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My top faves haven't really shifted that much but like everything after top 7 is pretty murky.
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Sounds like the buddy stuff with Clark and Steve could be pretty fun!
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Yeah Either Way is great, just started listening to The Twang recently, their catalog is solid.
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79. Variante - Requiem for the World (15.5 points)
Nominated by: Wicklebee (3/5 remaining)
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Importance: 2.5
Fear: 6
Snake: 7

Variante is a great manga and a great piece of body horror that explores what it means to be human, invoking the greatest films in the genre like Hellraiser and The Fly. The story goes Hosho Aiko, a normal young girl who comes home one day to find her entire family slaughtered by a strange monster, is then killed herself. This is when things start to get weird however, as Aiko is brought back to life with a strange new ability in her arm, leading Aiko to struggle with her identity and cope with her dangerous new power. The artwork in this series is incredible, and it gets especially creative with the design of Aiko's arm, which grows more grotesque and otherworldly as the manga progresses. Aiko is a great character and it's easy to empathize with her, as she grows stronger throughout the story and becomes less of a pushover and people-pleaser due to her circumstances. Yet, Aiko is tragic and glimpsing her past memories and attempts to rejoin society makes her an inherently sad character.

Besides the ending feeling a little rushed, Variante is a great read throughout with awesome body horror, fun twists, and flawed characters that make always make for the best horror stories.
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Movie is meant to be ambiguous. Jack's cabin fever and alcoholism definitely fuel this ambiguity.
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80. Scooby Doo (TV) (15.5 points)
Nominated by: Nathalmighty1 (3/4 remaining)


Importance: 9
Fear: 2
Snake: 4.5

I've been talking about kid-friendly horror in these rankings a lot so far, and it's because I think it's a really important aspect of the genre. When do we get irrationally scared of things the most? When we're children of course. Childhood is all about curiosity and facing our fears, whether it's standing up to a schoolyard bully or watching our very first "real" horror movie. Each fear we face is a chance for us to grow in strength and character, and that's a great thing! It's why a show like Scooby-Doo can be very important to many children.

Even as a kid, it's not very scary, sure, but it actually introduces kids to a lot of concepts that could be scary in a different context and can pique your interest. Masked criminals, supernatural hauntings, cryptids, and alien sightings are just a few of the things dealt with in an average episode of Scooby-Doo. With a dash of corny humor typical of the era and a tinge of healthy skepticism, Scooby-Doo's approach to these atypical and tense situations is a fun and unique way to treat the concept of fear. It may even lead us to want to get a taste for a more serious take on it.

Personally, I was never that big a fan of Scooby-Doo; I watched a few episodes as a kid whenever they aired and some of the modern stuff of the time only because that's what was on. The characters are very stereotypical but as a result very recognizable, and to its credit Scooby-Doo the dog is a well-designed character with plenty of originality to go-around. In fact, his personality that mixes bravery with slight cowardice is perfect for kids to identify with, and who doesn't love dogs, right?

It's not to hard to see Scooby-Doo's impact on the pop culture landscape and children's horror/mystery genre, and maybe even thinking about it I may have some more respect for the series myself then I did before. After all, like, Scooby-Doo is just some light hearted fun for people of all ages, man!
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Top 5:

Vertigo > Psycho > North by Northwest > Rope > Rear Window

I've never liked The Birds all that much.
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There's a lot of crossover with ensemble dark horse with this trope.
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Pyramid Head (Silent Hill series)
Joker (Batman: Arkham games)
Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
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Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
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2B (Nier Automata)

MATCH 2:

Laguna Loire (Final Fantasy VIII)
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Goro Majima (Yakuza)
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Spider-Man
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Mewtwo is a hack fraud
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81. Final Hours (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask) (15 points)
Nominated by: Shonen_Bat (3/5 remaining)


Importance: 3
Fear: 5
Snake: 7

A creepy, ominous song to rival the best atmospheric tracks in survival horror, Final Hours is a haunting track that serves to remind players that certain doom is coming and there's little you can do to stop it. As a huge fan of atmospheric music, Final Hours really hits that sweet spot for me; the touches of percussion and light synth make me super-anxious even if there's something strangely calming about the strings that dominate the song, as if it makes you accept your fate. The sudden sound of the earthquake spells out certain doom in a way few video game tracks do, and damn if it isn't effective. It's simply chilling and it's right up my alley.

"Therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
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Yuna
Tifa
Vincent
Sephiroth
Aerith
Auron
Vivi
Lightning
Zidane
Kefka
Squall
Tidus
Noctis
Ramza
Cecil
Terra
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Kubrick Swamp Thing would be too good for this world.
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Yuna
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82. Queen Vanessa's Manor (A Hat In Time) (15 points)
Nominated by: Pirateking2000 (4/6 remaining)


Importance: 2
Fear: 6
Snake: 7

Any screenshot of A Hat in Time can easily clue you in that this game is cutesy, charming, bright, and quite the opposite of scary. Hell, even on the game's store page on Steam it's advertised as a "cute-as-heck 3D platformer". As such, nobody would ever expect the mood whiplash that is Queen Vanessa's Manor; I'm entirely convinced now that this is an area in Amnesia that accidentally got swapped with a fantastical platforming level and they didn't have enough time to correct things.

