Lost Tapes/Nightmare Fuel

Some episodes manage to be truly scary: Zombie has some real jump-inducing moments. Poltergiest, Strigoi and especially Death Dragon tend to stand out.
Owlman had some nightmarish moments, including how the girl seemed to draw him, and see him everywhere. He wants girls... for eating... and who knows what else. Hellhound was... worse.
- The part where he ripped the old lady from the earth, the one he had been pursuing, was also rather frightening...leading to many Owlman related nightmares for me.
Let's not forget Wendigo. Not only was it surprisingly good special effects and acting, the clips of him approaching the Despair Event Horizon after a week of no food hit really uncomfortable places. Paraphrased conversation:

Girl: We can't just leave her [their injured friend] here!
Guy: I'm not saying that, but we can barely look out for ourselves!
Girl: Well, what other plan do you have?!
Guy: (guilty silence) How long has it been since you had something to eat?
Girl: ...You're sick.

- That ENTIRE episode counts as High Octane Nightmare Fuel.
- Good lord, the fucking Wendigo. YMMV be damned, that thing is one of the scariest monsters on the show. To top it off, it has what looks like A DEER'S SKULL as a head. Sweet dreams.
- The thing that makes it truly scary is that Wendigo psychosis is quite real.
- Knowing the myth of the Wendigo makes it even worse, and they tell you it during the episode. Pretty much, it's an unstoppable killing machine that can never be full. It'll stalk you until it gets you, no matter how much it's eaten it'll just keep coming after you until it's got it's claws on you.
- The scariest parts of the episode were the climax and ending: Imagine being trapped in a dark cave at night with the Wendigo coming towards you and the ending has the Wendigo staring right into the camera.
  - Unsurprisingly, the Wendigo episode was voted the scariest on the official site.
In Skin-Walker, something sounds exactly like Brian's mother, and it's genuinely frightening.
The ending of Death Dragon: the naturalist gets dragged into the bushes by the giant lizard and is eaten.
The scene from "Vampire" when the vampire was sneaking up on the boy while he was sleeping.
Thunderbird focuses on three small children going into the woods to skate. One of them falls and breaks their leg while the other two go to try and get help, all the while the 'helpful' facts are informing us about what happens to the bird's victims..
Dover Demon, for all its Blair Witch-iness, taps into the fear of something with gangly limbs and giant eyes coming at you in the dark. And then the night vision comes on.

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