7 Terrifying Sounds We'll Never Get Out of Our Heads: Commenter Edition

These highly unsettling sound effects in videogames will haunt our dreams forever, thanks games 🔊
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[@ethanderrick8486]

Worst thing about the Reaper Leviathan is that it uses echolocation. In other words, if you can hear it, it knows exactly where you are

[@Ceece20]

I saw Subnautica on the list and immediately thought of Reaper Leviathans. And then I remembered the sound they make, and promptly did a small panic jump. Didn’t even need the video to play the sound or anything.

[@themagitechie9955]

At least if you're in a Cyclops sub, you might get to hear the "abandon ship" BGM after it attacks the vessel. That song bops way harder than it has any right to in a game like that. Also, If you need some catharsis, get your PRAWN suit equipped with grappler and drill arms, then grapple the monster and rev up the drill. you can (eventually) kill the reaper if you have enough patience.

[@GreyManFaustus]

It's very fortunate, that it's not particularly dangerous.

[@hackcubit9663]

@@Ceece20 It definitely makes me wish that the seaweeds, kelp forest, and other places with a ton of "stuff" in the way would prove to be nearly impossible for reapers to see through.

[@pirateadam3686]

The trick to outsmarting it is to confuse it's echolocation with the sound of screaming and blindly firing the stasis rifle as fast as your trembling fingers can manage. 60% of the time, it works 100% of the time.

[@rhodes3983]

What's worse: The PDA entry for the Reaper Leviathan reads "If you can hear it, it can see you"

[@keith7459]

The sound of those head crab zombies burning and screaming “heeelpp meee” is gonna haunt me for years

[@achtsekundenfurz7876]

Everybody loses their 💩 about headcrab / zombie noises, and I just want a headcrab beanie...

[@bareakon]

Much like Ratatouille

[@myth8644]

It's a bit weird, but it doesn't haunt me at all. I associate it more with Counterstrike zombie mods. I know it's originally from HL, but zombie mods basically repurposed some of the noises and textures. One of the sounds was just a sign that a zombie near by is on fire, for example.

[@emilysmith2965]

Dude… they used to be PEOPLE. And unlike traditional zombies, maybe they still are, a little bit.

[@janbastyr5223]

For me it's the howl of fast zombies

[@TheDrGrom]

Nothing is so scary as the countdown music for Sonic when he's underwater and about to drown. That gives anyone of a particular vintage instant goosebumps

[@dralinkushinen]

What about the Orn in Kid Icarus Uprising? (did i get the names right?)

[@vict4451]

Damnit. I thought I had erased that music from my memory. Oh well, time to drink that one away.

[@BlueV101]

That's my phone alarm. I've used it for years. I don't know how the sound file ends. It could re-start, make the drowning noise, or even "bubble," followed by happy music. 30 years... 😱

[@comettamer]

Yes it do

[@kkkjfyfiudfxg6994]

You YOY YOY YOY YOY i hate the sound in my head

[@rickimaru915]

I can’t believe no one mentioned the singing of the Winter Lanterns in Bloodborne. Creepy in and of itself AND it signals that the most dangerous enemy in the game is nearby

[@raven_the_demon]

Haunting yet beautiful, I'd say

[@loganhagen6294]

It's usually followed up by Do do do dooooo.

[@scottneil1187]

Man, those things truly inspire dread, they will ruin your day.

[@hugofontes5708]

fucking hell, yes

[@necroarcanistxiii]

Oh fuck me, I just ran through Nightmare of Mensis for the first time last night, I *dread* having to get past those bastards, the Frenzy continues building long after you kill them. Though now that I have Ludwig's Holy Blade to +10, they go down in three hits. And all the Cursed Droplet gems they dropped have boosted its damage through the roof.

[@Knife_The_Namase]

The noise of the Reaper’s chains from the Persona series is very unnerving. It’s literally the sound of death approaching. Even when I was prepared to fight him, hearing the chains rattling gave me chills.

[@thaumielessa5051]

The first thing that comes to my head anytime I hear the chains is to get the hell of the floor immediately, hence why I haven't unlocked any of the Reaper achievement in P4 Golden and P5 Royal. At least in Persona 3, you can practically stare it on the stair without any repercussions. Those chains still make me jump.

[@jonbaxter2254]

I was surprised how chilling that was for a goofy, colourful game.

[@thaumielessa5051]

​@Jon Baxter My ex girlfriend uses the Reaper chains sound as a ringtone just to scare me.

