Scariest monsters in video games

Deranged Hermit · Oct 29, 2018

Those fucking invisible things from STALKER.

The Wampa in the Hoth base in Shadows of the Empire. If you blew up the crates blocking the entrance to its room, it would just wander the entire level. You would turn a corner and it would be right in your face and would one-shot you. Scared the piss out of me as a kid.

1upsuper · Oct 29, 2018

Uboa from Yume Nikki:

The Labyrinth Sages, AKA the Madmen, from Bloodborne chalice dungeons aren't terribly creepy in appearance, but the way they run at you is...deeply unsettling:

Wanderer5 said:

Yeah, just hearing that music gets me anxious.

Notaskwid · Oct 29, 2018

The Kusabi on Project Zero 2 and 3 was terrifying to me because it was generally fhard.

ColdSun · Oct 29, 2018

For those who are still discussing the lack of caption/label on a few pictures; let's drop it and get back on topic.

hydro94530 · Oct 29, 2018

TheGreatMightyPoo said:

This is a good one!

Saturday · Oct 29, 2018

Regenerators are wild, man. At that point of the game you've been through the ringer- and like, halfway through the game at least- so you handle any new threat a tiny bit hardened. Then those dudes arrive and you actually gotta stop for a moment and go "Oh. Wait. Yeah. This game's a fucking horror game."

Wein Cruz · Oct 29, 2018

ColdSun said:
For those who are still discussing the lack of caption/label on a few pictures; let's drop it and get back on topic.

Or maybe you could do something as a mod? the fact that disgraced was allowed to shit the thread up by being obtuse is aggravating.

JJD · Oct 29, 2018

TheGreatMightyPoo said:

Any pictures of the Lisa model without the mask?

CJCW? · Oct 29, 2018

JJD said:
Any pictures of the Lisa model without the mask?

About 2 minutes into this video shows her model.

Kaz Frankenstein · Oct 29, 2018

Nostremitus said:
Honestly, Mayday creeped me the hell out.

Playing RE:Rev on 3DS at night with headphones... He got me, lol.

I did this part on SWitch a couple of days ago. That canned audio loop is still in my head each morning when i wake up. Something about that bit was genuinely unsettling compared to the ludicrousness of everything else (so far, im only about half way through).

Temascos · Oct 29, 2018

Rendering... said:
What's the point of spoiler tagging if readers have to click it to see which game you're talking about?

My bad on that one, thought it would make people go "Oh yeah! I get ya!" but obviously I didn't work.

Sailent · Oct 29, 2018

Camstun187 said:
Mock me all you want, but I'm not in the minority of posters who comment on how lame it is to not post the name of the game. I shouldn't have to do an image search when you can just easily save us the time by typing the name of the game it's from. Some of us are using a phone and don't feel like going through the trouble.

I refuse to do the image search out of principle and a hint of Stubbornness. People who don't bother to write any sort of reference or give context to a picture are discourteous to others. On top of that, the user was actively being discourteous by saying that they outright refuse to do it.

Thank you

Dood, I wasn't mocking you. I was mocking the other guy with your avatar.

Modest_Modsoul · Oct 29, 2018

FreshCakes said:
MLB The Show 17 face glitches

I can't stop watching it... o_o

gela94 · Oct 29, 2018

Ol'Nick said:
Pyramid head, c'mon Era!

Finally XD

MauroNL · Oct 29, 2018

Having played through Half Life 2 again recently (thank you BC!), these motherf*cking things creep me out to the bone. The sounds make me jump out of my seat every goddamn time, and still do after 14 years since release. Sheer horror.

MysticGon · Oct 29, 2018

Ogodei said:
From Monster Hunter, there are gross and unsettling monsters like Gigginox and Khezu, but the one that still strikes real fear is Diablos:

This fucker's all fangs and claws, dangerous from all directions with a big, flail-like tail that he'll swipe at you if you try to get behind. Angry hipchecks, dig into the ground and pop out at you like the picture above, hauling ass out of the ground to throw you down.

When they get mad, they start breathing black smoke.

