Fortnitemares 2026 rant

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, before I moved I already planning another Fortnite rant blog. I wasn't satisfied with my previous Fortnite rant. Some might find this newer rant enjoyable while others not so much. Honestly, despite the main focus being moving into a new home. This particular Halloween event for Fortnite kept showing up like the plague!!!

Fortnitemares 2026

I never seen an Halloween game event this milked!!! It goes beyond ridiculousness in ways some can't proper process their brains!!! As much I would love a bit of everything to represent Halloween. I already looked up every newer franchise added through this Halloween event. There's twelve new franchises added to the game alone!!!

1. Five Nights at Freddy's

2. A Nightmare on Elm Street

3. Black Clover

4. Hollow Knight (not a player skin)

5. Halloween Horror Nights

6. 99 Nights in the Forest (Roblox)

7. Hazbin Hotel

8. The Purge

9. Obsession

10. Slender Man

11. Beetlejuice

12. Predator: Badlands

I think the lineup should've spoke on itself. But I'm not sure how many people see how I view it? A lot of these franchises had little to nothing added with an handful had more overall content. Two of them added in bosses you could face during matches. The fewer amount franchises just felt like that's all you need. But come on Beetlejuice deserves way more respect than that!!!

Obsession I may be happy for it's success. I know some won't like saying this is starting to come off as overrated. Predator: Badlands isn't even a horror movie I still haven't seen it. I was even surprised Black Clover being the solo anime franchise represented in the Halloween event. For me, it's weird seeing the main three using guns!!!

Even stranger they actually allowed an indie game franchise created from Roblox!!! Which already questionable because sick adults going after children situation Roblox has!!! They went for Hazbin Hotel yet not include Helluva Boss? Now anyone that seen the show Helluva Boss would agree. Those characters would fit in better than those from Hazbin Hotel.

Those imps from Hell are out of their minds!!! For me, it felt like they needed something no one would expect. But an handful of these franchises actually nailed that!!! Hollow Knight as a companion now in the game!!! This is still quite weird because the character in a famous metroidvania game. Hollow Knight should've had more customization.

It felt like the character was forced on the side lines. It was a little surprising Halloween Horror Nights showed up. For those not familiar what that is? It's an Halloween event representing many horror franchises. Obviously this helped tied a lot of these franchises together. I still felt they could've went bigger with it!!!

The Purge had one particular outfit that didn't really stand out. Not because it wasn't designed well either. There was simply too many newer franchises added during this Halloween event. The one constant leaks I kept seeing were about Five Nights at Freddy's. Yes they also crossed over into the game.

Actually had the most overall content for the Halloween event. They wanted younger gamers to play in the Halloween event. I mean why else go for such an franchise that doesn't even work for this? I felt Dead by Daylight done a little better in comparison. An handful of those characters were also added in as bosses.

I still haven't gotten to two particular franchises I'm really surprised they gotten!!! A Nightmare on Elm Street yes it's the classic Freddy. Also yes Robert Englund reprised the role for this crossover. WOW Dead by Daylight, Fortnite beat you guys getting the version of the character we all wanted!!! Let's got a step further there's a particular internet horror icon everyone wants in DbD.

Surprisingly actually showed up in Fortnite!!! A character that had little to 5% chances of showing up. I am talking about Slender Man!!! Yes this thing also added for the Halloween event!!! I already confused by so many crossovers they done over the years!!! Slender Man was among the last characters even for an Halloween event I expected to show up!!!

His creator is rather selective about how people use the character. We do know The Operator whose an alternative version of the creature, Dead by Daylight passed on. Let's be more direct, none of this actually makes sense!!! I felt doing an handful of franchises could've helped balanced things. It also could've helped with the confusion some could've had.

A lot of them aren't known for using guns!!! A large amount of those playing Fortnite are kids to teens. I know there's adults also playing the game on a somewhat daily basis. It does sorta explain why an handful of these franchises were chosen? But how many of them knows Slender Man, Black Clover or Beetlejuice?

If you defeat Freddy, you can use his claw glove during a match. Personally I heard the voice overs, they could've done a bit more. They didn't need to swear just could've added some of his other famous quotes. The way Freddy was portrayed felt like they're in the dream world. This is where I started to notice they don't care about lore or how some characters meant to work?

Let's talk someone like Beetlejuice for an example. He's a ghost that goes out of his way to terrorize the living. He can shape shifting with a notable variety of powers. I felt characters like those really don't fit at all in this!!! Beetlejuice could easily cheat to survive matches if they were going by those. It's a similar situation with Freddy since he can manipulate the dream world.

He can have anything he wants happens as long as he has enough fear from people. Adding souls does increase his power making him like a God!!! Slender Man is so mysterious with barely much to actually go on. Power scaling is literately all over the place!!! Some of these beings existing on a few plains of existence makes facing em in matches pointless.

Of course, that's assuming you could kill them or temporary stop them? I know Predator has crossed over prior to the Halloween event. But this is Predator: Badlands that differs a lot from the franchise. I know calling that a new franchise might be seen as a stretch. Considering, the concept of that Predator movie. I felt it should be treated as it's own related thing than just Predator franchise.

It would've been different if that were more alike anything else within Predator franchise. It didn't stop them kept adding in different versions of Batman!!! Look we get it, Fortnite loves Batman!!! I was more surprise with all the DC crossovers, they didn't go for Matt Hagen from the new Clayface movie. Some aspects of the character could've blend in with some of the mechanics.