[@BlackMrMax]

As a subnautica fan I am scarred, and I have a rule for when it comes to the Leviathans... "If you can hear it, it can SEE you!"

[@wraithcadmus]

"Are you sure whatever you're doing is worth it?"

[@BlackMrMax]

@@wraithcadmus "Maaaaaybe we should just stay in our fancy selfmade underwater base, where it is safe and have all the needed equipment to live happily ever after.."

[@DreamBelief]

What about the bloodcurdling shriek of the ReDeads in Zelda? That one's notorious. The fact that it freezes you temporarily makes the sound even scarier. Then they add the creepy humping sounds if it jumps on you to make you even more uncomfortable.

[@harlandmountain7998]

They covered that in Part One.

[@DreamBelief]

@@harlandmountain7998 ah thanks for that. Must've missed that one. Apologies. Thanks for saying

[@BlueV101]

OMG! That... 😱

[@Ironcabbit]

And you just know that eventually Nintendo will figure out how to combine a ReDead and a Guardian and then stick that homunculus in a Zelda sequel - probably as a boss.

[@pixienyx4306]

@@Ironcabbit 😳 why would you even type that! What if Nintendo reads this and it actually happens! I mean giant mechanical laser spiders that now scream at you? Why!!

[@Abeillebee425]

If you ever do a part 3, my suggestion is the noise that plays when a burglar appears in the OG Sims game. It gave me heart palpitations as an 8 year old.

[@michaelforis2713]

Noooo! My refrigerator... D:

[@anne-mariejean3638]

I think it is why they got rid of them in the sims 4. No burglar, no scary sound.

[@YuBeace]

Aye, I’ll drink to that.

[@iHopeurkool]

One time when I was like 7 or 8 the burglar music started to play in The Sims: Bustin Out and the camera angle switched to show the intruder approaching my home, I turned off my xbox and never played the game again. I was FUCKED UP for a while.

[@YesTodaySatan69]

That beeping noise that the Super Mutant Suiciders from Fallout make when they’re nearby and making a beeline toward you makes me panic run away every single time.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

ONLY ONE OF US WILL SURVIVE. AND IT WONT. BE. YOU.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

You know, for a giant green sack of roid rage with a beeping, glowing bomb on their arm, THOSE MF'ERS ARE SNEAKY!

[@cmdrleonhart]

Ugh. Don't remind me. Spawned into a location last night and there were not one, not two, but THREE suiciders. Still don't know how I made it out of there intact.

[@faylinnmystiquerose2224]

First thing I do is shoot the mininuke they're running at me with, I never use the damn things anyway.

[@brodriguez11000]

Same with 7 days to die.

[@Crazm_Andorand]

While the Reaper "bwoom" in ME3 is pretty terrifying, there is one sound in that game that is scarier to me. The screech of a Banshee. Every time I hear that sound, I'm like "Oh, s***, where is it?!?"

[@wavion2]

Yes, especially if you play multiplayer.

[@richarddakazo2878]

When I played Zelda Windwaker for the first time I encountered these particular monsters in a crypt. I thought "Who are these losers?" and jumped straight to fighting them. Then the redead screamed... And then *I* screamed.

[@ShiKageMaru]

That is definitely ONE OF the scarier sounds from Mass Effect. The horror of the franchise really comes front and center in the third game when they introduced the Banshees. That scream fills you with terror even before you learn that they can teleport right to you and deliver an instant kill.

[@wavion2]

Yes! I will also like to add the Overlord scream, especially if you're wearing headphones, because it's basically the loudest possible sound they're capable of producing.

[@OkamiSatsujin]

The drowning noise from sonic still gives me the creeps!

[@anon_y_mousse]

The countdown noise makes me panic and I have to take a deep breath.

[@OkamiSatsujin]

@@anon_y_mousse Anxiety induced gaming! Or gaming induced anxiety!

[@kadosho02]

Still making us shiver

[@l0stndamned]

I think that was on an earlier video. I remember playing a Sonic game at a convention once. When the drowning music started some guy standing behind me had a brief panic and then had to explain to his son why that sound was so bad.

[@mistformsquirrel]

I barely even played anything on the Genesis back in the day and even I get freaked out by that sound. The way it speeds up as you get closer to Sonic's untimely demise is just... like kudos on the sound design, you want to make the player feel like they're a drowning hedgehog, you nailed it, but... Brrrrrrrr... awful awful awful.

