I also found the Borg very scary in the Enterprise episode "Regeneration".
When did Star Trek scare you?
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For me it was the only time they've been scary since "Dark Frontier(VOY)." "Regeneration" is the best Borg story since about 1998 and arguably 1996 and FC.
I never found the Klingons so scary because I liked them.
I loved the whole atmosphere of the Klingon sequence in TMP. The classic music, the general quiet pervading the bridge, the businesslike approach to their attack, their appearance and the appearance of both the inside and outside of the cruisers.
I want to say it's a pity that the rest of the film couldn't maintain that tone, but I don't know how it could have maintained that tone either.
I want to say it's a pity that the rest of the film couldn't maintain that tone, but I don't know how it could have maintained that tone either.
When did Star Trek scare you?
No scenes on screen ever scared me, but when NBC executives decided to cancel Star Trek during the second season, I thought Star Trek was done for. Then the fans had it renewed for a third season after a massive letter writing campaign.
The network then killed Star Trek by putting the show on Friday and cutting the budget. I thought for the second time that was it, no more new Star Trek voyages for the USS Enterprise, and goodbye to the United Federation of Planets.
But it just won't stay dead. Five years later an animated series and the original series gaining in popularity in syndication all over the world, then movies with the original series characters. Next came syndicated series and movies with those characters also with a world wide appeal. Then there was a Kelvin timeline. Now we have streaming based series.
No scenes on screen ever scared me, but when NBC executives decided to cancel Star Trek during the second season, I thought Star Trek was done for. Then the fans had it renewed for a third season after a massive letter writing campaign.
The network then killed Star Trek by putting the show on Friday and cutting the budget. I thought for the second time that was it, no more new Star Trek voyages for the USS Enterprise, and goodbye to the United Federation of Planets.
But it just won't stay dead. Five years later an animated series and the original series gaining in popularity in syndication all over the world, then movies with the original series characters. Next came syndicated series and movies with those characters also with a world wide appeal. Then there was a Kelvin timeline. Now we have streaming based series.
The last scene in Voyarger's, "The Thaw":
Fear whimpers: I'm afraid.
Janeway: I knooooooow.
So cruel.
It is without a doubt one of Voyager's finest, and I do not enjoy rewatching it. There are so many deep feeling creepy moments in that episode. Everything feels so incredibly unsettling.
It's not 'I watched this as a 5 year old and it was scary.'
It's 'I watched it as an adult and it was scary.'
I could never be scared by Michael McKean, I don't care how much clown makeup he could apply. I will always think of him as Davit Saint Hubbins from the mocumentary: This Is Spinal Tap. If I was able to watch Laverne and Shirley, I'm sure his character Lenny would only make him seem even less scary.
Now that The Fly has been mentioned, I feel I'd be negligent if I didn't mention the TNG version of BrundleFly. Even though it probably already has been mentioned before.
(The fact that you only get to see it for a split second too makes it scarier, in my opinion.)
Gotta love Spider-Barclay. The man terrified of everything transforms into the thing that terrifies everyone else.
The Visitor is haunting in a different way
To me, it's similar to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "The Body."
In both series, there are all of these fantastical elements but in the end some of the scariest things are the ones that we know all too well and that we will all face at some point (like the death of a parent or loved one), and it's even more horrific than any demon or alien that they could ever imagine.
What has always struck me about DS9's "The Visitor" is how well they capture the helpless feeling of being a family member watching someone they love go through something where you have little to no control over it. Jake's journey is a special kind of torture, because he has to watch his father fade away, does everything he can think of to try to help his dad, but for most of his life he just has to endure knowing that his dad is lost and he can't help it.
That is basically a science-fiction allegory for a lot of people that have to watch their parents die of cancer or dementia, doing everything they can to help, but in the end it's not enough.
I remember sobbing when I watched the episode when it first aired. It was the one right after "The Way of the Warrior," and I was like why are we doing a story like this when I want to know more about the Dominion and the Klingons. But when Sisko reads the dedication of Jake's book:
SISKO: "To my father, who's coming home."
I just remember breaking down in to tears.
What was freaky about The Fly was the grotesqueness of the BrundleFly.
The graveyard scene in "Sub Rosa" was the only time that I got spooked watching Star Trek.
It was just that one moment when Crusher's grandmother's corpse suddenly sprung to life. Didn't expect that. Those were some scary green eyes. Eek!
Since I'm talking about "Sub Rosa", I'm going to put in my two cents about Crusher's infamous intimate ghostly encounter. As cringey as it may have been, it still managed to be mildly erotic. Just don't tell Wesley about it.
Overall, "Sub Rosa" did a decent job of creating a gothic horror vibe. It wasn't a horrible attempt at horror for Star Trek, imo.
Ah, yes, Frame of Mind. I was just about to bring this episode up.
Here's a scary thought: Janeway-Paris salamander babies grow up into giant salamanders and start their own civilization. 
Janeway is a mom now. How will Paris explain to Miral her 3 siblings? 
Janeway is a mom now. How will Paris explain to Miral her 3 siblings? 
The Gorn chasing Kirk around the asteroid in slow motion. I was 3 years old and didn't really understand what was going on. I thought the Metron was an angel that took the Gorn to heaven. (We were Catholic.) 
But that slow motion chase still kinda gets to me today, with no seeming way of escape and a relentless foe just a few steps behind you. Whenever I have a nightmare, that's usually the basic plot.
But that slow motion chase still kinda gets to me today, with no seeming way of escape and a relentless foe just a few steps behind you. Whenever I have a nightmare, that's usually the basic plot.
I saw this maybe once or twice as a kid? I'd already seen hard-R 80's/90's movies by then, so this paled in comparison. That said, there's lots of ST episodes I feel this way about that younger people would have the same response. hah I'm glad you liked it. Is this S1, S2, or S3?The Gorn chasing Kirk around the asteroid in slow motion. I was 3 years old and didn't really understand what was going on. I thought the Metron was an angel that took the Gorn to heaven. (We were Catholic.)
It was the middle of the first season.
I am watching S1 on Blu-ray, first time I am seeing S1 in a very long time. Thank you for this.
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