History VideoGame / LakeviewCabinCollection

Four episodes ''Lakeview Cabin Collection'' are planned. The game was completed, with all four episodes and an Epilogue, on May 27th, 2016.

** One of the killers is a naked man with a pigs head as a mask, possibly a reference to Jigsaw's henchmen in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' films, or perhaps even Piggsy from ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}''. Most likely (since the game is inspired by '70s and '80s horror movies), he's a reference to the chainsaw wielding pig-headed killer in ''Film/{{Motel Hell}}'' or Piggsy from ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}''.

** One of the killers is a naked man with a pigs head as a mask, possibly a reference to Jigsaw's henchmen in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' films, or perhaps even Piggsy from ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}''. Most likely (since the game is inspired by '70s and '80s horror movies), he's a reference to the chainsaw wielding pig-headed killer in ''Film/{{Motel Hell}}''.

** One of the toilets at the movie theater obviously hasn't been cleaned for a long, ''long'' time, and is backed up to the point of being completely unusable. There's also spiderwebs overhead. [[spoiler: The Spiderwebs hold a shotgun shell, and repairing the toilet so someone can use it to acquire the shell is a necessary step to beating the hub world's BonusBoss.]]
** One of the public restrooms in ''III'' has been completely boarded up and left to rot. Averted as it's actually the toilet next door that's disgusting. [[spoiler: Again, finding a way to break down the boards and use the toilet can lead to an item that helps in beating the boss.]]

** ''IV'' uses a horrifying version of this. The enemies are much more plentiful and way easier to defeat than the two killers in ''III'', but killing them (or otherwise being covered in blood) causes the screen to get darker and redder. As the character kills more people, the screen becomes distorted and filtered, horrifying noises can be heard in the background, and jump scares can appear when entering a room. The effect can be reversed by stepping outside the mansion. ''VI'' has something similar.

* {{Leitmotif}}: The child and the father in ''III'' and [[spoiler:the sewer monster's first and second forms]] in [[spoiler:the hub world]] have their own tense and PsychoStrings filled theme song that appears when they appear and try to kill the main characters. The monster rats in ''IV'' have one, as well.

** [[spoiler: The wife has her song, which first shows up in ''III'' and recurs throughout the series. It's usually a prime indicator that some serious MindScrew is about to happen.]]

* MindScrew: There's an overarching plot to the entire collection, and trying to make sense of it call can easily result in this.
** [[spoiler: The Epilogue is nothing but this. It appears to be a recreation of Lakeview Cabin I, only with a different protagonist and [[WhamShot the wife is still alive.]] However, things quickly go to hell when the player jumps into the lake, leading to a long series of [[NightmareSequence nightmares]] in which he sees his wife as various monsters, sees scenes from the other Lakeview Cabin Collection episodes, sees his wife being sacrificed, and more, with only the protagonists' expressions of terror to give any idea of what's going on; it culminates in him making that same expression of terror around his wife in the apparent waking world, before taking an axe and killing her with a gleeful expression...only for ''this too'' to appear to be a dream, with the protagonist getting a few glimpses of life with his wife still being alive before waking up for the last time on the island with his wife missing and what appear to be his children running around. The player picks up the axe again, approaches one of the kids, swings...cue SmashToBlack just before the blow connects, complete with one last ScareChord.]]

* RakeTake: If you step on a rake, the force of the stick coming up is enough to knock you flat on your back. You can use it against the killers too.

* TokenGoodTeammate: If the redheaded girl player character in ''III'' [[spoiler: and ''VI'']] is the sister in the Red family photo, that would make her the only member of the family who didn't end up a murderous serial killer.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...Or you can go the complete opposite route, killing off your companions by actively ''looking'' for [[TheManyDeathsOfYou all the ways you can die]], or doing the deed yourself. In fact the game gives a number of achievements that involve murdering your companions.

* AnyoneCanDie: Depending, of course, upon your gameplay. [[spoiler: It's required, multiple times in fact, to complete ''V''.]]
** EverybodyLives: Tricky, but possible. Also counts as EarnYourHappyEnding.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** ''IV'' is about fighting cannibals in a mansion, ala ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', loosely tied into the other films aside from being near said lake.
** ''V'' is about a group of teenagers trying to avoid and defeat a masked knife-wielding killer with seemingly-supernatural powers, akin to ''{{Franchise/Halloween}}''.
** ''VI'' is (aesthetically, at least) ''{{Franchise/Alien}}''.
** Beating each of the main movies unlocks access to an alternate movie mode featuring a different sort of threat and [[EndlessGame a shift in priorities]].

* OffscreenTeleportation: The [[spoiler:sewer monster]] basically acts on the same movement rules as Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers. While on screen, he moves at a snail's pace that a one-legged character could easily outpace. When the camera's not on him, however, he has a tendency to almost instantly close the gap between him and his victims.

* RasputinianDeath

* LostForever: Once the killer is defeated, it is no longer possible to unlock the "best" ending, Ending A, without resetting the game, if you have not already taken the steps needed to unlock the item required to get it.

* BodyHorror: The result of the alien infections are pretty grisly. [[spoiler: It starts with the alien bursting out of the host's face and briefly using their body as a meat puppet, then growing to a tooth-filled man-size blob dragging the dead body of the human host behind it. The blob also gives birth to a baby roaming alien that infects more humans before maturing into a gross, man-shaped amalgam of flesh and tentacles.]]

