Ranking the Top 10 Scariest Moments in the Nancy Drew PC Games!! | Nancy Drew Analysis

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  • @meganschmittou1191
    @meganschmittou1191 2 місяці тому +31

    My honorable mention is definitely being trapped inside the monolith at the end of Scarlet Hand! It's so delightfully creepy.

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +3

      @@meganschmittou1191 super creepy! I agree!!

    • @karricompton
      @karricompton 2 місяці тому +1

      Omg yes why wasn’t this listed lol.

  • @fadalerabrasool3563
    @fadalerabrasool3563 2 місяці тому +19

    the scariest moment for me is getting trapped in the room and having to escape with that ANNOYING color symmetry lock puzzle. the sounds is so scary.
    Shadow at the waters edge

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +2

      @fadalerabrasool3563 the sounds in that moment are so good!! Also all the shadow hauntings!

    • @wingedgurl
      @wingedgurl 2 місяці тому +2

      I had to turn the sound off because it was throwing me off too much 😅

  • @stacyk123
    @stacyk123 2 місяці тому +16

    Honorable mentions.
    Seeing the cloaked figured outside your room in Blackmoor. Scared the crap out of me to see it standing RIGHT THERE.
    Not alone in Dry Creek. The subtle details combined with the threatening music.... I always have to mute.
    How could you not mention KEY. That computer jumpscare darn near had my throwing my laptop across the room.

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@stacyk123 lol, I thought about the KEY jumpscare but decided it wasn't really "scary" just very surprising 😅

    • @stacyk123
      @stacyk123 2 місяці тому +1

      @WizardKittenYT There's also the chase through the tunnels.
      The blind confused panic I had when that music picked up the first time.... I ran right into the "monster". 😆😆

  • @katherinelennon668
    @katherinelennon668 2 місяці тому +14

    When I was a kid, Curse of Blackmoor Manor was peak terror. Even just walking around the manor scared me because I never knew what would happen. Linda’s room especially was so creepy!
    Also I’m so happy you mentioned Ethel! She’s so scary to me. When I was a kid, I screamed out loud during Nancy’s nightmare sequence and made my mom sit in the room with me and read a book or do her ironing while I played that game. I was too scared to be alone while playing it 😅

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +1

      @@katherinelennon668 yeeesss!! I made my mom come down during DOG the first time I had to go in the forest at night 🤣 I was convinced I was a goner!

  • @sarahkahre6670
    @sarahkahre6670 2 місяці тому +10

    Okay, just a thought I had about SAW. People say that the culprit wasn’t intending to murder Nancy with the ghost attack in the old baths where she nearly drowns, but if murder wasn’t the intent, why would the culprit have given Nancy a chance to so closely examine the fake ghost? A lot of people say that culprit is one of the most sympathetic but I disagree, I think they are one of if not the most psychotic and honestly that game has gotten even scarier for me playing it as an adult with some more perspective on relationships and the mental process of that culprit. The scariest game for more reasons than I could comprehend as a child!

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +2

      @sarahkahre6670 yeah, if the intention wasn't to drown Nancy, I'd be surprised! I tend to agree with you that this culprit is seriously evil!

    • @avalasialove
      @avalasialove 2 місяці тому

      I think Rentaro is an example of how not to write a twist villain. By the end of the game he gets a completely new personality that replaces his old one. So we’re essentially given a completely new character in the last half of the game. I think HER didn’t want to go the truly supernatural route and none of the other characters made sense as the culprit. So they just picked Rentaro. I think that’s why so many people can see past his diabolical plot.

  • @GraemeCree
    @GraemeCree 2 місяці тому +2

    Her Interactive:
    Makes E For Everyone games
    Markets them on their Scare Factor.

