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<blockquote data-quote="LuisCarlos17f" data-source="post: 8262100" data-attributes="member: 6802378"><p>Ravenloft is its own horror subgenre, maybe epic horror. Sam Raini's "Army of Darkness" is horror-comedy, but with some pieces of epic when the characters want to defends the peasants in the castle against the undead hordes. Blade, Buffy and other titles about vampire-hunters are epic horror. Ghostbusters is comedy with some pieces of horror, but also epic when they have to save the day and protect the innocents.</p><p></p><p>Castlevania and Blizzard's Diablo are epic horror, but Dark Soul or other more difficult videogames aren't horror. Doom Eternal or Mortal Kombat are gore, but not horror. Warhammer Fantasy RPG is mainly dark fantasy, and also may be epic horror.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.cubicle7games.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Castle-Dracenfels-1E.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 303px" /></p><p></p><p>Ghost'n'Goblins (Capcom's videogame from 80s) has got zombies in the first stage, but it is not horror. Horror is when the heroes discover the evil necromancer has used the innocent children from the orphanage like cannon fodder to create his little zombie squad. Data East's "Night Slashers" is a beat-em up arcade with lots of monsters and zombies, but it is not really horror. Ghost Wisheperer is a supernatural drama, sometimes with some little pieces of horror. Capcom's videogame "Dark Stalkers" is supernatural action, but not true horror. Silvester Stallone's "Cobra" is mainly action, but some scenes of the Night Slasher is horror.</p><p></p><p>Ravenloft as horror product has to be different because most of times teorically the main characters should survive, when in the rest of horror fiction is only "one-shot" stories (and in other TTRPGs the creation of new PC is easier and faster because the survival rating is lower), but the players worry more about the survival of their PCs. </p><p></p><p>OK, maybe Ravenloft isn't 100% gothic horror but sometimes only epic+supernatural, but it is a franchise with a big future and even it could become popular among the non-players thanks the right action-live movie produced by Entertaiment-One.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://scary-stories.fandom.com/wiki/Scary_Stories_to_Tell_in_the_Dark_Wikia[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VampireHunter[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://hemlockgrove.fandom.com/wiki/Hemlock_Grove_Wiki[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_horror_fiction_television_series[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LuisCarlos17f, post: 8262100, member: 6802378"] Ravenloft is its own horror subgenre, maybe epic horror. Sam Raini's "Army of Darkness" is horror-comedy, but with some pieces of epic when the characters want to defends the peasants in the castle against the undead hordes. Blade, Buffy and other titles about vampire-hunters are epic horror. Ghostbusters is comedy with some pieces of horror, but also epic when they have to save the day and protect the innocents. Castlevania and Blizzard's Diablo are epic horror, but Dark Soul or other more difficult videogames aren't horror. Doom Eternal or Mortal Kombat are gore, but not horror. Warhammer Fantasy RPG is mainly dark fantasy, and also may be epic horror. [IMG width="303px"]https://www.cubicle7games.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Castle-Dracenfels-1E.jpg[/IMG] Ghost'n'Goblins (Capcom's videogame from 80s) has got zombies in the first stage, but it is not horror. Horror is when the heroes discover the evil necromancer has used the innocent children from the orphanage like cannon fodder to create his little zombie squad. Data East's "Night Slashers" is a beat-em up arcade with lots of monsters and zombies, but it is not really horror. Ghost Wisheperer is a supernatural drama, sometimes with some little pieces of horror. Capcom's videogame "Dark Stalkers" is supernatural action, but not true horror. Silvester Stallone's "Cobra" is mainly action, but some scenes of the Night Slasher is horror. Ravenloft as horror product has to be different because most of times teorically the main characters should survive, when in the rest of horror fiction is only "one-shot" stories (and in other TTRPGs the creation of new PC is easier and faster because the survival rating is lower), but the players worry more about the survival of their PCs. OK, maybe Ravenloft isn't 100% gothic horror but sometimes only epic+supernatural, but it is a franchise with a big future and even it could become popular among the non-players thanks the right action-live movie produced by Entertaiment-One. [URL unfurl="true"]https://scary-stories.fandom.com/wiki/Scary_Stories_to_Tell_in_the_Dark_Wikia[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VampireHunter[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://hemlockgrove.fandom.com/wiki/Hemlock_Grove_Wiki[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_horror_fiction_television_series[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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