Castlevania, This dark and gothic castle is Draculas gaff. It has featured in many platforming, RPG and 3D slasher games through gaming history.
Over the years the Castlevania series has given us some of the best enemies ever seen in gaming.
Werewolves, demons, witches and vacuum cleaners (yes, vacuum cleaners, how else does the lord of darkness keep the carpets dust free?).
But Ben, what are your top 10 Castlevania bad guys?!? I hear you cry!
Oh alright then, here they are.
10. Maid with Vacuum cleaner.
Several of the games have maids featured in them, but its not till the GBA games that they stop using brooms and get with the times.
Not only can they smash you with a mean karate kick, they can also suck up your precious hearts with this undead dyson!
9. Skeleton ape.
This skeleton simian is a barrel of fun….sorry.
8. haunted furniture,
Yup, even the Ikea products have a life of their own, this fearsome furnishing attacks you onsite and needs to be smashed to splinters!
7. Undead gardener
This green fingered ghoul sews seeds in the castles green house. Hit him with a well timed sword swipe and send him off scurrying after his own decapitated skull.
6 Scarecrow.
Now, when I think of a scarecrow I think of the straw stuffed, pumpkin headed guys that guard the corn fields in Tim Burton movies. What I don’t think of is a naked corpse skewered on a pole, pogo sticking its way across the screen at you, ARRRGGGHHH!!!
5 Evil doll,
This blonde haired shop dummy sits lifelessly propped up against the dungeon wall, get to close however and this doll turns out to be possessed by the soul of a serial murderer, what’s more if it touches you it bestows a curse, so much for friends till the end Chucky!
4. Young witch.
Before the green skin and warts set in, witches are just young ladies that crash brooms into floors and walls. If you do manage to hit them as they fly by they turn to cats in a puff of smoke.
3. Evil clown.
Now we start to get to the really scary residents of Casa vamp. This face painted freak throws a deck of deadly cards at you, he also has wickedly sharp knives. Defeat him and he explodes in a shower of confetti and coloured smoke…the stuff of nightmares.
2. Chymera.
This messed up lion, eagle and scorpion combo breathes fire, takes huge amounts of hp and has a long range with his poison stinger. Just run, run long and run far!!
Before we do number 1 in the list, here are some honerable mentions
The monster.
This hammer horror classic version of the Mary Shelly creature is bad ass.
Mandrake root.
A screaming baby shaped root vegetable. Enough said.
1. Horror.
Where do I start? It’s got a giant lizard body with a crocodile mouth and a half naked woman growing out of its arse! More messed up than this you do not get.
Missed your favourite? Put your choice in the comments!
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