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@GraemeCree scare factor, but for kids! Lol

  • @Little1Cave
    @Little1Cave 2 місяці тому +7

    I think that one of the scariest moments, if not the scariest, is the finale of Secret of the Scarlet Hand. Being in an enclosed space, in complete darkness, with a mummified corpse, as you suffocate, is unusually intense and horrifying for a Nancy Drew game. I was surprised to not see it on here, but based on your entries it seemed like you were specifically talking about cutscenes. Which makes sense. Loved this video! ❤ Maybe a fun idea could be the Top 10 Scariest Second Chances? There are some really intense ones. Lol

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +2

      @Little1Cave ooh that's a good one! The claustrophobia element is so creepy!

    • @karricompton
      @karricompton 2 місяці тому +1

      Agreed 💯

  • @IWish2500
    @IWish2500 2 місяці тому +8

    Being confronted by Fiona at the end of Castle Malloy is ultra scary

  • @staticradio724
    @staticradio724 2 місяці тому +1

    I would have included:
    1. Being locked in the monolith with the mummy at the end of Scarlet Hand. Traumatized me for weeks as a child.
    2. Traversing the hidden passageways in Blackmoor Manor with only the light of your glow stick, culminating with seeing the curse written on the wall. Special mention also goes to peeping on Linda and seeing her werewolf hand.
    3. Water's Edge, trying to solve that one color tile puzzle with the ghost hammering and scratching on the walls and windows. Had to turn my sound off so i could concentrate lol.

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@staticradio724 I do really love Linda's werewolf hand!!

  • @katiecramer5597
    @katiecramer5597 2 місяці тому +4

    I think the scariest scene for me is being trapped in the coil in The Deadly Device. This is literally a deliberate attempt on Nancy’s life and we only have so much time before we’re electrocuted and inevitably murdered. Just the fact of knowing that and not knowing how much time we have to complete the final puzzle gets my heart rate going every time!

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@katiecramer5597 love the suspense of that moment!!

  • @jacksampsonforever
    @jacksampsonforever 2 місяці тому +4

    I love that MID ghets to bookend the video LOL To me, the creepiest Charlotte appearance is it the other house, where she walks toward us, and burns up while doing so. Creeps me out to no end

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +1

      @@jacksampsonforever yes!! That one is so good too!

  • @ryanpepper8188
    @ryanpepper8188 2 місяці тому +3

    I got chills up my spine when seeing 'Nancy Drew' on the tombstone in Thornton Hall. It was so unexpected and very creepy.
    Also I think you mentioned in another video the dropped phone call in the attic after a crash of thunder/lightening in Crystal Skull when Bess reveals she told Dr. Buford Nancy was on the verge of finding the skull. It makes you feel uneasy and that someone is coming to stop you.
    Ethel's unexpected appearance when we click a screen is also so jarring! I love all these subtle scary moments in the games. Even the empty museum in Scarlet Hand feels spooky and that someone is watching you from a dimly lit corner. 🕵🏼‍♀️

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +1

      @@ryanpepper8188 so many good moments to choose from!!

  • @Maevava88
    @Maevava88 2 місяці тому +1

    Love it, great content as usual !!
    Everything about CUR was scary, the gargoyles, searching which gargoyles had the curse, learning there's another secret passageway, the curse esthetic, reading it and thinking we'll transform, linda's hands, the tooth, the chants, ETHEL!!!, the tunnels, can't see Linda but can feel her depression, Loulou saying someone is behind, Jane being cold, Laetitia screaming haha. But number one is the cloak figure, and ever more since my sleep paralysis and it was that exact cloak figure, aahh!
    And they came even stronger on SAW, oh my!
    And all that wrapped up with great soundtracks

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +1

      @@Maevava88 I feel like CUR sometimes gets overshadowed by SAW and GTH, but I agree! It's so scary!

    • @Maevava88
      @Maevava88 2 місяці тому

      @WizardKittenYT maybe yeah, but I'm biased I've played CUR at 12 and GTH during my 20s, so GTH wasn't scary, more sad for me, except for ND's name written on the tomb, that font was menacing 😂

  • @katiehamilton3915
    @katiehamilton3915 2 місяці тому +5

    I KID YOU NOT you started wrapping up the ending and I was about to comment "you forgot the jumpscare that is Ethel"--- AND THEN YOU SAID IT!!!! LOLLLLLL I literally clapped in delight like a three year old lol
    also! while I've definitely gotten the Charlotte in the walls scare I don't know if Ive ever seen the second half of that one!!!!!!! holy CRAP is that terrifying!

