Yeah, it bugged me because...
Well, in contrast to something like (obsessobsessobsess) Pyramid Head, I'm not going to be having any nightmares about being chased by a red light. It's just not scary, despite being vaguely mystereous. Red light kills swiftly and just leaves you as a (not even bloody or wounded) corpse in an empty hall. Big whoop. Pyramid Head stabs or cuts you repetedly and... well I don't even want to think what he or any other monster would do to any main charcter after they are dead!
*shudder*

It's much more fun when my nightmares are given shape!