Why Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion is Horror PERFECTION

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  @Spellweaver5 · 3 years ago

  What I really like about cardboard cutouts is that their scare factor is twofold.<br>First is how you react to them in the early game, when you didn&apos;t expect anything, and then get spooked by the first appearance. Then you probably laugh or groan, and soon get used to them.<br>But afterwards, in the later game, when you actually met real monsters, you become so tense, so on edge, that those innocent stumps and jellies start scaring you again. To the point where I saw some streamers yell, then rage at the stupid stump that scared them.

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  @AndresElPatronFH · 3 years ago

  About specimen 10, I personally found it terrying but for not the usual reason. I found the cat-dos entry of the worm/eel thing before I found the one about the actual specimen 10, and since it of course said it&apos;s a worm like thing and that it is completely harmless. When I eventually did find his lair I was of course very tense, but when the worm came out the vent I felt relief funnily enough. I thought &quot;Oh, I know this thing! It&apos;s harmless, the game is trying to scare me.&quot; But then it stops and the actual visceral thing comes out, completely destroying the relief I had found a second ago. So while it is not by favorite specimen, It gave me one of the most original scares I&apos;ve ever had.

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  @AnnoyD · 3 years ago (edited)

  Imagine being a literal monster letting some guy escape because he hit you too often only to find out a little later that he&apos;s your newest co-worker.

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  @Clemenadeee · 2 years ago

  Small correction, Unit 731 gave practically zero information on the human body. “How much blood can you loose before you die” was already known, it was torture for torture’s sake. Sometimes they were POWs, alot of times they were Chinese civilians

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  @demi-femme4821 · 3 years ago

  Fun fact! Originally the note that has the <b>inserts obscure horror reference that no one gets and misinterprets as instructions somehow</b> was actually about avoiding picking up other notes to prevent summoning the &quot;tall man&quot;, a reference to the Slenderman game. However, players took this as a hint that a specimen would attack you if you picked up the notes, so they had to change it.

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  @Awesomeness-iz3dh · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0pPrDXLDQY&amp;t=1158">19:18</a> This line was originally a reference to Slenderman where he said he wouldn&apos;t pick up notes to avoid summoning the &apos;Tall Man&apos;. Many people misunderstood and thought this was an actual enemy that would spawn if you kept picking up notes, so they stopped reading them and missed the whole story, leading to the line being changed.

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  @projectD1S · 3 years ago

  Imagine if on subsequent runs, after getting the bad end, the old you actually spawns as a specimen in chases

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  @Dacooljoestudios · 2 years ago

  The way it disguises as a cute horror then transitions to actual horror with actual monsters chasing you actually makes this game good

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  @ladylunaginaofgames40 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Fun fact: prior to the Halloween update that added the dollhouse, some specimens you would consider to be good were actually buffed to make them scarier. The Deer Lord used to be underwhelming and slow until Akira gave it no clip. And I think Strawby was given a slight visual upgrade to make it more phantom like by adding special effects as it moves so you think its moving much faster than you think

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  @ThatReplyGuy · 3 years ago

  The Ringo music is less of an alarm, and sounds A LOT like the class bell that plays in Japanese schools to signal the start of class, which also makes sense with the naming and theme.

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  @seriousquil7161 · 3 years ago

  Funnily enough the “Beef Demon” before the 3d update chase had a different feel to it. Had severe rubber-band AI and huge bursts of speed, mix in that fact it travels through walls. It was basically a just a exhilarating run through bigger rooms and at moments would overshoot past in front of you. However it’s sorta disappointing that it was tone back a lot in the 3d update. It’s honestly nowhere near as threatening, intense, or interesting as the others nowadays.

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  @ordinaryextraordinary9484 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0pPrDXLDQY&amp;t=3118">51:58</a> Given the relationship of this specimen to Unit 731, this audio clip is likely referring to human bodies, as the prisoners of 731 were often euphemistically referred to as “logs” by staff (ex: asking “how many logs fells?” was asking “how many prisoners succumbed to their injuries?”)

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