Evolution of Creepy Moments in Zelda Games (1993-2021)

[@BeardBear]

Thanks to everyone who sent me suggestions for this video! What's the scariest Zelda moment for you?

[@DrBuntonDO]

ReDeads used to freak me out but now I'm just fascinated and intrigued as to how they evolved so many times in appearance from game to game but you can always tell it's a redead because of its signature scream.

[@Izzo212]

Try doing evolution of secret endings in Mario games.

[@Lunar_Crescentfall]

Dead Hand

[@justinevilofficial]

Redeads are the scariest thing in almost every videogame

[@Maverick_Zero_X]

I used to be deathly afraid of dark/weird enemies like ReDeads and Dead Hand and such, they literally gave me nightmares. I also was too afraid of doing the Shadow Temple. By now, those kinds of foes are my favourite enemies, and dark themed dungeons like Shadow Temple and Earth Temple have become my favourites as well. I even experimented with them (RIP Link, sry buddy) and found out some neat tricks

[@theray4002]

All of Majora’s mask is a creepy moment

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Yet less time is spent on it than a better game in Twilight Princess

[@asackboyplush6508]

Not true, the first five seconds of game

[@thatonechristianweeb4050]

True

[@brendanreilly4675]

It also just feels creepy because you have that weird feel from being away from hyrule and in another dimension

[@stevenbeltran7927]

To me it's the dread of 3 days, and in game characters coming to realization that there going to day on the last mins on the 3rd day

[@hexbox2182]

I’m not surprised majora’s mask and twilight princess took up a lot of the time. Majora is the scariest while twilight is a close second.

[@Makkuvideos]

I don’t find twilight princess scary as much as I find it bizarre. That’s what I love about it :)

[@avinaash2505]

I would say majora is more depressing than scary

[@gibraelkotwal6894]

@@avinaash2505 basically suicide

[@shawnbay2211]

I would describe Majora as profoundly dark, and Twilight as bleak.

[@Nombrenooriginal]

@FENYX that has nothing to do with being scary 💀

[@latemporis5430]

As a child the skeletons that appear at night scared me. I remember rolling as fast as I could to Hyrule Castle before night comes, and when I didn't make it I jumped into water to avoid them.

[@AA-zt3bp]

Me too! They still kind of creep me out as an adult because I was so scared of them as a kid, I still run from them and avoid nighttime.

[@philippemetivier368]

If you stayed on the road at night, the skeletons would not appear.

[@AA-zt3bp]

@@philippemetivier368 But it's so much faster to cut across the field and run away from them crying! Lol!

[@Xtheartist465]

they never really scared me as a child, actually i found them cool to fight against, i liked fighting the big ones, they were kinda my source of rupees, aside from the one room with pots on the market

[@jeangrey2788]

Omg yes i was so scared to travel at night also the damn wolfs that pop up in the lost woods scared me and those big bogoblins with spears that charged at you my god. I paused the game and turned it off lmao

[@soulsolis3096]

The story of how Link could be a murderer in Twilight Princess is my favorite creepy thing of it. It just explains something so true while also being so unsettling I love it.

[@Shlugz]

I kinda like that idea where do I read more into this?

[@cutiepiecearamember]

@@Shlugz when Barnes in Kakariko mentions how the town went to save a lady taken by a singular shadow beast, by the time they mustered the courage, they only found two beasts, hinting that the shadow creatures link fights may be people turned

[@SakuraIshidaUchiha]

@@cutiepiecearamember in fact, in the TP manga the people turned into shadow beasts....

[@rhysannia]

@@SakuraIshidaUchiha to be fair though the manga isn’t canon

[@ShadowSkyX]

Here's a wild theory: That was oot/mm link grown up, and we watched him succumb to his darkness. I can see his once innocent desire to find Navi and undo his mistakes become twisted over time; after all, innocence can be dangerous. When the shadow link "killed" him its in that moment he lost to it. This would actually make sense for the gods' change of attitude starting in wind waker regarding the hero. The last one going rogue would've been a sad dirty secret they erased from history out of shame. They failed him. They used him yet again and ignored his suffering. And he nearly doomed hyrule as a result.

[@dyllan396]

The first time I played legend of Zelda breath of the wild, I freaked the fuck out when I first encountered a blood moon. I freaked out because I thought Ganon had won and I was too late, and also 'cause of the scary music that played.

[@thomasdumollard4136]

After how much time did you have the first blood moon ?

[@dyllan396]

@@thomasdumollard4136 I think I encountered my first one three years ago, I can't really remember.

