History NightmareFuel / CryOfFear

[[caption-width-right:349: And yeah... [[{{Understatement}} It's from the very beginning of the game]], though- '''[[JumpScare WWAAAARRGHH]]!''']]

* The nightmare sequence right at the beginning. Some people, such as Brad from 4pp, refused to play the game after the nightmare. It doesn't get any better with later nightmare sequences, either. Especially the one where [[spoiler: the Facehead from the first nightmare]] reappears, as well as the final ones.

** Worse still, the boss fight in that ending ends with you [[spoiler: choking Simon's mental avatar to death with your bare hands, complete with death-struggles and gagging, pained gasping sounds. When this happens, your own health bar drains until it reaches zero.]]
*** Made even worse by [[spoiler: the fact that Simon not only committed suicide, he also killed Sophie and Dr. Purnell, and would've killed even more people if he weren't disabled.]]

** The track itself is literally titled "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Kill Yourself]]". [[spoiler: It's also heard in Co-Op Mode where Book Simon spawns while [[InterfaceScrew the screen goes black and white]].]]

* Another moment that catches new players unaware is when after you [[spoiler: retrieve the fuse from Harbor College, you have to backtrack through the courtyards and back alleys where the Sawrunner chased you. While the idea of doing so in itself is terrifying, as it requires you to lift the gate that separated you two just a moment ago, you have no choice. You pull the lever, peek your head out. Not a sound. And then you step further and you hear the revving of a chainsaw and a [[HellIsThatNoise now-familiar howl]] in the distance...]]
* While it's just a shout-out to the developer's first game, Afraid of Monsters, [[spoiler: the secret level Heaven]] is very creepy. Bloody walls and disturbing "music" not enough for you? The level starts off in [[spoiler: a group of hallways with white "drawings" on black walls.]] Oh, yeah, also [[spoiler: the Twitcher from Afraid of Monsters return, and they haven't been updated for Cry of Fear's graphics engine, making the BodyHorror even more apparent.]]

** Suicide, being a major theme of the game, is shown in multiple ways. Most chillingly is possibly the instance in which you get the shotgun, which has you collecting it from [[DrivenToSuicide a headless corpse with their head blown apart, a massive red stain on the wall and chunks of the head on the floor]]. This corpse also serves as the screenshot for the content warning upon booting the game up.

* [[spoiler: Book Simon]], the final boss of the best ending of the game. [[spoiler: He is essentially the embodiment of Simon's self hatred and desire to kill himself. He looks just like Simon, albeit bloody and beaten. Chillingly, the wounds he sports seem to resemble those of one who has shot themselves in the mouth.]]

* "Watch out for the trees". Yes. You'd better.

Despite using a 20-year-old game engine ([[VideoGame/HalfLife1 GoldSource]]), it was created by the maker of the [[NightmareFuel/AfraidOfMonsters extremely terrifying]] GameMod ''VideoGame/AfraidOfMonsters'', so expect a lot of scares, if not more.

* [[spoiler: Book Simon]], the final boss of the best ending of the game. [[spoiler: He is essentially the embodiment of Simon's self hatred and desire to kill himself. He looks just like Simon, albeit bloody and beaten. Chillingly, the wounds he sports seem to resemble those of one who has shot themselves in the head via their mouth.]]

** Once the player explores his apartment he discovers a room full of photographs of the victims killed, slaughtered in different ways on all the rooms walls. Then the player [[OhCrap gets locked in and the lights go out...]]
* The Sawrunner. He is almost unkillable and chases you at a insanely fast speed. If that isn't enough he moves in a freakish way and has a terrible scream which will send a shiver down your spine. [[ParanoiaFuel You'll be paranoid for the rest of the game,]] as he likes to suddenly appear and cause a chase sequence.

** The music takes it up a notch during this segment by being a frantic, distorted nightmare with voices of children in the background screaming. It only stops once you manage unlock the fire exit.

*** Made even worse by [[spoiler: the fact that Simon not only committed suicide, he also killed Sophie and Dr. Purnell.]]

* An emaciated women in a white dress is strung up like a scarecrow. It slowly inches along, but can force your character to commit suicide at the sight of it. If you're cocky and decide to knife it, a baby bursts from her stomach and assaults you with its knife.

** In addition to that, amidst the screaming and pounding sounds of metal upon metal, distortion, and pure audible anxiety, you can hear a very, very faint sound of sobbing. And at some points, screaming. And once in a while, you can hear this...
--> '''Unknown Voice:''' (screaming) '''[[MadnessMantra I'M SICK. I'M SICK. I'M SICK.]]'''

* Do you want to ''hear'' suicidal depression? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8no8kyLDEto Click here.]] Be sure to turn down your volume.

* "Watch out for the trees". Yes, you better do.

* Do you want to ''hear'' suicidal depression? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8no8kyLDEto Click here.]]

* While it's just a shout-out to the developer's first game, Afraid of Monsters, [[spoiler: the secret level Heaven]] is very creepy. Bloody walls and disturbing "music" not enough for you? The level starts off in [[spoiler: a group of hallways with white "drawings" on black walls.]] Oh, yeah, also [[spoiler: the Twitcher from Afraid of Monsters return, and they haven't been updated for Cry of Fear's graphics engine, making the BodyHorror even more apparent.]]

* The [[HarmfulToMinors pedophile]] in the apartments of the first chapter. He was not content with raping children and killing them, but also found a liking to eating them. He even rendered the building´s elevator non-functional, so that the kids would have to take the stairs, where he would be waiting, and pull them into his apartment.
** Once the player explores his apartment he discovers a room full of photographs of the victims killed, slaughtered in different ways on all the rooms walls. Then the player gets locked in and the lights go out...
* The Sawrunner. He can almost not be killed and chases you at a insanely fast speed. If that isn't enough he moves in a freakish way and has a terrible scream which will send a shiver down your spine. You'll be paranoid for the rest of the game, as he likes to suddenly appear and cause a chase sequence.

