10 Haunting Video Game Moments We’ll Never Forget

We've taken our first troubling steps into the underwater city of Rapture and had our first encounters with a hulking Big Daddy and spooky Little Sister, but one of BioShock's most powerfully haunting moments comes a few minutes later, when we hear a female splicer singing a sinister lullaby while hunched over a pram. Her mind seems to unravel before us as we approach. "She's gone! Why did you take her?" she screams upon seeing the player and launching into a frenzied attack.

BioShock is filled with creepy moments, especially in its opening few hours, but no instant encapsulates the terrifying city of Rapture more than this. It's a short and simple scene but does so much to demonstrate the tragic downfall of the once-thriving city and its once-brilliant inhabitants, showcasing a perfect example of the game's emergent style of storytelling.

The word 'cinematic' is thrown around a lot when talking about video games, but everything about this moment is so well framed that it could easily have come from a blockbuster horror movie, and this is just one incredible way in which director Ken Levine brought his vision to life.