I know it's not easy to get franchises ready to do crossovers. But did this Halloween event need this many new franchises? This felt like two of these Halloween events combined in overall scope!!! I also know there's a lot of people that wants literately everything in Fortnite. I never seen such a greedy online multiplayer game in my entire life!!!

My thoughts on Cinemassacre's Monster Madness XX: Trick or Treat!

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, another huge Halloween tradition I have is watching Cinemassare's Monster Madness marathons. James Rolfe does spice it up to a degree. This being the twentieth one has another iconic theme not many people surprisingly do. Every Thursday of this month, Rolfe will be covering movies taking place on Halloween.

1. Terrifier 1 (2016) and 2 (2022)

It's no secret I'm a huge Terrifier fan. I may prefer he could've saved those later. But doing them now does deliver a hell of a way to truly kick things off. I'm virtually 50/50 how I felt about that. I originally didn't have audio on my computer. When I first watched this entry with subtitles. Which helped a lot during my 1st watch.

I have rewatched the video with sound. Obviously it's better with audio with great editing overall. He did hint covering Terrifier 3 in the near future. As a reminder, Terrifier 3 is a Christmas horror movie. I do think this is going to be a decent Monster Madness marathon despite being an handful of entries. I do like he's chosen Thursdays especially when not many entertainment stuff on Thursdays recently.

I also understand he's raising two daughters. Yeah I could've said finally he's doing this theme. But in truth, he sorta done a few related videos that led to this marathon. It's a foreshadowing that we just didn't know when he finally goes big on the concept? Terrifier movies was among most violent Halloween horror movies I ever seen!!!

Additional thoughts

Yesterday on October 28th, Dead by Daylight started PTB for Terrifier chapter. Now I don't know if Rolfe planned this entry to tie in to that? I still felt I should mention that. I'm just glad he finally talks about Art the Clown. Especially among the most brutal slasher villains I ever seen!!! What I do know is I'm happy to see more indie support especially horror franchises.

2. Night of the Demons (1988)

I heard of this movie many years ago. I'm glad Rolfe mentioned a few movies with similar titles. This issue going to keep getting bigger. Even excluding what's actually part of those horror movie franchises. He previously mentioned that with another movie House a couple years ago. He wanted to go all in by reviewing the movie I respected.

Night of the Demons I honestly didn't know until this video took place on Halloween. Honestly, I quickly got into this entry as I first watched it. Of course you knew something from the 80s had to show up. This was a surprising one he didn't cover in twenty years. It just felt the perfect time to do so. This being a huge milestone Cinemassacre's Monster Madness marathon made it even better!!!

The fact I'm getting really into this marathon means Rolfe absolutely killing it right now!!! Night of the Demons was a chaotic Halloween movie. Now he covered those early on the same marathon. I'm more curious what else possibly going to show up next? I always look forward to his creativity. Night of the Demons just feels right to be in this Monster Madness marathon.

The next entry came out on an Wednesday.

3. Haunt Season (2024)

I'm glad another indie movie made the lineup. I honestly never heard of this movie before. The concept was popular for a short while. But I got to be honest, Rolfe sold me in wanting to see this movie. Haunt Season focuses more on people that worked for an haunted attraction. I respect they went for the concept making it more realistic as well as relatable.

Haunt Season reminds me of a movie Rolfe directly mentioned I previously covered here. The Funhouse Massacre now that's a crazy movie of a similar theme. I was expecting most entries to be older movies. Of course, I welcomed Rolfe covering this movie. I will say I did like the costume the killer used.

I'm a huge fan of skeletons in general. Honestly, I'm even happier it's included in this Monster Madness marathon. I really can't say more than what I watched from his review. But I do need a little more variety within horror movies. Haunt Season sounds like something I'm going to enjoy. So far this Monster Madness marathon kept getting more into the upcoming holiday.

4. Hubie Halloween (2020)

Before I started this section, I really thought I wrote a review on Hubie Halloween prior. It turns out I haven't after all thanks to Rolfe covering the movie. I guess I can finally discuss this movie sharing my quick thoughts. I watched this on Netflix a couple years ago being an fan of Adam Sandler. I would say this movie fits exactly what Rolfe was going for.

Hubie Halloween truly embodies Halloween more than any comedy movie I seen. The plot of the movie was a weird revenge plot with a rather out there twist. It had some stuff that was just there that doesn't affect things much. It was meant to be a fun Halloween movie you watch with your family. This felt like a weird mix of his older comedy movies with some aspects of his newer ones.

The late Ray Liotta was surprisingly in this movie. I felt among his other movies I seen it's middle of the road. I still prefer it a lot over Happy Gilmore 2 not sorry. This was a fun entry for Cinemassacre's Monster Madness marathon. Of course I'm curious to see how it all ends next week? I will say this is among my favorite shorter Monster Madness marathons he's done so far.

Additional thoughts

By the way, the true antagonist of the movie was Hubie's mom. She was tired of people bullying her son which does include Liotta's character in the movie. I bet you weren't expecting her to be the killer. In a way I felt Sandler could've been high or possibly rushed the Netflix movie out. Yes he does sorta start back an relationship with a mom.

5. Jack-O (1995)

The final video covers a low budget Halloween horror movie. To be honest, how Rolfe described the movie I wanna see it. Damn that's twice in the same Cinemassacre's Monster Madness marathon. I actually liked the concept a lot that possibly inspired a multiplayer game called Horror Legends. Which also had among it's many killers a resurrected pumpkin head killer with a scythe.

