History NightmareFuel / KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep

* There's something very...[[NothingIsScarier off]] about the Mirage Arena. There's nobody there aside from a single real Moogle (most of them in the game are digital ones). [[FridgeHorror It also has some potentially horrifying implications about Ventus' darkness. That being the Unversed there are incomprehensibly more powerful than any other fought in the game and when you fight each of the Unversed rounds, you start to realise just how dangerous Ventus could be if he were a truly evil villain of darkness]] .

** And then there's the very real possibility of getting ambushed by the [[BonusBoss Mysterious Figure]] on the way there, if you don't know that visiting that world at that particular time is the way to trigger the battle.

** The final boss of Aqua's story is Vanitas... possessing Ventus' body. [[VoiceOfTheLegion He speaks with both Ven's and Vanitas' voices]] and looks as if Ven's head has been crudely photoshopped onto Vanitas' body, [[UncannyValley which lends an unnatural, disturbing quality to him.]]

** Watching that [[UncannyValley soulless, eyeless floating mask fully rendered in 3D]] is pretty self-explanatory. Getting to fight it as a boss is even worse due to the illusions it creates, and it being giant-sized.

[[caption-width-right:350: Nothing says "creepy" like a destroyed battleground [[FieldOfBlades full of Keyblades]] where countless [[WeaponTombstone warriors lost their lives]] in the ultimate battle.]]

* There’s something very...[[NothingIsScarier off]] about the Mirage Arena. There’s nobody there aside from a single real Moogle (most of them in the game is a digital one). [[FridgeHorror It also has some potentially horrifying implications about Ventus’ darkness. That being the Unversed there are incomprehensibly more powerful than any other fought in the game and when you fight each of the Unversed rounds, you start to realise just how dangerous Ventus could be if he were a truly evil villain of darkness]] .

* There’s something very...[[NothingIsScarier off]] about the Mirage Arena. There’s nobody there aside from a single real Moogle (every other one in the game is a digital one). [[FridgeHorror It also has some potentially horrifying implications about Ventus’ darkness. That being the Unversed there are incomprehensibly more powerful than any other fought in the game and when you fight each of the Unversed rounds, you start to realise just how dangerous Ventus could be if he were a truly evil villain of darkness]] .

** Vanitas's voice alone deserves mention. It bounces from casual sadism to monotone apathy to spiteful disdain, and the sheer speed at which it does so is ''unsettling.'' This paired with the fact that he's not GoingThroughTheMotions like most other characters do means that his voice comes off ''even creepier'' than it would've otherwise.

** The final boss of Aqua's story is Vanitas... possessing Ventus' body. [[VoiceOfTheLegion He speaks with both Ven's and Vanitas' voices]] and looks as if Ven's head has been crudely photoshopped onto Vanitas' body, [[UncannyValley which lends an unnatural, disturbing quality to him.]]

* The final boss of Aqua's story is Vanitas. He speaks with both Ven's and Vanitas' voices and looks as if Ven's head has been crudely photoshopped onto Vanitas' body, [[UncannyValley which lends an unnatural, disturbing quality to him.]]

* Vanitas is both sadistic and insane at the same time. The fact he looks and sounds exactly like Sora if he had black hair and yellow eyes makes it a thousand times worse.

* There’s something very...[[NothingIsScarier off]] about the Mirage Arena. There’s nobody there aside from a single real Moogle (every other one in the game is a digital one).[[FridgeHorror It also has some potentially horrifying implications about Ventus’ darkness. That being the Unversed there are incomprehensibly more powerful than any other fought in the game and when you fight each of the Unversed rounds, you start to realise just how dangerous Ventus could be if he were a truly evil villain of darkness]] .

* There’s something very...[[NothingIsScarier off]] about the Mirage Arena. There’s nobody there aside from a digital Moogle. [[FridgeHorror It also has some potentially horrifying implications about Ventus’ darkness. That being the Unversed there are incomprehensibly more powerful than any other fought in the game and when you fight each of the Unversed rounds, you start to realise just how dangerous Ventus could be if he were a truly evil villain of darkness]] .

* There’s something very...[[NothingIsScarier off]] about the Mirage Arena. There’s nobody actually there aside from a digital Moogle. [[FridgeHorror It also has some potentially horrifying implications about Ventus’ darkness. That being the Unversed there are incomprehensibly more powerful than any other fought in the game and when you fight each of the Unversed rounds, you start to realise just how dangerous Ventus could be if he were a truly evil villain of darkness]] .

** Yes, there does need to be a balance between light and dark. So that the x-Blade can be forged. Though, that last part is merely Xehanort's wish - the first half is ''legitimately'' right.

** As the Keyblade Graveyard is a FieldOfBlades in which each blade represents a Keyblade wielder's heart, it's essentially [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a graveyard for Keyblade wielders.]] The number of lives that must have been lost in that place is staggering. Compounding this is it's music; which while hauntingly beautiful is essentially a funeral dirge.