[@briandanger8165]

Left4Dead and Left4Dead 2 both have such wonderful and haunting sound cues! Most memorable is the wailing and cries of the Witch-- lurking somewhere and often blocking your path. I still have nightmares.

[@faylinnmystiquerose2224]

For me it wasn't the creeper hiss that always freaked me out, it was some of the ambient sounds, especially when mining, a distant growl type sound that periodically played always kept me on edge underground.

[@maxvel0city906]

I love it when Luke in on screen having a conversation with Ellen off screen because I always imagine Ellen is doubled up trying not to laugh behind the camera in the studio.😂 Those are some of the best and funniest moments please don't ever stop doing them.

[@johnjogerst5919]

When Luke is doing his little freak out across the screen, Ellen almost breaks. You can see her trying very hard not to lose it.

[@ArcherBlack]

I imagine a sound that would terrify Ellen would be hearing a heavy shuffling sound in Skyrim, turning around and seeing the biggest, ugliest spider you've ever seen

[@calebhartshorn1343]

Another game where the music gets all musicy and I flip.

[@bustinarant]

​@@calebhartshorn1343I liked Oblivion more because it sounded like Jack Sparrow was sneaking up on you.

[@danielstephens1185]

That's actually the first Arachnophobia video they did. Frostbite spiders spoiled Skyrim for her when she saw the trailer.

[@thehittite6982]

I'm trying to decide which haunts me more from Fallout: New Vegas's Dead Money expansion. The violent, gasping, choking sound the ghost people make, or the sound of your explosive collar right before it goes off.

[@MeliesCinemagician]

Sinistar's roar in Sinistar. One of the first ever video games with actual human voice, and it uses it to threaten you and scream in your face while a giant alien skull tries to eat you.

[@JoeMH1995]

Fun fact, Mass Effect's sound designer Michael Kent edited the sound of a bear-proof bin opening to create the Reapers' original 'death roar'. Kent was also the supervising sound engineer for God of War: Ragnarok, which means he's up for a BAFTA for audio achievement this year.

[@Maniacman2030]

Does anybody even care about BAFTA anymore? Lots of award shows have become rather bleh.

[@GoEagles1028]

Don't forget about the insanity sounds from Eternal Darkness. The crying/ laughing lady, the babies, the zombies, still creeps me out to this day.

[@Thozmp]

Even after decades of video games, there's something about Chrono Trigger's Lavos scream that still gives a feeling of "oh shit."

[@bellisimo080995]

It was always the screech the big sisters made right before attacking you in Bioshock 2. Both terrifying and sad. My heart still drops to my stomach when I hear it.

[@apocrypha5363]

I love the janky, broken-piano nature of the BOTW Guardian music, it so perfectly says: This is wrong. This is alien. This doesn't fit. It's something that shouldn't be here in this world.

[@hackcubit9663]

To prove your point somewhat, someone grabbed footage of cop cars turning their lights on and queued the music of "guardian spotted you" as the lights turned on. Perfect music for that sight.

[@Maniacman2030]

@@hackcubit9663 The MGS alert music also works, starting with the Spotted sound effect as the lights turn on.

[@archellothewolf2083]

Surprised there's no Banshee from ME3. The reaper horn is more annoying than scary, but the Banshee? You KNOW you're in for a bad time when you hear her coming.

[@midnight_yota]

One of the only things to get me to actually jump while playing.

[@archellothewolf2083]

@@midnight_yota for me it's more of a shudder down my spine. I legitamately sit up straighter over the course of the scream as if someone is clawing down my back. I can feel the adrenaline start pumping and my situational awarness spike, as I'm desperatrely trying to identify where she is and where I can escape to once she starts teleporting.

[@ltmarcos]

It was worse in multiplayer. I played through story enough, I knew where they were coming from 80% of the time. MP, who knows, and since they can phase through walls, it may be too late.

[@hackcubit9663]

I know she's been mentioned in OX in the past, possibly in the first video they did on this subject, or a similar one about chilling sounds. With that said, you're right, the banshee's shriek remains terrifying.

[@theubiquitouspotato]

Yeah defo the Reaper you just bolt opposite direction to the massive arrows telling you they are coming from think they caught me like twice. Banshees must have killed my shepard at least 500 times through all play throughs

[@edwardgrimes7535]

Everything about the reapers is terrifying, not just their sounds. That first conversation with sovereign is nightmare stuff.

[@torgranael]

"We bring order to the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it. You will end because we demand it." is one of my favourite lines, not just in the ME games, but from everything I've played.

