What is Zelda's SCARIEST Enemy?

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[@Matthew10950]

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[@Ima_lil_Man]

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[@minkusaurus]

love it!

[@nyyxs]

I really enjoyed this fun video! It was enjoyably funny and I'd love to see more like this!

[@KatesLifeInMusic]

Did not really do it for me. I love your videos normally, especially the "documentary" vibe of them. The more silly tone does not do it for me. But they are your videos and you need to do what you like.

[@casseroledragon3277]

I also wanted the Gibdos in TOTK to be...more. Can you imagine if they were just slow when far away, but if you got too close they screamed, dropped to all fours and charged at you?? I would nope out so fast 😂

[@witherslayer8673]

...what if they were instead a HIGHLY INTELEGENT SWARM, manevering un-mass to cornner and eliminat all routs of escape while minimizeing risk from lightning and bomb arrows

[@jynxx37]

​@@witherslayer8673En masse*

[@witherslayer8673]

@@jynxx37 me no good at spelling

[@tiredbird471]

You should explore the depths I think you will find the challenge you seek with updated gibdo patterns. No further context to avoid spoiler.

[@silentpoem]

they were enough to nope me out 😭

[@pipedream2556]

I was so caught off guard and scared by the Gloom Hands the first time that i abandoned my horse It popped up between me and my new steed i was determined to keep track of and was SO freqked by the discovery that this nightmarish monstrosity was FASTER than me that i wound up teleporting the moment it grabbed me, i just noped the eff out of there, sorry horsey 😅

[@angrypicture6155]

To me, warp phantoms from spirit tracks are also big contenders. Especially with those cursed beacon things. Their beeping is responsible for many nightmares back then.

[@bahmot9501]

The first time I encountered the Gloom Hands was on my way to the Deku-Tree. I was just strolling along in the depths wanting to see what had become of the lost woods and the Koroks, trying to avoid stepping into the gloom on the ground and then suddenly ! I see some of the gloom writhing. I think to myself "What the hell is that ?" and then the Hands spawned and the music started and the ambience kicked in and I thought "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ?!?!" I panicked, I didn't even try to fight them, I just BOOKED it ! I held down B harder than I ever held down a button before and just RAN ! And they caught me and I couldn't think anymore, I just saw the prompt to escape, did it and continued running ! I ran until I actually outran the hands onto the illuminated path. I don't know if it was the light or if I had left their range but when the music stopped my heart rate nearly fricking flatlined ! And then I continued on, ascended into the forest above, saw that everything was screwed, explored, looked into the Deku-Tree, saw the hole, jumped down and the horror repeated ... I fled onto the small ledge on the wall in a panic, and ascended back up. Damn oh damn. I will NEVER forget that day ...

[@BigDauntless]

Dead hand is by far the scarier thing for me as one of those kids who were terrified of it but also the kokiri guys that locks you from leaving the village early game in Ocarina of Time scare me as well because they showed up in my nightmare once and chased me in a dark room and the only place I could hide was a wooden table with a light over it so I could find it. Then I watched myself in third person as they obviously found me as easily as I found the table😂

[@DCombz]

My vote goes to Zant Hands from TP because it's the fear of having to go back and redo something that takes a bit of time so it's both really frustrating and wracked with tension when it gets close to the orb. Similarly, the spirit trials in Skyward Sword. Tension gets me a lot more than jumpscares or spooky visuals.

[@etherserra8638]

My first encounter with the gloom spawn was pretty early so i never heard of them and didnt know a thing. Was going to a shrine and they spawned in front of me. I ran away like a chicken shit xD, took me way too long to finally try to engage with them and when I beat them I was mortified to learn that phantom ganon showed up after. Needless to say I would rather fight a guardian than gloom spawn but I tend to avoid both just due to sheer annoyance of them.

[@Yates5400]

I didn't set foot in Hyrule Field for a looooonnnnng time after my first Guardian Stalker encounter lmao

[@CamCakWood]

It would have been cool if the gloom spawn would spawn after or during a blood moon anywhere

[@SkySwordsAlisa]

Dude Yeta’s face change scared the crap outta me and the Zant hand gave me insane crippling anxiety. Even when I go to replay I dread dealing with the hands but I found as an adult it isnt as hard as I remembered 😂 still have anxiety tho 😂 same with the guardians in SS. the gloom hands made me SCREAM my first encounter and Im like nononono when they grabbed me 😭 but seeing Phantom Ganon was an awesome callback. The dead hand by far the scariest enemy

[@mchanna06]

It took me so long to beat Ganon's castle in WW becaue I was scared of the redeads in the long hallway.

