Here are my most terrifying moments from the Resident Evil game series, and now I want to hear yours

To celebrate the return of Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem, let's look into the most horrifying moments in the popular series. It's a fantastic way to stop a character we've missed for so long from deciding to leave again immediately, isn't it? Spoilers ahead, of course.Table of contentsBen Bertolucci's demise in Resident Evil 2 (and Resident Evil 2 Remake)Resident Evil REmake's surpriseResident Evil 4's most terrifying enemy shows upNemesis in the police stationItchy, Tasty, Resident EvilResident Evil Village's "baby"Ben Bertolucci's demise in Resident Evil 2 (and Resident Evil 2 Remake) The premise of Resident Evil is simple: things that are not quite alive—but not as dead as you'd like them to be—are out there to eat you. You only ever expect the threat to come from the outside, but Resident Evil 2 flips the script by having a creature bursting out of a poor guy in a manner that, despite the PS1 graphics, is still, I'd say, even cooler than the famous chestburster scene from the original Alien. https://youtu.be/xXl_poVGbRU Poor Ben can die in one of two ways in the original game, and gets awarded a third death in the remake! I still find his death in the original Scenario A the best, but the new one is arguably the scariest such scene in the remake, meaning Ben Bertolucci is probably the best-killed guy in the series. How enviable.https://youtu.be/nyhq3sip6xA?t=34Resident Evil REmake's surprise A superb remake requires modernization and the addition of cool stuff that nobody expected. The GameCube remake of the original Resident Evil far exceeds the original game by completely overhauling not just the graphics but the tone, improving gameplay elements, and also because of Lisa Trevor. She is a brilliant wildcard whose tragic story surprised even the most hardcore of fans.Resident Evil 4's most terrifying enemy shows up Resident Evil 4 spends most of its runtime perfectly selling itself as a rebranding into more action-y territory. After we last saw him in Resident Evil 2, Leon graduated from Badass University with an SSS rank, which caused most of his opponents to step up as well. Most enemies in RE4 are faster, stronger, bigger, and Spanish. That's not the case with the Regenerator, however, a deliberately slower and eerily calm monster that'll seem completely immortal at first. There's no big jumpscare, just his confident stroll that changes the game's pace to something much closer to the original Resident Evil titles and easily earns the Regenerator's intro a spot on this list.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4G7rR-_LHG0Nemesis in the police station Aside from the unkillable monster who employs psychological (and bazooka) warfare to terrorize players throughout, Resident Evil 3 falls short of Resident Evil 2's inventiveness in terms of scares. It does, however, perfect some of the best scares from Resident Evil 2. The best in-game scare of Resident Evil 2 involves a Licker and a mirrored-glass window, and I definitely would've put it on this list if it weren't for RE3 having an improved version. I'm talking about the Police Station area, where Nemesis comes out from where players least expect when they're just passing by with their minds casually focused on a puzzle. The Licker's jumpscare is great; this one is just something else.https://youtu.be/e6e4uElYPyQItchy, Tasty, Resident Evil Despite its status as a horror masterwork, the original Resident Evil doesn't get much credit for its writing. While most of the game's tone is rather campy, it does feature a note that can send chills down the spines of even people used to more serious horror. I'm talking about what's commonly known among Resident Evil fans as "Itchy Tasty," the diary of a man who unwittingly documents the gradual loss of his mind after getting infected with the T-Virus.https://twitter.com/Richmond_Lee/status/1752534978351820819?s=20Resident Evil Village's "baby" I'm really glad I grew up when Resident Evil games had much worse graphics, because I really don't know how I would've dealt with the big baby from Resident Evil Village. Most of the game actually isn't that scary, but the lack of scare factor works wonders in luring unsuspecting players into what might just be the most unsettling moment in the series' history.https://youtu.be/l_EJqaEuztk I often see the first zombie we encounter in the original game listed as one of the scariest moments in the series, but there's something about his all-white face that always struck me as too goofy to be scary. Did I get anything wrong, and, more importantly, does Resident Evil: Requiem deserve any spots on this list? The post Here are my most terrifying moments from the Resident Evil game series, and now I want to hear yours appeared first on Destructoid.

