Resident Evil 4
The chainsaw guy in Resident Evil 4 isn’t the biggest, ugliest, most mutated creature you’ll face over the course of the game. But when he debuts early in the first level, he sets the tempo for the types of terrifying abominations yet to come. Between the bag over his head, the strange gutteral groans he emits, and his trademark whirring chainsaw, he cuts a truly scary figure. And when that saw first makes contact with your protagonist’s neck, spawning the bloody Game Over screen, you’ll carry the memory of your decapitation with you long after you’ve been reassembled.