History Main / CreepyCemetery

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' had Jill going to the cemetery when she goes through the Raccoon Park.

* The first ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' game had one just after the swamp containing the [[BigBoosHaunt Cackle Mound]], in the area right before Shantae reaches the Zombie Caravan for the first time. The area is filled with a lot of floating ghosts and BigCreepyCrawlies climbing up and down the surrounding trees.

* In ''Left4Dead'', at the end of the third level on the "Death Toll" campaign, the path leads through a cemetery into a busted up church, where an insane and paranoid man in the safe room rings the church's bell to attract zombies, supposedly to make sure that you and the other survivors in your group are not infected. [[spoiler: It turns out that he was infected himself, and he makes his transformation into a (random) Special Infected by the time that the Horde wave is over and you enter the safe room.]]

* In ''HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Voldemort did his little forbidden ritual in a graveyard. You know, the usual "bone of father, blood of enemy, flesh of servant" rebirth routine.
* Creator/StephenKing's ''PetSematary'' and its film adaptations have these.

* The opening scene (and first zombie attack) in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead'' takes place in one of these. Subverted somewhat in that it all happens in [[DaylightHorror broad daylight]].

* ''HocusPocus'' has a cemetery but relies on elements from the rest of the movie to add the creepiness factor.

[[caption-width-right:350: So creepy that even the vampire wants to leave.]]

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* ''ResidentEvil3'' had Jill going to the cemetery when she goes through the Raccoon Park.

* Necropolis, in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: City of the Dead''. Zak makes friends with some local boys who dare him to go into the deepest part of the local cemetery. He's used to cultures where the dead are incinerated, and the idea that he's surrounded by rotting people freaks him out. ''Then'' the zombies show up...

* MichaelJackson's "Thriller"

* In ''CallOfCthulhu'' adventures, anytime you find a cemetery, you can (and should) assume that there are ghouls nearby.

* In episode 79 of {{Yugioh}} Bakura and Bonz duel in a graveyard and bring the creepy crawlies to match.

* When {{Buffy}} has no other demands on her time, she stakes out the cemetery (no pun intended) because new vamps emerge from there.

* ''Film/FridayThe13th Part VI: Jason Lives'' starts with Tommy Jarvis (with a friend) going to one to symbolically kill Jason Voorhees. The [[LightningCanDoAnything opposite]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero happens]].

Cemeteries have long held an air of creepiness. They are places where we bury our loved ones. Places that make us think of unpleasant things. Sometimes the place manages to creep you out because of the way it looks but there's a reason {{Fantasy}} and {{Horror}} like this setting. It's the birth place of TheUndead and in a ZombieApocalypse, expect every grave to be a ClownCarGrave. If you're lucky, then the local vampire coven didn't get the memo about this not being the best place to sleep. If you're lucky just need to find their AncientTomb and hope there isn't a night guard ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent and that they're heavy sleepers]]).

BigBoosHaunt overlaps when it takes place in a cemetery. See also IndianBurialGround and ElephantGraveyard.

* The punks in ''TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'' use a cemetery as their stomping ground. This is a bad idea.
* The rabbits in ''WatershipDown'' cross through one. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgtUnfb2VqM3#t=2m30s Watch it here.]]
* ''HocusPocus'' has a cemetery but relies on elements from the rest of the movie to add the creepiness factor.

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* In ''HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', Voldemort did his little forbidden ritual in a graveyard. You know, the usual "bone of father, blood of enemy, flesh of servant" rebirth routine.
* StephenKing's ''PetSematary'' and its film adaptations have these.
* At least one in every ''AnitaBlakeVampireHunter'' novel. Justified as Anita's occupation is to raise zombies from graves.

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* The third season of ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' has a few cemetery scenes and it's mentioned a few times that Cole can't be tracked in a cemetery.
* When {{Buffy}} has no other demands on her time, she stakes out the cemetery (no pun intended) because new vamps emerge from there.

** "The Grave".:The scary part of the episode took place in a cemetery.
** "Mr. Garrity and the Graves": The end has resurrected townsfolk rising from their graves on Boot Hill.

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* In ''CallOfCthulhu'' adventures, anytime you find a cemetery, you can (and should) assume that there are ghouls nearby.
* The same is true of ''DungeonsAndDragons'', which has an even greater variety of undead.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', Link can drop down into some of the graves to do things like race the ghost of an [[TheCreepyUndertaker Undertaker]] in a creepy maze and fight [[OurZombiesAreDifferent ReDeads]]. Also, it houses the entrance to the spooky shadow temple, and the well isn't too far away from the cemetery.
** Ikana Canyon in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' has its own cemetery, but the entire area feels like this to some extent. Inside the cemetery, Link can race against [[DemBones the remains]] of an army officer who died centuries ago, trick his men who dance around graves at night into thinking he [Link] is the officer, and have his men open up the graves to go on adventures underground.

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* [[{{Simpsons}} The Simpsons]] have a cemetery moved next door to their house, and it freaks Lisa out.

* On ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', Mr. Krabs had to go into a cemetery to find a valuable hat and had to fight an army of undead fish.

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* The punks in ''ReturnOfTheLivingDead'' use a cemetery as their stomping ground. This is a bad idea.

* ''Film/FridayThe13th Part VI: Jason Lives'' starts with the protagonist and his friend going to one.

Cemeteries have long held an air of creepiness. They are places where we bury our loved ones. Places that make us think of unpleasant things. Sometimes the place manages to creep you out because of the way it looks but there's a reason {{Fantasy}} and {{Horror}} like this setting. It's the birth place of TheUndead and in a ZombieApocalypse, expect every grave to be a ClownCarGrave. If you're lucky, then the local vampire coven didn't get the memo about this not being the best place to sleep. If they didn't you just need to find their AncientTomb and hope there isn't a night guard([[OurVampiresAreDifferent and that they're heavy sleepers]]).

* In the episode of ''CaptainNTheGameMaster'' where the titular captain first meets [[TheLegendOfZelda Link and Princess Zelda]], they venture into Hyrule's cemetery during their adventure. The Captain notes that the cemetery is ''much'' creepier in person than in the game.