Line #8 NightmareFuel/ReturnToCastleWolfenstein


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4	Not only was ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'' the first game of the ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' franchise to make the jump to UsefulNotes/{{polygonal graphics}}, it also introduced {{horror}} elements in it.
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6	* [[HerrDoktor Doktor Zee]] torturing B.J.'s teammate to death [[ElectricTorture with electricity]]. Cue the [[StockScream screams]].
7	* ThoseWackyNazis have awakened various types of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mummies and ghouls]] when they DugTooDeep in their frantic search for artifacts. Those who ran out of ammo got dismembered and [[EatenAlive devoured]]. Their screams of horror and pain can be heard in the "Crypt" levels and in the penultimate level ("Castle"). The player better ''not'' run out of ammo in these levels...
8	** There is some {{foreshadowing}} late in the first Village level where two Nazi officers comment about the chilling [[HellIsThatNoise screams]] coming from the catacombs, and [[EvenEvilHasStandards lament]] that their [[AFatherToHisMen own men]] were sealed in there.
9	** Special mention to the intro cutscene of the first Crypt level where 3 Nazi soldiers overhear the dying screams of one of their fellow soldiers and run to the entrance, only to discover that the ladder was destroyed by their own side to hopefully keep TheUndead sealed in there. "Get ready. They're coming!"
10	--->'''Nazi 1:''' ''[[HellIsThatNoise Did you hear that?!]]''
11	--->'''Nazi 2:''' ''Yeah, and I wish I hadn't!''
12	** Judging by the NoodleIncident involving Helga losing an eye to the undead in 1939, it's clear that this isn't the first time this has happened.
13	** There is a VideoGameSetPiece early on in the Castle level where a Nazi is heard being dismembered alive by the zombies and [[NothingIsScarier the only thing we see are pieces of flesh rolling down a staircase]].
14	* Olaric (the first boss in the game) is an [[EldritchAbomination abomination]] that seems made of rotten muscles and skulls stitched together. He has also [[LudicrousGibs butchered Helga von Bulow to bloody bits]] and sends screaming ghosts at B.J.'s face that cause TemporaryBlindness.
15	** The horrific gasping of Blazkowicz as he's attacked by ghosts is another layer of nightmare fuel.
16	* [[MadScientist Oberst. Wilhelm Strasse]]'s {{cyborg}} X-Creatures. God knows how many human guinea pigs he [[BodyHorror butchered]] when doing his {{Frankenstein\|s Monster}}-esque experiments... He isn't nicknamed [[TheButcher Deathshead]] for nothing: he's basically the StupidJetpackHitler version of UsefulNotes/JosefMengele.
17	** The Loper creatures in particular are completely out of control and casually fry anyone they turn their attention to with glee.
18	** The Proto-Soldiers are still a hundred percent loyal to the Nazis, but they're MadeOfIron DemonicSpiders equipped with [[MoreDakka Venom guns]] and [[{{BFG}} Panzerfausts]]. And the Nazis want to mass produce them to use them against the Allies. [[OneManArmy Blazkowicz]] wins against them because he's just that badass, but the Allies really wouldn't stand a chance.
19	** And then there's the pinnacle of his work: Das Über-Soldat. The Super Soldier. It makes the Proto-Soldiers look like child's play. The fact they can shoot [[AlwaysAccurateAttack always-accurate lightning]] from a Tesla cannon makes them look like you're being attacked by an evil sorcerer out of a SpaceOpera combined with a cyborg.
20	--->'''Deathshead:''' Well, Agent Blazkowicz. You are a most impressive specimen. It would be my pleasure to dissect you piece by piece. Let me introduce you to someone. Do not confuse it with the mere prototypes you've encountered. This is the pinnacle of all my research. Das Über-Soldat. The Super Soldier. It will be my pleasure to watch it destroy you.
21	* Some tracks on the OST are chilling and set the mood very well: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-sH4ewNioM The Undead]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GirADcFCMVw The Cave]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtsNwQIhhno Graveyard]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnYCHN3qw2g Un-Natural]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLU8546lvQU Arena]]

Context NightmareFuel / ReturnToCastleWolfenstein