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Top 20 Horror movies would make great games part 1 photo

Last year's list was alright I guess, but I tried to do better this time around. This year I got a lot more input from the other Dtoid editors, expanded the total film count from ten to twenty, and will be using header images from our readers' excellent entries into this contest. This one comes from Dtoid member Clov3r, and I think it's pretty awesome.

So enough with the hub-bub, let the games begin. Hit the jump for entries twenty through eleven in this years big list of horror movies that we wish were videogames.

[WARNING: The videos you are about to see contain images too SHOCKING for most viewers. Those with severe heart problems, nervous conditions, or pregnancy are advised to proceed with EXTREME CAUTION, especially while at work.]

 

#20- Death Bed: The bed that eats people

It's probably not wise to even try and follow Patton Owsalt when talking about Dead Bed: The bed that eats people, but I guess I'll try.

This movie will hurt you. It makes me so sad. Watching it is like listening to someone with Alzheimer's disease talk about accounting. It's confusing, disjointed, slightly disturbing, but most of all, boring. That clip there is actually the entire movie condensed down to ten minutes, and it actually makes more sense with 110 minutes cut out.

That said, it could still make a pretty interesting game, particularly in the Eroge genre. For better or worse, there is only one movie the likes of Death Bed: The bed that eats people, and the same could be said of Death Bed: The game about the bed that eats people, if someone would just have the guts to make it.

#19- Bubba Ho-tep

Number nineteen on our list is a personal favorite of mine, but it's tough to envision it as a videogame. I suppose it would make a good point-and-click adventure game, or maybe a Clock Tower style "escape from the bad man" 3D adventure. Hell, they could even go the Zombies ate my neighbors route, and I'd still pick this one up.

#18- Night of the Lepus

Left 4 Dead with giant rabbits, that's how I imagine the Night of the Lepus game would come together. And why not? Zombies are getting a little over exposed these days, but killer rabbits in videogames remain relatively unexplored. If Ubi-Soft was involved, they could even make it a Raving Rabbids cross over.

Realistic Rabbids rampaging the countryside could make a better game than the upcoming Rabbids Go Home.

Or not.

[Warning: The above video contains coarse language and smooth stool not appropriate for those at work. Viewer discretion is advised]

#17 Monsturd

Monsturd makes me feel awful. It's the only movie I've ever seen to fully embrace the natural human repulsion to dookies, and exploit it for the sake of horror. Anyone who dares get close to a toilet must risk death at the "hands" of the Monsturd. The movie also has some other gross parts, like a scene where everyone pukes, and some psuedo-zombie type corpses getting stabbed.

To make the jump into videogame land, Monsturd would have extrapolated off those ideas a whole lot. I envision a Bioshock-type scenario where you explore a vast underground sewer system, taking on grunt-like puking sheriffs and maggot zombies along the way, while harvesting the poop from Big Turds and little turdies.

They can mod Bioshock on the PC, right? Well, this is how it should be done.

#16- Ghoulies III: Ghoulies go to college

[Warning: The above video contains soapy boobs not appropriate for those at work. Viewer discretion is advised]

I haven't seen this movie myself, but Nick Chester tells me it's awesome. Well, he never actually said that, but that's what I took from our conversation. He also said that the game of Ghoulies III should play like Bully, except with more Ghoulies, beer cans, and boss fights. Sounds good to me.

Clearly, that guy with the face for a stomach is a fan of the last boss from Ghosts 'N Goblins, which makes it all the more easy to see how this one could fit into the world of videogames.

#15- The Stuff-

Invasion of the Body Snatchers almost made the list this year, but it was missing three things; Danny Aiello, Garrett Morris, and a marshmallow-y treat that makes your mouth open big enough to fit a whole watermelon in there. Thankfully, we've got The Stuff to make up for those short comings.

This movie really is incredible (in a bad way), and it could make an incredible videogame (in a good way). Take everything you like Resident Evil 4, add blob monsters, white vomit, and an incredible jingle, and you have a guaranteed million seller.

You can watch the whole movie on Youtube starting here.