[@simpliop]

Yep, I can relate. I can also remember my first Guardian-inducing heart attack on the Great Plateau

[@choolle3413]

I can not confirm nor deny that I immediately closed the game when that happend

[@gamercentral2417]

Same here lol

[@rafaelmoura2103]

The scariest zelda moment is not on this list...in oot, when you are adult Link, if you go to a certain place in lost woods, you will find a blonde kokiri girl that used to be in kokiri forest when you were a kid. If you talk to her, she will talk about people who get lost in the woods, and asks Link if he will ever get lost in the woods with a sinister laughter, apparently hinting at the events in majoras mask before the game existed :)

[@lawlowmusic5571]

even scarier, it is stated that if you get lost, you eventually turn into a Stalfos. And we all know the fate of The Hero Of Time... becomes the Hero of Shade

[@hawksfan613]

And he goes in to the woods in MM to find Navi (I can't understand why.)

[@winternet9478]

@@lawlowmusic5571 i thought he died in battle or something

[@lawlowmusic5571]

@@winternet9478 yeah he did apparently, but the Hero's Shade becomes his unrested spirit searching for the new Hero to teach him the Hidden Skills and pass on his knowledge. But you're right. It's what I meant, sorry lol

[@winternet9478]

@@lawlowmusic5571 i think it's pretty metal that the dead hero of time trains the hero of twilight it's just badass

[@superdaveozy7863]

The history of The Interlopers in TP is easily, the scariest thing ive seen in all the games. Its haunting because people murdered each other for the ultimate power.

[@Joamori1054]

It was VERY CREEPY AND WEIRD AS HELL

[@Aidopotato]

@@Joamori1054I definitely weird as hell

[@ZootWorld1]

@Miles Doyle My cat's name is Mittens.

[@ronnn2977]

@Miles Doyle Man just copy and pasted the whole bible wtf

[@vvi95a]

theres no comma after easily

[@joshXnovak1]

I was 9 years old when Majora’s Mask came out. Now going on 30, and the mission defending Romani Ranch from the “Ghosts” still gets my heart racing every time I revisit the game. Let’s be honest…they’re aliens.

[@PK-cg5ej]

There is something so unnerving and unsettling about the "Ghosts" just because they are so out of place in the game and with the Zelda franchise. The fact that Romani and the player are the only one who know about them and the aftermath of what happens to Romani if you fail to defend the farm is incredibly eerie! Truly feels like a bad dream.

[@Blablarrr]

I skipped it. Cause my pants couldnt handle more shit.

[@joshXnovak1]

@Bunny Juno Majora’s mask came out in 2000

[@joshXnovak1]

@Bunny Juno I was mistaken with my original post. I was 9 when Majora’s mask came out.

[@BossyGerbasi]

Same here, I learned like twelve years later That if you slow down time it actually slowed down the aliens too and it was easy as h*** to get them..

[@TheGoodOldBen2]

Other zelda games: "Okay, this is creepy enough to make the player scared a litle bit" Twilight princess: Do you guys ever have sleep paralisis after 3 nightmares? What if we put that same feeling into the game?

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Twilight Princess: Have you ever had a heart attack from a jumpscare caused by a yeti shaped like a pear? Me: Uh-uh. Twilight Princess: WOULD YOU LIKE TO?!

[@alessandroblanco699]

@@goldenhydreigon4727 my reaction was: ah... I'm okay with that (to read in a calm tone)

[@TheShatteredone]

Yeah it s sees me to I was like wow

[@meriogetsspaghetti1093]

and majora's mask too

[@alexanderjackson4676]

Sprite realm is my child hood nightmare

[@archivist_13]

The scene in Twilight Princess where Ilia and Link try to murder each other was terrifying to me because it showed that even incorruptible heroes such as Link could become bloody thirsty murders just to get the Triforce

[@wattsnottaken1]

Just like the ring of power in Lotr

[@archivist_13]

@@wattsnottaken1 exactly

[@Jackbarrany]

To think about how horrifying Majora’s Mask *really* is, imagine NASA announced the moon would literally be crashing into the earth in 3 days. Picture the scenario and horror in your mind. You have 3 days to ether desperately try to stop an inevitable global extinction event, or wallow in dread; GO! Edit: and while we’re at it, let’s say the moon grew a face and looked *extremely* pissed off the whole 3 days.

[@ummygummy5346]

I feel the people in clock town acted much calmer than we would in real life lol

[@asackboyplush6508]

I'd just hang out with that dude with chickens

[@astralminstrel]

Based on certain recent events, I can honestly imagine a group of people convinced that NASA is wrong and the whole thing is a hoax. I remember a few years ago where I thought "a global crisis would bring the world together, right?" Now I'm sure the answer is "no".

