The classicStar Trekfilm franchise might be a fun intergalactic adventure for the entire family , but the writers and directors in charge were n’t always so kind to their consultation . For all the wondrous fresh exotic domain and exciting space battles , Star Trekalso had its reasonable share of dark and scary momentsthat unnerved Trekkers .

Not everything was a victory in the Star Trek film , and sometimes tough things happened along the way . When things really went off the rails , it was enough to beset a brawny dose of fear in the audience .   There are scary moments of the classicStar Trekfilms scary enough to make one motion whether to boldly go where no one has gone before .

Vger’s First Appearance (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

Star Trek : The Motion Pictureset up its master antagonist just minutes into the movie by showcasing Vger , a larger - than - living entity with a cryptic stock that defied human beings ’s system of logic and reasoning attainment . It quickly made short piece of work of several Klingon watercraft before entering Federation outer space .

The results were ruinous . When theEnterprise crewfinally rolled up on Vger for the first prison term , it was a frightening sight . Nothing like it had ever been glimpsed before , and thanks to its aggressive first contact with humankind , that made it even more intimidating .

Troi’s Violation (Star Trek: Nemesis)

When the Enterprise was charge into Romulan space to broker a pacification deal between the Empire and the Federation , Captain Picard come nerve to face with his ultimate scourge – a clon of himself named Shinzon .

At first , Shinzon ’s finish come out noble , but his black nature began manifest itself with a psychical attack on Deanna Troi , aided by his top police lieutenant . The scene was a black one that began with Troi and Riker get love in their quarter before she was dishonor by a serial of violent images . The act was enough to excite Troi to her gist , and the audience along with it .

Khan’s Win (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

AfterKirk ’s first battle with Khanended in a draw , he steer the Enterprise to the research outpost   Regula I in an attempt to study more about the Genesis gadget that Khan was so keen on develop . Meanwhile , Chekov and Captain Terrell made their move and announce themselves as Khan ’s spy .

When Khan gave the club to shoot down Kirk , both men refuse the order . The parasitical creatures in their heads impose bother on them as they fought against their ascendance , forcing Terrell   to release his own phaser on himself and ardor . It was an especially moody and scarey moment for Trek fans .

The Borg & The Interplexing Beacon (Star Trek: First Contact)

A highlight ofStar Trek : First Contactinvolves a view with Picard , Data , Worf and Hawk attempting to turn back the Borg from plow the endeavour ’s master deflector dish into an interplexing beacon . This twist would have allowed them to connect with the Borg living in the twenty-first C and assimilate the Alpha Quadrant with ease .

The scene is nail - bite from start to finish as Borg drones take bill and seek to toss off the officer .

They manage to avoid the Borg for a time before Hawk loses track of his surroundings and fails to spot a Borg right next to him . His last chance off - blind which makes it even more frightening . His return as a half - assimilated Borg that attacksCaptain Picardis even worse .

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David’s Death (Star Trek III: The Search For Spock)

Star Trek III : The Search For Spockwas already a dark film , but the subject matter took a terrible tour in the latter half of the account . After David , Saavik   and Spock weretaken prisoner by Klingons , their Commander   Kruge regularise one of them to be executed as an example to Kirk .

Saavik   was chosen as the dupe , but before she could be kill , David attacked the Klingon to carry through her life history . He paid the ultimate price in grisly , horrendous fashion as the Klingon soldier overpowered him and viciously stab him to death .

The Alien Probe (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

In direct contrast to the bleak and unsettling tone of voice of its predecessor , Star Trek IVwas intended to be merry and fun . It did n’t start out that way , however . The curtain raising scene featured a inscrutable exotic investigation of ominous excogitation and origin that floated through the Sol system on a direct path for Earth . Starfleet vessels that came near it were subjugate to a systems closedown and left adrift in space .

The probe presently reached Earth and began tearing the major planet apart while it send out a shrieking communicating that regulate the Federation ’s best scientist . Though the investigation never mean any trauma , audiences were n’t cognizant of that until later on in the story . Until then , it was a frightening affair to behold the investigation inflict such monumental ravaging on Earth without any means of fighting back .

The Destruction Of Veridian III (Star Trek: Generations)

Mad scientist extraordinaire Soran was obsessed with finding a elbow room back into the Nexus , a celebrated pocket dimension whose indweller experience nothing but sheer , unabated joy for all timeless existence , without the constraints of time . Nothing stood in his path , even the death of meg of sinless people .

His plan involved alter the gravitational break of several star systems to coerce an energy ribbon directly into his own path on a remote satellite .

This imply blowing up the organisation ’s sunshine which have a withering shockwave . This ribbon act as the room access to the Nexus , and Soran volitionally embrace it while the shockwave tore through the system and destroyed the planet therein . hearing watched as everything , even the crashed Enterprise - D was obliterated in a individual moment of mass end .

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The Enterprise vs. The Borg (Star Trek: First Contact)

When the Enterprise wield to destruct an invading Borg Cube and its escape shuttle bind for twenty-first one C Earth , they believed the threat was over . However , they quick realize thatthe Borghad carry off to glow themselves on dining table and were now occupying the lower deck of cards of the ship .

The queasy work party descended into the decks with weapon in hand , ready for conflict against this terrifying force . The dimly lit corridors and ominous shadow created a scene pullulate with tenseness as audiences work along for the ride , direful of the big reveal .

Khan’s Ear Bugs (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

An inauspicious chance encounter with dastardly villain Khan put Chekov and Captain Terrell in hot water on Ceti Alpha V. Khan ’s hatred of Kirk had age like a fine vino at that point , and the arrival of Chekov ’s ship bespeak an chance for revenge .

To enact his scheme , he implant two parasitical life history form into the ear of Chekov and Terrell so that they could wrap themselves around the cerebral lens cortex and twist them into obedient hard worker . The entire process of nidation was so shuddery that it leave alone Trekkers writhe in their seats as screams of excruciation filled the dramatics .

Kirk vs. “God” (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)

Spock ’s half - brother Sybok moderate a campaign to hijack the Enterprise and head to a forbidden expanse of infinite to make contact with what he believed was the omnipotent creator himself . alas , all was not as it seemed , and the entity soon revealed itself as a malefic creature trapped on the planet for eons .

After Sybok sacrifice himself to perturb the entity , Kirk place it shoot down by the Enteprise from compass . It only angered the creature which lead off move up up in ira to pursue Kirk , Spock and McCoy with a key signature howl that send chills up the vertebral column ofStar Trekfans to this mean solar day .

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