The majority of Feature Films wear their influences on their sleeves. The game as a whole revels in drawing inspiration from just about anywhere in the horror genre. For specific killers and maps:
- Hans the Butcher is Jason Voorhees, and Camp Happy Trails is Crystal Lake.
- The kid that the Poltergeist wants to take away is Carolyn, who's Carol Anne.
- Gepetto the Puppet Master is a more overtly supernatural version of Andre Toulon.
- Dr. Fright is Freddy Krueger, and Maple Lane is Elm Street.
- The Evomorph is the Xenomorph, and the USS Conrad is the Nostromo.
- The Organism is the Thing, and Station 2891 is Outpost 31.
- The Intruders are the Masked Man, Pin-Up Girl, and Dollface. Wingard Cottage is James' family's vacation house.
- The Ratchet Lady is Nurse Ratched crossed with the Nurses from the Silent Hill Hospital.
- H.U.N.T.E.R. Mark V is the T-800, and H.U.N.T.E.R. Mark X, who follows him after you defeat the former, is the T-1000.
- Razorface is Pinhead.
- The Slayer is the Demogorgon, and Falconwood is Hawkins.
- The Tormentor is Jigsaw.
- The Eyeless are the Angels of Death, and Utopia is Perfection.
- Some of the Final Girls (the ones not based on real people) are also expies.
- Even Non-Player Characters get in on this
- Carolyn, the little girl you have to save whenever facing the Poltergeist, is based on Carol Anne from Poltergeist (1982).
- Two of the special victims for Into the Void include a cat named Jonah and an orphan girl, making them expies of Jones the cat and Newt respectively.
- The Savior from "The Killer from Tomorrow" is based on John Connor, a teenage boy destined to save the world in the future who you're tasked to protect.