[@bunbunboi6809]

I didn’t read the part where u said imagine and this is to days after so i started shaking

[@astralminstrel]

@@bunbunboi6809 Oh. Lol, I totally see it. Guess I could have phrased this better.

[@ElToland]

That Twilight Princess cutscene about the Interlopers really freaked me out the first time I saw it, it clearly implies that even Link can become controlled by the dark power if his will isn't powerful enough. I wonder what would happen to Hyrule if somehow Link becomes evil, since he's stronger than Ganon, that would be an interesting Zelda game plot.

[@VocaloidRoxs09]

They'd have to come up with some way for courage to be a bad thing, which honestly is hard to do when you look up the description.

[@notenoughgarlic]

I wanted that for Between Worlds. Made no sense that you still fight the Ganon equivalent, when it should have been Ravio. I love that game, but the story sucked.

[@fuzzynubbins7700]

just imagine a game where the roles are switched where link and zelda were the villains and its up to ganon to save the world

[@cyborgmonday4817]

What about courage bordering on recklessness and arrogance? Maybe a plot about Link facing some sort of dark, corrupting force. This Link has trained in combat his entire life, gaining confidence and eventually arrogance in his abilities. He "courageously" believes he can defeat it, that it won't be able to touch him, despite everyone telling him to stay away. He goes in to fight it anyway and discovers that he isn't invulnerable as the force corrupts him, turning him evil. Alternatively, Link could believe that harnessing this dark power for his own use would allow him to better serve his kingdom. He again thinks he can handle the darkness without falling to its influence, but he gradually gets darker and darker in his tactics until he is completely consumed.

[@ShadowSkyX]

@@cyborgmonday4817 funny you say that, botw link is called reckless more than once, ww link mainly _does_ reckless things; He's so intent and focused on saving his sister immediately after she's been kidnapped that he runs right off the cliff. He goes to the forsaken fortress without any kind of plan and loses his sword on the way in. Still does it with no way to fend for himself. Link's awakening link has streaks of greed and selfishness. I'd like to think the in game reason there's an over-abundance of rupees in oot is because link developed a sixth sense on where to find any lying around. Same with alttp and the other top down zeldas. An interesting thing I noticed in recent years is that there seems to be a "safe route" up to a point in oot that requires rupees or minimumize danger. Don't want to break dampe's rule about messing with the graves? Go to castle town for the hyrule shield the guard told you about. You don't want to upset the goron kid further? You run to the store to prepare and immediately leave for the crater. You thought you were too good and didn't need a metal shield? Just this once, a deku scrub in dodongos cavern gives you another chance to buy the shield you just burned. even though you insisted on being reckless coming here with a _wooden_ shield in a *_volcano._* the ice cavern freaks you out and you worry the king is dead or might be angry with you if you freed him? Thankfully the store owner isn't and you can avoid looking at yet another potentially traumatic mistake. Playing mini games to your heart's content, chasing and catching poes and giving out masks in an effort to avoid reality and your responsibility. That safe path disappears after the bottom of the well and your escape--running back to childhood-- is no longer an option. It feels wrong now, different. Now knowing what you do, witnessed what you did, you can never truly go back. Your innocence was taken in exchange of knowledge of the harsh reality of war that had always been there; you had now seen through the lens and wished you hadn't.

[@emilyr6574]

The silent realm is by far the most scariest and stressful to me

[@nathanhendricks5947]

Agreed!! I used a walkthrough that whole time 🤣

[@somerandomnerd965]

same. though I have to admit . . . those guardians look pretty cool. (from a distance I mean)

[@laracaron5069]

tfw you finally get a tear 😩

[@mya5555]

right i had no business being that stressed as a 6 year old playing a video game 😭

[@hishouha]

Seriously I was almost screaming when they were coming at me 😨

[@Elrond_Hubbard_1]

I had Ocarina of Time on the N64 when I was about 10 and it'd just come out. That guy in Kakariko Village who says _'People are disgusting..'_ always put me on edge in a weird way. Like, everything in the game seems very idealised, all the characters are 'good' and the monsters are evil, it's a very storybook kind of game. But then to just have this weird guy alone at night tell you he thinks his parents are disgusting without any context is kind of jarring. There's something under the surface, like an abusive home life or something that just seems out of place in the Hyrule world.

