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July 17, 2021
ReDeads are a surprisingly terrifying enemy in the Legend of Zelda series, unnerving with some clever choices in their design…
July 10, 2021
If Fear Street 1994 put you in the mood for more teens facing gruesome slasher deaths, you'll want to grab…
July 3, 2021
Castlevania Legends made much-needed changes to how the series played, and also birthed its most powerful (best) character, Sonia.
June 26, 2021
Metroid Fusion's SA-X is a terrifying, powerful, relentless enemy that deserves a place among horror gaming's most frightening villains.
June 19, 2021
While still a serious, chilling horror game, FEAR 3 offers some downright hilarious moments thanks to the absurd powers of…
June 12, 2021
Even among the ghosts of Fatal Frame, the Blinded Woman is a terrifying foe with abilities that will test even…
June 5, 2021
A Nightmare on Elm St shows us that, sometimes, the best way to face down our fears is to just…
May 29, 2021
Metroid may not seem like a horror game, but its eerie, unsettling music creates an atmosphere of fear like few…
May 22, 2021
With Fatal Frame being remade into a pachislot machine, we imagine what it could be like in other genres like…
May 15, 2021
Resident Evil Village's outlandish events don't faze its protagonist, Ethan. If only we had Bruce Campbell giving appropriate reactions...
May 8, 2021
Can Lady Dimitrescu's power to frighten come anywhere near the terrifying presence and mayhem of Nemesis from 1999's Resident Evil…
May 1, 2021
Using disturbing, twisted foes and monsters, Super Cyborg takes the Contra formula and really dials up the fear, revulsion, and…