While plenty can be said about the overall experience of a horror game, if you fail you'll face the dreaded game over screen and horror games have some of the scariest ones of all time.

Death is an inevitable part of almost every video game. These titles, though, manage to use those Game Over screens in some interesting ways.

Game over screens in video games run from the uninspired to the sublime. Here's what we'v got as our best.

It's a treat when video game immersion extends into the Game Over screen, especially when you have to view that screen over and over again.

Even though they may be disturbing, creepy, or scary, you've got to admit, Game Over screens are a nice touch.

A "Game Over" screen represents the most infuriating moment a video-game player must face: his or her ultimate and final defeat. (Well, until you restart the level or reload that last save, anyway ...

Below is a list of some of the most evocative, subtle, or outright disturbing game over screens you can encounter, from cult classic horror titles to lesser-known indie games. Don't get caught.

Super Mario Odyssey will be dropping the game over screen, which has been present in every mainline Super Mario game for the past 30 years.

10 Secret Game Over Screens That Were Absolute Genius Yes, the developers knew you'd try and get in the bath with the naked woman ...

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