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#5 Doom 3 - [ PC ]

id Software spent years on Doom 3 and the results, while mixed, still put the game in the upper ranks of games being able to scare the crap out of you. With equal emphasis put on blasting demons and crawling around in dark hidey-holes, the demonic encounters took on a more nerve-wracking quality. The scare scenes undoubtedly led to many PC gamers having to replace their mouse because of "sweaty palm" damage. While the game may be shorter than we would have liked, it's hard to deny the scary charms of taking on demons and zombies in space. Because everything, and we mean everything, is better in space. Yes, you can quote us on that.

#5 Doom 3
85% average
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#4 System Shock 2 - [ PC ]

Remember that movie Event Horizon? Well, System Shock 2 is kind of like that film, minus Lawrence Fishburne and the stupid storyline. When it comes to scary, nothing is more nail-bitingly frightening than a rogue phantom spaceship. Add to that a bunch of ghosts and weird psionic powers, and you have a winning formula for making you sleep with the lights on for at least a year. While System Shock 2 didn't sell, it's still considered a cult classic by those in the know. So do yourself a favor and get to "know" this game.

#4 System Shock 2
92% average
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#3 Resident Evil - [ GameCube ]

The series that started it all really didn't get all that scary until Capcom decided to make a new version of the original Resident Evil for the GameCube. The remake featured new story elements, monsters, and bonus features...oh, and did we also mention that it had some new zombies that could run at you? The first time we ran into them we emptied our bowels and things haven't been the same since. As far as remakes go, this is probably the best that you can get. It doesn't hurt that the game is probably one of the best survival-horror experiences of all time.

#3 Resident Evil
89% average
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#2 Silent Hill 2 - [ PS2 ]

The Silent Hill series has always held a place in the hearts of survival-horror gamers, and Silent Hill 2 scared the crap out of the most of them. With a bizarre storyline and an even more bizarre cast of monsters, you leave the game a very different person than when you started. Heck, we still have nightmares about Pyramid-Head and those creepy mannequin creatures.

#2 Silent Hill 2
87% average
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#1 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly - [ Xbox ]

While the first Fatal Frame game on the PS2 is terrifying enough to make you wet your pants many times over, the second installment on the Xbox upped the fright factor in a tremendous way. Thanks to its more detailed graphics, ghosts took on a more life-like quality and the claustrophobic environments became that much more foreboding. While Tecmo has yet to release Fatal Frame III: The Tormented here in the US, if you're looking for a serious scare, you can't go wrong with this most frightening tale on the Xbox.

#1 Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
82% average
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