History YMMV / Splatterhouse

* EightPointEight: The reviews from most gaming magazines and websites.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Justified in the remake. [[spoiler:The Mask wants to take revenge on the Corrupted for an eternity of slavery, so he summons them -- and instead of putting them in Dr. West's super-bodies, the Mask traps them into a relatively weak body made up of the corpses of Rick's victims, forcing them to face an humiliating (but not total) defeat.]]

* CrazyIsCool: The Terror Mask in the remake, in spades. Particularly, [[spoiler:How it used Rick to kill TEN THOUSAND demons, spanning time and space just to bring the Corrupted to Earth and kill them]].

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: While the remake's story, voice acting and atmosphere is praised the gameplay itself leaves a lot to be desired. While it isn't by any means bad, it doesn't have a lot of variety to it and what it does present is relatively limited.
* FanNickname: Hell Chaos, the final boss in the first Splatterhouse game was called Captain Mozzarella by fans due to his tattered skin's resemblance to melted cheese.

*** [[MaskOfPower The Terror Mask]] is the cheerfully obnoxious Mask that's gradually revealed to have masterminded the events of the game. A former protector of a civilization that was wiped out by [[EldritchAbomination the Overlord]], resulting in the Mask getting enslaved, he decides to form a plot to summon it so he could kill it permanently. To this end, he instigates Dr. West's StartOfDarkness, having him experiment on numerous people to supply him with sacrifices, and has him and [[PlayerCharacter Rick]] meet up, resulting in West kidnapping his girlfriend Jenny and Rick being mortally wounded, with the Mask convincing Rick to wear him. Instructing Rick on how to use his powers, he has him slaughter as many mutants as possible so that he could summon the Overlord, eventually succeeding in doing so and revealing that he purposely chose a weak vessel, a mountain of corpses, to make the job easier. In the end, the Overlord is killed, with the Mask [[IGaveMyWord allowing Rick to be reunited with Jenny]], with it implied that her seeming possession by the Overlord is another step of his masterplan.

** '''DAVID IS ONLY MEMORY'''
** From the remake: "No Rick, FUCK YOU." 200 years, and you're telling us you can't come up with a better come back?

* PlayerPunch: Frequently, especially in the third game where Jennifer and/or David will die if you don't complete a level in time. Or in the first game, after you're forced to kill the possessed Jennifer, one enemy came back and [[IShallTauntYou point its finger to Rick as if taunting him]] to [[BringIt come and get them]] in the Womb level. [[KickTheDog Way to piss off Rick and the player...]]
* SignatureScene: In the original games, the "Mindless Beast" Jennifer from ''3'' if you fail to rescue her ([[NintendoHard which is likely on the first try]]). In the remake, it would be the fight against the [[ChainsawGood Biggy Man]].

** The photo-realistic pictures used in ''Splatterhouse 3'' falls right into this. ESPECIALLY [[NightmareFace "Mindless Beast" Jennifer]] whose bulging eyes are too far apart from each other.

** Jennifer gets kidnapped and [[spoiler: mutated into a monster. During her fight she frequently transforms back and forth between this and her human form, and the process is [[PainfulTransformation clearly painful]]. She's DraggedOffToHell upon death]] and resides there for months before Rick rescues her in the sequel. She gets infected by a [[spoiler: Bore Worm in ''3'' and has a good chance into becoming the nightmare-inducing "Mindless Beast" Jennifer.]] Even if you rescue her, she and Rick might lose their son David if you're too slow in rescuing him. All in all, Jennifer might be even worse of than Rick.

* UncannyValley:

** The credits theme for the first game is very sad and solemn for both the arcade and console versions.

* CatharsisFactor: You ''will'' hate the [[GoddamnBats Deathnoid]] enemies in part 2 for their nonstop shrieking and constant leaping around, so it's a good thing there are plenty of immensely satisfying ways for you to gruesomely shut them up.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: A somewhat lesser example, but the remake tends to be remembered by some people because of Jennifer appearing naked on Playboy (complete with a Playmate data sheet!), something very few videogame women have achieved, and also because of her naked pictures you can find in the game, which is rather unusual to see in a game developed by a company like Namco.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The 2010 game is generally considered this, due to a number of gameplay factors (lack of variety overall and not really being complete, judging by the cut dialogue and [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading loading times]]). The script and story received praise, however. It is, however, quite the love letter to the franchise, and has all three precursors of the main series as unlockables.

* HilariousInHindsight: For some, Hell Chaos looks more like [[Manga/AttackOnTitan the Colossal Titan]].

** The metal soundtrack from the 2010 remake. Music/{{Mastodon}}? Check. Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch? Check. Music/TheHaunted? Check.