Feb 27, 2026 - 05:28

Here are my most terrifying moments from the Resident Evil game series, and now I want to hear yours

To celebrate the return of Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem, let's look into the most horrifying moments in the popular series. It's a fantastic way to stop a character we've missed for so long from deciding to leave again immediately, isn't it?

Spoilers ahead, of course.

Table of contents

Ben Bertolucci's demise in Resident Evil 2 (and Resident Evil 2 Remake)

The premise of Resident Evil is simple: things that are not quite alive—but not as dead as you'd like them to be—are out there to eat you. You only ever expect the threat to come from the outside, but Resident Evil 2 flips the script by having a creature bursting out of a poor guy in a manner that, despite the PS1 graphics, is still, I'd say, even cooler than the famous chestburster scene from the original Alien.

https://youtu.be/xXl_poVGbRU Poor Ben can die in one of two ways in the original game, and gets awarded a third death in the remake! I still find his death in the original Scenario A the best, but the new one is arguably the scariest such scene in the remake, meaning Ben Bertolucci is probably the best-killed guy in the series. How enviable.

https://youtu.be/nyhq3sip6xA?t=34

Resident Evil REmake's surprise

A superb remake requires modernization and the addition of cool stuff that nobody expected. The GameCube remake of the original Resident Evil far exceeds the original game by completely overhauling not just the graphics but the tone, improving gameplay elements, and also because of Lisa Trevor. She is a brilliant wildcard whose tragic story surprised even the most hardcore of fans.

Resident Evil 4's most terrifying enemy shows up

Resident Evil 4 spends most of its runtime perfectly selling itself as a rebranding into more action-y territory. After we last saw him in Resident Evil 2, Leon graduated from Badass University with an SSS rank, which caused most of his opponents to step up as well. Most enemies in RE4 are faster, stronger, bigger, and Spanish. That's not the case with the Regenerator, however, a deliberately slower and eerily calm monster that'll seem completely immortal at first.

There's no big jumpscare, just his confident stroll that changes the game's pace to something much closer to the original Resident Evil titles and easily earns the Regenerator's intro a spot on this list.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4G7rR-_LHG0

Nemesis in the police station

Aside from the unkillable monster who employs psychological (and bazooka) warfare to terrorize players throughout, Resident Evil 3 falls short of Resident Evil 2's inventiveness in terms of scares. It does, however, perfect some of the best scares from Resident Evil 2. The best in-game scare of Resident Evil 2 involves a Licker and a mirrored-glass window, and I definitely would've put it on this list if it weren't for RE3 having an improved version.

I'm talking about the Police Station area, where Nemesis comes out from where players least expect when they're just passing by with their minds casually focused on a puzzle. The Licker's jumpscare is great; this one is just something else.

https://youtu.be/e6e4uElYPyQ

Itchy, Tasty, Resident Evil

Despite its status as a horror masterwork, the original Resident Evil doesn't get much credit for its writing. While most of the game's tone is rather campy, it does feature a note that can send chills down the spines of even people used to more serious horror.

I'm talking about what's commonly known among Resident Evil fans as "Itchy Tasty," the diary of a man who unwittingly documents the gradual loss of his mind after getting infected with the T-Virus.

https://twitter.com/Richmond_Lee/status/1752534978351820819?s=20

Resident Evil Village's "baby"

I'm really glad I grew up when Resident Evil games had much worse graphics, because I really don't know how I would've dealt with the big baby from Resident Evil Village.

Most of the game actually isn't that scary, but the lack of scare factor works wonders in luring unsuspecting players into what might just be the most unsettling moment in the series' history.

https://youtu.be/l_EJqaEuztk I often see the first zombie we encounter in the original game listed as one of the scariest moments in the series, but there's something about his all-white face that always struck me as too goofy to be scary. Did I get anything wrong, and, more importantly, does Resident Evil: Requiem deserve any spots on this list?

The post Here are my most terrifying moments from the Resident Evil game series, and now I want to hear yours appeared first on Destructoid.

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