[@Cindercrown]

The low HP music from Pokémon Black and White. It's not only the beeping noise that's being added when your HP are low in these games, but the fight immediately becomes more stressful, because the battle music itself turns into a more... well... stressful version.

[@wolfydawolf5680]

Yea- like: DUDE I CANT STRESS RN I KNOW ALL MY POKEMON ARE ON DEATHS DOORSTEP JUST LET ME THINK PLEASE AAAA

[@ferkotofalvi8315]

Omega Flowey's laugh from Undertale. To this day I can't decide if it's scary badass or just plain scary...

[@ethantombs2608]

Saw ME3 and was disappointed to see it wasn't the Banshee scream. That stuff scares the hell out of me every single time it plays.

[@bookslikerabbits]

The reaper noise is too cool to be scary to me - no fear response whatsoever. The Banshee scream, on the other hand... *shudder*

[@Bethgael]

Especially since I'm pretty sure banshees were in the comments, iirc.

[@ethantombs2608]

@bookslikerabbits even when I know it's coming in that first encounter, I'm in the dark with a flashlight and I'm still jumpy when it happens.

[@agwasp]

Both horrifying but oh my god in the middle of gameplay the banshee scream was the worst. It’s a signal that you’re about to desperately run backwards.

[@magnusbooth4719]

especially since you still hear their screams some time after killing them makes you think there is another one coming...

[@HazmanTV]

The sound that the Carnage-Doc Oc hybrid made in the first Spider-Man game was absolutely petrifying! 😱😱

[@Mr.SpooksCentral]

Left 4 Dead - the witch. From their faint crying in the distance to the music getting louder when you get closer to them. To their screams as they get spooked and charge at you. Always keeps me on high alert

[@irex_models]

the witch will never not be funny to me, because most of my l4d2 playthrough had the witch as peter griffin

[@SolaScientia]

The Winter Lantern singing in Bloodborne. I was exploring the Nightmare Frontier and there are at least 2 of them in that area. Well, I couldn't find the 2nd one but I could hear her singing. I just noped away from the sound instead of actively trying to find her. Even though I know the one in the Fishing Hamlet can't get me, it was still unnerving to fight those 2 shark bois in the well all while that horrid singing is going on in the background. Also, the brainsuckers in the Upper Cathedral Ward. I was so disturbed by that noise that's audible through the walls coupled with the music going on that I noped out of there after just a few minutes. I had to grit my teeth and plow through as quickly as I could when I finally worked up the nerve to clear the area. Very few areas in Bloodborne bother me, but the Upper Cathedral Ward is at the top of that short list. Finally, it's only heard in certain parts of the game, but I absolutely hate the blaring alarms that happen when airships are going down in BioShock Infinite. The first time is when that woman follower sets herself on fire and the ship as well and Booker has to bail out. You can hear that alarm for ages as the ship falls to the earth and it freaks me for some reason.

[@ForestFlame]

Queen Vanessa's noise from a Hat in Time is so terrifying. Especially for a game where you play as an 8 year old kid.

[@bartoszkrawczyk5921]

I first heard it as a 24 year old, bearded, burly man. Still had to get a new pair of shorts after that.

[@damsonrhea]

I loved that game. I hated that level. I totally skipped it.

[@jennasloan396]

The splashing sound that the invisible water creatures make in Amnesia: The Dark Descent

[@changelotdulac]

The noise of low HP in the Pokémon games that came out on GameBoy. This 8 bit sound really increased the pressure during combat, especially when it was your last companion.

[@galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478]

The Nosk head crack and scream from Hollow Knight always sends shivers down my spine whenever I hear it. It's just so sudden and unnatural that it is difficult not to scream whenever I hear it. It doesn't help that the Nosk fight takes place in the deepnest. The place in Hollow Knight where everything is unnerving and has you on guard.

[@constantlyphil]

Nosk is just a silly guy

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

A creepy terrifying noise that I won't forget is the raspy breathing of the regenerators and iron maidens in resident evil 4.

[@Maniacman2030]

Them and the chainsaws. Makes me wonder how the remake is gonna vamp them up and my goes cold.

[@peterdueland4043]

The regenerators were in the first vid on this topic. 100% the worst sound in a game

[@electricdanish912]

"Just don't do it." Something between the tone Luke's voice and the look in his eye gave me *chills.*

[@matthewolson2308]

I always feel goosebumps at the sound of Ghasts in Minecraft! It sometimes sounds like they are saying "matthew" in a creepy voice.

