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Cemeteries have long held an air of creepiness. They are places where we bury our loved ones. Places that make us think of unpleasant things. Sometimes the place manages to creep you out because of the way it looks but there's a reason {{Fantasy}} and {{Horror}} like this setting. It's the birth place of TheUndead and in a ZombieApocalypse, expect every grave to be a ClownCarGrave. If you're lucky, then the local vampire coven didn't get the memo about this not being the best place to sleep. If you're lucky just need to find their AncientTomb and hope there isn't a night guard ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent and that they're heavy sleepers]]).

BigBoosHaunt overlaps when it takes place in a cemetery. See also IndianBurialGround and ElephantGraveyard.

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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* In episode 79 of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' Bakura and Bonz duel in a graveyard and bring the creepy crawlies to match.
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[[folder:Film]]
* The opening scene (and first zombie attack) in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead'' takes place in one of these. Subverted somewhat in that a.) it all happens in [[DaylightHorror broad daylight]] and b.) we never actually see the zombie emerge from a grave.
* The punks in ''TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'' use a cemetery as their stomping ground. This is a bad idea.
* The rabbits in ''WatershipDown'' cross through one. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgtUnfb2VqM3#t=2m30s Watch it here.]]
* ''HocusPocus'' has a graveyard, but relies on elements from the rest of the movie to add the creepiness factor.
* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives'' starts with Tommy Jarvis (with a friend) going to one to symbolically kill Jason Voorhees. The [[LightningCanDoAnything opposite]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero happens]].
* In ''Film/FreddyVsJason'', this is where Lori ends up in her first nightmare.
* Dr. Tesla's initial hiding place is a decrepit, fog-covered graveyard outside of London. When he is revived, he moves to an abandoned church.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Voldemort did his little forbidden ritual in a graveyard. You know, the usual "bone of father, blood of enemy, flesh of servant" rebirth routine.
* Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/PetSematary'' and its film adaptations have these.
* At least one in every ''AnitaBlakeVampireHunter'' novel. Justified as Anita's occupation is to raise zombies from graves.
* Averted in ''TheZombieSurvivalGuide'', which points out that zombies (by that book's rules) ''can't'' rise from the grave, and they won't go into cemeteries because that's not where the food is. Therefore, cemeteries are usually a good place to rest.
* Necropolis, in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: City of the Dead''. Zak makes friends with some local boys who [[ScareDare dare him to go into the deepest part of the local cemetery]]. He's used to cultures where the dead are incinerated, and the idea that he's surrounded by rotting people freaks him out. ''Then'' the zombies show up...
* [[JohannesCabalTheNecromancer Johannes Cabal]] may or may not have accidentally locked his brother in a particularly disturbed crypt in a possibly haunted cemetary.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* The third season of ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' has a few cemetery scenes and it's mentioned a few times that Cole can't be tracked in a cemetery.
* When Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}} has no other demands on her time, she stakes out the cemetery (no pun intended) because new vamps emerge from there.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' [=TOS=] has this in two episodes.
** "The Grave".:The scary part of the episode took place in a cemetery.
** "Mr. Garrity and the Graves": The end has resurrected townsfolk rising from their graves on Boot Hill.
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[[folder:Music]]
* Music/MichaelJackson's "Thriller".
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dfZ9BXaNyE Moon Trance]]", by Music/LindseyStirling, features a misty and dark cemetery, and she's creeped out even before the zombies come.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* In ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' adventures, anytime you find a cemetery, you can (and should) assume that there are ghouls nearby.
* The same is true of ''DungeonsAndDragons'', which has an even greater variety of undead.
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[[folder:Videogames]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', Link can drop down into some of the graves to do things like race the ghost of an [[TheCreepyUndertaker Undertaker]] in a creepy maze and fight [[OurZombiesAreDifferent ReDeads]]. Also, it houses the entrance to the spooky shadow temple, and the well isn't too far away from the cemetery.
** Ikana Canyon in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' has its own cemetery, but the entire area feels like this to some extent. Inside the cemetery, Link can race against [[DemBones the remains]] of an army officer who died centuries ago, trick his men who dance around graves at night into thinking he [Link] is the officer, and have his men open up the graves to go on adventures underground.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' has the Yoll Graveyard, which had ghosts in it as well as the first dungeon in the game. In addition, the final dungeon in the game is located in the same location in the past, and is an ancient tomb blocked by whirlpools. The Yoll Graveyard is also one of the only two places in the entire game that prevents you from time traveling, and distorts the screen if you try.
* The cemetery in Halloween Town of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' had Jill going to the cemetery when she goes through the Raccoon Park.
* First levels of ''VideoGame/MediEvil'' are in one huge graveyard.
** A smaller graveyard appears in Whitechapel in ''VideoGame/MediEvil2''.
* The graveyard in LuigisMansion. It gets even creepier when lightning strikes the glowing blue tombstone near the end of it and Bogmire attacks Luigi in the area 2 boss battle.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* [[{{Simpsons}} The Simpsons]] have a cemetery moved next door to their house, and it freaks Lisa out.
* SamuraiJack once had to battle an army of skeletal warriors in a cemetery.
* On ''SpongeBobSquarePants'', Mr. Krabs had to go into a cemetery to find a valuable hat and had to fight an army of undead fish.
** Spongebob and Mr. Krabs went back to the same cemetary when they thought they killed the Health Inspector.
* In the episode of ''CaptainNTheGameMaster'' where the titular captain first meets [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda Link and Princess Zelda]], they venture into Hyrule's cemetery during their adventure. The Captain notes that the cemetery is ''much'' creepier in person than in the game.
* ''InvaderZim'' had a pretty creepy cemetary (but with cool LED-screen tombstones).
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* A group of British ravers invoked this when they tried to organise a rave at a cemetery for Halloween 2011. The local council was not amused.
* Actually, most of our ideas about creepy cemeteries originate in Victorian London. The city had serious problems with overcrowding, both for living people and as a consequence for the dead as well. This resulted in dead bodies being buried in graves that were already occupied, half-buried body parts sticking out of the ground and the like. Add constant smog for special spookiness. Matters were much improved by the founding of Highgate Cemetery.
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