#like i loved local 58 and petscop and i really like gemini home entertainment but i feel like mc could've been better

[batemanofficial]

since we're all gonna die i have something to share with you all. i did not care for the mandela catalogue

#speak friend and enter #i keep seeing stuff about it and i really like analog horror as a medium but. idk it insists upon itself #like i loved local 58 and petscop and i really like gemini home entertainment but i feel like mc could've been better #it's a super strong concept that was very well executed in the beginning but as it's gone on....idk i feel like it kinda fell apart #the gabriel/lucifer thing was super cool and the alternate concept is really interesting but imo it doesn't live up to the hype #i feel like the scale got away from it y'know. like it became too big plot-wise too quickly and lost a lot of the stuff that made it good #like there's a saying in screenwriting that goes 'if you start out screaming you've got nowhere left to go' and i think that applies #bc it starts out SO impactfully and that in and of itself isn't a bad thing but like. how do you ramp up from that and keep the impact #i also feel like it's indirectly responsible for the analog horror boom that imo has kinda killed the genre via oversaturation #and that's not the creator's fault ofc it's just bad luck but i feel like every new project takes its cues from mc and it's like. really? #like mc has great ideas dgmw but there are in fact other ideas out there that could work for an analog horror story #anyway i hope they're able to end it in a way that wraps it up logically and in a narratively satisfying way #and i hope the creator doesn't feel pressured to keep going with it just for the notoriety. like don't simpsons this thing

[valleyfthdolls]

come to think of it, it may as well be impossible for me to find suitable slasher / gore horror lmao

why? it's because of the screaming. my SPD is very audio-focused, so it can induce pain and headaches, possibly even migranes. the uh. occasional auditory hallucinations i get of women screaming also don't help.

however, if you have any recs for stuff like found footage or EAS scenarios ( especially SCP ones ), i have found a fondness for them while experimenting with what types of horror i enjoy ^-^

( sorry if i word things weirdly oiyfdxchigfc )

You get occasional auditory hallucinations of women screaming too wtf-

Here are some things you could watch. I'm really, really sorry in advance if any of these have triggering content for your sensory issues. I tried my best to make sure they were all accessible, hopefully I did alright.

For found footage horror films, immediately The Blair Witch Project comes to mind, but I gave that a 4/10 lmao. Good to watch for the experience of having watched it though. Not much screaming, but I do distinctly remember once scene of one of the characters screaming "PLEASE HELP US" and the main character (who is a woman) screaming for another character near the end. No straight screaming as I recall, but scream-yelling.

I've heard great things about Lake Mungo, which apparently has no jumpscares, and is a found footage-style psychological horror mockumentary that I really need to watch.

Ringu- the original Japanese version of The Ring- doesn't really have the screams or as many jumpscares as the American adaptation, but it's pretty tense regardless. If you like horses, I would prefer this version over the American one. Also if you have sensory processing disorder. It doesn't really rely on a lot of the hella discomforting sound design of the American adaptation, which is def scarier, but god, Sadako is like 10x more nightmare fuel than Samara, even if I ultimately like the execution of Samara's character a lot more. Just watching the original Ringu, Sadako is still a good character, I just think her story got convoluted later on. The TV scene in the og too is horrific. I love it

Candyman is widely considered pretty good, but I've heard people say its themes of racism are tone deaf at times. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm familiar with it. Lacks jumpscares, should be good on sensory problems, bc it's my understanding there's not much meant to elicit abject fear, but you may have to be careful.

I love The Walten Files, but given your sensory issues, I wouldn't recommend it unless you truly believed you could handle a lot of bad sensory input. If that ever happens, check it out. If not, avoid it.

However, a similar but much lighter seeming ARG called Welcome Home may be up your alley, currently it lacks any jumpscares or similar shocking noises. It's like Poppy Playtime but actually good.

Serial Experiments Lain is a good, ominous slow-burn psychological horror anime that lacks any potentially harmful sounds. Another is more gory and dark, but doesn't have a lot of loud noises or screaming either.

Local 58 is a well known analog horror that kind of checks the EAS scenario box, and lacks any jumpscares, but is very eerie and dark. Gemini Home Entertainment is much more so, but also has jumpscares as I've heard, so while I'm not familiar with that one I suggest you exercise caution. Local 58 I have seen and it's pretty good and should be safe for you and your SPD.

