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?

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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. (2025c, March 5). Resident Evil. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil Wikipedia contributors. (2025d, March 16). Silent Hill. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill