The CREEPIEST Isaac Boss EVER! Cacophobia (Fiend Folio)

The long-awaited Repentance port of the Fiend Folio mod is finally here, Fiend Folio: Reheated! This video showcases the new Scarred Womb boss "Cacophobia" which may be the creepiest Isaac boss ever made!

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[blorengerhymes]

ayy thanks for giving special treatment to my boss :) im very happy with how she turned out

ill say that the gameplay part of this fight had originally spawned off as an idea i had for a delirium rework and yes it was inspired by sans lol

[LucarioredLR]

Cacophobia is the fear of ugly people or being seen as ugly oneself

This is translated into the boss by having them cover themselves in wraps and bandages as to prevent their innards, their ugly parts of their body from spilling out

The eyes featured in every room, either staring at you or the player also helps emphasize this idea -- with the only rooms where they are absent being the starting room, as you hadn't met the boss yet, and the bust room, as it is a refreshing sight after so much goriness

The garden-like room is hard to interpret, a comment in another video suggests it may be that after defeating your phobia, you finally accept yourself and see the beauty in the world

[tombotr]

One detail I noticed about this boss is how delicate it is. It literally can't move, because if it does all of the square patches of skin that it has will become misaligned, exposing it's flesh to the open air.

[SneakyMuffin]

It just occurred to me that this boss never directly does anything to you, it's the room that's trying to kill you.

[yaogwai]

The scary part is either the boss is ripping itself apart, or something larger between black screens is torturing it and goring it, and the boss might be just as much as a victim as you are (Isaac)

[dejwid]

Creepy, but not gonna lie, very well made boss

[TheFraylom]

You know i always considered isaac as a rogue like fun game and not a horror game even tho there are like bunch of body horrors and guts everywhere...and yea this is the first time i got goosebumps while playing this game.

(Honestly i was getting ready for a jumpscare)

[Fieldess]

Here's a fun little fact to make this boss even more unsettling: When Cacophobia is low on health, there is a 1/400 chance for it to make a very convincing knocking sound, as if someone is at your door in real life.

[TheFoolishSamurai]

I had no idea this boss was part of the Fiend Folio mod, so I was *very* caught unawares when I installed it and played a test run

[StormTeeVee]

Remember, the fiend folio team can be masters of comedy, but they can turn on a dime into horror at any moment

[demax]

I love how the music quickly cuts to a bunch of scary ambients. Really enhances the experience

[belindaluna]

Something really creepy I realized. The figure you're shooting at isn't the boss, the boss is the eyes. _They_ shoot at you. So what's essentially going on here, judging by the name of the boss, is that the eyes are offended by the sight of the figure, and are shooting at you so you destroy it for them.

[JeanMarceaux]

This finally puts horror back into Isaac, it's weird how we collectively forgot how the game is about a disturbed child suffocating to death in the chest, hallucinating these adventures in their death throes.

[SlayXc]

This boss is insane.... I have no words

[nickdragonslayer]

This made me realize how creepy and scary Isaac could be, the game is a dungeon rogelike right now, but imagine an entire Isaac game like this.
Amazing

[TheDouble]

My favorite fight and yet bloat still scares me more.

[sugoma]

I wish more "phobia" bosses in Isaac. This is so interesting theme. Imagine, Thalassophobia boss in Downpour, Pyrophobia boss in Burning basement, Nyctophobia boss in Caves, Necrophobia boss in Corpse

[gabrielajanki]

Me, coming into it's video: It's gimmick is going to be it slowly losing it's skin which comes to life as enemies over the course of the fight, right?
Me after the first ten seconds: HOLY SHIT-

[Jackrabbitsalad]

This is incredible work and feels super personal. I gain a great amount of inspiration from such a bizarre and touching implementation, and assume this must’ve been very difficult to release. That or I’m looking too deep into it and are speaking from my experience alone, either way this is a fine work of art.

[begone]

Cacophobia looks like something I would easily find in my most bizarre nightmares