History NightmareFuel / ClockTower1995

** Laura's deaths can hit one notch higher than the others depending on who you ask. According to the comic, her shower death was she was tied up on the shower head, already stabbed in the chest and/or stomach and bleeding out. Of course, it differs from the game where she ''is'' hanging on the shower head, but has no signs of blood anywhere on her. Many fans speculated what caused her to die, and when you think about it, [[FridgeHorror it's not too hard to imagine Laura may have been burned to death by scalding hot water, and looking at her face will give you nightmares beyond nightmares]]. It also covers her other death in the armor, which is very much plausible as it is [[FridgeHorror very easy to imagine her stuffed in there, slowly suffocated and crushed to death]].

* A random scare can occur in the music room where some gray creature, not Scissorman, pops its head out from a panel in the ceiling. It doesn't menace Jennifer in any way, but it's still creepy.

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* In the SNES game, some of the cutscenes are shot in a photorealistic style. It gives certain parts of the game an creepy feel, especially the shower scene mentioned above...

** You get in a car and escape, leaving your friends to their fate. However, as Jennifer is driving, she glances up in the rear view mirror and notices [[DangerTakesABackseat two giant scissor blades rising from the backseat...]]

** The pool drowning, shower, and throwing from the [[TitleDrop clock tower]] take the cake. [[ItWasHisSled Lotte's death]] is either the also-creepy sacrifice, or the SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome that is saving Jennifer's life, which unfortunately isn't canon. And according to WordOfGod, Laura's death was due to her running to the phone to call 911. Somebody was waiting there.
** Laura's deaths can hit one notch higher than the others depending on who you ask. According to the comic, her shower death was she was tied up on the shower head, already stabbed in the chest and/or stomach and bleeding out. Of course it differs from the game where she ''is'' hanging on the shower head, but has no signs of blood anywhere on her. Many fans speculated what caused her to die, and when you think about it, [[FridgeHorror it's not too hard to imagine Laura may have been burned to death by scalding hot water and looking at her face will give you nightmares beyond nightmares]]. It also covers her other death in the armor, which is very much plausible as it is [[FridgeHorror very easy to imagine her stuffed in there, slowly suffocated and crushed to death]].
* The trophy room in the first game. Not just the room itself, with the bizarre sounds coming from the walls. You also find a human heart in a jar, which is still beating. And do you want to know who that belongs to? The mummified corpse that you find in the locker in the same room. Which, in some versions of the game, opens its horrible looking eyes, gets up, and tries to kill you.

* At first, Mary seems like a sweet and maternal lady. That is, until you discover that she gave birth to Bobby and Dan. In one of the endings, you can find Mary upon returning to a room you've already been in. And she's just...standing there, with her hands pleasantly clasped behind her back. Then, all of a sudden, she pulls out a knife and starts walking very slowly toward Jennifer. It's easy enough to escape from, but...

* In the SNES game, some of the cutscenes are shot in a photorealistic style. It gives the certain parts of the game an UncannyValley feel, especially the shower scene mentioned above...

** Laura's deaths can hit one notch higher than the others depending on who you ask. According to the comic, her shower death was she was tied up on the shower head, already stabbed in the chest and/or stomach and bleeding out. Of course it differs from the game where she ''is'' hanging on the shower head, but has no signs of blood anywhere on her. Many fans speculated what caused her to die, including [[http://dcj.bluemoonsea.com/articles/myinterpretationsofrollasdeaths.html this one]], and when you think about it, [[FridgeHorror it's not too hard to imagine Laura may have been burned to death by scalding hot water and looking at her face will give you nightmares beyond nightmares]]. It also covers her other death in the armor, which is very much plausible as it is [[FridgeHorror very easy to imagine her stuffed in there, slowly suffocated and crushed to death]].

* The soundtrack helps add to the creep factor, such as the two Scissorman [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CylxDpJaoU chase]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSMKSrnJtIo themes]]. When either of these kicked in after the relative silence and lack of music in the game, you knew you were in some deep shit and had better find a hiding place as soon as possible. The second one was used more as a jump-out-at-out type of scare, but the first one is arguably more frightening because it's the one that just starts up randomly after you've simply walked around for a while without encountering him, so you don't know exactly where he might be. And for that matter, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WxrXvDdKuw chase theme]] from the original game for the Super Famicom (released only in Japan, but there is a fan translation available) is just as scary.

** After eliminating Dan, Jennifer finds Mary and, [[spoiler:oblivious to Mary's true nature,]] runs up to hug her out of relief. Cue [[spoiler:Jennifer getting stabbed in the chest and pitifully asking "Why?" before collapsing.]]

* So many of the friend deaths in the first game. The pool drowning, shower, and throwing from the [[TitleDrop clock tower]] take the cake. [[ItWasHisSled Lotte's death]] is either the also-creepy sacrifice, or the SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome that is saving Jennifer's life, which unfortunately isn't canon. And according to WordOfGod, Laura's death was due to her running to the phone to call 911. Somebody was waiting there.

* The second game has numerous death scenes for some of the characters once you reach [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Barrows/Burroughs]] castle. One character, Beth, is found dismembered inside a wine barrel on Jennifer's route, and is yanked through the floor on Helen's route. Another character, Tim, is found stuffed inside the chimney on Jennifer's route, and has a death remarkably similar to Beth's on Helen's route. You can also find Harris's head in a pot in Helen's game, find Barton hung from a tree on Jennifer's route, and find Gotts trapped inside a torture gear in Jennifer's game. There's also the suggestion that if you fail to release Nolan from the coffin in Helen's route, or Helen from the box in Jennifer's route, they were left inside and suffocated in there.
* Also in the second game, any time you have Jennifer hide in a wardrobe. Usually it works. Usually. Scissorman stalks up to the wardrobe. ''SHING! SHING! SHING!'' You hold your breath. You, '''the player''', hold your breath for fear he'll hear you. He turns towards the exit. You slowly exhale. He immediately spins around and runs Jennifer through, making you [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl scream like a four-year-old in a Stephen King movie]].
* According to an interview with the original creator (posted on the Remothered fanpage on 1/4/2010), the Scissormen were originally from some sort of Hell "that cannot be perceived by the limited human cognitive system". The Scissormen are officially [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]].

* And let's not forget the way the environment tries to kill you. You can walk into a room and suddenly have the floor fall out from under you, or have a porcelain doll rise from the floor and dash at you, or have a disembodied hand jump out through the mirror and strangle you. Not to mention the killer wolf laying somewhere outside waiting to pounce and mangle you the first chance it may get.

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