Fright

In The Sims 2, Sims can be frightened by a ghost, or by opening a Vampire's coffin while a Vampire is inside. Upon being frightened, the Sim's needs will drop drastically. They jump up in the air, fall back down, and check their pulse, when they realize they don't have one, they collapse and die.

For adult Sims, fright is always fatal. Children can be frightened in this way, but will not die as a result but instead, they will wet themselves or faint.

The ghost of a Sim who died of fright will have a pink tint. The ghost of a Sim who died of a vampire coffin scare will have a pale blue tint.

In The Sims 2, if a Sim's hunger bar reaches zero when being frightened by a ghost, they may instead die of starvation.