Board 8 > Snake Ranks Anything Horror Related Vol. 6 *THE RANKINGS* (Extra Spooky Edition)

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YESSSSSSSSS

Just in time for me to start my yearly horror binge.

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Woo

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Reaper still doing good :D

https://i.imgur.com/fKNTtG7.jpg

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Johnbobb posted...

Reaper still doing good :D

https://i.imgur.com/fKNTtG7.jpg

Glad to hear it, still earning that #1 ranking I see!

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DNF. This image (Image/Spoilers)
Nominated by: Pirateking2000 (4/5 remaining)
https://imgur.com/a/CL7QxOQ

Importance: 10
Fear: 10
Snake: 10

This nomination was too endlessly horrific for me to process. I have seen some of the goriest, realistic horror films out there: Guinea Pig, A Serbian Film, Ichi the Killer; none of them compare to the absolute Lovecraftian terror contained within that link. I was drained completely of my sanity, unable to go on. I burnt out my eyeballs in an effort to forget it. It didn't work. Luckily I know where all the keys are on my keyboard by heart. Now, you may be questioning how I was also able to neatly format this ranking as well. I have an assistant. I implore you... do NOT open the link. This is your last warning. You will end up like me, cursed and forced to roam in your earthly form as a soulless husk forever, doomed only to remember what should never be laid upon by human or animal eyes alike. If you do... God be with you. Just by posting this I'm endangering everyone on the board. I'm truly sorry.

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133. Not being able to think of a fifth nomination for a rating topic
Nominated by: Shonen_Bat (4/5 remaining)
*this is where I would put a link if I was able to think of one*

Importance: 1
Fear: 1
Snake: 1

How ironic... you could've thought of a fifth nomination in the time it took to post a fifth nomination. I understand though... coming up with nominations is hard. What if you miss something you wanted the person to talk about? What if you nominate something that was already nominated? Then you have to think of another one! Who wants that headache? You can't even think of a fifth one and now you have to think of a sixth? You can literally have an existential crisis over something so simple. But think about it this way... if that happened with every little thing in life you'd go insane. On the universal scale, this problem doesn't even rate as a blip. That's a good thing. Take a deep breath, go about your day, and I'm sure the inspiration will hit you! At least, for next year.

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Snake5555555555 posted...

DNF. This image (Image/Spoilers)

should've been #1 tbh

also hype tag

maybe next year I'll have the coveted fifth nomination

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132. Spongebob, Sonic, and Ed Edd and Eddy In No End House series (Comics)
Nominated by: Pirateking2000 (3/5 remaining)
https://www.deviantart.com/artapon/art/S-S-E-E-and-E-in-the-NoEnd-House-Cover-642973882
https://www.deviantart.com/artapon/art/NoEnd-House-2-Alice-Cover-712683281

Importance: 2
Fear: 1
Snake: 1.5
(4.5 points)

These comics make me not want to be a horror fan anymore. Look, I don't want to thrash someone's work for nothing. That's too easy. What I look for here is intent: is that a joke or meant to be serious? All it does is remind of those kids channel Youtube videos that mash-up Hello Neighbor, Slender Man, Freddy Fazbear, and Granny and thinks it makes a coherent whole. Joke or not, there's nothing here that makes this a satisfying story. Once you get over the initial humor of, "oh these characters are random" and "none of the art style matches anything" else this becomes a shallow story that's not scary, not entertaining, and nothing more than pictures that scroll by your dead, glazed-over eyes. And of course, you have the creepypasta edge of the No-End House which might as well be my apartment with how well it's used here. None of the characters even match their original personalities, they all speak the same monotone one-line per panel throughout the whole series. The Alice series works a little better for me. There's panels with splashes of red blood and gore that at least imply a modicum of artistic effort. I can see someone reading this and getting an absolute kick out of it, but for me these mash-ups do nothing and the worst representation of internet horror stories.

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Shonen_Bat posted...

should've been #1 tbh

Yeah I debated on it back and forth for a longer time than necessary but I didn't feel like doing a meme #1 this year.

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Tagging hard!

Also wow, you've seen A Serbian Film? I'm trying to forget it...especially that one scene in particular

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I sure have. I watched it with my mom no less. It's an absolutely awful film in many ways. I do like extreme horror quite a bit just to test my limits here and there. They're rarely actually good films.

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YEAH I've been looking forward to this

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Snake5555555555 posted...