[@Tengila]

Lavos, though. Lavos' scream from Chrono Trigger. That sound is seared into my memory forever. Gives me chills just remembering it.

[@tpzelda]

The noises of the activated guardians in the silent realm of skyward sword are also anxiety inducing

[@ajzephyros7454]

Anything called Guardian in a Legend of Zelda Game is almost definitely going to be terrifying

[@tpzelda]

@@ajzephyros7454 So true 😂😂

[@Maniacman2030]

I dunno, the worst sound in a Zelda game for me has always been the ReDead from OoT and I think TP had that one enemy with a huge sword. Thank goodness in OoT for the Sun Song, it's always one of the first ditties I get once I get out of the forest. I make a bee-line for Kakariko and the Graveyard. (I mean, they're in the tomb you need to get it from, but they're pretty easy to avoid.)

[@darksiren96]

for the silent real, its the jingle of the labterns of the patrolling ones that make me panic. It means most of the time that i’ll have to redo everything again. or time running out on the meter.

[@NateAndersenmonologistics]

The fish in Outer Wilds was Terrifying. There you are having a nice exploration game when suddenly killer fish start screaming you at eating you. You've really spent the whole getting used to your own silliness being the thing that kills you because there's nothing out there trying to kill you until suddenly near the end of the game there is.

[@constantlyphil]

The owlks in the dlc tho💀

[@constantlyphil]

The alarm when u turn off the lights in the endless canyon

[@thebiggityboy]

Honorable mention to the Rat King from TLOU PT 2. You hear it a couple times prior to the boss battle and you can even hear him in the cutscene where Ellie catches up to Nora

[@larmedelune3800]

Let's be honest Cave sound is way scarier than creeper hissing since they play so unexpectedly and while you're mining hahaha

[@ziirroh]

Or hearing the sudden sound of thunder when deep in a cave. It’s so unexpectedly loud! 😂

[@elizawulf8180]

Outer Wilds has a load of eerie music and sounds...but the Universe will never miss the sounds of the Anglerfish.

[@CelynBrum]

The cliff racers in Morrowind have given me a permanent flinch response. They reused the sound effect for the ESO Morrowind area, and despite knowing there are no cliff racers in the game, I still did a full spin-and-search on reflex every time I heard it.

[@chunkywhippet9503]

The Kingdoms of Amalur spider sound always freaks me out, it's the sudden, loud burst followed by the chittering that makes my toes curl even thinking about it!

[@zeon269]

The air raid siren from Silent Hill. Still chills me and gives me goosebumps.

[@brodriguez11000]

Radio static.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Seems too easy a pick, since sirens are scary by design in real life too.

[@ScreamingStar64]

Ngl, I think of it every time I hear one. I live in a region where they test them weekly.

[@johnhagen313]

That metal scraping from pyramid head is rather unsettling too

[@zeon269]

@@johnhagen313 I play Dead by Daylight and rather enjoy that sound.

[@Playingwith3D]

As a really old WoW player first arriving in outlands which already had a sinister reputation as the ganking capitol of WoW. You'd finally get a quiet moment and try to get some quests done when the ground starts to shake and the scream of a fel reaver sends a jump scare through your body. lol

[@flershnork]

And there was a red Fel Reaver added on Argus! The Garothi Obliterator. Made the same sound too.

[@heldtheline]

It was so satisfying going back to HFP in later expacs and being able to just one-shot the thing. Not only was it a nice little bit of vengeance, but you were also doing any levelling players in the area a solid.

[@DwarfGresman]

Also as an old school WoW player. The one and only dreaded murloc mating call.

[@torgranael]

My mother used to talk about the time she was woken up by that sound at 3am. My dad had accidentally unplugged his headphones just before it played and scared the crap out of her.

[@DJChizzlesworth]

The sound of a Thargoid Interceptor in Elite: Dangerous is one of the most terrifying things I've heard in a game, especially when you're in system trying to hide from one...

[@stephenward1314]

Great list - I wll say from ME3 the sound i dreaded the most was the Banshee scream - which usually heralded a hard as nails section about to happen. Especially with their instakill attack 😨😨

[@themagitechie9955]

I'd definitely add that creepy beeping noise the EMMIs make in Metroid: Dread while just wandering around, as well as the start of the EMMI Attack music when you inevitably get spotted by them. The "Monster House" theme from Explorers of Sky also definitely counts anytime you stumble into one without a Petrify or Foe-Hold orb.