[@jonasmcneal2382]

22:23 as an arachnophob myself, Idk if I’m alone in saying this but….not really- If the guardians were more long then tall and had a segmented body then I’d probably be scared

[@RS-vd6zh]

I've been trying to draw what I think is the scariest Zelda enemy lately, the Re-dead from OOT and/or WW. After multiple attempts with creative freedom involved, I just can't create something that truly strikes that horror that occurred in my childhood that involved pausing the game, putting down the controller and going NOPE! Not dealing with this right now. I think what I am unable to recreate is that blood curdling scream on paper. Even as an adult, that high pitched, soul ripping, on death's door sounding scream coupled with the slow, looming presence of a zombified Hylian(or other being) toward you sends shivers down my spine. Agree that the scream in WW is more terrifying. It's almost more ghoulish and unnatural. Gloom Hands... Not Dead Hand that's for sure. Just hope you're near a scalable object and stay there for a bit and the Gloom Hands are now just a laughing joke. Don't get me wrong, the first few times got me in a nervous sweat until realising if you stay out of reach they will take care of themselves. Otherwise, the slow but ever homing hands onto your character to retrieve the Light orb from you in TP is definitely a contender.

[@Squimblink]

Bro dead hand in ocarina of time was terrifying

[@ristopoho824]

My choice is the Wind Waker moblins. In that early segment where you have to sneak past them in the barrel. Yea it's scary now but damn it was scary when i was a kid that had never played a Zelda game before. All that bright color and the tutorial segment before where you defeat the enemies with ease. And then. Oh. You lost the sword. And then these things are in the way of getting it back. With nothing you could do against them. Also. I'm bad at sneaky things. Real bad. The segment was nearly unpassable for me. And damn they are scary, the sound of them noticing you, or just standing still waiting for them to stop sniffing around hoping that you were not too close it almost seems like it touched you oh boy i hope it ohnoohnohnooooooo

[@jonasmcneal2382]

5:06 “not again.”💀 My date: *makes her head do a 180* Me: Dang she kinda a freak in bed

[@PhDMario]

The gloom hands check several boxes. They appear unannounced when you don’t expect them, look like a lovecraftian horror, scream at you, move fast and surround you, make damage that you can’t immediately heal, have their own creepy music, and the sky turns blood red when they are near you. The first time I encountered one was at the woods next to the shooting range near Hateno, so I was caught completely off guard, and was hit with all those checked boxes at once. The impression was so strong that I jumped, forgot I could teleport, didn’t even try to fight, and instinctively tried to run and climb the ruins of the destroyed building nearby, but I had no stamina left. It’s a finely tuned nightmare.

[@jun1-feh317]

You summarized perfectly what I thought and could have said about gloom hands.

[@Bushwhack-lmao_xD]

i saw them at akkala citadel i just climbed onto a wall ruin nearby AND THEY CLIMBED THE WALL BRO-

[@waffio4222]

I first met the gloom hand here too 😅 I was so panicked, I just kept going around the range until it disappeared fifteen minutes later 😂

[@gracebres]

Bro I was 30 minutes into this game and was trying to get to a floating rock a bit off road kakariko village. Suddenly I heard a scream and the sky started to turn red and shit. I was so confused until I turned around and saw those fuckers trying to reach at me and I fucking screamed. Fortunately they couldn't reach me and they died.

[@ParanoidAsHell]

learned they existed by looking for one for a bit (Note after looking I let down my guard in an area that had no enemies in botw, that's how I met them. fear.)

[@The.Milk.Wizard]

Gloom spawn 1.Screech like redeads 2.Come out of nowhere like dead hand 3. Fast like BOTW guardians 4. Make the screen red and have scary music like SS guardians 5. Hands that grab you like floor masters 6. Regen like shadow beasts Bonus: they will jump you and spawn a mini boss upon being defeated

[@burger_kinghorn]

All good points. I will say in favor of guardians: - Thematically more relevant. They are the face of the Calamity. Their remains are everywhere leaving a psychological scar on the people too. - In fields littered with decayed guardians some still spring to life as a surprise. - Deadly attack at close or very far range. - Immune to elemental weapons/arrows. - Highly resistant to all but a select few weapon types. - You can't just climb a tree and wait for them to leave you alone.

[@DavidStowers-o7k]

I've found a great way to beat the Gloomspawn. All you need to do is throw three topaz from an elevated position.

[@jacobg.witmer]

@@DavidStowers-o7kSo, basically shoot it with topaz arrows using a 3 or 5 shot bow.

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

Gloom Hands really are the complete package, huh 😂

[@jacobg.witmer]

@@AroundTheBlockAgain Yep! They totally are!

