No quite, more like dementors except without flying.
Edit - Just finished Alan Wake...holy fuck. My new GOTY by far. It might be the best thing I've played in the past couple years. Absolutely incredible, worth every single year of delaying.
But is the big "holy fuck" really surprising? I mean, I haven't played it but is it...
Spoiler for Alan Wake ending:
Something doing with "Awake" or "Alan Wake...up" (not sure what it means). Alan is imagining everything as a way to cope with what he's done. What he's done tho...kill his wife? A little too Silent Hill-ish. If not, then please just say "lol, no dude" and I'll play it in a few months.