I sure have. I watched it with my mom no less. It's an absolutely awful film in many ways. I do like extreme horror quite a bit just to test my limits here and there. They're rarely actually good films.

Same here. That one scene is one of the only film scenes to make me feel physically ill

Has a fuckin banger of a soundtrack though

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Johnbobb posted...

Same here. That one scene is one of the only film scenes to make me feel physically ill

Has a fuckin banger of a soundtrack though

Most of these effed-up films typically do for whatever reason. Like all the Cannibal films from the 80s, those soundtracks are fire!

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Shonen_Bat posted...

should've been #1 tbh

It's sheer eldritch horror transcended the list.


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Hey Snake I just want to say that I watched Trick r Treat for the first time and it legitimately might be the best pure "Halloween szn" movie I've ever seen.

ChainLTTP posted...

Hey Snake I just want to say that I watched Trick r Treat for the first time and it legitimately might be the best pure "Halloween szn" movie I've ever seen.

I'm with you! While for me Halloween '78 edges it out ever so slightly, it encapsulates so many elements of the holiday so well!

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Oh yeah Halloween is THE Halloween movie, but this one just has such a range vs only being a slasher. Good shit.

Tagging.

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Hype!

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131. CD The Cenobite (Hellraiser) (5 points)
Nominated by: GANON1025 (0/1 remaining *ELIMINATED*)


Importance:1
Fear: 2
Snake: 2

What a mistake the Hellraiser franchise was. Pinhead wasn't worth getting absolutely idiotic creatures like this Hot Topic reject. In one foul swoop, the whole horror and mystique of the Cenobites are gone. I can't believe this. CD looks like if they made a Hellraiser knock-off called Devil Riser and the Pinhead rip-off they used looked like this. Are the CDs meant to look like razor blades? Is the joke that CDs are difficult to lug around? What is the intent here? Besides being so creatively bankrupt by the third film that THIS is what passed for an interesting Cenobite. I think the worst part is his mouth designed to look like a slot for a CD to go in. That's so hilarious it almost comes around to being ironically good. The original Hellraiser was perverse, twisted, and tragic. CD is none of those things and is highly representative of horror franchises gone sour.

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130. Level 4 - The Ghoul's Stomach (Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts) (8.5 points)
Nominated by: HasteDeux (4/5 remaining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QA75z81wRkb

Importance: 1
Fear: 3.5
Snake: 4

This is such a cool concept that's a little wasted in my opinion. With a level name like THE GHOUL'S STOMACH I guess i expected something a little more... ghoulish. To be fair, the inside of someone's stomach wouldn't really look all that exciting. I do think it's cool when the level flashes blood red with spikes everywhere, almost like the level is trying to digest you. All other times, they could've called this level The Cave of Hell and I wouldn't have spotted the difference. The enemies and obstacles you face off against are uninspired for a level like this and it capping off with a random Hydra boss fight just confuses things more. With the game's legendary difficulty it can be a tense experience for sure, but it's one where a few touches and improvements here and there would've made it even better.

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Snake5555555555 posted...

Level 4 - The Ghoul's Stomach (Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts) (8.5 points)

What I really like about that level is the way the screen rotates. It was a great concept, especially for the time it came out.

129. Kureiji Ollie (vtuber) (9.5 points)
Nominated by: handsomeboy2012 (4/5 remaining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfnJ3zFgUuU

Importance: 3
Fear: 2
Snake: 4.5

I don't get it...

Okay, no, that's the easy way out. Getting older, there are just certain things in pop culture that come out and you just can't grasp the appeal of. It's part of life and you have to come to terms with it eventually. But, it's still good to try. Kureiji Ollie is what's known as a "vtuber", basically a Youtube who uses a computer-generated avatar instead of their actual real-life appearance. Ollie, in particular, is part of Hololive, basically an agency for these Vtubers. So, that's my incredibly nooby introduction to it anyway. This is all pretty new to me! Ollie is a high school girl resurrected as a zombie, an actually pretty dark backstory. Still, it doesn't seem to keep her down much, as she's incredibly perky, loves her fashion, and despite being a zombie, is shown to be rather quick to scare easily. That's a cute dynamic for sure... when I say "I don't get it' I'm really just being facetious. It's actually quite easy to grasp which makes her and many like her so appealing, and of all Vtubers I seen, Ollie is definitely one of the most appeasing to my tastes (wow, Snake likes something horror the best, what a shocker). In practical effect, Ollie is just like any other person who plays video games on stream, with added lore and creativity to make engaging viewers that much easier. It's a formula that proves effective, and I think this trend is only going to become even huger than it is now. That much is obvious. And as various forms of horror and internet creation continue to grow and branch out in interesting ways, it may even create new horror icons that will become as ubiquitous as Myers and Dracula with stories that go far beyond the mere act of streaming a video game. And to me, that's exciting! It doesn't mean I'm going to tune in to Ollie everyday; for the tens of thousands that already do, however, I think they're witnessing something truly great unfolding before their eyes.

