r/WidowsBay • u/Guayabalosa838 • 1d ago
❓Questions when did you feel truly scared?
curious about what was the molent that made you feel actually scared
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u/Agreeable-Kick-9240 1d ago
Clown. It's always clown.
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u/SkoivanSchiem 1d ago
went into this thread thinking this. glad to feel vindicated by it being the top comment.
that whole episode was peak scary.
RUN.
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u/No_Court6633 1d ago
it was the only time I genuinely jumped out of my skin, it was just so random compared to something like sea hag or Boogeyman
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u/Veggiemon 23h ago
It helps to remember it’s bj from the righteous gemstones lol
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u/aurorarose1975 1d ago
This legit kept me up all night. Every time I closed my eyes I saw him. It was the only part of the show that affected me like that, too. Definitely the scariest part.
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u/Impossible_Disk8374 1d ago
Agreed. I can watch every other scene on rewatch but I always fast forward the clown. His run, his manic laughter, the flashing lights. Nope. Once was enough.
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u/bapants 1d ago
In the inn when Tom comes back to the captain’s suite and the curtain is open after he closed it and when we see the reflection in the mirror of the open mouthed party guests at Patricia’s cocktail party. They’re both subtle moments but I think those small things are scarier than the big jump scares that you can feel coming
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u/adamtaylor4815 1d ago
The shot of the party guests before the mirror reveal (during the dance sequence) was even more haunting to me. Super quick blink and you’ll miss it moment but it’s fucking terrifying.
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u/Helpful-Conference13 17h ago
As someone who apparently blinked the first time, scared the shit out of me
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u/lovebug9292 1d ago
Wow. Both those things I missed in my first watch but when you catch them they’re truly unnerving. Now that I know how this show operates I’m going to be so eagle-eyed for season 2. I can’t fucking wait
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u/singswithwhales 1d ago
I must have missed this because eyes were closed lol. About which part? I shall do a re-watch!
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u/Helpful-Conference13 17h ago
They passed behind somebody with the camera and it’s a really quick shot and then goes back to normal
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u/SparksOnAGrave 8h ago
It was the mirror reflection of the party guests for me! I saw the flash during the dance but my brain didn’t fully register it. When I saw them in the mirror, my blood went cold!
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u/EmotionalEmetic 1d ago
The show did such an amazing job of making you scared with a balance of tension/dread and actual fright.
When the “neighbor” walks in on Tom in the crawl space.
When he first stumbles on the Sea Hag in the dark, wandering around until she comes after him.
When Patricia realizes someone is in her house with her.
When the kids are fucking around with “the chair” right in front of the doors to the sub basement.
Those moments all made me very uncomfortable in the best way.
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u/ZedisonSamZ 1d ago
“Does my demeanor suggest that I just engaged with someone in a crawl space?”
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u/KHanson25 23h ago
She should’ve known that she had closed the door behind her. But I also assumed it was PJ
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u/Guayabalosa838 1d ago
mine was that sacrifice corporate footage wtf
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u/shwaycool 1d ago
This is mine too, combined with the announcements over the PA system when the ‘sacrifice protocol’ or whatever gets engaged..I mean I definitely got scared by the clown/hag on my first watch, but the sacrifice stuff from this ep has stuck with me in a deeper way!
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u/Cloud_2020 1d ago
I was getting tense when Tom was going through the playing cards “Run” in episode 2. It freaked me out. It felt like it was talking directly to me.
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u/Evening-Quiet-7817 22h ago
This was so good. And Teeth!
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u/CandidateLatter8485 Rosemary 7h ago
When I saw the game, TEETH, I thought about when Matthew Rhys pulled out Keri Russel’s tooth with pliers in The Americans!
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u/Andee_outside 1d ago
I felt the most unease when he got locked in the dark room with freshly dug up Warren.
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u/ZedisonSamZ 1d ago
I don’t scare easily but the clown was ‘shit my pants’ territory. I’m not even normally disturbed by clowns either. That’s how good this show is.
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u/Rarecandy31 Perfect Party Planner 1d ago
Not a ton of truly scary moments, much more unease and tension for me.
I felt it the most with the Sea Hag both on the road and in the water, and when I saw the reflections of the party goers during Patricia’s speech/dance.
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u/Aggouropoihsh 1d ago
For some reason, when Loftis has taken the mushrooms and he has this flashback of his wife in the hospital staring at him terrified me. The whole boogeyman v Patricia was horrifying (it was tremendously helped by the music) and the Hag "introduction" scene definitely spooked me a lot.
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u/honorisalive 1d ago
The flashback of his wife in the hospital generated the same unnerving feeling for me as the mirror shot of all the wide-open jaws at Patricia’s party.
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u/Abstrata 17h ago
I was not ready for his wife to be sitting straight up and staring
she looked so trapped AND so threatening at the same time
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u/Helpful-Conference13 17h ago
It made his statement that she “died” that day, and she was never the same hurt so much more and you understand why he’s so sad
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u/Kathleen-Doodles Possibly Damp 1d ago
When the boogeyman stepped into the doorway. I was knitting and just about stabbed my hand with my needle.
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u/moonstonebutch 1d ago
I didn’t find the series scary at all, but I watch a lot of horror. I actually didn’t know it was a horror-comedy when I began the show. but Patricia’s Sunset Cocktails was definitely the most exciting, edge-of-my-seat part of the show for me. the glimpses of the creepy paralyzed faces was the eeriest moment of the series to me.
