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Halloween is just around the corner and we've got 10 frightfully wonderful games to cuddle up with at the midnight hour. Some scare you with buckets of blood while others chill you to the bone with what can't be seen. But either way you cut it, you're pants are totally in for a rude surprise.

#10 The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge - [ PS2 ]

OK, this game isn't technically scary. Actually, from what we've heard about it, it may be "scary" in a "this game sucks sort of way." In the spirit of Halloween, we couldn't leave off The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge, if solely because it has a Halloween theme. Fans of the holiday and the film can play as Jack Skellington and get in all sorts of crazy adventures, such as dancing, dressing up, and even whacking things with a gooey whip. Now that I think about it, this game may be terrifying after all.

#10 The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge
61% average
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#9 Clock Tower - [ PS2 ]

You learn early on that it's not safe to run with scissors. But I don't think they teach kids about being chased by a madman wielding a gigantic pair of blood-stained scissors. So goes the premise of Clock Tower, a violent and disturbing PlayStation game that had gamers running and hiding for their lives. While archaic by today's standards, for its time Clock Tower managed to exude a great feeling of tension and anxiety...something that even today's games have a hard time pulling off.

#9 Clock Tower
64% average
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#8 The Blackstone Chronicles - [ GameCube ]

Let's take a trip back in time to an early PC game by the name of The Blackstone Chronicles. Based on the works of John Saul, the game had you trying to rescue your son in a mental hospital-turned-museum, all while being chided by the spirit of your deceased father. Sounds trippy, doesn't it? Thanks to its ghostly characters and foreboding tone, The Blackstone Chronicles helped change the way point and click adventure games were played. We were just disappointed that it wasn't actually a game about old school magician Harry Blackstone, Jr. That dude was amazing!

#8 The Blackstone Chronicles
92% average
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#7 F.E.A.R. - [ PC ]

While F.E.A.R. may mostly be about blowing stuff up and plugging enemies with a myriad of awesome weapons, it's also about delving into the scary world of the supernatural. And what's more frightening than ghostly images of spooky little Japanese girls? Nothing! In fact, F.E.A.R. is bound to make you drop a load in your trousers thanks to two features: incredible action and some truly disturbing paranormal encounters.

#7 F.E.A.R.
92% average
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#6 Alone In the Dark - [ Playstation ]

When a game starts off with a mysterious suicide and a creepy Louisiana mansion, you just know that things are doomed to go downhill from there. When it was released in 1992 for the PC, Alone in the Dark was heralded as a revolution in gaming, thanks to its dark story and exploration-based action. While it may have looked uglier than your last prom date, it went on to become a major influence in the survival-horror genre.

#6 Alone In the Dark
71% average
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