It can be common for platform/adventure games aimed at younger audiences to contain some horror elements to spice things up from the typically light-hearted world, lending some more danger to the adventure and making things more challenging by adding a slight dash of fear to the equation. Super Mario 64's Big Boo's Haunt, Sonic Adventure 2's Pumpkin Hill, & Ocarina of Time's Shadow Temple are all great examples of levels that break-up the pacing by utilizing horror elements without getting too scary, stopping just short-enough from becoming full survival horror.

A Hat in Time says fuck all that however and crafts a full-fledged one-off survival horror area deliberately meant to scare and shock the player, combining elements of classic RE puzzle solving and key-finding with Amnesia-style hide-and-seek from the area's main oppressor, Queen Vanessa. The atmosphere speaks wonders to the talents at Gears for Breakfast, showing true depth in their level design with a willingness to experiment. The mansion could easily be a section of the Spencer Mansion, with it's wooden floorboards, grand piano, and loads of doors, with the snow outside creating a cold, unwelcoming feeling and darkening the interior halls of the mansion that feel empty, lonely, and devoid of life.

Queen Vanessa ranks up there with the stalker legends of survival horror fame, like Scissorman or even the T-00. Constantly cast in shadow with piercing, glowing red eyes, Queen Vanessa is simple yet terrifying in her design. Her long shadow easily penetrates under doorways and feels oppressing, and her ghostly voice echoes throughout the halls of her mansion. When she happens to spot you, the music swells with stabbing tension and the game is cast in a freezing, light blue glow that seems to represent Vanessa's desolate and isolated world.

The area also takes other cues from survival horror games, including files that detail Vanessa's backstory and the game even makes the player weaker by disallowing them the use of their hats because a contract with the Snatcher. I think it is quite incredible how far this game is willing to go to nail an authentic and classic survival horror experience. Much like how the rest of the game harkens back to 90s platformers like Banjo-Kazooie, the developers also clearly have a lot of love for another huge genre back in the day and it shines through in every aspect of Queen Vanessa's manor.
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Red Mage
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Trick r Treat is awesome, the only segment I find kinda weak is the one about the female werewolves.
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Leonard Shelby (Memento)
John Murdoch (Dark City)
William Redmoor (Dementium: The Ward)

HMs:
John Vattic (Second Sight)
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I really hope it has, "Why is it so MEAN?"
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I voted the Lucius/Reznov team for Reznov!
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I've seen the 2017 IT twice now and I liked it a lot better the second time around. A lot of the jump scares are very pointless and ineffectual but the movie really shines when Pennywise is just doing his clown schtick or playing psychological games on the kids.

I still prefer the 1990 version because Tim Curry's Pennywise honestly still gives me nightmare till this day. That movie made me absolutely scared of clowns so it's hard for me not to give it the edge. Plus it just has that 90s King charm with the hammy acting and strangely nostalgic, small town atmosphere.
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Francis York Morgan (Deadly Premonition)
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Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)

Baby Peach (Mario Kart)
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Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)
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You can feel the tension just THINKING about that scene, it's what pure horror is made of for sure. Despite being the first, there's really only a handful of future King adaptations that can really stand up to Carrie.
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Seems like the video link is down by the way, and I can't find a replacement anywhere. Luckily I had my DVD handy!
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83. Don't Watch This" Featurette from The Ring (15 points)
Nominated by: jcgamer107 (4/5 remaining)


Importance: 2
Fear: 6
Snake: 7

This is basically a highly-edited compilation of deleted scenes organized by Gore Verbinski, interspliced with some scenes that are actually in the film to show where they would fit in. Like with most deleted scenes, it's very understandable why they took some out, especially the scene where Rachel rents Pokemon: The Movie at a VHS place and the store manager makes some weird sexual comment about it or something. It's very befuddling and confusing. Others however, like Noah discovering the Shelter Mountain Inn's manager's corpse after he apparently watched the tape would've fit neatly into the film and was a genuinely shocking, creepy moment.

It's well-put together with some creepy music and of course shots from the infamous tape, and it capping off at the video rental store with said tape just lying on the shelves is scary in numerous imaginative ways. It doesn't really come close to being anything essential, but diehard Ring fans should definitely seek this out if they haven't.
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Very cool, I do this every year too! Minus the writing though.

Scanners is top tier, absolutely classic Cronenberg.