[@theroadrunner6880]

The wall masters and Zant's hands bring me massive anxiety because of how slow and casual the entire thing is, and that's far creepier than something chasing me quickly.

[@Danosauruscrecks]

I was not afraid of the Zant hands but fuck they were so annoying

[@Gyaradosage]

I still haven’t beat TP because I can’t handle the stress of the Zant hands. Can’t do it. Nope.

[@hiram64]

for me was zant's heads, they were like jumpscares when they spawned in front of the camera

[@TheSonicFairy]

Ah yes, the most terrifying Zelda monster *hand*

[@Sneaky_Snail_Pie_02]

The Wall Masters scared me so much in OOT. I did always get confused why they dropped from ceiling though with WALL in the name. Now I just accept the name. Nintendo honestly missed out not bringing them back for TOTK. Running into them in the Depths woulda be terrifying.

[@MonsterMode2011]

I just remember walking through the Great Plateau, taking in all the nostalgia from returning to a familiar place, only to notice the music change, the sky go red, and a screech in the distance. That was a terrifying first experience with the gloom hands lol.

[@raiknightshade3442]

SAME, I was like "huh, blood moon already? In the middle of the dAY OH DEAR HYLIA WTF IS THAT?!?!?!" I teleported away and I still don't spend extended amounts of time in the Forest of Spirits. Nooooo thank you

[@chachiem]

SAME!!

[@chachiem]

​@raiknightshade3442 that was the exact experience I had.

[@hoopa6477]

Yea that's how it usually goes

[@Spookylol123]

same here, put down the game picked it back up and it got me again 😢

[@Vosia71]

Gloom spawns for me. The fact that unlike the guardians we had no idea they existed made it worse. The amount of terror I felt when I first came across one. I was so overwhelmed I forgot I could teleport. I had to stop playing for the night but the gloom hands weren't done with me just yet. I proceeded to have multiple night terrors that night of them.

[@maryam.m]

Can relate. I literally handed my Switch over to my brother and refused to play the game for several days, until I mastered the courage to pick it up again. Truly traumatizing.

[@Waterval11]

They made me panic so hard that i stuggled to talk for 20 minutes. It took me 4 days before i started playing again.

[@AshIzDead]

I literally screamed when i got chased by them i had such an adrenaline rush

[@Thunderfaaal]

I was terrified the first time i saw them and Screamed in horror when it grabbed me but ever since then i just Blow them up

[@NetBattler]

You literally know it's existence in the early game when you interact with the NPC who guarding the Hyrule castle gate.

[@ThePrimeGenera]

I have to say either the Redeads or the Gloom Spawn. The Redeads are terrifying in everyway - Their screeches, the way they attack you... Need I say more? Then theres the Gloom Spawn. Not only do they affect the surroundings, like the sky, but they're fast, strong, random and can easily disable the sages. There's also Phantom Ganon who fights half-heartedly, attacking with creepy movements and jerks.

[@insert_username8717]

If you’ve played oot you’d agree when I say, dead hands

[@Eleehas]

Damn is this an alt account? You stole someone else's comment lol

[@BuffPomsky]

Has to be redeads...not only were their screams so scary as a kid, but the thought that they are what the hyrule town people became is...🤢🤢🤢

[@lelandholmquist2467]

@@insert_username8717don’t remind me

[@rheokalyke367]

Phantom Ganon 100% is intimidation factor but once you "know" how he works, he's actually pretty easy to handle (literally just keep your guard up, wait for him to attack, let him bash your shield without dodging, counterattack). He's all intimidation factor but pretty chill once you realise you aren't supposed to run, you are meant to stand your ground.

[@ZeldaLore]

You forgot about the Phantoms in Phantom Hourglass. invincible armored soldiers that can instakill you, and chase you relentlessly across the dungeon if they see you while frantic chase music plays and the screen flashes red.

[@NintendoBlackCrisis]

Completely forgot about them!

[@yoyoprofessorxavier]

hidden memory unlocked... not a good one lol

[@steph-o]

They gave me nightmares as a kid

[@jessicamarsh1337]

those traumatized me lol.

[@Windjammer19]

Reaplings on the ghost ship were worse.

[@khicks72]

I freaked out pretty bad the first time I circled through the woods to avoid a monster camp and a freaking tree ripped it's roots out of the ground and came after me, but Evermeans turned out to be really easy. However, that was nothing compared to the first time Gloom Spawn popped up. It killed me three times before I remembered that there was a shrine I could transport to and get away.