I would've left the entire commentary part out. Then made that it's own bonus Halloween video. It did take a little too much focus away from the actual review. But It still was a decent review of the movie. Honestly, I expected a few movies that took place on Halloween. I didn't even know about this one prior to the video.

This was a rather cool one to end an Monster Madness marathon on. Jack-O is a movie that was around Scarecrow horror movies notably started to show up more. Despite not actually being an Scarecrow that still came off being similar. I do think Rolfe ended with a movie that truly embodied Halloween. Well every movie he picked for this particular Monster Madness marathon done that justice!!!

Conclusion

Before I get to what I really wanna see. This now my last blog entry before start living at my new home. Which I officially move in on Halloween not planned by the way it just happened!!! Rolfe had that awesome Jack O'Lantern shirt in all the entries. He had a weird Morgan & Morgan ad with the other guy being something different in all of them.

Despite the dialogue with everything else being virtually the same. I usually don't comment on ads Rolfe does in any of his videos. This turned out to be a great Monster Madness marathon. All of them truly helped made Halloween something even more special I possibly could've ever imagined. I got a few movies I gotta watch in the near future.

My thoughts on Treehouse of Horror XXXVII

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I woke up to watch The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror XXXVII. We're a few days from Halloween. Don't worry I'll give you a good idea where I place this within the 2020 Treehouse of Horror episodes. This should be a rather interesting review of the new Halloween Simpsons episode.

Treehouse of Horror XXXVII (2026)

A day before the episode, the new intro fully was shown on the internet. By now everyone knows it's a parody of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Easily one of the best things about this Halloween episode. They made a Simpsons variation of the famous song. Both having the same composer to a degree made this something truly special.

This was quite a way to kick things off. I really loved how they mashed Simpsons characters with those from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I would say easily among my favorite intros for an 2020 Treehouse of Horror episode. I have no criticisms it's a great intro. It's really rewatchable I already seen it a lot before the actual Halloween episode.

The first segment is Bride's Shed Revisited. I won't waste anytime easily the worst of the three segments. This felt like a major missed opportunity. They were to focus rushing out what essentially was the concept. This is based on The Husbands by Holly Gramazio. In the story, a husband goes into the attic. Then came back as a different man.

They parodied that with Homer going inside their new built shed. They went through a lot of Simpsons characters. Even Survivor host Jeff Probst gets in on that. Yes he's voiced by the actual person in the episode. This largely lacked terror beyond Marge kept getting husband swapped. The most actual horror was the strange, mess up ending.

Personally I would've had each husband after Homer went in. Replaced by someone worst than Homer in some way. Which easily could've led into many interesting directions. Marge kidnaps Homer to force both of them into the shed. Although they get back together they actually replaced Ned Flanders. Oh okay that's a mess up joke I'll allow.

It's not enough being an Halloween Simpsons episode. Both Flanders sons shotgun blasted the couple. Where they get shotguns is beyond me!!! It's difficult to say if this either was rushed or they quickly ran out of ideas? I wouldn't even be surprise it later gets revealed being both. The most creativity was having the two famous aliens show up for a cameo.

This playing heavily on swapping out concept. It was similar to a few previous Treehouse of Horror stories. Intrusion of the Pod-y Switchers from Treehouse of Horror XXIX. My main example being Heaven Swipes Right from Treehouse of Horror XXX. We had plant aliens swapped places with Simpsons characters that worked a little better.

I saw more actual creativity with Heaven Swipes Right. Where Homer dies but through a loop hole came back to life through different people's bodies. This strangely felt like a spiritual successor to that. This wasn't a good start to the horror anthology. It's far from the absolute worst I seen though. It's still a difficult sell to rewatch again.

I also gotta mention a regular Simpsons episode that also dealt with swapping places. The Bob Next Door where Sideshow Bob swapped places with his cell mate. He moved into a house nearby the Simpsons house. He does attempt to get revenge once again against Bart. Yes this was parodying a movie called Face/Off.

Rather than simply swapped out the faces. He went a step further to completely replace his skin with his cell mate's. Which already sounds more like something from an actual Treehouse of Horror episode. I felt this particular Simpsons episode was worth mentioning here. Bride's Shed Revisited is just alright at best.

The second segment is Dog Boy Afternoon. Easily the best of the three segments. I was a bit confused when I first found out about it. Now I can say this was such a weird parody concept that worked!!! Homer takes Bart and Santa's Little Helper out to dinner. Of course, Homer gets careless that caused the dog to get hit by a vehicle.

Two of them thinking the dog died took the body to a graveyard. Which doesn't even hide what they're parodying here. By accident, Homer actually killed Bart with a shovel. I won't be surprise it's possible to kill someone like that in real life. But damn what a brutal accidental death!!! After both the bodies were buried, their souls swapped bodies.

Now both are back at the Simpsons house with Bart now in Santa's Little Helper's body upset with Homer. Lisa figures out the two swapped places. Homer was nearby quickly leaving things to a rather unpleasant situation. Homer attacked the dog whose now in Bart's body while Bart attacking him. After he bite Homer, his dad decides to put him down.

Homer almost gets away with murdering his own son. Until Lisa's quick thinking led to such a violent kill scene. Homer's corpse was buried in the same graveyard as Snowball I. Now the two swapped bodies we get to see around Christmas. It's amusing to see Homer in Snowball I's body lol. In a rather mess up way this was a fitting punishment for him.