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Jesse_Custer posted...

What I really like about that level is the way the screen rotates. It was a great concept, especially for the time it came out.

True, it is a pretty cool effect. That was definitely my favorite part of the level, all the rotating and blood red flashing, a lot of the fear factor came from that.

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There are loads of horror themed vtubers, but obviously they are designed to be not scary at all, and the lore is pretty much ignored after a while. Many of them do way more than just streaming games too.

I did see that. I actually quite liked the cover song that played on Kureiji Ollie's Youtube page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLOSu6ocgUU

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The visually scariest vtuber I know is actually part of a House of the Dead campaign. Too bad she suddenly was discontinued in 2020.

https://soranews24.com/2018/10/07/newest-virtual-youtuber-is-actually-a-rotting-zombie-with-a-cute-voice-has-a-slug-for-a-pet/amp/

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That's what's I'm talking about!

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Yeah, I'm also completely unfamiliar with the whole vtuber crazy and while I consume a lot of Twitch, I never really understood the point of vtubers. I assumed it was like some sort of sexual thing. Like a Hifumi "I PREFER 2D!" kind of thing, but I think that's because I never watched one for longer than a minute. I had no clue they would have lore or that there were even horror themed vtubers. Interesting!

I don't think I'll be checking any out, but I at least understand the point of these now, which is cool.

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128. Redrum (Xenogears) (10 points)
Nominated by: HasteDeux (3/5 remaining)
https://youtu.be/WL-UEXrg7og?t=278

Importance: 1
Fear: 4
Snake: 5

With great sprite work and some contextual additions, Redrum is a little more than your average boss fight. Redrum is a mutant committing murders in a sewer, but it's up to Fei and the party to figure this out, mystery detective style like. The investigation is tense and centers around a mysterious bell, which, when rung brings the monster out lurking. A pretty great 3D sequence plays out from Redrum's point of view, which greatly reminds me of the Hunter first-person sequence from Resident Evil. It's a creepy effect you would never expect from an RPG game, but it manages to build up horror quite nicely. The fight is known for being brutal but the way the game portrays the fight diminishes the horror at least a little bit for me. Everyone is just so close together it looks rather goofy. The spritework, as previously mentioned, is fantastic however; the long bony hand, bandages, Carnage-esque head, skull accessory, it's the perfect combination of 90s edginess and genuine creative horror. The detail, animation, and fantastic coloring accentuates it even more. It's one of the best looking sprites from this era I have seen. The Redrum arc also pays off nicely a little down the line. Conveying horror in an RPG is no easy feat and for me Redrum falls right in the middle of pulling it off and falling flat. It's not something I particularly love, but the sentiment and emotions can still be found here, I think.

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127. The out of bounds fish from Jak and Daxter (10.5 points)
Nominated by: NFUN (4/5 remaining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47wQT9SIha0

Importance: 1.5
Fear: 4
Snake: 5

The progenitor of many a kid's nightmares and phobias, the out of bounds fish is a minor, but for many players around the world, piece of childhood trauma they just can't shake. A clever way to keep players in the playable game world is to give them a wake-up call if they dare try go out of bounds. Grand Theft Auto 5 does this with a vicious shark attack if you swim too far out, a sort of spiritual successor to this. The horror game Slender: The Arrival punishes out-of-bounds play with an instant Slender Man jump scare and fourth wall break. The nebulous out-of-bounds zone is inherently creepy in video game worlds isn't? There's a forbidden quality to it: something you're not meant to lay eyes on but this is what draws you ever deeper into the allure. The world becomes unfinished, often untextured, with little to no physics or collision left, the illusion of all reality and immersion is shattered. You can ever start to wonder: what is the out of bounds fish (real name: Lurker Shark by the way) PROTECTING me from? Well, probably not much, but the way you can just be casually swimming and you suddenly see this beast rise from the depths is a slight heart attack in the making. I enjoy developers who put in this extra work, creating interaction, challenge, and tension from even the simplest of game design.