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** One of the killers is a naked man with a pigs head as a mask, possibly a reference to Jigsaw's henchmen in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' films, or perhaps even Piggsy from ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}''. Most likely (since the game is inspired by '70s and '80s horror movies), he's a references to the chainsaw wielding pig-headed killer in ''Film/{{Motel Hell}}''.

** One of the killers is a naked man with a pigs head as a mask, possibly a reference to Jigsaw's henchmen in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' films, or perhaps even Piggsy from ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}''.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Father, if you kill the Son during ''III''', will go berserk, start crying, and move a lot faster.

** One of the public restrooms in ''III'' has been completely boarded up and left to rot. Averted as it's actually the toilet next door that's disgusting. [[spoiler: Again, finding a way to break down the boards and use the toiler can lead to an item that helps in beating the boss.]]

** ''IV'' is a HillbillyHorror with a very large house to explore.

** ''VI'' is a Sci-Fi horror set in space, with multiple aliens breeding by killing NPCs.

* SubliminalSeduction: The televisions play a video thanking the CEO, while occasionally flashing "WORK" in static.

** Droids were visually based on Huey, Dewey, and Louie from Film/SilentRunning.

** MindScrew: There's an overarching plot to the entire collection, and trying to make sense of it call can easily result in this.

* AnArmAndALeg: Characters can lose a limb if they aren't careful. These severed limbs can then be picked up and carried around.
* AnyoneCanDie: Depending, of course, upon your gameplay.

** One of the toilets at the movie theater obviously hasn't been cleaned for a long, ''long'' time, and is backed up to the point of being completely unusable. There's also spiderwebs overhead.
** One of the public restrooms in ''III'' has been completely boarded up and left to rot.

* FinalDeath: Characters who die in Episodes ''III'' and ''IV'' die permanently, and can't be brought back until a restart. Averted for ''V'', where dying and coming back is a major part of the game.

** The end of Episode 1, ''III'', features a photo of the family of the protagonist of the original game, showing that they had a son and daughter. [[spoiler:Their son is the primary antagonist of ''Lakeview Cabin V''.]]

** In ''III'', each character can strip nude, while still being able to fight and attack the killers.

** ''IV'' is a Hillbilly Horror with a very large house to explore.

** ''IV'' uses a horrifying version of this. The enemies are much more plentiful and way easier to defeat than the two killers in ''III'', but killing them (or otherwise being covered in blood) causes the screen to get darker and redder. As the character kills more people, the screen becomes distorted and filtered, horrifying noises can be heard in the background, and jump scares can appear when entering a room. The effect can be reversed by stepping outside the mansion.

* ScareChord: Plays whenever somebody is injured, whether it's one of your heroes being hurt or them fighting back against the killers.

* DeathFromAbove: Using the zipline in ''III'' will cause the weather vane on the next house to fall down. If anyone is standing beneath it when it falls, whether enemy or friend, they will take massive damage. [[AwesomeButImpractical This requires such precise timing that it's impractical to use in actual gameplay, though]].

** Mainly to the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series. The first killer is, much like Jason Voorhees, and undead ManChild who possesses low intelligence and an uncontrollable urge to kill.

* FanDisservice: The Bathroom of the mansion is occupied by two naked women, at least one of which is bathing... in a tub filled with filthy brown water and a decrepit corpse.
* HarmlessVillain: The elderly cannibal in the rocking chair will trigger the alarm like anyone else, but they have very low health, and their attacks will not damage or even knock down the player characters.

** The concept of the killer being [[RecycledINSPACE brought to space]] to have their regenerative abilities studied is more of less the plot of {{Film/JasonX}}. Not to mention the looming front view of the poster for Lakeview Cabin VI is very similar to Jason X's poster.

* UnInstallment: While the original game is implied to be the first entry in the ''Lakeview Cabin'' movie series, thus far, there's no signs of a ''Lakeview Cabin'' '''II'''. The first episode of Collection is '''III'''.

* ShowWithinAShow: The HubLevel presents the various episodes as just fictional horror movies the characters in the hub level can watch. [[spoiler:That doesn't mean that there isn't a ''real'' killer residing in the hub, though.]]

Four episodes ''Lakeview Cabin Collection'' are planned. The most recent installment, Episode 3/''Lakeview Cabin V'' was released on October 29, 2015. Episode 4/''Lakeview Cabin VI'' is currently in beta.

* ShoutOut: A massive one to {{Film/Aliens}}.

* ShoutOut: Mainly to the ''FridayThe13th'' series. The first killer is, much like Jason Voorhees, and undead ManChild who possesses low intelligence and an uncontrollable urge to kill.
** If you throw the dead bodies of your fellow camp councilors into the lakes, they will eventually return as zombies, similar to the AllJustADream ending of the first ''Friday The 13th'' where [[spoiler:an undead Jason jumps out of the water to grab the FinalGirl.]]

* ShoutOut: The whole thing is a big one to ''TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', mainly through the use of a Hillbilly Horror mansion full of cannibalistic murderers, presented through a grainy exploitation-style filter. A chainsaw is even a usable weapon in the game.
** One of the killers is a naked man with a pigs head as a mask, possibly a reference to Jigsaw's henchmen in the ''{{Saw}}'' films, or perhaps even Piggsy from ''{{Manhunt}}''.

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:The slasher in the hub area's sewers]] will turn into a [[spoiler:speedy rat monster]] when it's halfway dead.

* BodyHorror: The result of the alien infections are pretty grisly.

* ShoutOut: A massive one to {{Film/Aliens}}