10 Intense Video Game Horror Chase Sequences

5. Laura - The Evil Within

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Unsurprisingly, Mikami never quite managed to escape the shadow of his survival horror roots, but frankly, it's unfair to compare anything with the original Resident Evil's genre-defining brilliance.

What The Evil Within does do, however, is introduce a body horror creature show boasting hair-raising bestiary more than impressive enough to make John Carpenter's Thing get back in its UFO and whizz away. Laura, in particular, is a direct homage to iconic Japanese horror flicks like The Ring, only in the former's case, her power's not tied to a defunct VHS tape.

Sebastian's own psyche is where this multi-limbed monstrosity makes her home, and she has no intention of letting the poor bloke wake up. One sinewy arm after another, she claws her way out of the floor before Seb's very eyes and gives relentless chase in what, over the years, has easily become The Evil Within's most memorable set-piece.

Check it out for yourselves below.

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