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Should I do one more tonight even though its late and I should be sleeping? Yes, I think I will.

15. Dead Space - Murphiroth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmNEXtaEc9Q

Holy shit, this is a creepy intro. I really like the sense of isolation you get from the clips of space, with the eerie echo effect on the vocals of the classic nursery rhyme. But I was not prepared for what comes next in this intro.

Despite its unsettling tone, Twinkle Twinkle lulls you into thinking the intro will have a slow-paced tone before it suddenly hits you with that intense static distortion noise, along with the visuals of some horrific scene (which is so fleeting its tough to understand exactly whats going on). Then you cant help but wait anxiously for it to happen again as the song resumes (accompanied by visuals of the devastation left behind inside the ship). And that static part happens with increasing frequency until an almost overpowering prolonged sequence with the most horrifying visuals of all. Finally the intro ends perfectly with Twinkle Twinkle once more, a song thats tough to ever hear the same way again.

While Im generally not a fan of jump scare horror, and I think this qualifies, the transition between the quiet and loud parts, and the way it builds up makes this work quite brilliantly. I also liked the details of the words written in blood on the wall, which suggests what has taken place on the ship without having seen it all take place. If I have any criticism of this intro, its that they didnt need to go as heavy on the gore near the end, since your mind pretty effectively fills in the details. But its a great intro overall for a genre that doesnt easily tend to grab my interest.