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So, you're up against the [[Corrupt Church]]. You know that they're lying to the people, but no one will listen to you. It's time to take matters into your own hands, storm their base and reveal them for the [[
There's just one little problem. That means you actually have to go in their Church. And that place is scary as Hell itself.
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{{examples}}
=== [[Action Adventure]] ===
* Most ''[[Castlevania]]'' games hold a "Chapel" level. ''[[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
* ''[[Aquaria (
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▲* Most ''[[Castlevania]]'' games hold a "Chapel" level. ''[[Castlevania Circle of the Moon (Video Game)|Circle of the Moon]]'' had one with a giant lamb's head that spews poison, fireballs and flying skulls, while Curse of Darkness has an extra-boss living inside a mass of corpses, hidden in the church, in a room full of bodies that make the walls. (Scares and [[Womb Level]], anyone?)
▲* ''[[Aquaria (Video Game)|Aquaria]]'' has the [[That One Level|Mithalas Cathedral]] which takes this [[Up to Eleven]] [[Hailfire Peaks|and combines it with]] [[Womb Level]]: it's got [[Cthulhu Mythos|Shoggoth-like]] monsters, [[Meat Moss]] everywhere (plus tentacles), [[Sand Worm|worm enemies]] coming out of the walls, mutants that look too much like Naija for comfort, and you have to {{spoiler|fight the [[That One Boss|Mithalan God]] turned [[Eldritch Abomination]]}} at the end. Do not play this level if you are planning to get any sleep that night.
* The "Antares" stage in ''[[Tekken]] 5'' is a dimly-lit, mostly red colored cathedral. The same stage reappears in ''[[Gaiden Game|Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection]]'', although the creepiness is gone; it's well-lit, [[Snow Means Death|snow pours in through a hole in the ceiling]], and [[Crowning Music of Awesome|the music is miles ahead of its predecessor.]]
=== [[First-Person Shooter]] ===
* In the FPS video game ''[[Painkiller]]'', one of the early stages is exactly like this. You fight your way through a graveyard full of revenants and confront the Big Baddie inside the cathedral. Something about the place isn't quite right... maybe it's the dismembered corpses suspended by chains from the ceiling?
=== [[Hack and Slash]] ===
* The Chaos Sanctuary in ''[[Diablo]] II'' looks like a cathedral. The problem is, it's in hell and it doubles as Diablo's home. When all five seals are opened, the place glows red.
=== [[Roguelike]] ===
* ''[[
=== [[Role
* The Hulle Granz Cathedral from the ''[[.hack GU Games|.hack//G.U.]]'' games. Might not have the whole dungeon thing going, but makes up for it with sheer imposing ominousness, as well as being the home to more than a couple plot twists and epic battles through the series.
* The cathedral in ''[[
* ''[[
* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[
* Creepy Steeple from ''[[Paper Mario:
* The main feature of the Undead Parish in ''[[
=== [[Stealth Based Game]] ===
* ''[[Thief]]:'' ''The Dark Project'' has a level where [[Player Character|Garret]] must infiltrate a Hammerite cathedral at the epicenter of a disaster that ruined a district of [[The City]] decades ago, which has now been walled off and is infested with [[The Undead]]. The {{spoiler|[[Lightning Bruiser|Hammer Haunts]] }} in the cathedral itself are [[Demonic Spiders|especially dangerous]], and it is one of the most chilling levels in the game. The Soulforge Cathedral of the Mechanists from the second game (''[[Thief]] : The Metal Age'') isn't haunted, but it's still a very eerie place to be (at least during the events the mission is set in).
=== [[Survival Horror]] ===
* Oublie Cathedral from ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' would qualify. Most of the fighting and exposition takes place in the catacombs beneath it, though.
* The final level of ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'' rakes place in the cult's church, which in complete with pews, pulpit, and confessional.
* The one in Brennenburg castle from ''[[Amnesia:
▲=== Non-video game examples: ===
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=== Comics ===
* The Ossuary of [[Eldritch Location|Orqwith]] in ''[[
=== Literature ===
* [[Poul Anderson]], [[Operation Chaos]]. The cathedral and surrounding town of Siloam are extra creepy, including nonstop chanting of Barbarous Names.
* Most buildings are creepy in ''[[
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* ''[[Silent Hill: Promise]]'': St. Stella Church
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWJAof-O5Pc&feature=related The Cathedral]'', a highly creepy CGI short by Tomasz Bagiński.
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