[@micaelarivero6484]

‎Ese tipo se convierte en un stalfos cuando eres adulto. Dejó su pollo con su hermana y corrió al bosque perdido para morir. La parte más deprimente es que te pidió ayuda pero no puedes hacer nada.‎

[@Fluffyfairy]

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[@Fluffyfairy]

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[@Fluffyfairy]

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[@Fluffyfairy]

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[@DeathUsagi]

19:45 I swear when I first played Twilight Princess, this scene spooked the hell out of me..... 😨😨😨

[@Spoonz55]

Same!

[@pan9366]

I was 8 years old when I saw that scene- I got so scared

[@midnatwilight7120]

Oh my god….. I get startled every time I see it even through I know what’s gonna happen

[@eliassanchez1112]

@@midnatwilight7120 hmm some ghost is haunting that ghost ship once you open the chest and claim it

[@buddymmx3936]

I called that yeta would be the boss of the temple but i had no clue that that was how it was gonna happen

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

"Hey what should we do for the fifth boss in Twilight Princess?" "Y'know that female yeti we added?" "Yes." "What if we made her nightmare fuel?"

[@dianeducrest2179]

the music still haunts me

[@Angie-ji7be]

29:29 Wha.... What.... I've played botw 3 times now from start to finish and I've never actually seen how Hino reacts to the blood moon.... Low key pretty unsettling 👀

[@BigJimmm]

Yah, I never noticed it until I watched a KZbin video that mentioned it.

[@ZaaltheDragon]

After seeing it in the video, it creeps me the fuck out!

[@VocaloidRoxs09]

I swear I saw his eyes glow red and I wondered where the fuck he's running to with such INCREDIBLE SPEED GUYS HE IS RUNNING F A S T E R THAN L I N K .

[@devplaysmc7957]

I get them often

[@noecases5940]

That's means you will pay attention to new things

[@curtisashby768]

0:00 Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993/1998 - GB/GBC) 1:06 Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998/2011 - N64/3DS) 5:31 Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000/2015 - N64/3DS0 10:41 Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002/2013 - GameCube/Wii U) 13:18 Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006/2016 - GameCube/Wii/Wii U) 21:35 Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007 - DS) 22:31 Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009 - DS) 24:06 Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011/2021 - Wii/Switch) 25:38 Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017 - Wii U/Switch) 30:12 Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019 - Switch) 31:31 Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020 -Switch)

[@fuzzynubbins7700]

thank you i legit was confused about the last one i thought it was a botw dlc i didnt know existed

[@MattFrost224]

30:14 The way they animated Facade in the remake actually makes him a little less creepy, with the changing expressions, appearing in different places, and eyes that follow Link. The fact that he just stares at the player through the screen in the old LA and doesn't emote other than a creepy smile is what makes him really weird.

[@oranjebeer6637]

😢

[@ShadowNite97]

The part in Twilight Princess where the dead soldiers guide you around the platform as a wolf was creepy and depressing to me (I was 8yrs old when I played this).

[@Zestybokchoy]

When I was a kid my mom got me and my brother Ocarina of Time on the gamecube. I was five and my brother was nine. I let my brother play the whole time and I watched the game like a movie. It was funny cause when my mom would come in our room to check on us my brother would either be fishing, riding Epona or be in a village and she thought it was a lighthearted game. She never got to see any of the scary moments. I knew if she did she would've took the game away from us lol. I'm glad that never happened, I loved that game so much and still do.

[@Link_Bird]

Majora's Mask on its own could be passed off as a horror game, any that's partially why it's my favorite

[@damonrichardson1999]

Deadhand is still one of the most chilling things. It looks so obscene and freakish that when I saw it I was kind of shocked. And the interlopers are pretty dark too. Redeads will also always be creepy, especially since they may possibly be the tortured husks of the prisoners from Hyrule/Ikana Castle forced to watch over their tombs forever through dark magic. Either that or they're from the loyal Sheikah clan. There was a fascinating video on it.

[@ashleyblack7419]

The Majora's mask part truely just showed small parts of the creepiness that is majora's mask. the entire beginning section of Majora's mask is creepy, gaining the Goron and Zora mask is related to eerie moments. The spring in Ikana with Sharp where you have to play the song of storms or leave creeped me out. the moment when the final hours start are quite stressful too. tbh you could probably have put 90% of ikana into this video Gomess is the litral grimm reaper, you fight 2 gigantic zombie eels. Don't forget about the final boss, that's spooky shit.

