10 Best Boss Fights That NOBODY Saw Coming
8. Laura - The Evil Within
Tango Gameworks' visceral survival horror The Evil Within is full of many nightmarish enemies that range from the chainsaw-wielding Sadist to the horrifying Keeper. However, none of the creatures that players encounter in this game are as unforgettably terrifying as Laura.
With her razor-sharp nails at the end of spidery limbs, her long black hair draped over her face, and ear-piercing shriek, everything about Laura’s appearance lets players know that she’s not to be trifled with.
Even scarier than this recurring boss’s design, though, is their introduction.
At the end of Chapter 4, players will find themselves in a short hallway with a pile of bodies lying at the end. Upon getting closer to the corpses Laura will make her unannounced arrival by bursting from them in a heart-pounding jump scare before players must flee from her.
As if this jump scare wasn’t harrowing enough, she makes a further two sudden arrivals in the game and features in the title's most nerve-wracking boss fight in which players must defeat her by luring her into an incinerator.
Laura was so iconic that she even made a brief appearance in the sequel where she once again caught players by complete surprise.