[Warning: The above video contains really gross stuff, bad language, butts, and maybe a boob- not appropriate for those at work. Viewer discretion is advised]

#14- Society

Oh Jesus-Mary-and-Joseph, this movie is so gross. You may think that old fashioned special effects are old news, with modern CGI and all that has outdone what they could do in the 80's, but this clip would prove you wrong. Every time I see it, I get a case of the yuckies. You can start watching it here if you don't believe me.

Here's the premise of the movie: an ancient society of rich people get together everyone once in a while and have a yucky, cannibalistic orgy where they actually meld with the people they are eating. They can also make faces grow out of their butts, have hands for heads, and fist you to death. Seriously, this movie might be too gross to be made into a game.

If they could pull it off without getting an AO rating, I'd sure as hell buy it.

#13- Blacula-

There was a time when I really believed that there was going to be a Blacula game, and I was actually excited for it. Why wouldn't I be? An open world environment mixed with super-powered gameplay worked pretty well with InFamous and Protoype, but both of those games took themselves too seriously for me to really get behind them. What if they had more stereotypes, funk music, bad acting, and monstrous sideburns? 

Well, then we'd have a game that I'd instantly pre-order. Then we'd have Blacula: The Videogame.

Get on that, Renegade Kid.

 

#12- Maximum Overdrive

While playing GTA or Saint's Row or one of those new-fashioned car stealing videogames, have you ever thought to yourself "Man, wouldn't it suck if I were one of the pedestrians at the end of this game, constantly living in fear of being run over by me?" That's how I imagine a Maximum Overdrive game to work.

You play as Emilio or the Lisa Simpson-lady while trying to survive in a city where every car in town wants to run you over. Scratch that, make it everything wants to run you over, cars, trucks, boats, planes, lawn mowers, everything. You've got guns, and friends if you can make them, but beyond that, it's you against the machines. Doesn't that sound more interesting than your average survival horror outing?

Also, that Green Goblin-headed truck is totally boss. Again, if you want, you can watch the whole movie starting here.

#11- Phantasm

From the the writer and director of #20 on our list comes Phantasm, the first film in arguably one of the all time great sci-fi/horror film series of the 20th century. There were a lot of movies that were going to make it onto this list: Re-Animator (for the yucky science and reanimated corpses) The Brood (for the killer midgets) and Suspiria (for the disturbing delirium) but in the end, they all needed to be cut for redundancy's sake. Phantasm has all those things, and more.

When it comes to a bestiary, the game for Phantasm is already all set. You've got the midget zombies, dead people, dream-sequence things, the tall man, and of course, the floating sliver ball. That thing used to scare the crap out of me. I mean, how can you stop it? It's like a flying, steel type, ghost-type, dragon-type pokemon. It has no weaknesses, and no matter where you go, no matter how many doors there are between you, it will kill you. It will break through every door, every wall it has to, and it will kill you

I'm scaring myself just thinking about it.

So, what do you think of the list so far? Anything you like? Don't like? Well, if I missed anything, maybe you'll see it on part 2 tomorrow, where we'll take a look at entries ten through one.

See you then!

 

 

 

 


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24 comments | showing # 1 to 24

Pagster's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 13:42
Pagster
Mr Destructoid, Put it away! :-o
Stevil's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 13:48
Stevil
Society freaked me out as a kid.

I was watching the original version of The Hitcher last night. If somebody could make some kind of driving sim/adventure/survival horror with Rutger Hauer...I would give them all my money.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 13:51
mix
I am excited to get home and watch some of (All of) these clips!

Old horror movies are the best by far when compared to anything new. All the new stuff pretty much sucks for setting the atmosphere and all that jazz.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 13:52
Occams electric toothbrush
I loved in the Ghoulies movie when the kid threw the ninja death star at the Ghoulie and the Ghoulie fucking ate it. Brilliant.
JamnOnTheOne's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 13:56
JamnOnTheOne
So what were the five movies that didn't make the editorial cut from the list when it became a top 20 instead of a top 25?