I got a couple Treehouse of Horror episodes to compare here. Bad Dream House from the original Treehouse of Horror episode. Dial "Z" for Zombies from Treehouse of Horror III. The Island of Dr. Hibbert from Treehouse of Horror XIII. Two of those are obvious since a burial ground was used. How I fit The Island of Dr. Hibbert in largely similar to Simpsons becoming animals.

I should mention Geriatric Park from Treehouse of Horror XXIX that does something. Similar with the elderly becoming dinosaurs a disappointing parody of Jurassic Park. Before I bring up the one segment from Treehouse of Horror episodes this reminds me of. Dog Boy Afternoon is a parody of both Freaky Friday and Pet Sematary respectively.

Fly vs. Fly from Treehouse of Horror VIII is my main example. I mean how the hell could it not be? Both centers on Bart swapping places with a different creature. A major difference being Fly vs. Fly is science fiction while Dog Boy Afternoon more supernatural. I would say this is more mess up than Fly vs. Fly though.

They didn't hold back when they needed to get gory. A regular Simpsons episode I wanna compare is I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot. Where the Simpsons goes through a couple pets in a single episode. Most of them including the original Snowball II died. I personally don't enjoy this episode for a lot of reasons. The episode ends renaming Snowball V to Snowball II which the cat looked identical.

The final segment is Vehicular Dad Slaughter. Teen versions of Bart and Lisa were in the process getting their driver licenses. They kept wondering where their dad was for seven years? It turns out their twin aunts were witches that worked at the DMV. They get tricked being sent inside driver ed films that end badly.

They guided Homer to escape those films. Their aunts pulls some dirty tricks on the way. Yes they do escape while the aunts gets sent to a section of Hell for terrible DMV employees. I guess constantly causing others to wait in long lines wasn't bad enough. This actually had some creativity to keep things interesting.

Once again I got a couple Treehouse of Horror episodes to compare. Treehouse of Horror VI through Groundskeeper Willie gets killed virtually the same exact way in all three segments. The Terror of Tiny Toons because the same Simpsons kids gets trapped inside television shows. Although that was more playing off science fiction while stretching one's imagination.

In vice versa, this was more on the supernatural side of things. Send in the Clones in Treehouse of Horror XIII was a bit obvious. We see a lot of Homer clones including the real one died the same way. Where the government used helicopters to flew over giant donuts as bait. Tricking Homers to fall over a cliff I bet the aunts loved that!!!

I've Grown a Costume on Your Face from Treehouse of Horror XVI. A witch gets disqualified from a costume content. In rage, she cursed the town of Springfield becoming their costumes. Which ended up backfiring because Maggie dressed up as a witch. The witch indirectly created another witch but a baby one.

Wanted: Dead, The Alive from Treehouse of Horror XXVI has Sideshow Bob repeatedly killing Bart. He does get karma when Homer killed him. Then Bart making some changes caused a revived Sideshow Bob being an abomination. Be Nine, Rewind from Treehouse of Horror XXXI involves both Lisa and Nelson stuck in a death loop.

Which so happened to be Lisa's birthday party. Eventually the two broke the loop to return things back to normal. My main example was Easy-Bake Coven from Treehouse of Horror VIII. Marge gets discovered as a witch. Along with her twin sisters decided to devour children. Then they tried a gingerbread man to start collecting candy from the village.

Thus, suddenly became the first Halloween. A vastly different witch story with the same aunts. It also ends up Homer calling his daughter Lisa a witch. The village starts chasing her following egging his own house out of stupidity. This was a strange spiritual successor to that. I still slightly prefer it over Vehicular Dad Slaughter.

Unexpectedly I got two regular Simpsons episodes to come. Marge and Homer's marriage renewal wasn't official. The couple decides to get married again. The aunts kidnapped Homer in the style of Saw series I wish I was kidding. Days of Future Future being one I couldn't ignore. It's among their What If Future episodes.

In this particular future episode, the original Homer died. Then Professor Frink kept cloning Homer repeatedly. Every single clone dies not long after each other. Then the professor confirmed he can't clone him anymore. Yet he did recreate what essentially was him digitally. Now existing an AI program it's a weird Simpsons episode.

I did enjoy the surprise gore in Vehicular Dad Slaughter. I just wanted things to be a little crazier. It's notably more entertaining as well as harder to predict than Bride's Shed Revisited. It wasn't a bad one to end the Halloween episode on. The actual length was a bit more justified. Honestly, I felt they did a good job with the segment.

Earlier I promised how does this compare to the other 2020 Treehouse of Horror episodes? I would say it's not even close to Treehouse of Horror XXXIII, XXXV and XXXVI respectively. I felt you could stick with that awesome intro with Dog Boy Afternoon you're good. Honestly, it was an alright Halloween episode.

Especially following the newer bonus Halloween Simpsons episode I already reviewed. I felt that's still the best overall Halloween Simpsons story we gotten this year. But it does help this one not sucking as bad as some of the other episodes. I would say you might find some enjoyment. Otherwise it's a tough sell making it 50/50 to watch this Halloween Simpsons episode or not?

My thoughts on Halloween Deathmatch - Live Action! (2026)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, here's an Halloween video I didn't even know was coming. Bat in the Sun whose responsible for Super Power Beat Down made this Halloween video. It's not determined by the amount of votes like their main web show. You can tell the team wanted to do something cool for the holiday.

