10 Video Games That Were Secretly Horror Franchises

Let's just preface this by getting one thing clear: I'm not a coward. When you hear someone say they were frightened by a game that is evidently intended for children, your first thought is that they must be frightened of everything more exciting than cotton wool, and that's understandable.

However Ecco The Dolphin isn't any regular kids game, because it contains the "Vortex Queen", who looks like the result of Cthulu and the alien from Alien having a passionate, passionate night of love.

The alien invasion element comes so squarely out of the blue that it's infinitely worse, because you were expecting sweet ocean creatures the likes of Finding Nemo - and instead you face an unknown evil who wishes only to use her powers to take you into the dark embrace of the afterlife.

Hopefully, this wasn't bought for as many kids as we all suspect it may have been.