[@hackcubit9663]

Similarly, in Metroid Fusion when the SA-X walks into a room, both the soundtrack gets creepy and you can hear her feet as she stomps through the room.

[@ThaGr1m]

For me one that has stuck with me trough the ages is the turret noise from portal 1 and 2. Worst thing about it is that at one point my dad had a device in his car to warn for speed cameras that for some inexplicable reason had the same noise. Can still remember my entire body going full flight mode when having a leasurely drive with the family.

[@KratonWolf]

You alluded to it in the original episode but didn't mention it, nor did it get a mention in this one, so I'm going to suggest it: RE4's Regenerators. The sound is so creepy that I've unintentionally memorized it pitch-perfectly in order to recognize it should it ever become reality. As a side effect, I can replicate the sound perfectly so as to creep the living hell out of my friends.

[@SixshotRevan]

The sound of the super hulk from level 7 of the original Descent is forever burned into my brain. It's unique rhythmic hum gets louder the closer it gets to you, and it teleports. Often appearing right behind you with your only warning being how loud it's machinery suddenly becomes.

[@claratalbot7613]

The Winter Lanterns from Bloodborne. The second I hear that singing I'm running the only way while panic searching for sedatives in my inventory

[@mikeymike1792]

Nothing has ever been as scary to me as the noise of Mr X's footprints in RE2. It gives me anxiety for weeks at a time. Also the 'strong enemy' music used for Lynels in BOTW is quite something. If you're just chilling in a field and you hear that, you know you're in for a bad time.

[@mitigatedrisk4264]

The drone of the Big Daddies in the original Bioshock. They're largely optional, but the sound is brilliant.

[@raineblackstar3522]

Technically not a sound from a game, but rather from a movie. Specifically War of the Worlds. Anyone remember the terrifying siren those big machines emit when they rise up from the ground...?

[@TheManOfManyNames373]

If you want to make a Part 3 to this episode, the screams of the Grub Mimics in Hollow Knight damn near gave me a heart attack.

[@Boomslayer19]

Or cliffracers from Morrowind

[@r.j.penfold]

If you get the dream nail you can double check the grubs before freeing them. So if it says something about Home it's safe and if it says something about empty or hunger best just leave it alone

[@hackcubit9663]

Had to look that up, been a while since I played Hollow Knight. You're 100% correct, those things are absolutely terrifying, especially given you were expecting an adorable caterpillar-like critter to happily burrow away.

[@DjBarns2077]

The things that fly towards you and blow up are worse I screamed when I heard one on a grind trip it hurt my ears from said scream I was on max health and still screamed

[@geoff_bee]

Huntress's lullaby from Dead By Daylight - a friend of mine cosplayed as her at MCM last year and had the lullaby playing from a speak on her belt - the reactions from other people were hilarious :D

[@scorchik11]

Personally I always get chills when I hear the flood ambience in the halo games

[@juunidesu12]

the screaming bombhead enemies in Serious Sam .... holy crap, I'd hear them screaming for like an HOUR after I'd already finished playing.

[@johnoneil9188]

My personal shoutout goes to the chittering and scuttling sound that mirelurks in Fallout 4 make. In terms of crustacian horror just topped by the haunting call that Fogcrawlers from the Far Harbour DLC put out.

[@livingcorpse5664]

The Regenerators heavy breathing in Resident Evil 4. I will never get that nasally, wheezing breath out of my head.

[@ladyV-hara]

Genuinely terrifying. I'm not sure if I'll even make it through the remake.

[@noob1n8or]

Splatoon 3 just added Horrorboros as a new King Salmonid about a month ago. It's scream lives up to it's name.

[@brokko_le3]

The enemy itself isn't even too dangerous, but the sounds entombed husks make in hollow knight are pure nightmare fuel.

[@ddjsoyenby]

the reapers in me3 were pretty easy to escape on the galaxy map, but you had to fight the banshees and their horrifying shrieking.

[@Intr0vertical]

Part 3 has to be Fallout 4 Mini Nuke super mutants. Hear that noise and immediately sprint

[@Gruntman1234]

Or the sound of a Mini Nuke soaring through the air as it gets closer to you. Not to mention the both the sounds of a Sentry Bot activating or an Assaultron charging it's head lazer. Oh and the sound of a Radscorpion popping out of the ground behind you.

