The Best Horror Games Will Never Be Played 

Had a film class in Uni, John basically summed up a 2 hour lecture in 10 minutes: -Horror is special because of how it openly defies social norms, challenges preconceptions, and destroys our sense of being safe in society -Horror provides us catharsis, giving us a way to safely see on-screen the things we repress or are afraid of, as well as seeing someone else do that struggle rather than us have to face it ourselves.

I think a good entry into the horror video game genre is pixel rpg horror. Mad Father, The Crooked Man, Ib, Paranoiac, and The Witch's House are all great example on how great horror games can be achieved regardless of graphics and such. After that if you've really enjoyed it then go into Silent Hill, Fatal Frame. The Amnesia franchise is also really great to get into the genre and a lot of other indie horror games currently on steam. I would also would recommend Resident Evil but only the remakes of the first game and second game in the series. I really love horror games.

Horror is my favourite genre but I have no idea why I like it so much.

Horror is enjoyable because we as a species find a cathartic release from seeing people triumph in the face of adversity. Succeeding against impossible odds, beating the bad guy and surviving when it seemed impossible. It also allows us in a lot of ways to process our place in the universe and why we fear what we fear. What is scary about death? Is it the actual pain of dying? Is it the stress and terror that leads right up to the moment of death? Is it the idea that death may not be the end and we can still suffer even as spirits ? Is it the idea of eternal torment? Horror poses those questions and lets us come to our own conclusions.

Soma, Dementium, Evil Tonight are all pretty underrated and such great horror games. Highly recommend to anyone looking for more horror games that aren't mascot horror games or mainstream.

In this episode John forgets about the explicit murder scene in The Shining.

I can’t watch horror movies, but I absolutely love horror games and books.

Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth, Manhunt, Condemned are incredible horror games worth playing, and if you want a proper modern horror game - Parasocial

As a hardcore horror fan (both games and movies) it's has become extremely rare that a movie or game disturbed me to such a point that I wouldn't want to watch it again. But there are two movies - Cannibal Holocaust and Mother! For introverts Mother! is actually extremely terryfying because your husband keeps allowing complete strangers to stay in your house and DOESN'T LEAVE while they keep growing rude and presumptous breaking your house and your soul apart until they turn your home and your husband into a cult. (spoilers - they also tear your newborn apart and EAT HIM!!!)

SEW has a great take on multiple genres of media. I love it

For me it needs to be either folk horror, supernatural or psychological. Those are my jams.

If I must say of Horror Movies especially from non West, I highly recommend Ringu, Sadako Vs Kayako, Battle Royale (2007), Satan's Slaves (2017) and it's Sequel, Satan's Slaves 2: Communion, Danur Universe, Detention, Suzanna: Buried Alive and The Queen of Black Magic (2018).

eyepatch talks here the same as he talks in his scripted videos which is really really impressive honestly

If you can’t suspend disbelief then you can’t watch horror movies or ever just enjoy watching things, playing things. It’s gotta suck, but those people just must not have much fun.

I loved horror movies only when watching with friends since it was fun to see them scared and it's so much better being scared together than alone but I never could really say that horror movies were good, I enjoyed them in someways but they’re just alright. And that's how I viewed horror for a long time, until I found The Magnus Archives. This is when I realised I much prefer consuming horror in every form but movies (well more like I haven’t found any horror movie all that good). I love horror podcast stories, left right game was absolutely fascinating and weirdly enough if it was turned into a movie I don’t know if I’d like it as much.

In case anyone comes back to this video to find the creepy white lady movie they were talking about like I did, it’s Soft & Quiet

Favorite horror game and movie would be, Cry of Fear and The Thing (1982).

Lol the invitation that they showed was the wrong one

I would suggest A Quiet Place for a first time horror watcher. My mother, who HATES anything scary, has watched it and it's sequel multiple times.