* The college. Initially, it is well lit and abandoned, lulling the player into a false sense of monster-free security. However, the shit hits the fan when you tinker with a fuse box in one of the rooms, with bloody monsters around every corner in the now darkened halls. The worse part: the college is like a maze in the dark, with desks cluttering the floor and multiple classrooms you can access.

* In the subway you delve into one of the most creepy nightmares of all, where Simon has to leap to and fro from bloodied platforms, deal with the floor defying gravity and other bits of lovely stuff. Then you have to figure out a puzzle by going through doors in padded rooms and then you have to traverse a maze with twitching head monsters strung up by their feet chasing you and seemingly appearing around every corner. The fact that the maze gets very dark in some places and all you can hear is the mechanical clinking of the hanging men is extremely unnerving.

* The college. Initially, it is well lit and abandoned, lulling the player into a false sense of monster-free security. However, the shit hits the fan when you tinker with a fuse box in one of the rooms, with bloody monsters around every corner in the now darkened halls. The worse part: the school is like a maze in the dark, with desks cluttering the floor and multiple classrooms you can access.

* The school. Initially, it is well lit and abandoned, lulling the player into a false sense of monster-free security. However, the shit hits the fan when you tinker with a fuse box in one of the rooms, with bloody monsters around every corner in the now darkened halls. The worse part: the school is like a maze in the dark, with desks cluttering the floor and multiple classrooms you can access.

** The track itself is literally titled "Kill Yourself", and is comprised only as

* The nightmare sequence right at the beginning. Some people, such as Brad from 4pp, refused to play the game after the nightmare.
** It doesn't get any better with later nightmare sequences, either. Especially the one where [[spoiler: the Facehead from the first nightmare]] reappears, as well as the final ones.

*** Made even worse by [[spoiler: the fact that Simon is not only commit suicide, he also killed Sophie and Dr. Purnell.]]

** Worse still, the boss fight in that ending ends with you [[spoiler: choking Simon's mental avatar to death with your bare hands, complete with death-struggles and gagging, pained gasping sounds.]]
*** Made even worse by [[spoiler: the fact that Simon is not only going to commit suicide, by shooting himself; he also killed Sophie and Dr. Purnell.]]

* An emeciated women in a white dress is strung up like a scarecrow. It slowly inches along, but can force your character to commit suicide at the sight of it. If you're cocky and decide to knife it, a baby bursts from her stomach and assaults you with its knife.

* Another moment that catches new players unaware is when after you [[spoiler: retrieve the fuse from Harbor College, you have to backtrack through the courtyards and back alleys where the Sawrunner chased you. While the idea of doing so in itself is terrifying, as it requires you to lift the gate that separated you two just a moment ago, you have no choice. You pull the lever, peek your head out. Not a sound. And then you step further and you hear the revving of a chainsaw in the distance..]]

* [[spoiler: While it's just a shout-out to the developer's first game, Afraid of Monsters, the secret level Heaven]] is very creepy. Bloody walls and disturbing "music" not enough for you? The level starts off in [[spoiler: a group of hallways with white "drawings" on black walls.]] Oh, yeah, also [[spoiler: the Twitcher from Afraid of Monsters return, and they haven't been updated for Cry of Fear's graphics engine, making the BodyHorror even more apparent.]]

* Another moment that catches new players unaware is when after you [[spoiler: retrieve the fuse from Harbor College, you have to backtrack through the courtyards and back alleys where the Sawrunner chased you. While the idea of doing so in itself is terrifying, as it requires you to lift the gate that separated you two just a moment ago, you have no choice. You pull the lever, peek your head out. Not a sound. And then you step further and you hear the revving of a chainsaw in the distance..]]

* In the subway you delve into one of the most creepy nightmares of all, where Simon has to leap to and fro from bloodied platforms, deal with the floor defying gravity and other bits of lovely stuff. Then you have to figure out a puzzle by going through doors in padded rooms and then you have to traverse a maze with twitching head monsters strung up by their feet chasing you and seemingly appearing around every corner. The fact that the maze gets very dark in some places and [[HellIsThatNoise all you can hear is the mechanical clinking of the hanging men]] is extremely unnerving.

* Another moment that catches new players unaware is when after you [[spoiler: retrieve the fuse from Harbor College, you have to backtrack through the courtyards and back alleys where the Sawrunner chases you. While the idea of doing so in itself is terrifying, as it requires you to lift the gate that separated you two just a moment ago, you have no choice. You pull the lever, peek your head out. Not a sound. And then you step further and you hear the revving of a chainsaw in the distance..]]

* The Sawrunner. He can't be killed and chases you at a insanely fast speed. If that isn't enough he moves in a freakish way and has a terrible scream which will send a shiver down your spine. You'll be paranoid for the rest of the game, as he likes to suddenly appear and cause a chase sequence.

* The [[HarmfulToMinors pedo]][[CompleteMonster phile]] in the apartments of the first chapter. He was not content with raping children and killing them, but also found a liking to eating them. He even rendered the building´s elevator non-functional, so that the kids would have to take the stairs, where he would be waiting, and pull them into his apartment.

** Worse still, the boss fight in that ending ends with you [[spoiler: choking Simon's mental avatar to death with your bare hands, complete with death-struggles and gagging, pained gasping sounds.[/spoiler]]

* Do you want to ''hear'' suicidal depression? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8no8kyLDEto Click here.]]