[@clairechesney1719]

Evermeans have definitely jumpscared me a couple times lol

[@endless_del]

oh, i forgot about them! definitely gave me a jump and made me cautious to approach trees for a while lol

[@GirtheAlienGoldfish]

The trees definitely spooked me a bit. Every time I go into a wooded area, I think, "Which one of these fucking trees is gonna start moving?"

[@kl1thedominion]

The Dead Hand takes it for me. It scared the crap out of me when I was a child, playing OoT in '98, and it's still incredibly unsettling to this day.

[@TaterCat95]

That one VERY detailed fan art of Link fighting it doesn't help either

[@Sneaky_Snail_Pie_02]

Same for me. My top 3 are all from OOT. That game scarred me like no other Zelda game has. 😂 Probably cause I was like 9 when I played it. But I loved it so much too that I swear I memorized that game.

[@kratal122]

TotK’s Gloom Spawn are OoT’s Dead Hands after years of intense training imo.

[@Prizzlesticks]

​@@TaterCat95i don't know what you're talking about. If I look it up, it's not gonna be some weird Rule 34 shit, is it?

[@TaterCat95]

@@Prizzlesticks Its an old fan art from years ago that definitely wasn't R34. It showed Adult Link fighting it for the second time in the Shadow Temple

[@periodicgaming5159]

It may not be visually the scariest, but the King Gleeock in the depths under Typhlo ruins was the scariest to me. I had yet to light up that part of the depths, AND it was the second Gleeock I had ever seen.

[@seiretzym]

that thing legit terrorized me

[@fenrirslip]

Nintendo sure does love their hand and eyeball enemies and the Gloom Spawn is quite literally those two things combined. I would have to agree with you in thinking that the Gloom Spawn is the scariest enemy in the Zelda series. It has everything that would make something terrifying to me, the appearance, the sounds, the movement, the method of attack, and the speed.

[@Catophonic]

I feel like Skyward Sword's Silent Realm's Guardians were the scariest enemies in all of Zelda. The eeriness of them coupled with such a dramatic music change when they detect you hits hard. You cannot fight them, all you can do is run away and hope to soon pick up a tear before they catch up. How long you have to remain undetected regardless of actually being seen due to the time limit of how long each of the tears gives you to remain "safe" also plays into the stress.

[@AlaiaSkyhawk]

Gloom Spawn is hands-down (Pun totally intended) the scariest for me. Most likely because my first encounter with them was under the Korok Forest as I was running through the dark to the point you can Ascend up into the forest. "Ah I can see where I need to go, no need to use bright blooms, it's not far!" 30 Seconds later freaky music starts, I hear a scream, and something literally grabs me out of nowhere. "AAHHHHH WTF WTF WTF WTF!" (Frantic sprinting towards the nearby light while spamming stamina food) Yes, if I see them and need to go where they are, I TOTALLY USE BOMB ARROWS!

[@wolftales5203]

Not sure but its definitely something from the Shadow Temple

[@dylanblue9201]

_Dead hand…_

[@TheInsaneBlade]

​@@dylanblue9201Everybody gangsta until living foot shows up

[@dylanblue9201]

@@TheInsaneBlade Oh hell nah! lol

[@Sneaky_Snail_Pie_02]

Dead Hand, no contest there imo 😂 I'm surprised the Gloom Spawn isn't scarier to me because there has to be inspiration from him for those things!

[@kratal122]

The way I see it, Gloom Spawn are the buff older brother of Dead Hands.

[@BlindGirlUK]

I think the gloom spot/spawn/hands from ToTK are the scariest. They literally change the environment around you, its really hard to escape them Ince they've seen you (in my experience), and you can't escape them after they physically catch you.

[@deen7530]

Definitely Gloom Spawn. My first time running into them near Kakariko Village nearly killed me in real life from a heart attack. I spent the next several hours of playing tiptoeing around Hyrule, paranoid they'd pop up at any second... and then just when I'd forgotten about them, they appeared again.

[@juanisimocr3813]

For me it's the Dead Hand. It still unsettles me in a way I struggle to articulate

[@Levacque]

Why does it move so daintily? What business does that... that thing have being delicate? It minces across the room towards you and bends over almost with affection. Every part of its behaviour implies that it will be gentle, except that it's holding you in place with bloodstained claws 😱

[@carverlewis4783]

The way that Navi described the creature though got to me "A cannibal ugly monster is ready for bloodshed, I can't help you!