They’ve gotta watch Strangers, one of the best horror movies I’ve seen

8:10 that is just how being in pretty much any fandom keeps happening

Fun chat, but I'm bummed they didn't really talk about the best horror games that will never be played. Was hoping to get some recs.

The evil within 1 and 2 are insanely good

I remember watching someone play Callling - a japanese horror game

holy shit is this with supereyepatchwolf?

10:18 Ten years in the joint

The Guy that developed the Game, Miro. He also got inspired by the RU-vidr Max Derrat. If anyone is interested into Videogames and their philosophical, psychological, alchemist and spiritual meanigs check him out. -> Max Derrat

Pt is such a good horror game for a teaser i wish my old ps4 didnt breakdown so i could play it again

7:30 points at In stars and time, DONT LET IT BECOME OBSCURE, PLEASE, THIS GAME HAS BREATHED HUMANITY INTO THE GRINDSET OF RPGS IN A WAY THAT MAKES UNDERTALE LOOK FLIMSY IN COMPARISON AND MADE ME CONFRONT EMOTIONS I NEVER KNEW I HAD WITH IT'S CHARACTER'S AND WORLD

I thought they got Zac Efron

Crazy that nobody mentioned Funny Games

I Watched that same fear and hunger TikTok lol

I recently watched a Taiwanese horror movie called Incantation. Would recommend 👌

Well john you didnt had to bring a loaded gun into the show

A horror movie that I love that lowkey fucked me up was Perfect Blue!

If you’re looking for some good horror, watch anything Mike Flanagan has made

And my favorite horror movie is Phenomena by Dario Argento

Nothing,-NOTHING-will ever creep me out more than "Bloodstained Euphie" simply because how sick and wrong it was. And it's just a Code Geass episode!

12:40 Poor Hallorann, forgotten entirely...

I'm surprised they didn't make the distinction or talk about the distinction between western and eastern horror.

Connor should watch Jacobs ladder

Ludwig sounds a bit different ngl

So Garnt legit asked the 'Why you should watch/read' guy why he should watch horror

Gigguk played SOMA!? Holy sheet based.

... Lapel mics maybe? OR, and this is a crazy one, but mount the mics above them?

Wooden Ocean

Holy shit, based Majuular shout out

I certainly will never play them

Actual step 1: experience some sort of trauma as a child, or at least comprehend it at some level apperantly. Step 2: fall asleep at some point and allow your subconscious to be like "hey lets protect ourselves from a potential threat by viewing potentially horrifying concepts, because reasons." Step 3: watch a horror. Step 4: profit. I wish i were joking, i think that's legitimately how it manifests. Lol

WOOOoooOo Majuular!

Personally I hate horror where it’s just miserable 24/7. Terrifier is one of those horror moves I can’t into because it’s just miserable for the main protagonist hell even Rob Zombie’s Devil’s Rejects because he tries so hard to make them badass and cool when they’re really just horrible people being horrible people and somehow you want me to root for them? Hell nah I rather see them get gunned down and massacred instead. But when it comes to horror like Zombie’s Halloween movies because at least I know the main character has a fighting chance I enjoy that a lot more. Just give me main characters in horror genre a fighting chance then maybe I’ll enjoy it.

I’ve desensitised myself to everything mostly because when I was in school I read and researched the most fucked up and cruel both videos weapons people basically all that and I didn’t realise it but I don’t afraid due to that and I find it difficult to care but when I do find something I like whether it be video game movies or books I absolutely love it another thing is I watched violence jack and the human centipede when I was younger so I’m rather desensitised and anytime I see something fucked up I don’t react unless it’s something truly fucked up and despicable

Wolf is the worst

Literally went from 17:46 and watched the movie im on anxiety meds and all i could feel was the anxiety - it is an AMAZING movie to help describe the extreme of social anxiety disorders. Never felt anxiety in life = go watch that and feel what its like. this movie has captured and showed/'explained' anxiety better than i could with my own anxiety attacks. Outstanding movie and so glad im coming back to watch them talk about it!