The Binding of Isaac/Nightmare Fuel

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Say hello to The Husk, one of the new bosses in Wrath of the Lamb!

We don't have high octane nightmare fuel [sic] on this one.

Simply saying "ALL OF IT" will suffice.
—A troper on the discussion page.
  • The designs for bosses in Wrath of the Lamb are horrifying. The new bosses seem to be the old ones... After you killed them. Most of them look absolutely horrible, Peep looks the worst by far. He seems to have collapsed on the inside and is bleeding from his eyesockets.Here is the poster.
  • The freakin' trailer. If the enemies looked creepy in 2D, imagine how horrifying they are in 3D! Or, don't imagine anything and just see it by yourself... If you dare.
  • The tune that plays on the credits after defeating the true form of True Final Boss. It comes as a great surprise because it replaces the BGM that usually plays on that sequence... And it's creepy as hell!
  • The Halloween update included a new level, Sheol. Which, to quote The Other Wiki, is: "The earliest conception of the afterlife in the Jewish scriptures. A place of darkness to which all dead go, regardless of the moral choices made in life, and where they are 'removed from the light of God'". You know, just in case this game wasn't dark enough!
    • A Trailer for the Sheol update has been released, and yes, it is exactly as horrific as you'd expect it to be.
  • The secret boss of the Halloween update. What appears to be the Headless Horseman, represented as a jawless rotted head charging about the screen while its body acts like the second phase of Pestilence.
  • The True Final Boss of Sheol simply smiles before fighting you. It's unnerving.
  • The fight against Mom, in particular her repeated calls of "Iiii-saac..."
  • ??? / Bluebaby is implied to be Isaac after having locked himself in a treasure chest during a psychotic episode.
  • The "shopkeeper", a dried-out, eyeless corpse hanging by his neck from a rope, which would imply he committed suicide.
    • That sure still doesn't stop him from taking the pennies off you whenever you buy something. Maybe he is unable to die altogether...
      • It Got Worse. If that's true, then what about the times where he lacks a head?
      • Additional Paranoia Fuel - note the fact that when you fight Greed, he has a noose around his neck - One of these cadavourous shopkeepers got so mad or bored that he cut himself down and now wants to kill his customers. Now think that any single one of those shopkeepers could be him before you enter...
      • Take note of where you fight him. In secret rooms... and in shops.
  • Imagine your head being slowly transformed into a tumorous mass filled with flies, all while still conscious. You'll want to put those poor Mulligans and Hives out of their misery as quickly as possible.
    • And The Wrath of the Lamb? Has an upgrade that turns you into one.
    • Also from Wrath of the Lamb - The ones that have bombs painfully wedged into thier skull and forced to charge at the player. Just imagine it for a second - Imagine you got possessed and used as a completely unwilling Action Bomb.
  • It is implied that a lot of the monsters are Isaac's lost siblings. How the hell did they end up so horribly disfigured and WHY are they there?
    • Well, considering the things that appear in IN HIS MOTHER'S WOMB and in the general areas of the basement: maggots, mutated flies, what is most likely a nest of aggressive parasites, the devil, evil arcana, blood all over the place, Issac's mother, the karaken, a dedric prince, and randomly appearing flames it seems likely that Isaac was either the firstborn and other kids came after the problems, or Issac is just as tough as the person who defeated a knife wielding maniac with no weapons.
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