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@katiehamilton3915 lmao!! Couldn't have this video without acknowledging Ethel 😂

  • @ajohnson1615
    @ajohnson1615 2 місяці тому +1

    I feel like the one jump scare that lingers with me the most is the reel in Thorton Hall and then going out to the ruins to see Charlotte burn up right in front of you. Dear goodness, that one just lingers with me. I think it's kind of the fact that there's no music in it or singing. It's just...her death.
    Also, her jumping at you at the end of the game when you dig in the wrong spot is pretty freaky. Like c'mon, Charlotte. You don't have to be so jumpy. 😂

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +1

      @ajohnson1615 yeah, Charlotte really makes the most of her hauntings 😅

  • @bookworm598
    @bookworm598 2 місяці тому +2

    For me, the second monster sighting in CUR was the scariest even if it wasn't as much of a jumpscare. Hearing that the monster was *inside* the building in that scary alarm voice and then seeing it walking by at the top of the stairs terrified me when I first played it. Plus the fact that everyone vanishes when there is a sighting and you're suddenly alone just adds to the scariness. Also, I need to replay GTH because I don't remember the peeping scare scene at all! I do know the first time we see Charlotte does not happen until right after we read about her and see her on the cover of that book (a case of the carbon monoxide poisoning creating illusions based on how Nancy is now picturing Charlotte). Also it wasn't until just now that I realized that when we run into Rentaro coming out of the bath with his toolbox, that's probably when he set up the mirror trick!

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @bookworm598 I thought about including that monster moment too, because you're totally right! "The monster is in the castle" is so freaky!!

  • @FlawlessSelMarie
    @FlawlessSelMarie 2 місяці тому

    Ethel’s jump scares ALWAYS gets me, even though I know they are coming 😂

  • @a-lonely-dunedain
    @a-lonely-dunedain 2 місяці тому

    11:56 hey has anyone ever posed the theory of Nancy secretly being a vampire? she never seems to age, and also has no reflection. in this essay I will-

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@a-lonely-dunedain I'm always in support of the "Nancy is a vampire" theory 😅

    • @Queen1001N
      @Queen1001N 2 місяці тому +1

      Rentaro did.

  • @pokelover66544
    @pokelover66544 2 місяці тому +1

    Those ghost dogs scared the crap outta me as a kid lol i was afraid to go outside at night cause i thought they would attack again

  • @ForSureTotallyLauren
    @ForSureTotallyLauren 2 місяці тому +1

    For me personally, the scariest moment is the shadow figures at the ghost town in Shadow Ranch. Knowing I'm not alone but whoever is here not wanting to outright scare Nancy/be seen still creeps me out. An honorable mention is the easter egg phone call in Message in a Haunted Mansion in which a distorted voice wails that they "can't get out." The other ghost voices are direct/antagonistic enough for me to label it an attempt to scare, but the despair in that voice makes the subtle hauntings feel more real, that Nancy is solving a mystery in a house that ghosts are just stuck in.

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +1

      @@ForSureTotallyLauren I love the spookiness of the ghost town! It's so well done!

  • @kateregier7713
    @kateregier7713 2 місяці тому

    I honestly couldn’t believe that the scene at castle malloy where nancy gets pushed in the silo by fiona didn’t make the list. I played that for the first time when I was 32 and I jumped out of my freaking skin! it terrifies me every time!

  • @snughly
    @snughly 2 місяці тому

    Nancy's Nightmare is my favourite because I never know when (or if) it's going to happen! I've played all the Nancy games so many times that I know exactly when all the scares are going to happen, except that one!

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@snughly agreed!! I often miss it, so it's extra special when it happens!

  • @leahbeck3986
    @leahbeck3986 9 годин тому

    I'm shocked no one mentioned the dummy game that breaks in the Final Scene! That scares me SO BAD every time even as an adult. I also hated the speaking dummy in Crystal Skull so maybe I just have an issue with dolls/dummies.