* If Xehanort wasn't creepy enough, one of his reports says that originally his GrandTheftMe was going to be on '''''Ventus'''''.

* The ruins of the [[DoomedHometown Land Of Departure]] are quite creepy, especially if you run into them in Ven or Aqua's story first and have no idea how it got that way. And then there's the very real possibility of getting ambushed by the [[BonusBoss Mysterious Figure]] on the way there, if you don't know that visiting that world at that particular time is the way to trigger the battle.

* In the first trailer for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', Ventus' NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at the hands of Master Xehanort ended with the former being frozen alive [[AndIMustScream and aware of it]]. Then he falls off a cliff, parts of his Keyblade and armor shattering as he collides with the cliff's face. If Aqua didn't catch him, he could have shattered like glass.
** [[SerialEscalation It's worse]] when this happens in the actual game, since you get to see the aftermath. Being frozen sounds quite painful.

* The Magic Mirror from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'''s ''Birth by Sleep'' incarnation is pretty creepy. Watching that [[UncannyValley soulless, eyeless floating mask fully rendered in 3D]] is pretty self-explanatory. Getting to fight it as a boss is even worse due to the illusions it creates, and it being giant-sized.

** Even worse when you remember that the Mirror [[TragicMonster doesn't want to fight you]], and is being [[AndIMustScream forced to attack you against its will]].
* As the Keyblade Graveyard is a FieldOfBlades in which each blade represents a Keyblade wielder's heart, it's essentially [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a graveyard for Keyblade wielders.]] The number of lives that must have been lost in that place is staggering. Compounding this is it's music; which while hauntingly beautiful is essentially a funeral dirge.

* The ruins of the [[DoomedHometown Land Of Departure]] are quite creepy, especially if you run into them in Ven or Aqua's story first and have no idea how it got that way.
** And then there's the very real possibility of getting ambushed by the [[BonusBoss Mysterious Figure]] on the way there, if you don't know that visiting that world at that particular time is the way to trigger the battle.
* The secret ending of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep]] Final Mix''. After an entire secret episode spent in isolation in the Realm of Darkness fighting Heartless, Aqua runs into something rather startling -- the [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Castle of Dreams]], corrupted by the darkness and surrounded by evil-looking clouds. It doesn't help that a somewhat distorted version of Destati starts up at that exact moment.

*** The cutscene before the battle starts from the boss's perspective. You then see the red light from its eyes appear and zip across the clearing. When the eyes first appear, it looks like they're looking at [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou you, not Aqua]].

* When you defeat Master Xehanort in Terra's penultimate boss battle, you can hear him say, in a faint yet distinctly chilling tone, "Only now... have I ''truly'' won...". Considering how emotionally charged the cutscene before the fight was (featuring probably the most believable voice acting [[DullSurprise Jason Dohring]] does as Terra), the feeling of triumph is quickly dashed by that one short line [[GrandTheftMe and what comes after it]].
** Especially because, before ''Birth By Sleep'' originally was released, fans had discussed different theories as to how these characters related to the "modern-day" characters of the series, with one extremely popular (and [[AndIMustScream very disturbing]]) theory being that Master Xehanort commits GrandTheftMe on Terra to become the modern-day Xehanort. When you hear Master Xehanort say these words, your worst fears become verified.
*** Though it's at least made a bit softer by the TrueFinalBoss of Terra's story, which is pure CatharsisFactor, the aftermath of that battle, sends it right back to nightmarefuel. Plunging into an Eldritch Location, and your only method of transportation and escape appears to be failing...

** Of course, it's not any better when the Heartless ''do'' show up. The first time you see the Heartless, it's in a flashback where Ventus is nearly killed by Neoshadows and Xehanort decides to create Vanitas. They show up again in Final Mix, where Aqua has to constantly battle against Heartless as she wanders the Realm of Darkness. Not only are these Heartless composed of the terrifying Pureblood Heartless, they are extremely powerful and can kill Aqua rather easily.

* The secret ending of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep]] Final Mix''. After an entire secret episode spent in isolation in the Realm of Darkness fighting Heartless, Aqua runs into something rather startling -- the [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} Castle of Dreams]], corrupted by the darkness and surrounded by evil-looking clouds. It doesn't help that a somewhat distorted version of Destati starts up at that exact moment.

*** Though it's at least made a bit softer by the TrueFinalBoss of Terra's story, which is pure CatharsisFactor, the aftermath of that battle, sends it right back to nightmarefuel. [[spoiler: Plunging into an Eldritch Location, and your only method of transportation and escape appears to be failing...]]

* The Magic Mirror in Disney's ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' wasn't very noteworthy. However, his ''Birth by Sleep'' incarnation is pretty damn creepy. Watching that [[UncannyValley soulless, eyeless floating mask fully rendered in 3D]] is pretty self-explanatory. Getting to fight it as a boss is even worse due to the illusions it creates.

