In no particular order.
As Above, So Below
Alchemy enthusiast Scarlett learns from the translation of an ancient dialect on the back of Flamel's headstone that the fabled philosopher's stone may be buried beneath the Parisian catacombs.
Her crew stumble across a tomb with a preserved body of a Templar Knight. Not long after, they find an upside-down version of the same room, which casts a more sinister reflection.
So basically - the Otherworld.
Oh yeah.
Scarlett answers a disconnected telephone and listens to a gravelly voice. |
Silent Hill Harry takes a call from a disconnected telephone with Cheryl on the other end. |
Map
Yes, I'm not kidding.
As player searches whichever area (in this case Midwich), game kindly adds various details. |
Lucius |
Obscure |
Thief II: The Dark Age |
Piano puzzle
I mean why?
A Tale of Birds Without a Voice Solving this drove me absolutely fucking nuts. |
Blacksoul |
Countdown Vampires |
Detention |
Echo Night |
Clock Tower 3 May plays a piano with bloodstained keys. |
Who knows?
After falling asleep, we experience a nightmare of fighting monsters and bosses in numerous zones.
Book of Memories
Dungeon crawler was a Vita exclusive.
Howard Blackwood delivers titular book to player-created protagonist on their birthday. |
Silent Hill: Dying Inside
Twin - The World's End vs Mannequin - Silent Hill 2
And.
Lauryn bought a copy of the Book of Power from eBay. Written word contains spells capable of raising and controlling the dead, banishing creatures and manipulating otherworldly forces. |
Steel Guardian Note helmet and the rest of creature. |
Please compare to unnamed monster.
Light Guardian vs Slurper - Silent Hill 3
Re-imagining has its critics, but I really liked it.
Deranged (2012) vs cover art
Hmmm.
Until Dawn
Dr. Hill vs Dr. Kaufmann
The former psycho-analyses Josh, whereas the latter does the same to Cheryl, whose identity remains unknown until twist ending.
Silent Hill 3
Haunting Ground
Simon (2016)
Sequel formed the basis for Silent Hill: Revelation.
Haunting Ground
Penultimate villain Riccardo plans to use Azoth and Fiona's womb to bring about his own rebirth.
Heather vomits the fetal deity, which Claudia promptly swallows and births god. |
Low budget oddity is available on Netflix.
An investigative journalist tracks down a suspected serial killer and breaks into his house to gather evidence. However, geezer unexpectedly returns, triggering a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Before shaky cam begins to roll, we're shown this.
Which is absolutely NOTHING like:
But I can top that.
Splice
Guillermo del Toro served as an executive producer on Vincenzo Natali's sci-fi horror, which apparently gave him the right to lift key elements for The Shape of Water.
Going further, Creature from the Black Lagoon breathes a gill or two.
Anyway, before evolving into Dren, infant raises eyebrows.
Fred vs Numb Body
James Sunderland is drawn to town after receiving a letter from his wife Mary, who 'died' from a disease three years ago.
Cue derivatives.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Ethan Winters is sent a message from his wife Mia, who has been missing for the past three years.
Offseason
Marie Aldrich receives a mysterious letter informing that her mother's grave has been vandalised, asking how she would like to proceed.
The Mothman Prophecies
Mark Pellington's 2002 supernatural mystery is loosely based on John A. Keel's 1975 novel of same name.
John Klein (Richard Gere) and his wife Mary (Debra Messing) are involved in a car accident when a black winged beast forces her to swerve.
She is hospitalised and diagnosed with an unrelated brain tumour, dying shortly after.
Towards the end.
John is given a message informing Mary will call at noon on Friday in Georgetown. |
HA HA HA!
Miscellany
Samcã - Resident Evil Village vs Hummer - debuted in The Room
Twin - The World's End vs Mannequin - Silent Hill 2
Overlord - Doom Annihilation vs Alessa's Dream - Origins
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) vs Asphyxia - Homecoming
According to director Tom Six, concept stemmed from a joke he made with friends about stitching a paedophile's mouth to the ass of a very fat truck driver.
For shits and gigs.
(Full Sequence) |
(Final Sequence) |
Malignant (2021)
Due to some subtle alterations, crazy body horror is not an adaptation of James Wan's own four-piece graphic novel Malignant Man.
Maddy watches as the world transforms around her. |
Attic contains a huge fan, smacking of one seen in Midwich's Otherworld.
The Mummy (2017) |
Hellraiser: Inferno
At a murder scene, corrupt cop Joseph Thorne finds a puzzle box and after solving it - begins to experience bizarre hallucinations.
He also makes a connection between the kidnapping of a child and a killer known as the Engineer.
While undergoing therapy, his psychiatrist reveals himself to be Pinhead, who tells him he's been in hell ever since he solved the box. The Engineer is a manifestation of his own cruelty and the kid is the personification of his innocence.
L-R: Child, Pinhead and Thorne. |
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