[@twiggimmapiggus6695]

Creepiest memory for me in my Zelda career was descending into the Savage Labyrinth in WW, and falling into that dark room with all the redeads in it. That's when I discovered if you hit them with a boomerang, their gaze follows you wherever you run. Good times lol

[@dragonrider3137]

My scariest moment was when you entered the house skulltula off of ocarina of time. It took me at least a year to realize that the spiders were friendly

[@HUYI1]

Arachnophobia can really take a hold in those cases 😅😅

[@TeamBlueToad]

Those damn ReDeads from OoT scared the living hell out of me when i first found them. I'm glad they barely appear in Zelda games nowadays.

[@PanderML]

I too :(

[@kirakookie]

Just imagen a new version...somehow I wanne know how that would look like and then again...

[@dyllan396]

The ones from Wind Waker are even scarier.

[@darukthegoronchampion6863]

Imagine if they get put into Botw 2

[@surrealsunrise4436]

I had nightmares about them and also about destroyed Hyrule castle town as a kid ._.

[@bigant9625]

I’m honestly not surprised that Twilight Princess lasts the longest in this compilation.

[@MarkMcDaniel]

20:35 : Why is Benedict Cumberbatch trying to take over Hyrule?

[@foxbricks6173]

Lololololol

[@selvamantony5711]

“I will defeat Moriar- I mean Link! I saw 928382 possibilities and this is the one I win in!!!”

[@xfakelucid6504]

YOU YOU BE QUIET

[@nulixity6711]

Holy shit.

[@bensnurplecumderdickerpatc1045]

...

[@weirdchibideitylink4751]

As a kid, Dead hand scared the shit outta me. The Interlopers were indeed creepy but not so much. Majora's mask was melancholic more than anything to me cause everyone wanted to be saved and those who were dead wanted to have peace but couldn't until they heard the song of healing.

[@lunasnowred4465]

For me, Bongo Bongo is the creepiest moment of Ocarina of Time… I’m surprised he isn’t in this video…

[@Antonio-tx7ep]

The Aliens/Ghosts from Majora Mask really creeped me out when I was kid

[@Fr1endly7]

25:38 That piano can strike fear into even the bravest souls on first encounter

[@CatMario100]

25:05 the fact that this is based off of an actual urban legend is terrifying.

[@20PINKluvr]

Actually a short story about how a sinner wanted to climb up a spiders thread out of hell but he wasn't thinking of others thus he was cast back down to hell

[@hishouha]

Yeah the spider web story !

[@darukthegoronchampion6863]

Ahh, I knew it reminded of something!

[@ayanamiayachanJ]

@@20PINKluvr but the man saved the life of a spider

[@darialispacheco1317]

8:45 I FELT THIS ONE SO HARD AND GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS JUST BY REMEMBERING ILL ENCOUNTER THIS AGAIN IN THE GAME

[@MyBelovedMegastarToonLinkFan]

15:22 When Hyrule has fallen and Link forgot the Master Sword...

[@tjeffersonb]

Ah, man, missed opportunity to include psycho flower girl in Breath of the Wild

[@monstar3626]

Haha good one

[@Allergy222]

flowerblight 😭

[@tjeffersonb]

@@Allergy222 I’m glad to see someone else who knows her by that name

[@brunomtk6979]

Yes, i mean, she is really unsettling

[@THEL05]

Agreed

[@justatroopernamedhank585]

23:06 Awwwwwwwww 🥺🥺........did anyone else notice toon Link blushing?

[@diemandtheanimatronicwolf]

I played Twilight Princess at a time when I was easily scared, it's a miracle I somehow made it through that game

[@samizole]

I miss the creepy tones the old Zelda's had. The way it can be goofy and in a second you're very close to wanting to turn the game off. When I was a kid, playing Ocarina of Time was very unsettling and it wasn't even the creepiest. I wish they leaned a bit more of the horrific parts, darker, disturbing.

[@thegames4565]

Good thing you didn't play majora's mask as a kid, you legit would've had nightmares because of it

[@samizole]

@@thegames4565 I have no doubt that you're right, it looks very weird!

[@Un4casted]

23:10 the part where link blushed and where his lil hat raised is so cute! i love that little detail, even though its kinda unrelated to the video itself

[@cheren528]

He blushes from Zelda's hug.

[@RedBlue554]

3:18 This was the scariest thing to ever happen to me in a game, he just won’t let go 😭

[@StudioGyro]

Same-

[@Ejaz100]

It's alot worse if you listen to it and close your eyes

[@brunomtk6979]

Same, i was just a kid when I first saw this, i swear I was afraid of playing the game only because those zombies, and the shadow temple as well

[@oranjebeer6637]

😢

[@Gamer-kazinky]

Holy shit, i can not express to you how much the market with all the re-deads in it scared me as a little kid.