Halloween Deathmatch - Live Action! (2026)

The video opens up to a small group of people. At first makes you think Jigsaw going to show up on the television. Instead it was The Joker played by Aaron Schoenke. Joker wants to do a crazy kill count game. He unleashed two horror icons in Arkham Asylum to hunt the group down. Before we go any further I really was loving the concept so far.

The two killers stalking them turned out to be Halloween's Michael Myers and CryptTV's The Look-See respectively. Yes one of them does win the game. The camera man might offend some people out there. It's a small guy dressed up as Robin. Majority of the kills are brutal I just find Myers more satisfying to watch.

Joker set some traps that did leave to bad things. The actual video length works amazingly well for this. The first to go was a security guard. Obviously when he fell, the group quickly fell apart. Who knows if Joker planned that or it just happened? It's a crazy game of cat and mouse. There's a twist that literately came out of no where.

Secretly among the group was Predator. Yes the famous alien hunter was actually stalking around invisible. Myers died when he gets upset The Look-See stolen his kill. Some might argue because both done notable harm to the last victim. They both could've tied to win the game. But I doubt Joker would've allowed that though.

What really threw me off is there's another section with Scooby Doo's Daphne and Velma. This time Velma's computer has Jigsaw popped up. They had to face three slasher villains together. Myers gets another go with the other two you may expected. Art the Clown and Ghostface showed up respectively. Velma was kicking ass against them while Daphne does nothing.

Of course, Daphne does eventually help save Velma. The last few minutes felt like it's own video. They clearly threw it in because they weren't done with the holiday. I would've preferred that would've been it's own video. The sudden change of plot with characters might cause confusion it sure did for me. But it still was a surprisingly awesome section of the video.

How does all this madness ends? Well the two ladies gets it on I'm serious!!! Jigsaw even wanted to watch that lol. I did prefer Joker being the host it just works better overall. I'm also glad Velma show versions weren't used either. I think the joke is they made these ladies into hunters. Although, they were discussing cases before three slashers came at them.

I would say most of the video works well. I did like they didn't waste time when it's not necessary. Like milking suspense that quickly takes away from a great kill scene. I can't say this felt like a horror movie but the plot itself is used a lot within the genre. This felt more like something Joker could've done if Batman wasn't involve or prevented the Dark Knight from rescuing the group.

I actually would be interested if they revisit the concept in the near future. Maybe go even crazier than last time I'll watch that!!! Also Myers was done better than Halloween Ends!!! You can tell they put a lot of time into this Halloween video. Even the little things you might notice kinda start sticking with you.

Honestly, it was a rather entertaining video even if it doesn't get a follow up. The first group is more what you would expect of most Silent Hill protagonists. They are just normal people for the most part that had troubled pasts. The last duo was more like Resident Evil protagonists. They had experience that was too prepared for anything.

I also wanted to say a week before Halloween with my possible current plans was a nice surprise. The first group was in a crazy escape location game. The last duo was about to get ambushed. Jigsaw usually really looks into people. I doubt he would've just attempt capturing them. Despite the actual intention in the video is to kill the ladies.

It is very possible a lot of multiplayer horror games with a similar concept could've inspired the video. This might've been an idea a small group of people quickly got ideas to make into what we have here. Who really knows what led to this video's creation? What we do know is Halloween Deathmatch is a decent Halloween video that was both clever as well as creative.

My thoughts on AVGN: Maniac Mansion (NES)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, another Halloween tradition is I watch Halloween episodes of The Angry Video Game Nerd. Which I been doing for nearly two decades now. But you just never know what James Rolfe going to do for these Halloween AVGN episodes. This year, he reviews a game I'm sure a lot of people waited a long time for him to actually review.

Maniac Mansion

This review was on the famous NES port. But it was originally an horror point & click game. This was the early days of the genre with overwhelming options. Somehow among those, Maniac Mansion is one of those must plays of that era. I felt how he opened up the review was perfect. He directly referenced a particular issue of Nintendo Power covering the game.

This is one of those unexpected weird, horror games. You get a couple playable characters which wasn't that common at the time. You get to explore an mansion with a lot of weird stuff. Considering all the weird stuff that happened on The Angry Video Game Nerd it's a fitting Halloween episode. He heavily plays off the trial and error aspects of the genre.

You gotta try everything out with every option. Some requiring additional stuff to use. Which means either carefully follow a guide or you have to write everything down. The jokes playing on stuff you shouldn't do. Especially trying to just walk up a ladder who does that? I personally thought he would've went a bigger on microwaving someone else's hamster.

Which so happens to be one of many easter eggs. But also the most violent thing you could cause in the game. He previously done an entire episode of another NES point & click game, Deja Vu. I felt some aspects of that was a little better. He also covered a few possible ways to beat the game. Some of these situations were quite weird!!!

You would think by logic you need to restore the power in order to play any Arcade cabinet. Who would ever think of just needing a coin? Maniac Mansion is one of those let's mash a few genres together for something different. I do wish the actual Halloween AVGN episode was a little longer. But the length still works better than Werewolf: The Last Warrior or especially Nosferatu.

I could tell Rolfe had some ideas. I'm glad he didn't hold back how he felt about it. Keep in mind, you likely wouldn't know any of this back then. If you didn't own that issue of Nintendo Power. Which was around the early internet era. Does anyone remember AOL dial up? Yeah a single call at the end of about to get to the internet.

Then bang you get cut off having to restart the process again. It seems like a game you barely see outside indie developers today. More recently there's Tenebris Somnia that adds in live action cutscenes. This game is as unusual as it possibly could get. It's one of those game unless you had notable experience prior.

