The most scariest case of this would have to be the one from the band's Woodstock 94 performance (at 4:33), where it sounds like Trent is genuinely miserably screaming. Sometimes when performing "Reptile" live, Trent will in the middle add "Please, don't hurt me", which is followed by a horrific crying scream."Eraser" already starts uneasy with distorted guitars and pounding drums, but gets pretty terrifying at the end as Trent screams " KILL ME" (and possibly " HELP ME") over and over until his voice dissolves into the surrounding noise."A Warm Place", despite its ambient sound and its place as a brief moment of clarity in the album and its narrative, nevertheless feels eerie considering what follows it.
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The intense speed of the song, a highly distorted (and almost unrecognizable) scream of pleasure taken directly from a porn movie and the fierce distortion in the music and vocals building throughout, combined with the lyrics, make this deeply unsettling, particularly when followed immediately by "A Warm Place". Either way, this is the point where the already dark and nihilistic album takes a turn into the supremely fucked up. Special mention must go to "Big Man with a Gun", which could be perceived as either a rape scenario, the protagonist going on a major power-trip, or him going on a violent and murderous rampage (according to the repeated lyrics " SHOOT!").Even creepier is that during the "softer" part of the song, if you were to reverse the acoustic guitar sections, you would be treated to the cries of Harry Angel from Angel Heart screaming in terror "I know who I am", which can also tie in very creepily to the album's storyline as the 'machine' takes over the protagonist. "The Becoming" has Background Music that consists of people screaming in fear while the song twitches and jerks like a malfunctioning robot hellbent on murder.If the lyrics don't scare you, the instrumental surely will.The lyrics alone can make one feel very uncomfortable. "Closer," one of the most aggressive takes on the Intercourse with You trope in music history.Self Destruct", possibly one of the most harrowing "I Am" Songs ever recorded. What would you expect from a Concept Album about a character's self-destruction? Even the Mood Whiplash of "A Warm Place" manages to count, in a Nothing Is Scarier sorta way (it's the soundtrack to the point in the album's plot where the protagonist realizes how hopelessly fucked up he is, after all). Pretty much the entirety of The Downward Spiral is Nightmare Fuel, from the opening THX 1138 samples to the noisy, droning Last Note Nightmare at the end of "Hurt" (which brings to mind flatlining ECG).
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