Nightmare fuel you've uncovered in video games.

[Ildecia]

Legend of Zelda Shadow Temple/Under the Well. Everything about that place freaked me out. Most of the time I would just skip the Shadow Temple and go straight to the Spirit Temple (You didn't really need the Hover Boots to finish it, just to use the elevator by the start of the level)

Also, the entirety of Majora's Mask always creeped me out. It's still my favorite Zelda game, but playing it always seemed to make me on edge.

these are especially vivid for me; and imma add some more.

the hands that attack you from the ceiling and floor in the forest temple (and wherever else) the entire soundtrack for the shadow temple scared the pants off of me
(i was like 8-10 back then)
I also had some stuff in majoras mask. the only things i had grievances with were the mask collecter when he does his angry face, and the whole fight with majora (the mask)

 

[King Crab]

Ahem. Played most horror games, but never really been creeped out by anything in any of them. I mean, shocked, surprised and freaked out a bit, yeah, but not enough to make it nightmare material. that is, until the other day when I got my hands on Dragon Quest Monsters for the gbc.

now, it doesn't appear on the surface to be capable of permeating the veil of dread and fear and churning nightmare. It would seem to be a child friendly pokemon esq game set in the DQ universe. nothing nightmareish

that is, until you learn how to breed the monsters you've tempted into your party with pieces of meat;

a creepy old man in the basement of the GreatTree lets you choose two of your monsters of opposite genders (eg, a slime and a zombie, a dragon and a treestump) and takes them to a separate room where they are . . . left alone for the night. in the morning, they both slink off into the night leaving behind the mutated genetic freak of their unholy union in the form of a yellow egg, which the creepy old man will hatch for you, at a price.

this, my fellow escapists, is the miracle of life.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Now, if you'd asked me about High Octane Nightmare Fuel that I've found in games, I'd very quickly answer, "Most of the elements of System Shock 2."

THOSE FUCKING PSYCHIC MONKEYS!

 

[General Recluse]

The shark in Banjo-Kazooie always scared the shit out of me when I was younger.

Ugh for some reason that scared the crap out of me too.

also the haunted level from Donkey Kong 64 scared me, not the enemies but the music in the background was a bunch of moaning which at age 10 was freaky

 

[MONSTERheart]

Yo, whatsup. Don't mind me, I'm just swarming you with a bunch of my pals.

 

[silver wolf009]

Ive said it before and ill say it again, the bear chase Condemmend 2.
Oh god I saw that in my dreams for months.

 

[LordMarcusX]

The angry cherubs from "Baroque."

 

[General Recluse]

Oh also I remembered a game called intruder, the whole game was in black and white and there was some big dude with a knife in the same small house as you. seriously it took me forever to acctually play the game. it was a flash game on addictinggames.com

 

[LaughingAtlas]

Seeing through the eyes of a little sister, then realizing the illusion. -Bioshock 2

The daedric shrine mission for the Vaermina... was actually pretty cool. (heads up if interested, black soul gem needed) -Oblivion

The general experience of playing Penumbra, I guess.

Walking around at night -Fallout 3

It's a flash game but, this: [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/422645]

The way those fucking nurses move, I call it twitchwalking -Silent hill: Homecoming. (I don't remember if they always did that)

Scarecrow's wacky funtime amusement dimension -Batman: AA

Those wall/ceiling Hand things. -LoZ: OoT

Swimming in adventure games, it seems. (see Psyconauts, Jak and Daxter, etc.)

Finally, most of the game, probably. -Ju-on: The Grudge. (on the wii, astoundingly)

EDIT: OH, wait, I've got another one; That famous bit in the manequin factory -Condemned

 

[LadyRhian]

Doctor Who- The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Not the rat- that was amusing rather than creepy. But the eyes of the "Dummy" moving on their own, and the ending scene where the clothes fall out of the cabinet because the character was destroyed.

Oh, and the Five Doctprs- The Time Lords imprisoned on Rassilon's Tomb... and Borusa Joining them.


Whups. Video games, hmm?

The ending of 11th Hour, the one where Trashy Tramp Girl eats your head off.


Not that the one where you rescue your girlfriend was any better when you think of it.

 

[James Joseph Emerald]

This scene always scared me as a kid:

You're just happily running along with your Nikita, and then it's like: "Christ, look at all this blood. I wonder how long ago these guys were--" *goes around corner* "HOLY SHIT HE'S STILL HERE AND HE'S CUTTING BITCHES!"

 

[AgentNein]

One word: Valtiel.

If you know what I'm talking about then you know what I'm saying.

 

[Cerzelo]

One of the Max Payne games, I dont remember which (if someone could remind me that would be awesome) when your in the morgue and they keep popping out and "talking" to you in a dream like that state, that was horrible but still one of the best games I've played.

 

[Templar2k7]

Doom 3 in a cellar midnight with only me home enough said

 

[Numb1lp]

Deadspace. I couldn't sleep for a few days after playing.
Twinkle...twinkle...little star...

Really? I felt all the scary moments were in the begginning when you didn't know what to expect, but after that they all followed the same formula. Except for the end, of course.

I would have to say the whole castle section of RE4. Those monks scared the crap out of me.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Dunwich building in Fallout 3! And basically every Vault in that game. EVEN Vault 101. It's just so unnerving, being in an underground Vault...

I really want someone to explain the Dunwich building to me. I played that sequence at 3am all the way through in one go, and not once was I more than mildly shocked by it. Afterwards I find several people declaring it the scariest thing they've ever played. Why?

I personally thought Vault 106 was the scary thing, though some of the others creep me out with the backstories to them. There's nothing more terrifying in Fallout 3 than finding somewhere completely deserted and stumbling around before discovering why the place is empty.