Episode 51: Horror Video Games

Episode 51: Horror Video Games  This episode was recorded on February 20, 2025 and posted on March 22, 2025.  Content Warning: Light vulgarity.  Introduction Welcome to No Bodies Episode 51 Introductions to your Ghost Host with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club Suzie's sick day! Tonight's honorary co host - Mike aka That Horror Teacher Introductions to our guests - Trey Whetstone of Screaming Through the Ages Today's Topic: Horror Video Games Discussion on Horror Video Games The history of horror video games Influence of horror video games on horror media Media Discussion Resident Evil (2002) Silent Hill (2006) Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (2013) Fatal Frame (2014) Castlevania: Season 1 (2017) Slender Man (2018) Best & Worst Representations of Films based on Horror Video Games Spoilers ahead! Worst Alone in the Dark (2005) - Trey Until Dawn (2025) - Mike  Slender Man (2006) - Lonely Best Werewolves Within (2021) - Trey Silent Hill (2006) & The Last of Us (2023) - Mike Silent (2006) & Detention (2020) - Lonely Suzie's Deep Cuts & Surface Wounds This segment highlights lesser known films based on their IMDB ratings. If something has 5k or under reviews on IMDB, we'll call it a Deep Cut. If something has between 6-10k reviews on IMDB, we'll call it a Surface Wound. Detention (2020) Blue Demon / Ao Oni (2014) Corpse Party (2015) Closing Thoughts If you could design a horror video game, what would the premise be? Thank you to our guests! Follow Mike's reviews @thathorrorteacher on Instagram! Check out Trey's show Screaming Through the Ages wherever you get your podcasts! Keep Up with Your Hosts Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel for exclusive video episodes coming soon! Take part in our audience engagement challenge - The Coroner's Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner's Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you!  Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show! Sources Coyle, N. (2020, November 19). The Psychology of horror games - Psychology and video games. Psychology and Video Games. https://platinumparagon.info/psychology-of-horror-games/  Sinha, R. (2016, April 6). A comprehensive history of horror gaming. GamingBolt. https://gamingbolt.com/a-comprehensive-history-of-horror-gaming  Wikipedia contributors. (2024, December 5). Fatal frame. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Frame  Wikipedia contributors. (2025a, January 6). Corpse party. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse_Party  Wikipedia contributors. (2025b, February 4). Slender: The Eight pages. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender:_The_Eight_Pages  Wikipedia contributors. (2025c, March 5). Resident Evil. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil Wikipedia contributors. (2025d, March 16). Silent Hill. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill