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As much as they might scare some people, at least monsters, serial killers, and [[Primal Fear
This is where
This is likely the main reason [[Monster Clown|clowns are scary]].
It might be worth noting that not all
Often overlaps with [[Through the Eyes of Madness]], [[Silence Is Golden]], [[Mind Screw]], [[Freud Was Right]], [[Deranged Animation]], [[Uncanny Valley]], [[Body Horror]].
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* Also ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'', from the same director of ''[[Paprika]]''
* The series version of ''[[Vampire Princess Miyu]]'' has several episodes that easily fall into the surreal horror category, but as for the last story arc, two words: {{spoiler|Chicken. Heads.}} And it is terrifying.
* ''[[Devilman]]'' has some moments of
* Tsukishima of ''[[Bleach]]'' has abilities where he can {{spoiler|manipulate the memories of anyone he wants. He does this to by inserting himself into Ichigo's life and brainwashing his sisters and friends to think he is their cousin/long-time friend. When Ichigo freaks out and attacks Tsukishima, they think '''Ichigo''' is the one who's the bad guy.}} He does this all without [[Mind Rape|physically attacking or raising a hand]] against Ichigo.
* [http://youtu.be/loetcOWYfvA The Midnight Parasites], a 1972 Japanese animated short based on the paintings of [[Hieronymus Bosch]] with a weird psychedelic rock soundtrack.
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* ''The Grave-Robber's Daughter.'', and many of Richard Sala's other works.
* Every conversation about ''[[Like a Velvet Glove Cast In Iron]]'' will bring up [[David Lynch]].
* ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]''. Throw Goth, [[Surreal Humor]], [[Black Comedy]] and
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* Various scenes from ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' (again by [[David Lynch]]), including the dream at the end of episode 2, the Black Lodge scenes in the finale, and every scene with Killer BOB.
* The Danish TV series ''[[The Kingdom]]'' (''Riget''), which is set in a hospital and involves such things as the birth of a fully-grown man with ''way'' too long legs, and a doctor having the cancerous liver of another man transplanted into his own body [[For Science!]] and as a trophy.
* The British series ''[[Sapphire and Steel]]'', while nominally SF, is also deeply unsettling in the fashion of a good ghost
* ''[[The Prisoner]]''.
* ''[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]'' has some comically absurd horrors, like Skipper the Eyechild.
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* The game ''[[Normality]]'' embodies this trope, as it lacks a dice mechanic and largely consists of furious ranting at a world gone wrong.
* In ''[[Deadlands]]'', players may have to run through a session or two of this if they {{spoiler|die and come back harrowed}} or {{spoiler|travel through the Hunting Grounds}}.
* ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'' has Arcadia, domains of The Others. The other [[Dark World
* ''[[Exalted]]'': The entirety of the Wyld. Mortals entering it will be unmade, but the Exalts might have a ''slight'' chance of surviving with both their mind and body intact.
* In ''[[JAGS Wonderland]]'', Chessboard One has elements of this. The Chessboards below it ''are'' this.
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* ''[[Rule of Rose]]''
* The ''[[Silent Hill]]'' series sometimes drifts into this, particularly the nightmare hospital from 3 and its infamous mirror room... Silent Hill 4 also has an infamous hospital [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgWbYsHMPSw room].
** Pyramid Head's appearance is also a visual example of
* ''[[American McGee's Alice]]''
* ''[[Yume Nikki]]''. Sure, it's [[Nightmare Sequence|a dream]], and dreams are weird, but how many people have [[Mental World|whole worlds in their head]] full of bloody eyeballs?
** The [[Fan Sequel|fan sequels]], such as ''[[Dot Flow]]'' and ''[[Yume 2 kki]]''.
* In ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' the
* ''[[Mondo Medicals]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Mondo Agency]]'', could be seen as more benign (or not) examples of this trope.
* While much of ''[[Earthbound]]'' is surreal and trippy, its endgame heads ''[[Nightmare Fuel|straight]]'' into this trope. ''[[Mother 3]]'''s famous removed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gNx8oPefQs unused enemy backgrounds] even more so.
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* ''[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]''
* ''[[The Binding of Isaac]]'', a deranged tale of a little boy, whose [[Abusive Parents|brutally abusive]] mother intends to sacrifice him to God. Filled with [[Body Horror]], [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]], disturbingly Freudian imagery, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and]] [[Toilet Humor]].
* Maxis's User Created Content game [[Spore]] has a subculture among the creators known as UBD, which ''lives'' for
* ''[[LSD Dream Emulator]]'' is a cult Playstation game in which you explore colorful and quirky [[Dream Land|dreams]], with a lot of randomly generated content. The more dreams you play through, the stranger and more deranged things get.
* The Half-Life mod [[Cry of Fear]] features this to some extent throughout but a few "nightmare sequences" use this to even greater effect, the start of one is signified by [[Alien Geometries]] and/or hallways and rooms coated in blood.
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