Episode 51: Horror Video Games
This episode was recorded on February 20, 2025 and posted on March 22, 2025.
Content Warning: Light vulgarity.
Introduction
- Welcome to No Bodies Episode 51
- Introductions to your Ghost Host with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club
- Suzie's sick day!
- Tonight's honorary co host - Mike aka That Horror Teacher
- Introductions to our guests - Trey Whetstone of Screaming Through the Ages
- Today's Topic: Horror Video Games
Discussion on Horror Video Games
- The history of horror video games
- Influence of horror video games on horror media
Media Discussion
- Resident Evil (2002)
- Silent Hill (2006)
- Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (2013)
- Fatal Frame (2014)
- Castlevania: Season 1 (2017)
- Slender Man (2018)
Best & Worst Representations of Films based on Horror Video Games
Spoilers ahead!
Worst
- Alone in the Dark (2005) - Trey
- Until Dawn (2025) - Mike
- Slender Man (2006) - Lonely
Best
- Werewolves Within (2021) - Trey
- Silent Hill (2006) & The Last of Us (2023) - Mike
- Silent (2006) & Detention (2020) - Lonely
Suzie's Deep Cuts & Surface Wounds
- This segment highlights lesser known films based on their IMDB ratings. If something has 5k or under reviews on IMDB, we'll call it a Deep Cut. If something has between 6-10k reviews on IMDB, we'll call it a Surface Wound.
- Detention (2020)
- Blue Demon / Ao Oni (2014)
- Corpse Party (2015)
Closing Thoughts
- If you could design a horror video game, what would the premise be?
Thank you to our guests!
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Sources
Coyle, N. (2020, November 19). The Psychology of horror games - Psychology and video games. Psychology and Video Games. https://platinumparagon.info/psychology-of-horror-games/
Sinha, R. (2016, April 6). A comprehensive history of horror gaming. GamingBolt. https://gamingbolt.com/a-comprehensive-history-of-horror-gaming
Wikipedia contributors. (2024, December 5). Fatal frame. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Frame
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Wikipedia contributors. (2025b, February 4). Slender: The Eight pages. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender:_The_Eight_Pages
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