10 Biggest WTF Moments In Recent Horror TV Shows

7. Dorothy's Episode - Servant

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In and of itself, Servant is one of those shows that constantly has viewers questioning what on earth they are playing witness to. That tends to happen when famously enigmatic master of deception M. Night Shyamalan is heavily involved in the production of anything.

The plot of Servant centers around the Turner family, a husband and wife in a crumbling marriage as the result of the accidental death of their infant child, Jericho. Indeed, the only thing that snaps wife Dorothy out of an almost vegetative state of grief is the use of a life-like doll who they name after their deceased son; Dorothy firmly believes that Jericho is their real child.

Those who have not seen Servant may surmise how affairs may quickly get extremely disturbing within the confines of such a story. In arguably the show's most shocking moment to date, Leanne - the young au pair hired to look after Jericho - is locked in a terrifying attic by an unhinged Dorothy after Jericho goes missing.

What follows is a legitimately unsettling episode as Dorothy wakes at 2am every night to viciously beat Leanne for information on Jericho's whereabouts. Lauren Ambrose brings Dorothy's blatant mental illness to terrifying life as she descends into the depths of manic depravity, but she saves her most WTF-worthy feat for last as she buries Leanne alive in the basement.

Fans were already considerably unnerved before the episode delivers its darkest moment when the significance of 2am is revealed; it is the time when Dorothy woke to realize she had left the real Jericho in the car, where he froze to death.

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