I was never a big fan of Leprechaun, they're all very stupid and not funny for the most part.
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Yuna
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Red Mage
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I swear I had something written there when I posted it :/
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84. Clickers (The Last of Us) (15 points)
Nominated by: Great_Paul (2/4 remaining)



Importance: 3
Fear: 6
Snake: 6

As far as memorable survival horror monsters go, Clickers have made quite a name for themselves. Fast and lethal, Clickers will be a prominent source for many Last of Us players if you're not careful. Completely blind, they may seem easy to avoid at first, but they are very sensitive to sound so it takes the utmost care to be completely quite around them. They use a form of echolocation similar to bats which is what makes their titular clicker sound. They are very difficult to kill which ramps up the horror and tension in the game to great effect; an ill-prepared player who startles these things will not be in for a good time. This level of danger is rarely seen in common, recurring enemies, setting The Last of Us apart from the survival horror pack. Every single Clicker encounter is another puzzle where the wrong solution means certain death, and that's a commendable and enjoyably risky thing to have in a survival horror game.
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I haven't.
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85. Panic! At the Disco Dont Threaten Me With a Good Time (14.5 points)
Nominated by: trdl (4/5 remaining)


Importance: 3.5
Fear: 3
Snake: 8

I really like this song a lot and so I was really glad when it got the music video treatment, because P!ATD always knocks out of the park video wise. Any other band or artist would've been content to make this video strictly about its subject matter with heavy, hard partying scenes and maybe a simple comedic plotline about a chiffon skirt, but Panic! takes it a step further turning it into a light-hearted sci-fi/horror romp instead, taking some lines such as "What are these footprints? / They don't look very human like" and some translating them into the video with an image of tentacles.

The choice to shoot the video from a first-person perspective was very clever, and it incorporates a lot of neat scenes into the mix. I love when the action ramps up and the tentacle woman is chasing Brendon around the house; it's always great in horror when your imagination takes over and you can't really see what a monster looks like beyond brief glimpses. I also love the body snatcher aspect, as the tentacle woman takes over Brendon's appearance to continue its feeding the next day. It throwing up with the skull coming out is an hilarious image and a fun twist on the morning hangover.

I always love it when music videos go that extra mile to provide entertainment through limited, clever storytelling, and to me Don't Threaten absolutely fulfills a great concept backed by a great, fun song.
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86. That Six Flags coffin challenge (14.5 points)
Nominated by: Wicklebee (3/5 remaining)
https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure/special-events/other-events/fright-fest-30-hour-coffin-challenge

Importance: 2.5
Fear: 5
Snake: 7

Delivered courtesy of our resident "news" analyst FullThrottle is where I first heard of this crazy challenge hosted by the amusement park, Six Flags. It honestly sounds like a pretty fun challenge to me, with scary ghouls coming a-knockin' on your little bed six feet under and having a kind of cozy if a little tight atmosphere. I understand though many people hate tight spaces and suffer from claustrophobia which would understandably make this challenge a lot tougher for them. The obvious associations of death with coffins and horror stories of being buried alive would also make a lot people tap out of the challenge pretty early. Still, for those brave enough, the rewards are pretty handsome, especially for aspiring vampires as you can even take the coffin home! Not too shabby.
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Commisar Danilov (Enemy at the Gates)
Gray Fox (Metal Gear Solid)
The Confessor (Astro City)

HMs:
Soap (Modern Warfare 3)
Alan Wake (Alan Wake)
Piers Nivans (Resident Evil 6)
Ada Wong (Resident Evil 2)
Jill Valentine (Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares)
The Flash/Supergirl (Crisis on Infinite Earths)
Eddie Thawne (The Flash)
Mordin Solus (Mass Effect 3)
Chloe Price (Life Is Strange)
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Black Panther
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Yuna
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Red Mage
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Spider-Man
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Wesker
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Fave bracket:
Heather > Pyramid Head

Real predix:
Rikku > Midna
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I commend you for sorting through that clusterfuck that was nominations.

Really excited for this!
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Yeah, Voltaire in general is so good.
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87. Scroobjam (14 points)
Nominated by: NFUN (1/5 remaining)
https://vimeo.com/158251434

Importance: 2
Fear: 3
Snake: 9

This is an incredible piece, the kind you don't just watch, but take in with every utter aspect of your being. From its onset it's a non-stop screaming roller coaster ride, a menage of varying animation styles ranging from cheap MS paint drawings to 3D animation to cardboard stop-motion to live-action to any other fucking thing you can think of! It doesn't really make any lick of sense but that's the absolute joy of it all; you'll be glued to your seat to see just what the hell they do next. It's absolutely mesmerizing and a joyful treat that everyone needs to see.
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Was that the inspiration for Baldi's basics?
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88. Brains! (Aurelio Voltaire song) (14 points)
Nominated by: V_charon (4/5 remaining)


Importance: 3
Fear: 2.5
Snake: 8.5

I still remember first watching The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode Little Rock of Horrors and being mesmerized by this song. It's honestly the only episode I ever really remember just because of this song. It made quite the impact on me for sure. It's a very catchy song with a prominent swing beat that succeeds greatly in making you get up and dance. It sounds like a song you would hear in a zombified version of a secret night club. The lyrics are comedic and satirical, as the average evil meteor from outta the sky tries to reason with the boy he came into contact with, claiming that people who watch TV or even the older folk don't ever really use their brains anyway. The rhyming structure and words used are very original and flows easily, making every comedic punchline land hard and hilarious. Backed by an absolutely sinister violin and Voltaire's dark, devilish delivery, Brains! is a song that will struggle to leave, well... your brain!
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Mettaton (Undertale)
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Dante (Devil May Cry)

Lucius (Fire Emblem 7)
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Viktor Reznov (Call of Duty: Black Ops)
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Black Panther
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