[@madisonseyfried9298]

The Spiderwick Chronicles video game for the PS2. Scariest noise for me was the distant grunting of goblins, letting you know they're coming for you. Especially the roar of the bull goblins before they charge you or throw a potentially fatal stone at your head, sometimes without you knowing where they are. Doesn't help that the goblins' color palette helps them blend in pretty much anywhere.

[@ReverendTed]

The guttural snarl of a demon (or worse, specter) from 1993's Doom was enough to get my heart to skip a beat, especially when it came from close by, in the dark.

[@anon_y_mousse]

I think Ellen needs a hug, and I'll never look at Ratatouille the same way again. Mice as head crabs? Icky!

[@marhawkman303]

they were one of the most terrifying plagues in history. :p

[@TheWretchedOwl]

This makes me wonder what sounds must frighten the NPCs, like the sound of Mario sending Cappy to instantly destroy your brain and control your body.

[@davidpines8827]

The sound of "Quicksaving..." in Fallout or Elder Scrolls games would probably rank pretty high for NPCs

[@pinkcloudsnightlightbell]

True😂

[@iakan6937]

"Who somehow manage to be both wibbly and spiky, AT THE SAME TIME" Absolute gold that bit

[@grahamsmith7936]

Hello! I just found your channel, and I love the content. When it comes to scary sounds in video games, nothing compares to the buzzing of the radio in Silent Hill games. I had an aversion to static feedback for years after playing the original on PS1.

[@ASCARNAZ]

Have you guys mentioned the whistle of a mini nuke in Fallout? Specially when you didn't launch it. Also, the weird noise the cloaker makes in Payday, they are a one hit KO after all. At least that doesn't count as a down

[@JoeMH1995]

If its anything for me in Fallout, its the sound of a mine that's a little bit too close.

[@sterling7]

I'd put in a late vote for the "psychic attack" noise in the original X-Com. Oh, look, my explosive-ammo guy just got possessed...

[@bw2140]

Welcome back Mike! Don't worry I didn't go looking for the spoiler list this thyme. Also lol the header headcrab bit was still funny the second round

[@Budewfan]

Imagine a nice seaside town, with cabins along the beachfront. You decide to enter one of these cabins, and a familiar face appears. The piano theme starts playing, and you're forced into a battle against Cynthia.

[@GideonGrimmGaming]

Destiny 1+2, the exploder shanks. Those are the only kamikaze enemies that actually make noise at least, but it still brings sheer panic while doing endgame activities solo.

[@Ceece20]

God I hated those things. Hated them only slightly less than first person platforming puzzles in Destiny. Or dying from the “architects” constantly.

[@mistformsquirrel]

Oh gods, exploder shanks are the worst... none of the other self-destruct enemies get me like those do. Well Screebs also suck... but they're at least a bit slower and feel a bit less durable. Exploder shanks are like "Oh you're fighting Eliksni and everything is going smoothly... BOOM."

[@christophergoldshot9028]

Oh God oh God oh no freaking boom shanks are the worst.

[@riven5677]

@@Ceece20same

[@GideonGrimmGaming]

@@mistformsquirrel I hate doing GMs and the mini screebs pop out of other enemies when they die, so hard to see and they don’t make an easily recognizable noise until they explode.

[@AmeenaWordweaver]

In Dragon's Dogma, on Bitterblack Isle (the Dark Arisen expansion), when Death is around the music changes to be a sort of ominou drone with the occasional bell tolling, and when you're close enough (but he hasn't spotted you yet) you can actually hear Death making creepy whispering noises. However, the music change can be too subtle to notice if you haven't spent much time in the area, so you might round a corner and unexpectedly come face-to-face with him. There's even a point where it's possible to shortcut down to the bottom of an area by sliding down a watery tunnel...which lands you right on top of where Death normally spawns in that zone if indeed he has done so on that particular visit (it's random). When he spots you, the music abruptly ramps up into "scary urgent chanting and stuff", which can catch you off guard if you weren't aware that the dude with the lantern and the scythe was floating around.

[@Maniacman2030]

Death went from scary to annoying for me, because my Pawns would just continue to wail on him while I was trying to get them away from being one-shotted by the scythe. Part of an annoyance was when >I< was attacking him and he suddenly vanished. Even worse is when I was fighting some enemies I needed to concentrate on(the lizards? I forget), then he'd just pop right in and the only notification I get is one of the Pawns saying, "Death approaches," or something similar. I haven't been able to beat him _yet,_ but I do know the tunnel trick with the Magic Archer and the ricochet arrows, but even that one was taking me a while to get even ONE health bar down.

