Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies

First, we have Nazi Zombies, who are are rotting, pale shells of the men they used to be. Reanimated through the use of the MTD, these unusual zombies have the basic characteristics of extra strength, animalistic movements and grunts, and an urge to kill those who are not undead, however cannot infect others, and have menacing glowing eyes.

Nazi Zombies are very slightly scarier than a basic, their groans coming off more like screams, along with their glowing eyes. The pale rotting skin is mostly accurate to a basic zombie, and so are only 1 peg above them in the spook.

With their increase in spookiness, comes a decrease in danger, as these zombies do not infect victims, and focus on completely killing them instead. While their increased strength does keep them from being weak, the lack of easy increase in numbers means they rely only on the numbers they have from the start, which could be many, or could be few.

Their transformation likewise is only slightly more than that of a basic, having glowing eyes, but save for that, are nothing more creative.

And finally, being a zombie known as such, with the additional classification of being a Nazi, a well-known group of fear in the past, means the Nazi Zombie continues to the basic zombie’s rank of 9 in name, easily striking fear into the masses.

Hellhounds mark the first non-human undead listed here, which is an exciting moment! Yay! These fiery shepherds were created through Maxis and Richtofen's experiments on Maxis’ daughter’s dog Fluffy, who was pregnant at the time. Created through the MTD, these explosive dogs run fast and can deal out intense damage through their bites and claws.

Burning reincarnated dogs are a combination of quite a few primal fears. The fear of fire, the fear of a wild animal, and the fear of our own unavoidable death. These elements cause the Hellhounds mere visage would strike anyone pursued by them, and so their spook is extreme.

The danger is nothing to scoff at either. They are on fire, they have sharp fangs and claws with the speed to catch anyone, and even if you are to fell one, they are ready to explode into flames.

Transformation is equal to their danger, the corpses not only rotting and mangled but set aflame from unknown sources, their eyes as bright as the fire burning around them.

And while the name “Hellhounds” doesn’t bring the same fear as a Nazi zombie, they certainly do have a spooky feel to them, one filled with hate and anger, and so they receive an 8 in the name category.

Crawlers have the least lore background, only being described as a failed experiment by Richtofen. These quadrupedal perversions of the human form move at high speeds, leaving a trail of noxious gas behind them, and gnashing at victims with their gaping mouths lined with sharp jagged teeth, topped with an explosion upon death.

Crawlers are the embodiment of spooky for me. They have just enough human appearance, and just enough monstrous transformation to frighten me completely. Their naked bodies covered only by shorts makes me think of them as childish, and this connection with children makes them all the more disturbing. The crawlers really spook me, and I believe deserve to be labelled as kings of the spook.

The rest of Crawlers stats really lack though. Their danger is less than that of a faster and more dangerous Hellhound, as they leave only a noxious gas as an explosion, rather than a blazing fire. Beyond that, they are just not as fiersome because of their lower damage dealing abilities.

The transformation is not extreme, which adds to their human-like horror, and only have noxious abilities, a more animal-like jaw, and lengthened phalanges.

Their name, a Crawler, expands on their connection to children, and while effective to heighten their spook, does not stand strong on its own, as it sounds simply like a child who crawls.