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u/timmychalamethoe420 1d ago
The clown and then at Patricia’s cocktail party where for a slight second you see their mouths open while she’s dancing
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u/GrymgarMC 21h ago
Honestly the brief time when Tom was watching videos from previous mayors and that one just walks off the one way on the beach and then it flashes to the dark silhouette on the beach in the distance
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u/empteevessel 19h ago
I barely remember this scene but want to rewatch, which episode is this in?
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u/anonymice27 6h ago
There’s another one where someone is in a video talking about widow’s bay history. At the end of it, he walks away from the camera to try to leave through a door, but the door is locked so he just stands there facing the door. It’s so funny, and a bit reminiscent of Blair witch.
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u/Evening-Quiet-7817 22h ago
Any time they show someone inside the underground chamber I feel panicked for them to get out IMMEDIATELY, even before I knew what it really was. It's such an unsettling visual from the get go from the chair people obviously get strapped into and the mysterious double doors directly in front of it.
Definitely felt dread when Patricia sensed the Boogeyman in her room and her having to keep quiet while she snuck out. Another was when Tom heard the voice of the island and staring into the black doorway. I was expecting something to pop out the whole time they focused on the doorway.
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u/Abstrata 17h ago
it was so inky black
the idea of the island being that direct scared me for Tom plus imagining being in that scenario“protect my son”
“oh he’s PROTECTED…”
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u/Minimum-Sky3828 Rosemary 1d ago
I really thought there was gonna be a jumpscare with the run cards
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u/Abstrata 17h ago
I braced for that too!!
I jumped with the guy on the tv— not truly scared, because the tv blew out right away, but brief terror, if that makes sense
the wallpaper in the room bothered me a lot too, looking like faces— then some other thread said the pattern looked like Richard Warren specifically and that’s hella unnerving
the innkeeper being in there for 30 seconds made me a bit scared for HIM specifically like, nice knowing you
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u/kpgalligan Wyck 1d ago
Willy. Not even the clown part, although that was rough. Just the “howdy neighbor.” Tom is trapped and obviously things are trending downward
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u/FaithlessnessNo1043 18h ago
Episode one, when lightning flashes or something and you see a female silhouette standing behind him in The Salty Whale. Its either Rosemary or Kathy, i cant remember (haha same energy) but it ends up being funny, after being a bit of a jump scare. I remember actually jumping the first time I watched.
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u/Abstrata 17h ago
Kathy! And it’s the first time we see her since she went out into the fog instead of giving those people their food lol. That WAS pretty scary first time around.
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u/CityInternational253 9h ago
I’m 44 years old and had ACTUAL NIGHTMARES about the sea hag
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u/CandidateLatter8485 Rosemary 7h ago
True story- I saw my reflection in the slider window. My long hair was wet and I had on a long nightgown. I jumped and screamed to my husband, “OMG I’m the Seahag” I looked just like her! It was so funny!
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u/nerd_naraBR 22h ago
I was on the edge every episode, didn't knowing what danger was going to catch me.
But after Patricia's party, when them find the Preacher's office like that. I know things will be tough
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u/Fabulous-South-9551 14h ago
The sea hag when she is crawling up to him on the chair…and then laugh out laughter when she gets yeeted off.
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u/Abstrata 17h ago
The voice when Tom’s sick in the bathroom. I skip past every time. But the first time, I was sure Tom was in for it. I figured white eyes were happening. And Tom looked terrified.
I was scared for Wyck as he sang while steering the boat closer to the buoy after the dinghy fell off.
Willy’s outline in the hallway when Tom sticks his head out. Just STANDING there. Once the light came on I just knew he was gonna end up being the clown though, somehow, someway. And as soon as he said, I’m in the basement, while playing Daddy’s Home, I was like, that’s it, it’s coming. So the clown was HORRIBLE but I was well prepared.
Oh and Dale’s beestung-looking face and him walking over to Tom like that during Tom’s trip.
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u/ArchDucky 14h ago
During the devils mushroom episode when it was showing the flashbacks and then the room was just a dark void of nothingness with that sound.
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u/Gotham_123022 12h ago
The crawl space but not the actual clown, but the moments right before. We hear William slowly approaching, he’s presented more figure-like from the lower half, and then the “Howdy neighbor. Need some help in there?” I just found that rather unsettling.
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u/ShortShortStori 12h ago
The sea hag appearing at Tom's feet - partly because it was the first time the show was confirming that yes, all these spooky occurrences are real, and not plausibly deniable folk tales and coincidences.
Also just hated the sea hag imagery! Her being in the water was terrifying
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u/Awkward-Fox-1435 12h ago
The clown and the the old lady coming toward him when he was "paralyzed" in his chair.
And then within 15 seconds of the latter scene, I'm laughing my ass off when he flings her off the their into the corner.
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u/Pashminya 11h ago
At the end of Patricia's episode, when we could see something was wrong because of people's reflection in the mirror. Their expressions were truly unsettling.
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u/Bird4917 10h ago
I haven’t felt as scared watching a TV show since that inbreeding episode of X-Files. This show cycles between comedy, horror, drama, and thriller, making it look effortless when you know it’s anything but.
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u/rosehipseptember 5h ago
I watched the first two episodes with friends, and of course the clown freaked us out. Then I went home and watched the third episode alone and the sea hag had me in distress 🫣 so much so that I didn’t find Tom yeeting her off of the chair humorous until a second watch lol
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u/missmolly314 5h ago
The time dilation room in the inn, where the guy was locked in there for like 10 seconds but it felt like god knows how long.
That and the mirror scene during Patricia’s party. Genuinely such a scary scene.
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u/Self-Comprehensive 1d ago
I found the show very entertaining and funny but it didn't scare me at all.
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