[@Minesteve07]

TP no doubt scarred me as a child. I played it on a school night and turned off the lights cause I was" supposed to be in bed". Then the cutscene of creation of Hyrule happens and when I saw the knife and eyes I screamed and turned off the console😂(I was like 8) My parents weren't happy with me after that night 😅

[@WC3fanatic997]

Wind Waker was admittedly far too colorful and bouncy to have tooo many unnerving moments, but those Redeads were absolutely terrifying as a kid. The Wind Temple too as a whole was rather ominous. It didn't have any particularly scary or unnerving parts to it, it just felt . . . off the entire time I was in it. It was very uncanny and desolate. Stale would be a good word, like despite all the wind going around it would always be stiffing and gross.

[@koreymoore5686]

Goht, as in the second boss of MM, really creeped me out. I felt so pressured to stay behind him, and the very idea of my hitting an obstacle or veering off the track really creeped me out.

[@TeamEmpyrean]

i almost had a heart attack over the forest temple wallmaster when i was younger, i’m surprised that wasn’t shown here the creepy forest temple music paired with a hand that drops down from the ceiling and snatches you up killing you instantly was extremely scary as a kid

[@dudeman5303]

I love breath of the wild but I gotta say it does drive me insane that the creepy moments have almost entirely disappeared from the franchise

[@OperationRTX]

Fr..I love how dark Zelda used to be. It made it more meaningful when it comes to link being a beacon of light and hope. I love tok and botw. The art styles are cool and all but I would rather have twilight princess or hyrule warriors art styles. Tok does have some dark moments in the story but only through the dragon tears

[@FireFlareon27]

26:05 I hate when something like this happens Guardian next Yiga clan members next stalgoblin next a few kees and even chu chus...like this is one of those worst moments ever in the game....that's big trouble parry laser and attacking enemies at the same time...that calls for Urbosa's Fury

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

FNAF: We have the scariest jumpscares. Zelda: Ayo Blizzeta, these animatronics took your mirror. Blizzeta: 19:48

[@basketbomberslackingson4417]

When I was 5-10 years old, I never got that far in MM, so when I looked on the back of the case (it was a Zelda collection for GameCube, with a demo for WW), I saw the “cry of pain” Zora mask transition. Made me think it was a vampire boss fight cutscene.

[@GerudoGirl97]

I had that same collection. I played a bit of MM on there, but didn't play again until it came out on 3DS. The transition when Link would put on the masks was so scary to me. The way the face would look, especially for the Deku Scrub and Mikau one haunted me. The first time you'd put on the mask, you couldn't skip the cutscene and I hated it.

[@Chaos_867]

I have the same collection but i mostly played the starting area

[@Notsweet98]

Omg I have this one too!

[@Mollenga07]

Majora's mask is so scary and scariest game

[@courtneyscheffler69]

I think oot

[@skullkid4211]

@@courtneyscheffler69 they both have their disturbing moments

[@emeraldskies8254]

I thought twilight Princess was supposed to be the scary one and majora’s mask was just meant to be depressing but hey, different people have different perspectives:/

[@avokaydo1418]

Hehe, what about ghost hunters corp XD

[@avokaydo1418]

Not a Zelda game.. but holy shi-

[@doodlechubbs1229]

The theme for “them” still sends me into a fight or flight response

[@Sand-Walker13]

It's extra creepy when walking in a cornfield after sunset in the winter

[@corbinmccabe5644]

Man those ghosts in skyward sword are the most scariest and annoying thing ever😂

[@SoraChengzi]

Psysalis is not creepy but stressfull 💀

[@DarshanBhambhani]

True Ancient Cistern and Koloktos’s death is so creepy and you didn’t bother including it at all?

[@AdrianCosman]

Losing to imprisoned gave me nightmares

[@halallink2003]

The statue has a message for you-- beeep!

[@rei_hdtr]

19:03 This moment killed me 😓

[@alysaaa.]

Sameee😭

[@StudioGyro]

I thought the wobble dude was kinda cute-

[@oranjebeer6637]

😢

[@mrlegitz5812]

The first Zelda game I played was Ocarina of time. I asked my friend if he could let me borrow his ocarina of time and i played one of his save files which he was already at the end and the market part... scared the shit out of me as a child... had to give up on it.

[@masterofbloopers]

I remember playing the opening of Wind Waker countless times as a kid because my journey would end once I got to the Forsaken Fortress. Between the stress of getting caught and little kid me failing to grasp the concept of stealth, it took me over a decade to remember the game existed and try again. I've since beaten the game several times.