"Number twenty four on our list is a personal favorite of mine..."
Isay Isay's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 14:01
Isay Isay
If we're going to include Blackula, why not The Blunchblack of Blotre Blame?
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 14:09
Crunshii
why does that pic look like mr Dtoid is having a Hentai boob eating penus...
Sara Foster's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 14:09
Sara Foster
Yay for mentioning Phantasm. :)
gatorsax2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 14:12
gatorsax2010
This article makes me so happy I could busrt.
aborto thefetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 14:27
aborto thefetus
Fuck yeah Bubbahotep!

Also, Creepshow or GTFO!
JiR INC's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 14:39
JiR INC
tremmors or critters for part 2 :) they would be awesome
BurnPianoBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 14:55
BurnPianoBurn
I'm so glad, I'm not the only person who has seen the magic of Ghoulies III.
it combines all the best elements movies these days don't have, toilet monsters, bubble bath boobs, beer, and 80's frat boys.
andycadaver's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 15:24
andycadaver
I laughed, I cried, I threw up in my mouth. I would play every single one of these, maybe buy a few, but I think I'd probably play Blacula for the rest of my life.
teknomcr's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 15:28
teknomcr
I was in the restroom when I saw this post and Monsturd, and thought it was a joke (but was a lil scared so ran out screaming) Then I was just looking to add things to Netflix Instant watch and there it was, MONSTURD!! AHHHHHHHHH!
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 15:58
whormongr
aren't they actually making a blackula game?
Lil Jorsche's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 16:17
Lil Jorsche
I haven't seen... any of these movies actually. Maximum Overdrive looks amazing though.
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 16:28
RAB
BUBBA HO TEP!
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 18:47
Cowboy TTop
Back in the 70 and 80's when films were good. Maybe we need some reviews of old films, many of you young pups haven't seen yet.

Ghoulies films are awesome funny. I can recommend others you can rent.

Monster Squad
Pulse
CHUD
Poltergeist
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Village of the Damned
Children of the Corn
Basketcase
Killer Klowns from Outerspace
Jacob's Ladder
Dawn of the Dead

Hope you enjoy them, young whipper snappers.
Artemus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 18:52
Artemus
The Stuff! Ghoulies! Blacula! Hell yeah, Holmes! Got damn, you have great taste in horror films, bro! =)
This is probably one of the first years my friends and I have watched at least 3-4 horror titles each week leading up to Halloween...
Let's see, we've watched Halloween 1 and 2, Rob Zombie's Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Sleepaway Camp 1 and 2, The Child's Play series, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1 and 2, Creepshow 1 and 2, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Romero's Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Craven's Hills Have Eyes and more I can't think of right now...
I love the Halloween season!

TheGlue29's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 18:53
TheGlue29
Maximum Overdrive is one of those awesome/awful movies. It's pretty f'ing funny though. It starts with an ATM calling Stephen King an asshole and just gets better from there. It's mid 80's Emilio Estevez, so expect about the same production value as Repo Man (the Estevez movie), and yes...the Green Goblin truck is totally boss.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 18:58
Jonathan Holmes
@ Jamminontheone- Oh snap, you caught me!

The movies that didn't make the cut were the Strangers, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Brood, and Children of the Corn. All great movies, all wold make great games, but they were all a little bit too much like other movies on the list in one way or another.

@ JiR iNC- One of your pics are about to make it to part 2. The other one was on the list at one point, but was cut for redundancy, despite the fact that it would clearly have one of the best boss fights ever.

Maybe next year!
Gelatin Abomination's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 19:35
Gelatin Abomination
A Manos: The Hands of Fate point and click game would be kind of amazing. If you played as Torgo, I would buy the game at least five times.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 20:53
Jonathan Holmes
Killer Klowns, Manos, The Hitcher, Monster Squad, CHUD, so many great movies.

Someday, they will all make the list.
Birdman the Friendly's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/03/2009 19:38
Birdman the Friendly
No mention of the greatest film of our time, Trolls 2?

Jonathan...

I am disappoint.
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