When they yell, it sounds like this:

When their females go into heat, they turn black and get extra evil:

Or the "Deviant" version in Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, which is fittingly called Bloodbath Diablos:

Fun times.

+1, that roar man. Chills.

SirFritz · Oct 29, 2018

the chris said:
It's from Drakengard.

The Broken Neck ghost from Fatal Frame 2 always would freak me out, especially when you would just hear her scream and she would fall past you.

The ghost that screams and falls near you is falling woman, not broken neck.

Xagarath · Oct 29, 2018

Not enough Little Nightmares in this thread:

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Also Amnesia's Water Monster:

Pooroomoo · Oct 29, 2018

"Mayday, mayday, mayyyyydayyyy. This is the Queen Zenobia..." (Resident Evil: Revelations) still sends shivers down my spine.

Edit: Only now saw that someone else posted this as well earlier.

Nostremitus said:
Honestly, Mayday creeped me the hell out.

Playing RE:Rev on 3DS at night with headphones... He got me, lol.

Deleted member 8593 · Oct 29, 2018

The scariest monster I've faced in games is addiction.

Knopestardis · Oct 29, 2018

The sounds that the nightmare made in Prey 2017 still haunt me. Especially the louder high pitched scream-like sounds.

Hogendaz85 · Oct 29, 2018

Does anyone remember the bear in the cabin from Condemned 2 the build up was so intense

DarkFlame92 · Oct 29, 2018

Knopestardis said:
The sounds that the nightmare made in Prey 2017 still haunt me. Especially the louder high pitched scream-like sounds.

those jumpscare with the glass window and the elevator,holy crap

KORNdog · Oct 29, 2018

pretty much most things from the silent hill series

and as a kid, this used to freak me out for some reason

RevengeTaken · Oct 29, 2018

Brian Damage said:
Librarians (Metro 2033)

Don't turn around.

Don't let them get too close.

And don't panic.

It acutually doese look lovely :3

Camstun187 · Oct 29, 2018

Sailent said:
Dood, I wasn't mocking you. I was mocking the other guy with your avatar.

Ah, ok! My bad, mate.

GameShrink · Oct 29, 2018

Lafazar said:
My go to example is still this Shibito from Forbidden Siren 2. It still gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it:

I would kill for a modern Siren with good controls and an open/semi-open village to explore. The series has some of the best monster designs outside of a From Software game.

Remember the maggot men?

Magic Mushroom · Oct 29, 2018

Eggiem said:
I planned to play this game, but after this post... nope.

You can play without the monsters. :)

Spinky · Oct 29, 2018

P.T. is the stuff of fucking nightmares so I guess the correct answer is Lisa by default.

The Living Tribunal said:
Not particularly dangerous, but they are so fucking creepy.

And that fucking cry. Miyazaki who hurt you?

FUCK these guys.

Elshoelace · Oct 29, 2018

NaDannMaGoGo said:
From Hollow Knight: Grub Mimic. That first time you think you're freeing yet another cute Grub and suddenly this thing goes berserk and screams its head off.

Man Hollow Knight had some real freaky monsters. The one that you cut and half and it comes at you flying an screaming afterwards always got me.

Falchion · Oct 29, 2018

The Alien from Isolation does some pretty crazy stuff throughout the game.

Brian Damage said:
Librarians (Metro 2033)

Don't turn around.

Don't let them get too close.

And don't panic.

I was about to playthrough Metro and I had no clue there were monsters.

Blade Wolf · Oct 29, 2018

Falchion said:
I was about to playthrough Metro and I had no clue there were monsters.

lol what.

You know what, I ain't gonna spoil you, have fun.

Falchion · Oct 29, 2018

Blade Wolf said:
lol what.

You know what, I ain't gonna spoil you, have fun.

I guess I thought it was all Russians in tunnels until you move outside and fight stuff in the other two. Excited to play it now.

Leek · Oct 29, 2018

Disgraced said:
If you're in on it, you're in on it. If you're not, you're not. My post is a half-joke answer from a pretty well known game, and I was careful to choose an image that led me to the correct title in a reverse image search should someone be unaware of it. In addition, Lisa from PT who Voyevoda posted is something of a quickly risen cult icon who doesn't need context.