[@ieditwhatiminterested5341]

How many creepy moments does Majora's Mask have? Majora's Mask: *YES*

[@darklunar6708]

25:08 This scene is derived from a story where Buddha sent a spider web to hell for a demon to climb and escape hell, because just once he spared a spider. But when he started to climbed it many other demons also started and the string snapped.

[@brandbruv8462]

The first time I encountered a guardian... let's just say it didnt go too well.

[@VocaloidRoxs09]

Oh shit oh fuck x 10?

[@brandbruv8462]

@@VocaloidRoxs09 yes

[@labuse4495]

Can you make evolution of happy moments in zelda?

[@tristan.h5099]

Majora's mask will not be in

[@jhoanmelotheonionring5616]

@@tristan.h5099 the ending

[@Fe_Mikey2015]

@@tristan.h5099 the girls dad

[@TheGoodOldBen2]

I think not even any of those moments, because remember, a lot of people died in that game

[@foxbricks6173]

Majoras mask has some real weird stuff. Genuinely saw life in a different way after playing it 😂

[@tylercruise7334]

@Henry Allred probably watching the NPC's realize they're doomed to a painful death.

[@reecegonzales17]

The silent realm gives my sister the creeps.

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Oh she's gonna be thrilled to see Blizzeta then

[@reecegonzales17]

@@goldenhydreigon4727, my sister likes the Blizzeta battle.

[@anprabh1]

26:37 That thyplo ruins Hinox was quite scary. I just glided on his chest, sneakily took the ball, activated the shrine, completed the shrine, and THEN pelted it with arrows till it died.

[@JollyRJoness]

Some parts in Wind Waker scared me as a kid and even more in Twilight Princess! Idk how I finished the game lmao. The Lady Yeti with the mirror omg!!

[@geekinthehattech]

So glad that you put Zant's scene in Lake Hylia in there! That creeped me out so much when I was younger.

[@brownie8029]

5:31 for me this part was hilarious

[@StudioGyro]

I agree.

[@oranjebeer6637]

@@StudioGyro but they walk goofy

[@freveranarmy6095]

6:00 I couldn’t help myself to not laugh, the way that the mask merchant just picked up *Hyrules Champion* and did what Homer Simpson does to Bart. 🤣

[@voyaage1969]

The not take mirror part scared this shyt out of me as a kid.

[@TheHummingBirdJaiye]

Blizzeta was definitely unexpected as a 13 year old who thought the game couldn't get any scarier 🥺😔

[@runaway7610]

dark fact about botw if you listen to the divine beast themes closely, you can hear SOS calls in morse code, in vah medoh's theme, you can even hear a flatline. although wrong, some guy theorized the divine beast cries are the distorted death cries of the champions themselves to fit more of ravioli- *ahem* REVALI's 'pride,' his SOS comes later in the theme, showing he didnt want link's help

[@daniel_salafranca]

Majoras mask has the most scariest moments. Its just the atmosphere in the game, it feels kind of surreal. The hand in the toilet in the hotel..

[@Notsweet98]

Was just thinkin about TP hand

[@newtybot]

Master Kohga is such a bad ass. Starts to run, then realizes what his friend is proposing. Doesn’t even think it through, turns around and gets right to fighting I love good morality evil villains so much

[@VyxenViolets]

I'm playing ocarina of time currently on the 3ds, i do believe that the skulltula one is only on N64. I saw the skulltula family and they seemed like full skulltulas, not part human

[@tonyt3955555]

3ds also ruins the atmosphere of the final boss fight, i don't trust remakes when the originals are so good.

[@ZorLink21]

The scariest one is the Deku Butler’s son, because at the start of majora’s mask, the skull kid actually ripped out his soul, left his corpse to rot and used his soul to turn link into a deku scrub which is downright horrifying. And in a game rated E for Everyone, no less!

[@takeo8260]

Spirit Tracks, the only game where Link and Zelda truly fell for each other

[@Sonic546416]

I think we can all agree in BOTW that the first…I wanna say like 5-6 guardians you fight are freaky, downright terrifying. Don’t even get me started on fighting two or more at once. However after that it’s almost like fighting wasps, annoying and can pack quite the sting but honestly just a nuisance.

[@janeilnold5863]

The redeads of Wind Waker will always haunt me. The only thing good about them is that I got satisfaction killing those horrid things!

[@pooky-bellegaming4089]

The best way to destroy a ReDead in WW is to throw bombs at them; after about 3 or 4 blasts they’re vanquished!