* CrazyAwesome: The Terror Mask in the remake, in spades. Particularly, [[spoiler:How it used Rick to kill TEN THOUSAND demons, spanning time and space just to bring the Corrupted to Earth and kill them]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: This was one of the main reasons why the game got pulled from American arcades, due to its violence before ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' took the scene.

* MagnificentBastard: From the 2010 remake:
** [[MaskOfPower The Terror Mask]] is the seemingly obnoxious Mask that's gradually revealed to have masterminded the events of the game. A former protector of a civilization that was wiped out by [[EldritchAbomination the Overlord]], resulting in the Mask getting enslaved, he decides to form a plot to summon it so he could kill it permanently. To this end, he instigates Dr. West's StartOfDarkness, having him experiment on numerous people to supply him with sacrifices, and has him and [[PlayerCharacter Rick]] meet up, resulting in West kidnapping his girlfriend Jenny and Rick being mortally wounded, with the Mask convincing Rick to wear him. Instructing Rick on how to use his powers, he has him slaughter as many mutants as possible so that he could summon the Overlord, eventually succeeding in doing so and revealing that he purposely chose a weak vessel, a mountain of corpses, to make the job easier. In the end, the Overlord is killed, with the Mask [[IGaveMyWord allowing Rick to be reunited with Jenny]], with it implied that her seeming possession by the Overlord is another step of his masterplan.
** [[GeniusBruiser The "Biggy Man"]] proves to be more cunning than his appearance would imply. Noted by Dr. West to be "Primitive, but cunning", managing to once trap West in one of its traps, he's shown to run a factory in the BadFuture, becoming tasked with stopping Rick and the Terror Mask. Using multiple traps he made himself throughout the factory, he eventually ambushes them in an elevator and gives them a long, brutal fight, using the brief blackouts to teleport around and sneak attack Rick, even managing to avoid the finishing moves twice, as well as using [[ChainsawGood its chainsaw arms]] to their fullest advantage. The fight cumulates into a one-on-one chainsaw duel, with the Biggy Man holding its own despite his loss of one arm.

* ThatOneLevel: The [[WombLevel womb]] of the mansion has you fighting dozens and dozens of [[GoddamnedBats little pink monster fetuses]] that hatch and try to latch onto you. Unlike the other levels, their spawning is completely randomized, and unlike the Body Eaters/Boreworms, it's difficult to predict their movement or keep track of several at a time. This becomes even worse during the boss battle, listed above.

** Jennifer gets kidnapped and [[spoiler: mutated into a monster. During her fight she frequently transform back and forth between this and her human form, and the process is [[PainfulTransformation clearly painful]]. She's DraggedOffToHell upon death]] and resides there for months before Rick rescues her in the sequel. She gets infected by a [[spoiler: Bore Worm in ''3'' and has a good chance into becoming the nightmare-inducing "Mindless Beast" Jennifer.]] Even if you rescue her, she and Rick might lose their son David if you're too slow in rescuing him. All in all, Jennifer might be even worse of than Rick.

* MostAnnoyingSound:
** The Giant Boreworm in the third game. It's horrendous laugh will echo through your head for the rest of the game.
** The recurring humanoid enemies in the second game (known by many fans as "Screaming Mimis") love to jump around constantly and belt out a loud, whooping howl that quickly starts to sound like nails on a chalkboard.

* PlayerPunch: Frequently, especially in the third game where Jennifer and/or David will die if you don't complete a level in time.

* TheWoobie:

** Jeniffer gets kidnapped and [[spoiler: mutated into a monster. During her fight she frequently transform back and forth between this and her human form, and the process is [[PainfulTransformation clearly painful]]. She's DraggedOffToHell upon death]] and resides there for months before Rick rescues her in the sequel. She gets infected by a [[spoiler: Bore Worm in ''3'' and has a good chance into becoming the nightmare-inducing "Mindless Beast" Jeniffer.]] Even if you rescue her, she and Rick might lose their son David if you're too slow in rescuing him. All in all, Jeniffer might be even worse of than Rick.

** The photo-realistic pictures used in ''Splatterhouse 3'' falls right into this. ESPECIALLY [[NightmareFace "Mindless Beast" Jennifer]].

* TheWoobie: When you get down to it, Rick's life really sucks. His girlfriend is [[spoiler:turned into a hideous beast that he is forced to kill]] in the first game, then she along with his son's lives are threatened in the third game. The remake ends with [[spoiler:Jennifer getting possessed as well]]. Only in the second and third game does Rick get any sort of relief, and in the latter case [[NintendoHard good luck completing the levels on time to do so]].

* CounterpartComparison: A Mesoamerican mask that grants the wearer supernatural power. Is this the Terror Mask, or one of the Stone Masks made by the [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Pillar Men]]?
** Or maybe it's [[ComicBook/TheMask the eponymous mask that Stanley Ipkiss ran across way back when?]]