When I was a kid and played this game, I felt that Bayou Billy was scary like this because it felt to me like he was reaching out towards the screen trying to break the 4th wall and grab the player controlling him.
The furthest ive ever made it EVER without the game genie was that damn saloon and the enemies with the whips... ages later i played game again on the emulator with a game genie code and HOLY SHIT the last master is way out of line....and thats all im gonna say on that -_-
"You'll see that same screen so many times, that eventually, the after-image will be burned into your retina to remind you of this shitty game!" - James Rolfe, AVGN *Metal Gear review*