[@Adam-mt1bv]

For wind waker my asthetic it surprisingly has some scary moments

[@desmae]

what about a certain malice possessed dragon atop a certain mountain in breath of the wild?? that was one of the most creepy zelda moments of all time

[@rifatbobos]

Agreed and I still remember it, malice possessed Naydra in Lanayru does looks scary at first but then it's actually sad because she's been like that for about 100 years, and the theme that plays while trying to free her is the corrupted version of the dragons theme

[@caelfielding5188]

I beat Majora’s Mask for the first time when I was 14 or so and I cried the first time the moon hit. Scared the heck out of me.

[@hiimnorm3553]

6:01 isn't creepy its just hilarious.🤣

[@VocaloidRoxs09]

Idk some could argue that Happy Mask Salesman is pretty creepy. Like I'm 100% certain that when they were re-using characters the head of the team was like this guy really gives me chills the way he keeps smiling all the time...

[@VocaloidRoxs09]

Oh got off topic. For a little kid, like LITTLE kid that's probably traumatic. Cause they can actually put themselves into the position of Link and be like I'm sorry I won't do it again please put me down please please

[@benjaminn666]

@@VocaloidRoxs09 I finished the game when I was 7 (idk how). I had so much fear of this salesman bcs his face creeped me. lol

[@VocaloidRoxs09]

@@benjaminn666 Now that you're older you should read the manga version if you haven't. (Put simply there's an officially licensed by Nintendo fan manga by Akira Himekawa)

[@benjaminn666]

@@VocaloidRoxs09 I Have all of the volumes :) I loved it.

[@sceneitallwithjeffandjon6984]

Gloom hands in TotK are so effectively creepy, especially in the early game going guide free.

[@maytheprincessofhoenn619]

Obviously the Interlopers story from Twilight Princess is easily dark from how it went. The second creepiest thing is of course the Ocarina of Time enemies (Redeads, Floor Masters, Dead Hand).

[@BuildItCreations1]

Pretty much 19:49 is the first Zelda “jump scare”. Ik, it’s not much of one but it still scared all 5 year old kids when they first saw it. I would add Ghirahim flicking his tongue out from behind you. And one part that made me jump is in the final Ghirahim battle, where he for a second appears before you as Demise’s sword. But that last on was more COOL ASF then creepy

[@Thyhim75741]

Now that tears of the kingdom is out there’s also the gloom hand

[@ilikegames828]

Those things are way faster than they have any right to be.

[@Autistic_Menace00]

I used to be terrified of the redeads in Wind Waker, but once you realize their screams are pretty much just elephant noises it’s kind of hard to take them seriously

[@OfficialWindshineMusic]

After the WW redeads for me its TP when bridge of Eldin gets cut, the shadow beasts start running after you🥺

[@JACOB-iq6xt]

Think you could have included the gaint bugs in the caves in spirit tracks and the dark trains chasing you. When they start playing that chase music it's terrifying. Also could've included Malladus' full transformation instead of just showing him consume cole, cuz it's creepier when cole's theme starts playing slowly as Malladus says he's gonna destroy the world in the time he has left.

[@naudalyke]

This is a great list! The divine beasts were creepy as well in BotW. Especially seeing Naboris stomping around in the distance. But nothing will ever top Majora's Mask in its entirety lol

[@Andrelegalgg]

thank you beardbear, you gave me the nostalgia that i needed

[@phoenixking6461]

Ah yes dead hand one of the reasons why I play the 3ds version more often than the horror of it on the n64 version

[@phoenixking6461]

And had to ask my cousin for help (who is also a Zelda fan) to beat it for me so I don’t get nightmares from that thing

[@pd-jl3ud]

Yes 😨

[@smuglife64gaming21]

Lamoooo

[@somerandomnerd965]

dead hand still creeps me out to this day. (not to mention basically the entire bottom of the well and the shadow temple)

[@bourne8636]

I literally screamed when it grabbed me as a kid 😭😭

[@Zilkenian_Davenport]

OoT Dark Link was one of the bigger jumpscares in the game for me the first time. You don't expect for the fight to start so suddenly.

[@lpf2049]

So basically the scary moments got scarier and then got tamer.

[@knightchef]

I like how adult link doesn’t get paralyzed with fear when a redead sees him.

[@lyradegli1506]

When I played Majora's as a child I swear I had nightmares most of the nights

[@kirakookie]

The well in oot gave me chills, with all the zombies and stuff bruh.

[@symtrick4782]

silent realms in skyward sword are the definition of anxiety