None of the locations or moments in Ocarina of Time actually scared me, to be honest. But there were a few moments that made me feel slightly less safe or secure, or a little unnerved.
The
Royal Grave was the first place you fight ReDeads. Just before it you're in the silent graveyard fighting Poes, and then you dive underground, witnessing the eerie cinematic when the gravestone is destroyed. This are had more atmosphere and presentation than some of the actual story sequences, IMO, so it was pretty creepy.
Hyrule Castle Town in the future same reason basically. The desolate town with boarded up doors and ReDead screams was creepy as hell and also sorta diminished hope that things were going to turn out okay.
The
future Kokiri Forest and the Forest Temple. This area was similarly disturbing. The Kokiri Forest was suddenly sinister and beset by monsters. The Kokiri were cowering in their homes and the cheery music was gone. The atmosphere of the subsequent Lost Woods was eerie too, when Mido actually manned up and did something to help. Then the Forest Temple was the first example of the creepy stuff you were up against. It has a surreal atmosphere and design. I always like to describe it as it felt like you were descending deeper and deeper into a madhouse. The outer areas felt grounded and normal, like part of the forest. But as you got deeper, it was all ghosts, stone, twisting corridors and surreal traps.
The
Haunted Wasteland. This area bugged me because it was too open. Deserts are usually desolate, and so was this one. It was really freaky feeling so isolated, kinda like you were at the end of the world (and technically you were). Then there's the low visibility, making it, strangely, almost claustrophobic. It also somehow managed to make the normal Gerudo Valley song haunting.
Of course the Bottom of the Well and Shadow Temple were creepy, but they never had any themes I found especially disturbing. Except perhaps the Dead Hand. But the Bottom of the Well was definitely creepier than the Shadow Temple if you ask me.
I don't really understand why the Forest Temple would be considered creepy... it didn't scare me at all, except for that one moment where a Wallmaster got me unexpectedly, and that was just because I was surprised.
See above. :bleh: