Ying ko. Screaming in glee with blood on his face as he and his men raid a village. With Ying Ko personally slaughtering every man, woman and child and soaking his face in more of their blood.
- In the beginning of the movie, Ying Ko has already conquered a large part of Tibet to establish his Opium fields. Li Peng, a rival dealer is brought in to answer for three men he and his brothers murdered that worked for Ying Ko. Although he talks big and boast that he'll kill more, before even saying that his brothers will come for Ying Ko, should he himself die; Ying Ko is not swayed and even boasts that if they do, he'll bury them beside Li Peng. In a last desperate move to escape, Li Peng holds Wu, Ying Ko's advisor hostage. Stating that his marksman are not good enough to shoot around him. Ying Ko agrees, gives Wu surprisingly kind last words. Then gives out an order that would make Genghis Khan proud. Prompting his men to gun down Li Peng and killing poor Wu in the process.

Ying Ko: Shoot through him.

When captured by the Tulku, Ying Ko's first move is to try to jump him. Only for the Tulku to turn intangible and fly to another direction of the Temple. The tulku doesn't relent his speech to him either only stopping, when Ying Ko tries to use the Phurba on him. The Phurba comes to life and slips out of his hand. Ying Ko is shocked at seeing this knife have a mind of it's own, but said shock is halted, when the knife flies out and stabs him in the leg. Making him scream. Although me manages to get the knife out, the face on the handle comes to life and bites his hand with razor sharp teeth, drawing blood. When Ying Ko let's it go, it seems to gleefully want to finish the job only to be called off (Twice) by the Tulku. Ying Ko, wounded and exhausted only has one question to ask.

Ying Ko: Am I in Hell?
Tulku: Not yet.

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