[@sadgirlhours4088]

I actually had a minor nightmare about guardians. It was the birdseye view of the ones that are near tarry town. That unsettled me so deeply

[@scarletknightreterns1893]

The Gloom Hands scared the ever living CRAP out of me when I fist encountered them, which was at the top of Akkala Citadel, and can't quite recall how that had gone. Just. Panic ran, jumped off the edge-- only to immediately get targeted by the Gleeok further below. I returned later on when I was better prepared, and destroyed the hands after a healthy amount of struggling (and terror). Imagine my awe and horror when Phantom Ganon spawned. My jaw DROPPED. He was less of a scary fight, but no less cool of one.

[@eroraf8637]

Yeah, I met them under the forest during my first session. I warped the heck outta there. Now I know I can cheese them with elemental damage, but that first encounter…

[@Ironcabbit]

No kidding. There’s a hidden cave entrance nearby in the Akkala Citadel ruins with a Misko’s Treasure inside. I had to sneak around the Gloom Spawn to find it and that was some of the most stressful moments I’ve ever had gaming.

[@ZeroN1neZero]

I think everyone encountering the gloom spawn for the first time just started screaming and running😂 the great plateau spawn had me terrified lol! Now that I’m in endgame stats, it’s mostly just fun to farm them for gloom weapons.

[@masonschwalm2010]

14:40 In the Gerudo Prison it actually sorta freaked me out a bit when you hit the switch, not knowing what it does, and the gate slams shut, locking you in, while simultaneously opening the cell doors and releasing all the Gibdo within.

[@Ahalaya]

Always happy to have a fellow Spirit Tracks appreciator. Those trains were pretty freaky, especially with that theme. To this day (as a 30 year old woman), hearing that music will get my heart racing.

[@snepster0879]

As someone who did play Spirit Tracks as a child I can confirm the trains are scary to me still. The music is so good at stressing you out. The gloom Spawn spooks me when it appears but I love their loot more than they scare me so.. (also everyone reading this: play Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks they're so underrated)

[@The_Frustrated_Optimist]

Gloom Hand, easily. This was my first experience with them. I found my way to The Great Deku Tree and noticed the deep hole. This was maybe only the 3rd chasm I'd actually found. I drop down and find myself in a room with tons of gloom. "Huh, is some of that gloom moving?" The Gloom Hands appear and swarm me. I swing my sword in a panic, but within seconds they overwhelm me. I respawn above, spend a few moments getting composure back and try again several times until it occurs to me...throw bombs. I throw bomb after bomb until, finally, they all die. "Yes! Take that! I win! I..." *Phantom Ganon appears with a giant katana* "What...the...f"*ONE SHOTTED* ... ..."that's not fair."

[@ivanheffner2587]

Yeah, Gloom Spawn takes the crown on this one for me. I remember the adrenaline rush the first time I encountered a guardian: the piano trill and laser beam tracking me as I frantically tried to find some kind of cover only to get blasted by the thing. But compared to the first time I encountered a Gloom Spawn near that floating shrine on my way to Kakariko Village (fresh off the Great Sky Island, no paraglider, only four hearts) and the world shifted from bright daylight to blood-moon red with that backwards vocal.. then to be grabbed, tossed, grabbed, tossed. I can’t out-run it! Oh god! I’m dead… Yeah. No contest. I still prefer to outrun them and get them to despawn and collect the gloom packets afterward.

[@dirtywhitellama]

That was where I first encountered them as well, same situation. I managed to outclimb them to head up to the shrine...only to discover I couldn't complete the shrine without the paraglider, and getting down while avoiding the bottom of the climbing root in case they came back was difficult to say the least 😂😂

[@Zerolink30]

I've always considered Dead Hand as nightmare fuel, and yet i never considered meeting it a terrifying experience. You see the hands and how they look, so the mind just puts 2 and 2 together that something terrifying lurks below the earth. Gloom Hands on the other hand got me and millions off others having the exact same reaction when it catches you unaware that very 1st time. The world goes red, that music which gives you chills plays and then the screeching yell which makes you turn around towards the sound just to see some hands gunning for you at incredible speed. Even after the 1st time i met one really early game, every single time i saw the sky go red i ran for the hills, even when i was at my strongest. Only reason i ever bother to fight one was bc i wanted the Demon King weapons, otherwise i avoided them like the plague.

[@homerman76]

An interesting note about the aliens, the aliens scaring my brother has caused my youngest brother to never 100% Majora's Mask, he's 18 now and still refuses to do that side quest. They freaked me out as a kid, but that also made killing them satisfying for me

[@rasheedsanders1067]

Yeah I'm gonna agree, after a while I'd hunt Guardians for fun but with over 1000 hours in TOTK I still avoid Gloom Spawns as much as possible.

