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The arcade/PC Engine/Genesis series ''[[Splatterhouse]]'', which was survival horror before there WAS survival horror, not to mention one of the most [[Body Horror]] filled games you will ever see.

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** You forgot the [[Womb Level]] in the first game where the only enemies are horrid fetuses that first fly off in a sort of bubble, then jump on you and ''drain your life away''. And the boss is a pillar of meat with the bulging heart of the house that sends off millions of these "babies". (This troper loves the game for all the horror in it.)

** The heart is actually a uterus. It's more apparent in the arcade version, where its water breaks when it's destroyed.

* The arcade game employed some trick with its sound to make the effects of the carnage seem to be beamed directly into your inner ear. It cost 25 cents to play, plus $500 in therapy bills.

* Ladies and gentlemen...[http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8687/biggyguy.png Biggy Man, from the Splatterhouse remake!] And yes, you fight him the classic way AND the 3D beatdown way. The first time you see him is when the room is pitch dark and sparks suddenly shoot out. Then when you actually get to his fight, he RIPS OFF THE ELEVATOR DOOR to start it.

** The worst part for this troper was actually the cut scene right after the fight, where Rick repeatedly rams one of Biggy Man's chainsaw hands into him, all the while you can hear him screaming in agony. From what I can tell, he's the only monster in the game to actually SCREAM in agony. The screaming... dear God the screaming...

* The Doll that Bled. If the title of the level wasn't eerie enough, the titular Doll is really going to bother you. First you see a creepy looking doll, which the Mask seems a little cautious about it. It then begins levitating all the furniture around thr oom, in obvious reference to the second boss in the first game. Then, the Doll starts growing tentacles. Lots of tentacles. It then proceeds to grow into a mammoth, vaguely humanoid beast composed entirely of tentacles, wearing the levitated furniture as body armour. From then on, it's okay...until you actually have to rip its jaws off and reach into its bloody mass to reach the Doll.

* One level has you enter a house of mirrors. Each room had three, each with the reflection of Jennifer. The first reflection begs you to save her. The second emplores you to run and save yourself. The third tells you how pathetic you are. You need to break one of the mirrors to get to the next room. If you choose the wrong one, an evil Jen clone will burst out and try to kill you. And if you run out of time, a small army of Jen clones appear. God help you if you don't have Berserker Mode available.

* One of the bosses is inside an abandoned church. Said monster is an upside-down cross with demonic masks firing at you.

* Crossing over into [[Tear Jerker]], we have the moment in the first game when Jennifer is turned into a monster. There are horrifying implications before and during the ensuing boss fight. First of all, you saw the monsters surrounding Jennifer just before she transforms, which may have just been the end of whatever arcane ritual was required to transform her. [[A Fate Worse Than Death|Or it may have been]] [[Mind Screw|something else]]. Then as you fight her, she seems to ''painfully'' [[Transformation Trauma|switch back and forth between her human and monster forms]].

* The gigantic Cthulhu-like monster in the tank near the end of part 6. Said beastie will growl at you and try to reach Rick by hitting the walls of the Tank.

* The Clown Corrupted. Just the [[Monster Clown|freaky, fire-spitting Clown Corrupted]].

 

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