You really won't know what to do with overwhelming options. Obviously playing off your patience while figuring stuff out. I felt Rolfe done a great job describing such a classic game. It won't be for everyone but the right people likely play the game a good while. Yes he is heavily playing on nostalgia when doesn't he?

The ending is a little unexpected I felt a little more could've happened. Like if he were to recreate one of the endings or make up a joke ending? I felt this was a decent Halloween AVGN episode. Despite my criticisms I do think it's rewatchable. Especially of the bigger jokes already doing wonders!!! He easily could come back with a follow up episode for more of the unexpected stuff surprisingly in the game.

You could consider this he covered the surface then the bottom layer. But everything within that sandwich though has many layers untouched. Maniac Mansion was already a difficult one to cover for so many reasons. I respected Rolfe went in right as business as usual reviewing the game. I also expected some mess up tentacle jokes.

He does make some rather mess up jokes. I won't necessary say that's a missed opportunity. But it could show up in a possible follow up episode. I really was expecting, "Wait how is that tentacle eating food?" It's a just a huge tentacle of a octopus/squid like creature. Unless it's mouth in this situation being the suckers on that tentacle.

Well I guess that would suck!!! I felt what he did delivered I was quite satisfied. It would be nice to see Maniac Mansion get a remastered or a somewhat decent rerelease. I also could hope someone make a rom hack replacing a lot of these options with AVGN phases. Now I would love to see someone make that rom hack!!!

Of course, it won't leave to anything as it's own joke. The actual episode itself felt like this game perfectly mashed with the show. I also think this clearly had a few months to get done. It was a fun surprise in time for Halloween. Which so happens to be next Saturday. I'm almost all set for the holiday waiting for an handful of stuff entertainment wise.

Mortal Kombat II (2026) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, here's another video game movie I wanted to see for a while. Mortal Kombat II was one of the video game movies you hear about all year. I may be funny being a fan in recent years. But I still wanted to review the new Mortal Kombat movie in time for Halloween. I actually got a lot to say about this movie.

Mortal Kombat II (2026)

It is a follow up to Mortal Kombat (2021 film). Which was before the actual tournament movie. We got the tournament like the first live action Mortal Kombat movie. I will go over what I liked to what I didn't like. The fatalities are very satisfying to watch. Most of the characters looked amazing. Even with notable CGI on Noob Saibot looked to a degree.

I did liked Karl Urban's take on Johnny Cage. I just wished he would've gotten his powers a little sooner. Which led to his redemption following the tournament. I also liked this strange best friends with Baraka. Some of the later moments with these two were funny. Kano ended up being an anti-hero rather than being the monster we all know him for.

I also felt the character was a bit toned down with humor. In the previous live action MK movie, Kano really stolen the show. Now he's just kinda there you kept thinking he's going to betray Earthrealm. But spoiler he never does that felt out of his character. I also like Ed Boon in two different ways cameo in the movie.

Everyone knows from some trailers, Ed was a bartender in the movie. They hid in a surprise, "Here Over Here!!!" the iconic Scorpion voice over we all loved!!! I felt there's a somewhat decent selection of characters. The actual look of well everything was amazing!!! The fight scenes were satisfying enough to get the job done.

It's a shame the actual story was kinda an after thought. The beginning is a flash back where King Jerrod loss to Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat. Kitana secretly vowed revenge on the emperor. I was a little funny about parts of Jade's appearance. But it was alright not ideal but easily could've been a little better. Kahn cheated with a amulet to become immortal to cheat matches in the tournament.

I'm surprised the Elder Gods allowed this to happen. There was virtually nothing from them regarding the matter. Thankfully, the amulet gets destroyed removing his immortality. I will confirm Liu Kang isn't the one to beat Kahn. He unexpectedly left the tournament for a more personal cause. Yeah leave the fate of Earthrealm up to whose left while trying to save someone else's soul good idea!!!

The story ended up being a bit too predictable. Johnny Cage took the longest to join Earthrealm when he's needed most. Some of the characters like Quan Chi was a bit difficult to look at. In a rather unpleasant way that sorta hurt the character. The tournament was notably rushed compared to the first live action MK movie's.

Raiden gets temporary put out of commission. We knew Outworld was going to cheat. We didn't expect they target Raiden though. I also will confirm Cole from the previous live action MK movie doesn't survive. Personally I felt they allowed such a bs match with him to make some people happy. Look I get it, some didn't care for the character.

I still don't think he deserve to be done in like this!!! Kitana gets allowed to switch sides in the tournament to now fight for Earthrealm. She challenges Shao Kahn in a final battle to determine the fate of Earthrealm. She does kill Kahn off with a rather over the top violent fatality. I'm surprised this wasn't in any of the MK games it was next level stuff!!!

This lacked something that could've made the movie more interesting. The previous live action MK movie we learned some details not directly in the games. Like how the Elder Gods choose their champions for each realms. The movie clearly didn't have enough room to breath. To truly stand out in a way it could've been among the best MK movies.

I felt this more middle of the road among all MK movies. It's still better than The Journey Begins and Cage Match respectively. Maybe if the movie would've went smaller with the characters. Then increase focus on the story we could've had an amazing MK movie on our hands. I still felt most of the characters are done well.

There's a lot to like in the movie but some of my big issues makes it difficult to come back for revisits. It seems like they tried to play games a little safe. They should've went all the way for it!!! I wanna see people get ripped apart with blood flying all over the place!!! This felt like we get MK1 but no MKII that sucks!!!

