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[NightShift]

surprised at the lack of..

This one always struck me as goofy because the guy's reacting to the title. Looks more like a poster for a sketch comedy show.

 

[Noogy]

Lots of good stuff in here. The Psygnosis stuff was always my favorite... just so bizarre, and amazing use of font.

The first cover to really freak my out was probably Hunt the Wumpus on the TI 99/4a, a system that actually had a ton of really great box/manual art. The bleeding trees got to me as a kid:

 

[nermal]

 

[MadClacker]

For some reason, I've also always found the Space Harrier II boxart unsettling. It's that organic yet otherworldly look of it all. And that creature...

Also, if you don't like spiders...

Lastly...

 

[tirkaroKujo]

The game itself isn't any better either.

 

[Mega]

"It certainly looks impressive" lol what kind of quote is that.


HALO 6

"It has good graphics"

LOL I know right. It reads like a back-handed compliment.

 

[Drac84]

 

[NoFaceNico]

Heart of Darkness always creeped the fuck out of me.

 

[Myriadis]

This one always struck me as goofy because the guy's reacting to the title. Looks more like a poster for a sketch comedy show.

Tbh part of the title forms a nail and it's directly aiming for his eye. Kinda like the dead space 2 scene?

 

[petran79]

Fright Night uses the same cover as the movie version, but it is one of the rare instances where a horror game is much scarier than the movie, which has also some comedy

Also Ecstatica had one of the best covers

Sanitarium as well

City of Lost Children

Gabriel Knight 1

 

[Numb]

Is that spider holding a knife and a gun?
wow

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Dementium 2

Never seen this game, but that is really damn creepy. I wouldn't like my kids seeing that on a shop shelf to be honest.

 

[JoduanER2]

I'm 32 and this creeps me out

I like this one a lot. Its like desolate forest + chainsaw maniac + red sky... Soo good.

 

[Peter Ian Staker]

The PAL cover for Silent Hill. My dad had this game and seeing the cover fucked me up. Didn't stop me from wanting to and playing the game though.

Generally speaking eu box art for the old silent hill games has always being a tier above the us cover(and sometimes the japanese as well).Just compare this:

to this

Seriously the US one looks like something photoshopped by a lowly intern. Its almost ICO US cover bad.

Lastly...

The only scary thing about this cover is the awful use of greek letters.
I thought replacing e's with sigmas was bad this just took it to another level.

 

[SixMachine]

Heart of Darkness always creeped the fuck out of me.

I had this game for Windows, this game legit had some of the most horrifying death scenes in a video game. Mortal Kombat might be all gory and a visual spectacle (I find them so outlandish it's funny) but this was unnerving the ways the kid can die in this game.

 

[T.O.P]

Greatest cover ever made imo

 

[hateradio]

Konami!

Reminds me of this gem.

Let me guess, was it shit?

 

[Shambalakan]

This fucked me up as a kid.

This! :|

 

[-shadow-]

This cover is the whole reason why I'm a fan of the series. It's so different with the pile of dead bodies that while looking through the games I kept coming back because of how freaky it is. Outright scary in context.


Also I'd like to nominate this beauty!

 

[DeathPeak]

This one always struck me as goofy because the guy's reacting to the title. Looks more like a poster for a sketch comedy show.

Took me forever to realize he was screaming cause he's about to get stabbed in the eye.

 

[MitzTapuzim]

So sorry about the size of the pic,how do I make it smaller? First time here sry..

 

[Messofanego]

VAPE NAYSH YALL!

 

[Gloop]

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

 

[AppleSeason]

As a kid, Darkseed is what would remain ingrained in my memory for years to come, to the point of appearing multiple times in my dreams.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[Pancake Mix]

Fantastic game that deserves a re-release or sequel.

However, the box art is pretty tame, like Perfect Dark if you look in Joanna's right eye (on the left) tame.

 

[Jotamide]

MY EYES! KILL IT WITH FIRE!

 

[GravityInsanity]

This fucked me up as a kid.

Yeah, this cover creeped me out as a kid. Hell, I couldn't even finish the game when I got to this part.

 

[Bloodporne]

Depends on your definition of 'scary', but as a kid this was the most evocative and amazing Horror cover ever. My imagination went wild. Still probably my favorite cover.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Don't know if 'scariest' but some my favorites:

 

[Bloodporne]

Title?

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Title?

Majyūō

 

[Chuckie]

I personally find this more disturbing than Megaman's box art!

In the Netherlands we got this one.... which is scary in its own way I guess

 

[Woody Invincible]

Just the greatest game ever

 

[L.O.R.D]

i remember seeing this cover on some version or RE2 in my city

i mean,just look at his face,hi is dead but still looking at you,and you know he is coming to eat you.

Edit: i think it was a magazine cover showing the first images of RE2 or walk-through for the game.

 

[-Stranger-]

 

[bobawesome]

Easily.

 

[KainXVIII]

Pure horror

 

[Mifec]

This cover gives Jawmuncher the biggest spook

 

[AmyS]

Speaking of PC, the Darkseed box art was always pretty freaky too. Never thought the same of the second game's box though. Despite it being a safety pin through the face, it just looked like a girl wearing sun glasses.

I never played this, but I've seen that in ads hundreds of times flipping through U.S. game magazines magazines like VG&CE.

 

[ackl]

This fucked me up as a kid.

This and also the Japanese cover of RE1 :/

 

[Camjo-Z]

Let me guess, was it shit?

In the sense that it's an inferior Pac-Man clone, yes, but it's mostly called that because when Pac-Man dies he screams "OH SHIT!" in a digitized voice.

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

This fucked me up as a kid.

Forever the winner.

My honorable mentions from the thread:

As a kid this creeped me out.

As a kid, this one kinda creeped me out. Loved the game tough!

surprised at the lack of..

 

[AmyS]

That thing looks straight outa' Dark Souls.

 

[2+2=5]

Maybe not scary but good

maybe scary but...

 

[Jawmuncher]

This cover gives Jawmuncher the biggest spook

 

[InsanerBrainer]

I don't know what it is about this one but it creeps me out on the same level as that ghost girl from Pokemon XY. Very unsettling.

 

[Dr. Buni]

The whole game fucked me up as a kid.

This one is really eerie.

I don't know what it is about this one but it creeps me out on the same level as that ghost girl from Pokemon XY. Very unsettling.

That is probably some ecchi/borderline hentai game*, so being creeped out is a natural feeling.

Spoiler

Or is it?

 

[Myze]

Fantastic game that deserves a re-release or sequel.

However, the box art is pretty tame, like Perfect Dark if you look in Joanna's right eye (on the left) tame.

What's terrifying is that you felt the need (and probably rightly so) to let people know that a face looking at you has the right eye on the left.