Catacombs of Coincidence - Part 2

The odyssey continues.

Slasher - Dead Space (2008) vs Dead Space¹ (1991)

¹Remake of Forbidden World (1982).

Gina Falcone - Fugget About It (2012) vs Angelica Pickles - Rugrats (1991)

Chainsaw Man (2018 manga debut) vs Biggyman - Splatterhouse (1988)

The bane is 'something' that causes annoyance or great distress.

It's also the title of an ultra low-budget 2008 British horror film, which you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.

Anyway, let's bring in the Bane everybody knows.

Tom Hardy - The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Injustice 2 (2017)

Why these iterations I hear you ask?

Well.

Urban Chaos: Riot Response (2006)

Despite having the same name, Rocksteady Studios' debut is not a sequel to Mucky Foot Productions' Urban Chaos (1999), and remains their only game not based on a DC property.

Who's this?

Burner gang leader

Obviously debatable, but bald head and mask takes bites from both.

Return to Silent Hill (2026)

Unlike 2006 original, I was less than impressed with Christophe Gans' sequel.

https://nukesandknives.blogspot.com/2026/01/return-to-silent-hill-scoop-and-digest.html?m=1

At one point, a spider monster appears, eerily smacking of the horrific experiments that occupy the Lab Complex in superb 2012 arcade rail-shooter Dark Escape 4D.

Hude spider

WTF?

Queen Spider

Zooming in on respective mugs.

(Pulls very confused face).

Eliminators (1986)

Simulant - Red Dwarf, Justice (S4 E3) 1991 vs Mandroid¹

¹ntbcw unrelated 1993 film. 

Displaying a rather spiffing hat, he's the Man with No Name, (if Clint Eastwood was a cyborg).

Surely done on purpose, but...

Along with Sylvester Stallone (Rambo) and Roger Moore (James Bond), shit actually came to fruition in top-down racer Nitro, released for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1990. 

Every gun makes its own tune.

Last, but by no means least.

Smash T.V. (1990)

The spiritual successor to Robotron: 2084 (1982) was inspired by 80's action films, primarily The Running Man (1987).

Oh, Arnold Schwarzenegger played Ben Richards, which might be slightly relevant.

Check out the final forms of bosses Mutoid Man (left) and head swap Evil MC (right). 

I remember random stuff most probably wouldn't, such as a creepy advertising campaign for PPI, which ran between 2017-2019.

Yep, it's an animatronic Arnie head mounted on a tank.

The fucking lunatics who dreamed this shit up probably watched Total Recall and had a schizoid embolism.

Get ready for a surprise!

Stay tuned for the grand finale.