Yes we gotten some characters pulled from MKII. What I meant is they pulled select few things then called it a day. Even the newer live action Resident Evil movie which isn't based on any RE games was better!!! Honestly, it felt like they wanted the money more than making actual MK fans happy!!! It's still way better than Mortal Kombat: Annihilation despite sharing some of it's issues.

I get working with a huge cast can be difficult. But considering movies like The Lord of the Rings series exists!!! Yeah I did expect much more than what we actually gotten. I could've removed the actual story still doesn't help the movie much. I would have to say my favorite scene is when Cage punched Baraka down below was funny.

The writing as a whole just felt it doesn't quite come together. Any huge MK fan could've written some amazing MK fan stories. The movie just felt incomplete missing a little too much. The humor won't be as funny as the previous live action MK movie. But you might get a laugh or too. I could recommend it to people that could enjoy this MK movie.

Two More Horror Movies Based on Video Games reviews

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I recently reviewed two great short horror films based on video games. Now I'll go a step further reviewing two more movies based on video games. These actually are official movies of their respective franchises with a lot of praise. I knew eventually I had to see both of these horror movies soon.

Iron Lung (2026)

Iron Lung was based on the indie horror game of the same name. The movie follows a convict later revealed to be named Simon. He gets forced to travel in a small submarine into dangerous territories. You literately could say this man been through hell!!! The actual look of the movie was truly amazing stuff!!! Markiplier proves he sure can act.

I personally haven't played the game this was based on. Although I have actual game play of it prior. This was vastly different take on the concept. The movie is very centered around Simon from start to finish. Yes it does play on psychological to a degree. For a short period, he's still in the submarine made it to where the group was.

Their leader so desperate forcing tasks on him. He has to travel into a sea of blood. Markplier actually broke a record for the most fake blood used in a movie. I never seen this much red within an indie horror movie prior that wasn't from murders. Simon has to figure a lot of stuff out. As the movie his situation kept getting worst.

You actually felt bad when more of his past gets revealed. Suddenly being the Billy Coen situation. Yes I'm directly referencing an Resident Evil character from Resident Evil 0. Both were pinned a crime then sentenced in a way would be a death sentence. Coen was meant to be sent to a firing squad. Simon would've been left to die within that bloody sea.

This sorta felt like BioShock as well as Fallout to a degree. The main setting is Simon's sub but very often we see x-rays around that sea. You get some idea what he's dealing with on a daily basis. Markiplier funded the entire movie with $3 million dollars. He actually made $52 million dollars from movie theaters.

He was very surprised his movie gotten into movie theaters being an indie horror movie. The special effects are some of the absolute best I seen for an indie horror movie. Despite an handful of actors mostly voice overs works amazingly well. Simon was on the verge of dying from lack of oxygen. Yes there is some amazing gore very late into the movie.

You really felt exactly what Markipler wanted you to feel the entire time. A level of paranoia who to trust? Simon is mostly alone despite things that plays on another real thing. There's people in the world that can't go a notable period without people. I also liked we don't get a full reveal of the monster either. Which forces the viewers to use their imagination.

Yes we do see it from x-rays but it works in a way we may not handle what it actually looks like. Thus somehow effectively made the monster even more terrifying. I also wanna point out the actual blood we see in the movie looks amazing!!! The big twist is Ava tried to use him getting something that could've figure out what happened?

It started with an unusual skeleton he found. Then later became data that was somehow up on another submarine. Yes he was being lied to getting saved, it never was in her plans. I felt in a way Ava was worst than the monsters. You got to realize he was forced to do these tasks. There was parts of blind trust that eventually felled through.

Iron Lung was a rather ambitious indie horror movie. Markiplier spent a lot of his spare time making the movie including editing. In fact, he's done most of the important roles. This movie was outdoing a lot of horror movies from bigger movie companies. I will confirm Simon doesn't survive in the end. But he had some amazing luck despite a lot of crazy stuff that happens.

Simon tried to warn Ava something else was down there. Her desperation there had to be a way to save what's left of humanity to a fault. The movie doesn't make it clear how many of the population left? What we do know is Iron Lung truly lives up to how the game would've made you felt. You also can tell the game meant a lot to Markiplier.

He did state he does plan to make another movie based on a video game with no clues given. But if it's being done like this I'm very interested!!! This guy absolutely knocked the movie out the park!!! There isn't many light moments but there's a few emotional scenes that speaks volumes. Honestly, this was a great video game movie I recommend checking out.

Resident Evil (2026)

I will be honest some stuff the director Zach Cregger revealed about the movie. I was going in thinking this could end up as the worst Resident Evil movie yet. Thankfully it is a surprisingly decent Resident Evil movie. Despite not actually based on any of the Resident Evil games. Instead Cregger focused on newer Resident Evil games gameplay as direct inspiration.

The movie follows a medical student Bryan Hodukavich that's on his way to deliver something. As soon as a zombie gotten hit by his car, it kept getting crazier!!! Hodukavich really goes through a lot to make a delivery. I never said he was delivering a pizza lol. This turned out to be among the bloodiest Resident Evil movies to date.

He gets to experience a house where he gets a shotgun. Which you'll see in some of the trailers. Yes it is in fact an double barreled shotgun. I liked the little facts like Hodukavich checking around for ammo was similar to those Resident Evil games. There isn't many creatures that's in the Resident Evil movie. You also can tell in a few ways it's also inspired by The Thing (1982 film).