  • @FelineStorm
    @FelineStorm 2 місяці тому

    I agree with your #1 pick, but for an entirely different reason. The first time I played SAW, I saw the lack of reflection in the mirror, saw the figure appear behind her, and screamed “PEPPER’S GHOST!!!” at the top of my lungs, waking my roommate from a nap at the other end of the house.
    It was also the moment when I solved the game.

  • @CaseyNickerson-gn2zi
    @CaseyNickerson-gn2zi 2 місяці тому

    The mirror scene in SAW gave me so many nightmares as a kid, and I was just watching a walkthrough of it. SAW is easily the scariest game to me , I still can’t even watch it without feeling on edge later on

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@CaseyNickerson-gn2zi it is so scary!!

  • @bellcorrz
    @bellcorrz 2 місяці тому +2

    no bomb from stay tuned for danger? 😂 scarriest to me because i could never figure out how to survive that room before walkthroughs

  • @haileyarnett6375
    @haileyarnett6375 2 місяці тому +1

    My brain immediately went to Ethel in CUR😅🤣

    • @fadalerabrasool3563
      @fadalerabrasool3563 2 місяці тому +1

      the third time she pops out of nowhere I had a legit heart attack. The way she threatened Nancy has definetly established her as a red herring

  • @avalasialove
    @avalasialove 2 місяці тому

    One of my personal scariest moments is in The Haunted Carousel. It’s the three different parts when the culprit attacks Nancy towards the end of the game. Let’s just say the kind of face they make looks like they’re about to do more than just strangle Nancy 😖 Then again, they’re all Second Chances. So, I’m not sure if those count.

  • @doctorwhorosetardis
    @doctorwhorosetardis 2 місяці тому

    One of my favorites is the spoopy found footage reel of Charlotte's birthday and Charlotte coming down the stairs right after!

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@doctorwhorosetardis yeess, so creepy!!

  • @mellophonesheikah6223
    @mellophonesheikah6223 2 місяці тому

    I still have nightmares about the moving rooms and the forge in Blackmoor Manor, dont ask me why, but I do

  • @graygarrison2692
    @graygarrison2692 2 місяці тому +4

    The I see You part from Nancy Drew Message in a haunted Mansion definitely scared Me a lot and pretty much Everyone else agrees.

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@graygarrison2692 I definitely wanted to include MHM because it's one of my favorites, but I had to admit to myself that the scare is more subtle and less outright scary. Personally, I prefer that, but it wasn't quite what I was ranking in this video :)

  • @ciaralee2529
    @ciaralee2529 2 місяці тому +2

    Just in time for my lunch break!!

  • @yakovmanshin
    @yakovmanshin 2 місяці тому +2

    I’d probably swap the first two places on your list. In the mirror scene, we at least see a figure in the background before it attacks. But the ghost which attempts to drown us creeps me out even in gameplay videos, dammit 😬

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @yakovmanshin totally fair!! It's so scary!

  • @Saltedbreadandbutter
    @Saltedbreadandbutter 2 місяці тому

    My first F bomb was when I was a kid and played White Wolf of Icicle Creek for the first time. Getting pelted at with an ice ball after getting out of the fishing shack was bonkers lol

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@Saltedbreadandbutter that is amazing 😅

  • @karricompton
    @karricompton 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for mentioning Ethel. I’m never ready for her.
    As far as your rankings, I would have put HAU, DOG, and CUR lower in the rankings. Maybe I’ve just played them enough to where they’re not scary at all for me.
    I’ll never forget the CRY skeleton man. I jumped so high the first time I saw that. 😅
    GTH and SAW are definitely the most scary and I have to be in the right frame of mind to play them. And the monolith! Super terrifying! How is that not more scary than some creature with red eyes??

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@karricompton several people have mentioned the monolith, that's a good one! For some reason, that one doesn't scare me, but it is definitely creepy!

