Things that would have made Amnesia scarier

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- You enter a room with a monster in restraints and are forced to pick up an item right next to it.

Even just this by itself is unnerving and frightening. I like it.

- A very long corridor with a monster at the other end which begins running towards you. You must solve a puzzle to open a door before it reaches you.

This relates to the first room with the water monster, which was actually better in creating discomfort, if you chose to solve it by standing in the water after throwing the meat - in that you had to inflict the chase on yourself. You could easily sit in comfort on a box, and you have to choose to endanger yourself to progress.