A notable portions of the movie had snow to a degree. Some of the infected attached together making abominations. Currently the highest earning Resident Evil movie to date. Also currently the highest ranked movie based on a video game franchise as well. Cregger took a huge risks not using any of the characters from the games.

Although Umbrella Corporation is in the movie. Yes Raccoon City made an appearance where the movie ends. It's vastly different from both Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City respectively. The amount of gore was truly mind blowing!!! Yes this Resident Evil movie gets truly disgusting at times!!!

I will say Cregger nailed the feel of those newer main Resident Evil games better than expected. One of my favorite scenes was Hodukavich grabbed the splitting creature. Forced it's acidic throw up on the main monster pursuing him in the movie. Then he threw that splitting creature down too. Everything about that short moment was done perfectly!!!

End of the day, he just wants to finish one more delivery. There's a rather mess up scene in an RV I'll let that explain itself to not spoil what happens inside. They never confirmed what exactly it is infecting people? I will confirm this isn't pulled directly from the games. Although some of it's characteristics was though.

I will be honest I went in thinking I'm going to hate this movie. To be quite honest, I actually enjoyed it a lot even as a huge Resident Evil fan. It is borderlines not directly based on a video game franchise. Somehow Cregger found a way to make his own Resident Evil style. He already confirmed this is his only RE movie before moving on.

Sometimes you wanna put all your effort into one movie or game than pushing yourself doing more. This had one of the most clearest perceptive among the live action Resident Evil movies. Up to a point, you are rooting for Hodukavich to make that delivery. I will confirmed he does get infected that gets notably worst as the rest of the movie went on.

Yes I didn't expect much for the ending prior. But I really wasn't expecting this ending in all honestly. Hodukavich does deliver the missing piece to a cure. But his mutation into a monster gotten out of control by that point. He ends up causing the antidote to fall before loss control. Which confirms the rest of the world going to share the same horrific fate.

There's some amazing visuals as well as special effects. I also liked in one scene a few First Aid Sprays were nearby. Any RE fan knows First Aid Sprays are among the best health items. They fully heal you back to full health making them essential during harder runs. There's also a short scene we see a dark room with a typewriter.

The classic saving method involves using a typewriter to save your process. The actual pacing of the movie is quite similar if you're watching just the cutscenes of those Resident Evil games. There's a couple characters including an handful of Umbrella people. I also gotta mention Hodukavich is terrible with guns.

He is the most human of a protagonist in the live action Resident Evil movies. Well before his horrible fate that is. This guy faced a lot of infected animals mostly rats. I was quite surprised how they were introduced in the movie. Hodukavich gets a few weapons as the movie goes on. They heavily played off you can't access because of locks.

Which directly became a huge running gag of this Resident Evil movie. Some could argue if it wasn't titled Resident Evil, you easily could've called it something else. Well there is some truth to that I respectively disagree. This surprisingly felt like an Resident Evil movie. Just comparing the live action RE movies is really saying something.

I felt it actually belongs in my Top 3 Live Action Resident Evil movies. Along with the first two live action Resident Evil movies. Personally if you want more actual Resident Evil movies wise. Stick with the animated movies that's where it's at. But this is a decent alternative to those. I also gotta mention the famous scene zombies falling off builds hitting around the protagonist.

Sorta raining zombies with amazing special effects as they hit the ground!!! I also liked we kept seeing Hodukavich's condition worsens with each one being greatly showcased. There's a few stuff that surprised haven't actually happened in the Resident Evil games. A great example being the splitting creature melted most of an elevator with a lot of splitting.

I was wondering when an electric fence gets used in the franchise? I guess Resident Evil 10 going to have one because of this Resident Evil movie. The scene we seen an infected devouring another one without a head was disturbing!!! They did referenced the diamond key which I really wasn't expecting. This is easily among the best scripts of an Resident Evil movie to date.

You can tell Cregger was a huge fan of the franchise. Yes I do agree RE7 short film I reviewed not long ago was better. This took the concept in a rather unexpected direction. The closest RE game to this would be Resident Evil 0. Rebecca being the newest member of S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team. She is the team's medic that ended up as the solo survivor following the events of the Spencer Mansion.

In a sense we needed a more medical take on the concept. I felt Cregger done a decent job with this Resident Evil movie. The movie doesn't reveal much what caused the viral outbreak? Good luck trying to get it out the first Umbrella character you see in the movie. Honestly, the way everything was executed being up truly amazing stuff!!!

Conclusion

This ended up being a surprisingly decent double feature. I actually seen these horror video game movies in reverse order. You knew I had to see Resident Evil movie first. Both of them are easily highly recommended that you must see soon. People having different takes it's possible you like one, both or neither?

I personally enjoyed both these movies a lot. Iron Lung is easily among the most impressive indie horror movies I ever seen!!! Resident Evil was a rather unusual take on the concept that worked amazingly well. Although I did prefer Resident Evil over Iron Lung. Also both having darker endings you wouldn't expect.

Both of them are truly well made movies. I really can't say enough about either film. Iron Lung nails a rather huge focus on it's protagonist with a concept that shouldn't worked this well. Resident Evil came off as a surprise home run hit with the crowd going wild!!! I do see why both of them were nominated for Best Game Adaptation award at Golden Joystick Awards 2026.

I will be honest I actually voted for Mortal Kombat II movie. There's no way in hell I was going to vote for Devil May Cry Season 2!!! I will say this out of respect they are worthy of their nominations. You really can't go wrong with either video game movie. Just know there's an insane amount of blood in both of them you're good.