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Yeah the lurker shark is right up there with Unagi and Leviathans for terrifying water creatures.

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126. SCP-2776 (10.5 points)
Nominated by: MetalmindStats (4/5 remaining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7iVsdRbhnc

Importance: 1
Fear: 4.5
Snake: 5

SCP-2776 is an automaton likeness of the first US president: George Washington. Part horror, part sci-fi alternate history story, and part political conspiracy, there's a lot here to take in as is the case with most SCPs. As I understand it, SCP-2776 WAS our first president in the SCP universe, created as a sort of fail-safe in the case of George Washington's death. Made with the appropriate technology of the time (I didn't fact check this), but also with additional advanced technology. There's some hidden depths to it as well which only activate upon the breaking of three rules:

• The United States of America exists as a free democracy.
• Great Britain, its citizenry, or any party originating within its borders does not pose a threat to the safety and stability of America or any of its assets.
• The French Republic exists and is not threatened by the United Kingdom.

It's an interesting and mind-capturing concept, and targets a lot of specific fears and anxieties: the fear that our leaders aren't who they say they are, that they're puppets controlled by shadowed figures, or simply that they don't originate from a place of normalcy. To discover this would be an earth-shattering reveal and would genuinely cause a lot of people to go mad or insane, as the very structure of the nation crumbles under this truth. The people as a whole would lose the one thing that at least somewhat ties the whole nation together under a guiding hand.

On the other hand, I've seen this concept done a little bit in other fictional sources. Metal Gear tackles this with the concept of AIs, or Fallout with Liberty Prime, basically the Washington automaton blown up to a much bigger scale. The way it's treated in the article is rather rote and when it does go haywire i feel like it could've went even farther in the destruction it caused. The SCP is also mostly docile which diminishes some of the horror quite a bit. Most of the horror here comes from "what ifs?", which are frankly more interesting to tackle than the actual concept.

The song above is a total joke by the way and isn't associated with the SCP BUT it does happen to tie into the SCP quite well as it were. And it's just a bangin' song too.

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did whoever come up with that rip off Linebarrels of Iron?

because in the manga, there is a reveal that humanity had actually went extinct centuries ago, and sentient robots led by robotic Abraham Lincoln spent that time resurrecting the human race from salvaged DNA via jurassic park cloning technology + having them experience a simulated history matrix style, thus resetting civilization from the 1800s in order to try to prevent them from going extinct again.

probably one of the weirder backstories for a mecha series.

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I personally never heard of the series, but it's possible I suppose. Some SCPs are sometimes inspired by existing sources.

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Snake5555555555 posted...

Metal Gear tackles this with the concept of AIs, or Fallout with Liberty Prime, basically the Washington automaton blown up to a much bigger scale.

How do you talk about this without talking about the heavily armed president robots in Bioshock Infinite

https://youtu.be/48W9OIB4emo

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Ok that was an oversight!

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125. Tesleen (FF14 Shadowbringers) (10.5 points)
Nominated by: trdl13 (4/5 remaining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpwrsxGfm4U

Importance: 1
Fear: 4.5
Snake: 5

Tesleen is a character that half works for me. Tesleen is a rather simplistic character: a kind-hearted caretaker with a tragic past which makes it easy to get behind her and her motivations. She's sweet, helpful, and pure, and can even kick some butt if she needs to. So when she gets stabbed in the back by a Sin Eater, a maliciously twisted version of an angel, the shock is inherently built in. What really sells it thought is the absolute dead expression in her face as the transformation into the very thing that kills her occurs. This is what loses me a little however. Yes the initial expression is terrifying, but the jilted animations here and cheesy voice acting don't go far enough in expressing the agony and emotional weight Tesleen should be experiencing then. I think there is where an actual horror game would better serve something like this, the whole transformation would be better shown in excruciating detail to emphasize the corruption and the darkness overtaking the light. As it stands, I'm glad other mediums are pushing this sort of thematic quality and exposing it to a wider audience, but it's still lacking that last piece of emotional weight that push this scene up the next echelon of fantastic horror scenes, gaming or otherwise.

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That's a fair assessment. It hits a bit harder if you're friends with Alisaie by proxy.

She's also the second boss of the first dungeon, and if you bring Alisaie in that dungeon, she will pull the trigger on the Limit Break on her every single time it's up.

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It's little details like that I definitely like though.

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