[@HyruleGamer]

YES! The Manta Ray in Sunshine gave me chills too!! Zelda wise, I think Twilight Princess's Argoohma is the scariest. I often struggle to even take on the battle due to fear 😅😭

[@maddyhodges63]

The first gloom spawn I ran into was the one in the castle town ruins when I was heading to the castle for the first time after reaching the surface. To say I was unprepared and scared sh!tless is an understatement. Mind you, I downloaded the game at midnight and it had been about 2am at that point.

[@StViolet_Star]

I have my window open a lot in the spring. During the first year of playing BOTW I played it every day so the birds must have gotten used to it. When I heard the Guardian piano riff when I wasn't playing I almost peed my pants. Damn bird memorized it 😂

[@PRIDLEY229]

The fact that the Gloom Hands scared me so bad I literally yelled out loud "Oh shit!" and proceeded to run in the opposite direction speaks volumes.

[@danielcurren2119]

for the skyward sword guardians, the club one is fast, but nothing, NOTHING compares to the blade guardian. The long arms, the way they float menacingly, and they GO THROUGH WALLS. You can outmaneuver the club guardians fairly easily, but the blade guardians can get you no matter where you go outside the safe zone- and they are fast

[@patrickg7109]

First time I ran into the gloom hands, I just ended up teleporting away. I was terrified

[@sabresister]

I liked to imagine the devs cackling with glee at all the videos of people discovering the gloom hands 😂

[@19TheFallen]

I actually had to do the Eldin Silent Realm for my older sister. Not only was she having trouble collecting all the tears in one go in that realm, but let's just say she did *not* like the Guardians.....The other realms never gave her trouble, though, so that's lucky!

[@bluevines1303]

FUCK THE SILENT RELM

[@iwishiunderstood159]

The first time I ran into a gloom hand, I was in a cave, and I didn't see it for a few seconds after the music and atmosphere had changed. It was so creepy. I didn't know what to think

[@Electri32]

The scariest enemy is that cave at the start of Twilight Princess where right after you get the lantern... I literally couldn't progress when I was a kid because that cave was so fcking dark I was too scared 😂

[@FierceDeity35]

Definitely the Gloom Spawns. Not only do they affect the atmosphere IE the red sky, but theyre fast, strong, random and can easily disable the sages. On top of that, we get Phantom Ganon who fights half-heartedly, making the timing off and difficult to parry and flurry rush.

[@animex75]

I remember the first gloom hand I encountered....I didn't even see the damn thing, it came from behind me and I started freaking out and fled to a ruined building because it was early game and fighting it wasn't an option.

[@dimension0736]

bro has never played OoT

[@alleydoesstuff4147]

the gloom hands in totk are an obvious one for me, but also wallmasters like the one in the lost woods dungeon in link between worlds, or the one that comes after you in the palace of twilight in twilight princess while you’re collecting the Sol. the gaurdians from skyward sword are probably the worst for me, they terrify me so much that for years i would make my siblings play through the silent realms for me

[@SuperChristopher-ll8bd]

26:03 Finally someone else that understands how underrated Spirit Tracks is.

[@rubberduck-1]

Skyward Sword guardians would be a lot cooler/scarier if you could actually fight them.

[@LunaP1]

But that's what makes them scary. You're unarmed and one hit from them is an instant KO (not game ending but still panic inducing).

[@Firemage0520]

For me it's definitley the skyward sword guardians, I still remember my first time going through the silent realms I was TERRIFIED

[@irisv_d_h2251]

they were truly traumatising

[@SquirreLJ7]

Maybe this is just latent arachnophobia, but Armogohma in Twilight Princess is definitely the freakiest one for me. I never got to play Twilight Princess until HD when I was in college, but nothing before or after that in a Zelda game has freaked me out that much. I definitely give an honorable mention to the first time a Frox jumped at me in the Depths, though, and everyone I've talked to still remembers their first encounter with Gloom Spawn.

[@TheCommenterrr]

My first gloom hand sighting was near Kakariko village and I had left Epona too far behind. I thought it was a blood moon because it was night. But it was only 9:35. And then they jumped me. Never again.

[@Sillygoose610]

Link You do not want to be atracked by link Trust me I know from experience

[@FierceDeity35]

A silent, barbaric, boarderline psychotic pyrotechnic who can manipulate time just by drawing a bow or sword. Pretty scary.

