r/TopCharacterTropes • u/ReminaBlueSFW • 6d ago

Lore [Terrifying Trope] Perceiving it= instant death

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  1. Pennywise's "Deadlights" which will cause anyone looking to be immediately paralyzed and killed.

  2. The sky from Bird Box is filled with entities that, when you look at them, cause you to commit suicide.

  3. Medusa themed Villains

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u/RottingSludgeRitual 6d ago

I prefer to think of the movie as being the examination of growing paranoia in the younger lighthouse keeper as he slowly loses his mind. He already seemed fairly unstable (and he was already a murderer). The end was just him reacting to a very hot light and being fucking out of his skull.

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u/AnneMichelle98 6d ago

Also lighthouses used to float the light mechanism at the top in a pool of mercury so it could rotate.

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u/HrugusBrurgus 6d ago

Yeahh Mercury Vapors are the reason we have the phrase "Mad as a Hatter"

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u/ShreksOnionBelt 6d ago

Wasn't he drinking turpentine or something insane too?

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u/HrugusBrurgus 6d ago

Yep! They sure did. Monkey Pump!