10 Most Terrifying Horror Game Locations

You no doubt saw this one coming.

Despite Resident Evil: Village not being an out-and-out scare-fest, House Beneviento is a clear attempt by Capcom to prove to the nay-sayers that not only were they capable of upping the terror in their flagship horror series, but they were able to stand toe-to-toe with any other horror game out there.

Tapping into the current horror-game zeitgeist and stripping away any semblance of combat, House Beneviento is a nerve-shredding excursion that starts with you taking apart a mannequin to uncover key items and ends with you barely escaping a giant, gelatinous malformed baby that wants nothing more than to swallow you whole.

It's an expertly paced and well-constructed sequence, one that starts with the player exploring an eerily quiet house, which gives way to a dollmaker's workshop that's soon plunged into darkness. From there the intensity and sense of paranoia builds to unbearable levels as the world around you becomes increasingly more hostile.

It was a smart decision by Capcom to focus the game's marketing on both the werewolf enemies and the woefully underutilized Lady Dimitrescu, because this particularly harrowing surprise is one of the reasons that players will never forget their first time playing Village.