10 Cruel Tricks Horror Video Games Played On Players

10. The Double Dog Window Jump-Scare - Resident Evil

The Resident Evil series has shown a downright sadistic penchant for toying with its own fans, but Capcom has never quite matched the brilliance of that opening jump scare in the original 1996 game.

Near the start of Resident Evil while you're exploring the Spencer Mansion, you'll walk through an L-shaped hallway and, as you pass the window, a zombie dog (aka Cerberus) will burst out of it.

As anyone who played the game without prior knowledge of this will attest, it's a positively pant-filling moment - a totally unexpected jump scare and still one of the most effective uses of the tired technique in video game history.

Worse still, once you've dealt with the dog and moved further down the hallway, another dog will jump through another window, assuring players they can't let their guard down.

And because this jump scare became so well known, for the 2002 remake Capcom ingeniously changed things up.

The first time you pass through the hall in the remake, the glass windows simply crack from the dogs' attempting to get inside, but when you go back through the area later, only then will the dogs successfully smash the glass. Sneaky.