[@94hourzzz66]

Dead hand and redeads in oot. The redead scream is spine chilling

[@josukefrthistime]

"Aren't I so good at these scripts!?" Yep. You sure are. Good job. *[Mario Kart 8 1st place theme plays again]*

[@TheArcadeLink]

Man the Redeads from OOT are absolutely terrifying to me, especially when I had been a little kid. When I first went into the desert and saw JUST the faintest outline of the Gibdos I absolutely flipped because I thought they were Redeads and ran away- but after I realized they weren't Redeads I was a bit less afraid of them. Though still unsettling. The Gloom Hands were absolutely terrifying too, they still scare me- I don't like encountering them at all.

[@literallywhy6162]

In my first experience with the gloom hands, I hadn't been down to the depths (I wanted to explore on my own rather than follow where the game prompted me to go) so I hadn't really encountered gloom damage yet. I was just minding my own business near the entrance to the depths where the great fairy used to be in Kakariko, when the scenery changed, and there they were. Truly horrifying. There was no escape, and I didn't know why I couldn't heal. When I spawned back in, I thought they'd come back, so I decided to go elsewhere. I avoided any of the chasms I saw after that because I thought that anywhere I could see gloom I'd find hands. Once I was ready to try to beat them, you can imagine I was even more scared when they were gone and then a whole other enemy appeared!

[@Azothbade]

I didn't realize there was a spawn point for them there.

[@literallywhy6162]

@@Azothbade it’s been months but if I remember right it wasn’t directly next to it, it was somewhere nearby. I assumed that places with gloom=hands so I steered clear of it for quite a while

[@TheZeldaScrolls]

Loved the humour added to the video! And yeah the Redeads, Gloom Spawn and Dead Hand are my most feared Zelda enemies. Their creepiness is unparalleled, especially the Gloom Spawn. I was just exploring Hyrule taking in all of the changes, so happy to be back when they struck. 😭

[@MkMaster13]

For me, the scariest are the Big Octos from Wind Waker. I remember as a kid playing it shortly after release and the first time I accidentally stumbled upon one. As soon as it came out of the whirlpool, I turned my GameCube off 😂 I felt uneasy fighting them in the Wii U version as well and they still creep me out to this day.

[@leahschaffer7646]

I was never scared of them Huge Octopus because they're not that hard to beat! The Zombies are scarier than the Octopus!

[@WayWardWonderer]

The Redeads are unsettling because of their aged N64 graphics giving them a very unsettling appearance, and of course the odd groaning and shrieks just add to the creepy factor! Whereas the Gloom Hands get major points for scaring the crap out of you when they just pop up out of the ground, chase you down much faster than you can run and grab onto you! For me, it's an honest coin flip between which of the two is worse!

[@LazyLotus]

Yeah Ocarina of Time’s Redeads are iconic and hold a special place in the dark reaches of my mind since OoT 3D was the first Zelda game I played, but Wind Waker’s Redeads legitimately scare me. Still gives me chills… And yeah, the Gloom Spawns are TERRIFYING. I first encountered one in a field east of Hyrule Castle. The moment the sky turned red I started freaking out. I didn’t even see them spawn! I turned around and they were inches away from my face, grabbed me while I screamed like a baby and being stunned in disbelief while staring at a “Game Over” screen. I’d say they both have a tie for my personal #1 spot.

[@Aliya_Akane]

the thing that made me actually scared of the gloom hands was when i tried to take a picture of it for the hyrule compendium...and it just didnt tell me ANYTHING. up til i beat them for the first time i thought they were the new design for wallmasters just cause that was all i could even think of that it might be.

[@edgywolfguy-ud1ki]

I always thought the Helmaroc King from wind waker was a terrifying concept. It’s a giant flying monster that could attack anyone, anywhere, at anytime. You’d have to be constantly checking the skies. If it were real, I’d dread the thought of going outside.

[@kakarikokage2514]

No, NBC, I do not use Tinder, but considering I'm watching this alone in my house eating cheesecake that I made for a Halloween party that only had one piece taken out of it... I probably should try it out.

[@LunaP1]

Sounds like you're having a good time.

[@kakarikokage2514]

@@LunaP1 Could be better, could be worse.

[@tipr.999]

Gloom hands: proof that bomb-flowers can solve most of your immediate problems.

[@Misstborn]

The oot redeads are absolutely terrifying. I flinched when the screams were played, and I can still remember the horror of ever being in Castle town for any reason.

[@madnessaurus]

I walk throughed the silent realms ✋ after ending up in a crawl space in the 1st realm and the floating guardian was right there swiping. I think i tried it again, screamed and then just thought nah, in gonna walkthrough this. I feel like it was worse than the gloom hands coz you can just warp away from them, but they're the 2 scariest for me

[@xellosmakuzo2586]

I’m so glad he included skyward sword guardians

[@SolarZero]

I still recall my first encounter with the Wall Masters of OoT. I got caught unaware when I was a kid and it was enough to never touch the game for another 10 years.

