Bottom of the Well – Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time presents a grand fantasy world for players to explore filled with interesting creatures like Kokiri Fairies, Gorons, and Zora. Zelda has never exactly been horror material, but Link’s trek to the Bottom of the Well in Kakariko Village completely changes all that. This mini dungeon is a horrific place, especially in light of the bright environments that most of the rest of the game contains.
The entrance to the dungeon is guarded by a poisonous bog as well as two ReDeads, who are terrifying enough on their own. Once you enter it you’re greeted with underground caverns littered with torture devices, chains, and other items that all look like they’ve definitely been used. It gets even worse when you face the miniboss Dead Hand, an awful creature made up of some kind of flabby, tumorous mass that has patches of what appears to be blood throughout. It shoots multiple hands up out of the ground that can grab Link’s head and paralyze him while the main body attacks. The Bottom of the Well is such a strange shift from the tone of Ocarina of Time that you can’t help but get the chills while you’re wandering its dark corridors.