Just in case you decide to post something like this again in future: this is not a feature all browsers have.

Deleted member 1656 · Oct 29, 2018

Falchion said:
I was about to playthrough Metro and I had no clue there were monsters.

Get to it! :D

Shout out to the main monster of White Owl's (Swery65) recently released The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories.

Transistor · Oct 29, 2018

Anima from The Evil Within 2. Doubly so if you're playing on the PS4 and you hear her singing coming from the DS4 speaker and then....

Sebastiannnnnnn~~~~~~

basic_text · Oct 29, 2018

Xagarath said:
Also Amnesia's Water Monster:

Yep! I have a massive fear of fish so this scene INSTANTLY filled me with dread and panic.

Deleted member 33533 · Oct 29, 2018

This tall lady in Fatal Frame Maiden of Black Water creeped me out. She doesn't attack you most of the time. But then she does and the way she walks unnerves me so much...

Tricky I Shadow · Oct 29, 2018

Marguerite from Resident Evil 7:

The way she moves and the weird noises she makes is terrifying. Killing her on the hardest difficulty with limited ammo nearly gave me a heart attack.

OGlol · Oct 29, 2018

The Living Tribunal said:
Not particularly dangerous, but they are so fucking creepy.

And that fucking cry. Miyazaki who hurt you?

Oh man I was going to post that, then I remembered these.....

I+thought+it+was+meant+to+be+the+sewer+centipede+_6376e35d016667e9e8a8955c37afdafa.jpg

Transistor · Oct 29, 2018

OGlol said:
Oh man I was going to post that, then I remembered these.....

Man, fuck going to Cainhurst because of those damn things

Wez · Oct 29, 2018

The Alien in Alien Isolation (especially in VR)

Biceps King · Oct 29, 2018

Matthew77 said:
*make contact*

lo__ <---> __ol

Or something like that

TheSubsequentStrajack · Oct 29, 2018

I find that the scariness of a video game / enemy is all dependent on how powerful it is relative to the player. Many of the monsters in this thread are defeatable because you're equipped with heavy weaponry to destroy them.

However, the basilisks in DS1 terrify me the most because they can suck away time from your ACTUALLY IRL LIFE. If you're killed by one you've got to go across the map to a guy who sells antidotes and this takes a while.

Deleted member 1656 · Oct 29, 2018

TheSubsequentStrajack said:
I find that the scariness of a video game / enemy is all dependent on how powerful it is relative to the player. Many of the monsters in this thread are defeatable because you're equipped with heavy weaponry to destroy them.

The resilience of a monster definitely has something to do with it in games with invincible stalkers like Amnesia, and in the case of the imposing behemoths who are SH2's Pyramid Head, A:I's Drone, RE4's Regenerator, and DS' Ubermorph. For a lot of us though on the other end of the spectrum I think the scary factor depends much on just how unusual and repulsive a thing is, like other creatures in SH and Souls. That's what's so fucking awesome about the Xenomorph, imo—it embodies the best of both worlds. The Alien has the physicality of Jason Voorhees and it's as unsightly as Krueger without being too over the top in either category of intimidating.

peepers · Oct 29, 2018

Those from Amnesia the dark descent. I almost had a heart attack the first time I saw one of them.

Neiteio · Oct 29, 2018

AlexinChains87 said:
My girl Laura, especially first go when you dont know what to do, just the breathing and crawling

Shinji Mikami's scariest monster by far

JJD · Oct 29, 2018

CJCW? said:
About 2 minutes into this video shows her model.

Hahaha I have wondered how did she look ever since the original game was released on Gamecube! THANK YOU!

She looks cool, I would be nice if we fought her a second time without the mask

Deleted member 2809 · Oct 29, 2018

Couldn't play adult OoT because of redeads

Also this motherfucker, from amnesia TDD. This is in a game where you can't fight back, all you can do is run and hide

Bamboo · Oct 29, 2018

Shugga said:
Also this motherfucker, from amnesia TDD. This is in a game where you can't fight back, all you can do is run and hide

I hate full frontal shots of that monster. It makes it look way less scary than it feels in-game, since you're actively punished for staring too long.

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