[@AmeenaWordweaver]

@@Maniacman2030 I basically ignore the Pawns and focus on shooting at him (Ranger here). If any of them die, never mind, I'll just get them back at the nearest Riftstone. I've played the hell out of this game so I've killed him several times. There's even a spot where it's possible to one-shot him but you miss out on the loot because said shot is a knockdown shot that punts him off a bridge into the water (entrance of Tower of Remembrance ara), where he instantly dies. He comes back eventually, of course - unlike Grigori, you can't permanently kill him.

[@faithjones7550]

I wasn't paying close enough attention at the beginning and didn't realize Reaper Leviathans were on the list. My blood ACTUALLY turned to ice when the sound played.

[@Knics_]

The creepiest sound in a chill game? The stingers in satisfactory. I have no problems with scary games but the sound effect those things make still sends chills down my spine and causes me to start spinning around wildly looking for where it is, despite hundred of hours of playtime. The game even has an arachnophobia mode where they turn into cute cats with nice meows because of how much these things trigger ppl.

[@Jonkenstonk]

The groans of the Big Daddy in Bioshock.

[@wyattwebb6963]

Monster Hunter World, hearing the roar and the strings of the Bazelgeuse's theme is terrifying, especially the first time.

[@sswishbone]

Final Fantasy VIII - The notorious chuckle when you stumble into a fight with a Marlboro "Ahehehe!!!" - Bad Breath - Game Over

[@Th33anomaly]

That American Southern accent that Ellen does for the “Maple glazed piranha pool challenge” made me laugh so hard I spit coffee all over my kitchen table.

[@moonlightingjam]

The Assaultrons in Fallout 4. Imagine loading an old save and the first thing you hear is it recharging its laser eye... and then your entire screen turns red.

[@DarkPatu]

The haunting voices of the Hybrids in System Shock 2 as they track and hunt you through the corridors STILL gives me the willies after so many years. I'm very excited about the remake coming out!

[@SashaMinkh]

To piggy back off this, dunno if it counts because it's an in game audio log, but that Anatoly Korenchkin log of "Glory to the many, I am a voice in their choir" while shotgunning a man into liquid is stomach turning.

[@DarkPatu]

@@SashaMinkh Holy hell, yes. Some of those audio logs were terrifying. There's just something about a polygonal, half-biomechanical zombie(?) chasing you all the way across a map and the sound of "...wE cAn SmElL youR FlEsH!" echoing after you.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

WE ARE, We Are, we are...

[@DarkPatu]

@@michaelandreipalon359 siLencE tHe DiscoRd...

[@randomname0099]

The screaming, crucified tarnished in Elden Ring. What's worse is that the sounds aren't really explained, so I spent a good ten minutes trying to figure out where the horrendous wailing was coming from... and it never stops.

[@RedAugust08]

I can't remember if this one has been covered, but I just about jump out of my skin when I hear anything that sounds like the Bioshock security drones.

[@FoxMarcello]

Dude the guardians in botw scared me so much I spent YEARS perfecting my shot and making ancient arrows just to spite them

[@KyureonWestfall]

The one that always gets me is the scream of a grabber from Deep Rock Galactic, which sends chills down my spine

[@enderhx]

Just glad cave leeches don't make a sound 😅

[@hixonreaper3546]

The dragon roar in skyrim. Not only do you have a tough fight unless you have been playing for around 30 hours on that one character but there is also a decent chance of running into a priest if it's a word wall dragon.

[@Oh-Deer-God]

Crab squids from subnautica - that clicking blows any leviathan out of the water. ALWAYS sends chills up my spine.

[@marybdrake1472]

I was more freaked out by the Banshees in Mass Effect 3 to be honest.

[@kingofravens215]

The screams that thing made mixed with its design still haunts me to this day 😖

[@marybdrake1472]

@@kingofravens215 Yeah, the Banshee's design made it all the more effective.

[@dcbandit]

Best thing in the world, actually defeating a Guardian with it's own lasers without losing your shield. It's bloody hard, but awesome when you do. 90% of the time, I save before a Guardian, to try and do this.

[@Alinias]

Lately for me, it's been the heart thumping from the sleepers in GTFO. It raises the tension so high for such a simple and somewhat subdued sound effect.

[@timhibbard4226]

The head crab ringtone joke hits close to home for me. I once had a customer who’s phone went off with the original drowning music from Sonic the Hedgehog while they were in my store. My heart rate IMMEDIATELY went wild. 😬 lol