  • @pinkjaguar12
    @pinkjaguar12 2 місяці тому

    if i can add onto the scare factor of the mirror scene, this is also one of the very rare moments (if not the ONLY moment) in which we, as Nancy, look into a full reflective mirror. the games have always given various excuses and silly sidesteps to avoid showing us Nancy's full face (which I have always love - it increases the immersion!) So what's extra terrifying about that mirror scene is that we are FINALLY in front of a full reflective mirror, but not only is there a creepy yuri in the background, but *Nancy doesn't have a reflection*. I think it's a blink and you miss it implication, bc of course we're focused on the yuri, but the more you think about it the more creepy it gets! Is Nancy a vampire???

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @pinkjaguar12 given that she never ages, I think she must be a vampire 😅

  • @fadalerabrasool3563
    @fadalerabrasool3563 2 місяці тому

    im surprised you hardly mentioned ethel. shes the scariest moment(s) within CUR of how she pops out of nowhere and ominously thereatens us. Shes also an excellent red herring because of how the game sets her up to be assumed as the culprit when shes not

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@fadalerabrasool3563 gotta love Ethel!

  • @racheltorres668
    @racheltorres668 2 місяці тому

    "I see you did NOT heed my warning. I realize you're a very...curious young woman, but know this. These passageways can only lead to misfortune for the uninitiated. And I am not only speaking of 'physical' peril. Nancy, I realize you're a good person and mean well, and I understand you feel compelled to discover what is happening to Linda. But I also have certain duties which may conflict with yours. I will not interfere as long as I am prohibited from doing so, but know that the instant I receive the word, YOU WILL NO LONGER BE WELCOME IN BLACKMOOR.
    Good day."
    One of the scariest parts about Ethel is the fact that the game allows her to show up, even in the middle of the night to terrify the bejeezums out of you because you just solved the 13 ghosts puzzle and used the slide for the first time.

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому +1

      @@racheltorres668 I love Ethel 😅 such a dramatic queen!

    • @ryanpepper8188
      @ryanpepper8188 2 місяці тому +1

      @@racheltorres668 I love the voice actress for Ethel she reminds me of Nicole Kidman !

  • @Obikan77
    @Obikan77 2 місяці тому

    i think one of the scariest jumpscares for me was the hacker jumpscare in KEY. i did not expect it at all even though it was in the trailer lol. my top two tho have to be the nonogram ghost jumpscare in SAW and the monster jumpscare in CAP. i literally did not play for months after the monster jumpscare 😅

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @Obikan77 yeah, that KEY jumpscare is so shocking!

  • @madamminalost
    @madamminalost 2 місяці тому

    Something that may be fun for next streamathon, Speedrunner Nancy? The games don't have a huge speed run board and speedrunning all of them may be fun/different.

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@madamminalost I've always wondered what speed running would be like!

    • @madamminalost
      @madamminalost 2 місяці тому

      @WizardKittenYT i know Stay Tuned for danger has a glitch where you can beat it in like 30 minutes! So idk if you want to do like glitchless or see how glitches go

  • @Alikazam07
    @Alikazam07 2 місяці тому

    I’m well into my 20s and some of these games still scare the crap out of me 😂

  • @nerdygeekgamer5528
    @nerdygeekgamer5528 2 місяці тому

    I love the psychological horror games and horror games the choices matter games they draw my attention in more then horror novels and movies but I love the Nancy Drew games more my most Honorable Mention would have to be being Chased by the DELLABORED KNIGHT he's so scary until you learn it's only RADECK in a COSTUME

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @@nerdygeekgamer5528 I do especially enjoy the knight in the cutscene!

  • @caseyhoward8650
    @caseyhoward8650 2 місяці тому

    How about the puppet pop up in Keys. I was not expecting that!

    • @WizardKittenYT
      @WizardKittenYT  2 місяці тому

      @caseyhoward8650 I considered several KEY moments! The puppet definitely made me jump, but I don't know if it "scared" me, you know? More just very surprised 😅

    • @caseyhoward8650
      @caseyhoward8650 2 місяці тому

      @@WizardKittenYT that’s true. Got my heart racing that’s for sure! Ha