[[caption-width-right:350: Nothing says "creepy" like a destroyed battleground [[FieldOfBlades full of Keyblades]] where countless [[WeaponTombstone warriors lost their lives]] in the ultimate battle... [[note]]Except Xehanort's face as that thing is ''as creepy as fuck...''[[/note]]]]

** Yes, there does need to be a balance between light and dark. So that the x-Blade can be forged.

* Vanitas. Sure, he doesn't seem so scary at first, but then when you see what his mask has been hiding. ''Vanitas looks just like Sora.'' He has the same face, and the same voice. When Sora speaks, his voice is full of hope and light. But Vanitas... he just sounds so... ''evil.'' As if his voice is dripping with darkness.

[[caption-width-right:350: Nothing says "creepy" like a destroyed battleground [[FieldOfBlades full of Keyblades]] where countless [[WeaponTombstone warriors lost their lives]] in the ultimate battle.]]

*** Though it's at least made a bit softer by the TrueFinalBoss of Terra's story, which is pure CatharsisFactor.
* The final boss of Aqua's story, Vanitas. He speaks with both Ven's and Vanitas' voices and looks as if Ven's head has been crudely photoshopped onto Vanitas' body, [[UncannyValley which lends an unnatural, disturbing quality to him.]]
* Aqua being strangled in the final story. Not only is it unnerving to see one of the main characters have this happen to them; another level of horror is added when one realizes that it is essentially ''Terra'' doing this to her.

* Vanitas. Sure, he doesn't seem so scary at first, but then when you see what his mask has been hiding. [[spoiler: ''Vanitas looks just like Sora.'' He has the same face, and the same voice. When Sora speaks, his voice is full of hope and light. But Vanitas... he just sounds so... ''evil.'' As if his voice is dripping with darkness.]]

* Vanitas is both sadistic and insane at the same time. The fact [[spoiler:he looks and sounds exactly like Sora if he had black hair and yellow eyes]] makes it a thousand times worse.

* The [[spoiler:ruins of the [[DoomedHometown Land Of Departure]]]] are quite creepy, especially if you run into them in Ven or Aqua's story first and have no idea how it got that way.
** And then there's the very real possibility of [[spoiler:getting ambushed by the [[BonusBoss Mysterious Figure]]]] on the way there, if you don't know that visiting that world at that particular time is the way to trigger the battle.
* The secret ending of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep]] Final Mix''. After an entire secret episode spent in isolation in [[spoiler:the Realm of Darkness fighting Heartless]], Aqua runs into something rather startling -- [[spoiler:the [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} Castle of Dreams]], corrupted by the darkness and surrounded by evil-looking clouds]]. It doesn't help that a somewhat distorted version of Destati starts up at that exact moment.

** The [[spoiler:Realm of Darkness]] itself is pretty unnerving, with its mile after mile of complete emptiness, [[spoiler:aside from all the powerful Heartless]], and the structures that look unnervingly like someone's insides. Not to mention the bleak theme music.

** Especially because, before ''Birth By Sleep'' originally was released, fans had discussed different theories as to how these characters related to the "modern-day" characters of the series, with one extremely popular (and [[AndIMustScream very disturbing]]) theory being that [[spoiler:Master Xehanort commits GrandTheftMe on Terra to become the modern-day Xehanort]]. When you hear Master Xehanort say these words, your worst fears become verified.

* The final boss of Aqua's story, [[spoiler:Vanitas. He speaks with both Ven's and Vanitas' voices and looks as if Ven's head has been crudely photoshopped onto Vanitas' body, [[UncannyValley which lends an unnatural, disturbing quality to him.]]]]
* Aqua [[spoiler:being strangled in the final story. Not only is it unnerving to see one of the main characters have this happen to them; another level of horror is added when one realizes that it is essentially ''Terra'' doing this to her.]]
* There's one part of the final battle in the final chapter where [[spoiler:Xehanort's shadow holds Aqua down while Xehanort stalks towards her in a very threatening way.]] The game lets you mash the button to try and [[spoiler:break free, but FailureIsTheOnlyOption, so you have to watch Aqua futilely struggle as Xehanort raises his weapon...]]
* Heartless aren't as widespread in this game as they are later. People losing hearts isn't that much of a problem. Then, when you first get a game over, it hits you, unlike the standard lifeless body with floating heart implying you became a heartless of later games, there's just a lifeless body. That's right, you're not facing being turned into TheHeartless with a chance, however slim, of coming back, you outright die.
** Of course, it's not any better when the Heartless ''do'' show up. The first time you see the Heartless, it's in a flashback where [[spoiler:Ventus is nearly killed by Neoshadows and Xehanort decides to create Vanitas]]. They show up again in [[spoiler:Final Mix, where Aqua has to constantly battle against Heartless as she wanders the Realm of Darkness. Not only are these Heartless composed of the terrifying Pureblood Heartless, they are extremely powerful and can kill Aqua rather easily.]]

** Yes, Vanitas is Ventus' darkness given form. [[spoiler:Xehanort tore the darkness right out.]]
** Yes, there does need to be a balance between light and dark. [[spoiler:So that the x-Blade can be forged.]]