UrbanSpook has no audio jumpscares, but a lot of visual ones. Pretty good body horror stuff too.

I also tentatively recommend Petscop. Tentatively because it has absolutely zero SPD triggers, but its themes heavily revolve around child abuse, childhood trauma, esp parental abuse, and some readings even involve transphobia and ableism. Darker interpretations can also gather themes of CSA. That one is all up to how you read it (aside from the very explicit child abuse themes) so be careful for mental health reasons.

(I also very tentatively recommend it because I don't like recommending Petscop to people. It's a very personal comfort for me and I don't like giving it out to just anyone as a recommendation.)

#scorittanius

[nightmareentertainment]

what is your favorite... horror based game / gdjdhsjsbdbdnddnxd movie / silly Internet phenomenon for silly reasons <- needs more horror to quell the demons , have you heard of hit series needle mouse bc I think you'd like it :3 maybe

good lord what a question.... what a marvelous questingoug............. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

LONG ASS POST INCOMING!

Okay so ~Game Wise~ DBD doesn't really count as a horror game in the traditional sense, so I will actually refrain from saying that. And I think Resident Evil isn't particularly treated as the horror it was meant to be so I'll refrain there too. Actually, you know what? My favorite all time horror game was Outlast, i think. I haven't really touched it in a long time but I think that was one of my big introductions to traditional horror game.

It came out fucking. Forever Ago but i actually watched my dad play it. I remember the locker scene so vividly because my heart was beating so hard I made myself sick. Really inspired me as a kid to get into more Horror based stuff, it was awesome. (I was also big into Layers of Fear!)

If you're thinking more like Indie Horror? Like less based in the gameplay of a big game like Outlast, Tattletail was a HUGE one for me. I fucking LOVED that game, especially since I was a big Furby fan. I've always loved point and clicks like Mr Whiskers.

If you're looking for horror based Visual Novels, I actually have a whole LINE of favorites, lol. Hello Charlotte Series is by far my favorite over anything I've EVER played, for example. In fact I think it's one of my favorite games in the history of ever. Our Wonderland is also an amazing title that actually very recently was updated! I haven't gotten to play the new chapter yet but I'm super hyped about it.

One day I'll make a masterlist of all the free games from their own websites/itch.io that I loved, there's so many.

Horror MOVIES!! Now THAT is much easier: - Smile (2022) , A Haunting In Connecticut (2009), Hereditary (2018), obligatory mention to all classic slashers and the saw franchise, (i personally, LOVE, the 2010 remake of Nightmare On Elmstreet, but i recognize that it's not really everyones cup of tea especially in reference to the original, but goddammit I am weak to the wonders of my favorite guy ever Quenting Smith), I'm also particularly fond of the Scream franchise. Jennifers Body (2009) is a classic too, love that. I'm also, sadly, very fond of IT. lmao. sue me!! I also like. Reanimator (1985) but it was very much a victim of the 80s. It's kind of a hard watch for my friends lol

As for Internet Horrors: - Analog Horror! The Walten Files, Vita Carnis, Blue Channel, Mandela Catalog, Gemini Home Entertainment are all fairly well known and I do actually quite like all of them. Some of them are a bit overrrated but it's for good reason yknow? Popular shit is popular for a reason. I haven't finished looking into Boisvert but what I did see I did like for the most part. Angel Hare, Petscop, and Local 58 are all great too

There's some good horror shorts on youtube if you're looking for a really good quick scare. Other Side Of The Box, "048", and the channel CryptTV has... a couple? pretty decent horror short films. Personally I find these good for a short scare but theyre not as fun in the long run

Honorary Mentions: Fnaf, Fnaf VHStape, Fnaf related media, Happy Meat Farm ARG. DDLC, Marble Hornets and the Slenderverse as a whole, literally any datign sim that involves mass amounts of murder i have likely played and enjoyed. what can i say im a sucker for bloody visual novels

AND FINALLY!! To answer you, I haven't heard of needle mouse!! :O i'll look into it!! :D THANK YOU FOR THE ASK!!!!!!!!!

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