[@MichaelW1980randoms]

I personally found the gloom hands in tears of the kingdom the most scary thing to attack me. That being said, this was only true, until I met them the second time, when they couldn’t reach me on a higher wall. And when I found out how to defeat them easily using bomb arrows, i made a Sport out of hunting them, whenever I had some bomb flowers at hand.I found the Breath of the Wild Guardians the most scary, until I found out, parrying their lasers back into them turns the walking, decayed and stationary ones into a joke. And the airborne ones loose sight of you so fast , that I cannot really get myself to be scared of them either. I found the Skyward Sword guardians to be the most scary, until I noticed, that - even in attack mode- the walking ones ignore you, unless you come close, while the floating ones are so slow, that dodging them becomes a matter of patience. I found the OOT redeads to be the most scary, until I learned, that their screams are rather limited in range and that you can even walk up on them from behind and hit them until dead-ish. And the same is true for the wind Waker ones. I found the BotW Lynels to be the scariest. But when I learned you can stand them with about any bow and mount them to use whatever weapon as they never break on lynels back, fighting them became fun and a good source of nice weaponry. I found the undead enemies in Skyward Sword to be scariest, but only until I remembered my fighting techniques and mopped the floor with them. You might say I’m jaded with experience.

[@foxberry12]

to be honest, 'them' was the reason why it took me and my siblings ages to finish majora's mask, in my heart they haunt me

[@LunaP1]

Someone in the studio for enemy development created our new trauma. I hate them.

[@ThunderWarriorZX]

Man, I remember I first saw the gloom spawn, I was on a floating rock with a shrine and saw the pool of gloom moving around. I saved and took a closer look and the terrifying moment occurred. I try fighting it with bomb arrows and was not ready for phantom Gannon. I almost beat him by doing crit shots with arrows, but he ran away. Talk about putting the pressure when you only have 5 hearts and base hyilen gear.

[@cherrytonshawty9120]

Moblins can be very intimidating, given the circumstances. After that, the Molduga in the Gerudo Desert comes to mind.

[@abigailbaldwin4224]

Gloom hands scared the *crap* out of me the first time I ran into them, and I FINALLY managed to kill them after five or so deaths and then I immediately got stomped by phantom ganon. At least with the guardians I could see them coming

[@FieryRed_BE]

the scariest thing to me is an upload in the middle of the night since it’ll take my sleep away

[@Radien]

So: of the candidates for scariest Zelda enemy, arguably the top three all possess 6 or more hands with which to grab Link. I think I can see a pattern here.

[@NoobPikachu]

dude we all know the scariest is Tingle

[@meow762]

until dawn cameo!

[@Gilbert-um5hc]

This is a great video Keep it Up!

[@Pixel22-fs3tt]

Gameplay wise I'd give it to the gloom hands and Skyward Sword's guardians. Lore wise I'd give it to Botw's guardians and the gloom hands as well

[@animex75]

Oh man, the Dead Hand....That was the second enemy that scared the hell out of me as a kid (Re-Dead's the first, obvs), and I would love to see it come back in a modern game. They only ever used it in Ocarina and one encounter in Majora (that game was scary enough, I guess), it's a shame.

[@Tangellelo]

The existential dread of being alone is definitely the scariest thing this video has made me contemplate......thanks....

[@dany_fg]

the guardians statues that chase you in skyward sword are the scariest. (I commented that before I reached that section in the video)

[@nathanapodaca3456]

Surprised you didn’t mention the Evermeans. Not scary as in grotesque, but I got a nice jump scare when I climbed a tree to get an apple and got yeeted across the canyon

[@Ironcabbit]

Evermeans prompt me to use my camera as a meter whenever entering a grove.

[@irisv_d_h2251]

as someone who played spirit tracks when they were 7, i can confirm that those evil trains were terrifying (also guardians from skyward sword made 9 year old me actually quit the game for a full 3 years or so lol)

[@trashcatlinol]

I played and beat majora's mask so many times, but i don't remember the boss that well. Dead Hand and Bongo Bongo.though.... only played and beat the game once, but those guys left an impression.

[@ZantofDarkness]

Excellent video mate, redeads and the twilight beasts will always stick in my memory

[@Eleehas]

Gloom Hands aren't creepy honestly in subsequent playthroughs. Dead Hand will always creep me out though ngl

[@Zer00127]

Na bro, it was the fing hands in Oot and in zantes temple in TP. It scarred me so bad to be grabbed by them.

[@ConduitWolf]

I was half listening to you in the background and then heard the guardian piano music and ducked my head