The Best Video Games For Horror Movie Fans

Spooky season has officially arrived. All around the country, horror fans are curling up with their favorite scary movies as they dig into their third box of Halloween candy. But with the COVID-19 pandemic still requiring people to stay home, many have already exhausted that list of movies – and, let’s face it, that’s probably their fourth or fifth box of candy. But fear not, boils and ghouls: horror movies aren’t the only way to get into the spooky spirit this sea


Teen-skewing horror films like Scream and Halloween are a staple of the genre, and Until Dawn offers the perfect video game homage. Essentially Cabin in the Woods as a video game, Until Dawn follows a group of friends as they revisit the remote cabin where two of their group went missing the previous year. The night soon becomes a nightmare, and every little decision counts as the player assumes the role of each of the eight characters as they attempt to survive until morn


In addition to its famous licensed characters, Dead By Daylight events by Daylight offers a rich and ever-expanding cast of original survivors and killers, from the terrifying, teleporting Nurse to the horrific and wicked Blight . Each new character comes with a backstory that deepens the game’s fascinating lore and expands its mind-boggling universe, keeping millions of players across the globe engaged four years after its original rele


The Solstice Devotee outfit makes it discernible if it's man or woman, human or beast. Fresh flesh hangs from the creature's antlers and bones of many are adorned. What makes this outfit the most disturbing is the flesh and gory aspect. At first, she was just wearing a Halloween rabbit mask, but now she's wearing a full-on carc


Endurance is the first Survivor-exclusive Status Effect. It allows the character to take no damage from the next attack, while still gaining the momentary speed boost from it (and the telltale white flash to alert the Killer to the status). Consider it a quick Get Out Of Jail Free c


In the Gideon Meat Plant lies not only The Saw work and work in progress, but The Pig's den. On the upper level of the map, players can find a bed with trap schematics and nearby a shelf of various different pig he


This particular map is called Red Forest - Mother's Dwelling, correlating to the Killer The Huntress. In the main building is a family home where there is a dinner table, a family photo above it, and a little shrine hiding away upsta

Luck is another very simple positive status, exclusive to Survivors. As in many RPGs, it gives chance rolls (such as attempted disarming of traps) a greater chance to succeed. When you’re being chased by a hideous, vicious monstrosity, you always want Lady Luck on your s


Isolation ’s Xenomorph is a true monster: the player cannot defeat it, but rather evade and outsmart it, a task that becomes increasingly difficult as the AI-based Alien learns and adapts its behavior based on the player’s actions. The frequent need to re-evaluate one’s tactics under the constant threat of discovery makes for a truly terrifying game experience, one absolutely worth of Alien: Isolation ’s legendary titular monst


The perks Mettle of Man, Soul Guard and Borrowed Time and the add-on Styptic Agent all grant the Survivor using them Endurance under different conditions (the latter is exclusive to Bill Overbeck at first but is teachable). Work with your team, Survivors, and make those free hits co


Both Oni and Spirit share the same realm and time-space in their lore. What relations or history they have together is unknown. Most people enjoy Japanese myths and culture, so it's interesting to see these Japanese-style paintings around the map. It begs the question of who was praying to an


Luck is mostly acquired through Offerings; the Black Salt Statuette, Chalk Pouch and Vigo’s Jar of Salty Lips among them. Ace Visconti’s Perk (also teachable) Up The Ante also gives the player 1%-3% (depending on Perk level) extra Luck per currently surviving teamm


This outfit is ranked the lowest but still made the list. Vanilla Huntress on her own is haunting, but that's just it. She's only haunting and eerie due to her humming and rabbit mask. Put the Solstice Devotee on and it's a whole other experie


In various areas of the map, there are Saw TVs with the infamous puppet himself on them, as well as schematics for what can only be traps . There are gruesome scenes of various Saw victims who met their demise while the puppet was still on the scr

With an emphasis on suspense and mystery and a final act twist straight out of an episode of Black Mirror , fans of cerebral horror will certainly get their money’s worth with Inside . Fans continue to debate possible meanings of Inside' s ending to this day, and the game's alternate ending will leave players thinking long after they put down the control


Various perks bestow Haste on the player, including Lithe (which gives a temporary boost to sprint speed after a rushed vault) and Sprint Burst (a momentary super-fast dash for up to three seconds). The thing to be aware of is that Haste tends to inflict the Exhausted Status Effect on the user afterwards, which can be very dangerous (more on that lat