Eleven years ago, Halloween fell on a Friday and I made that the theme of the update. Now I’m bringing that energy back in more than just the sprites in this final HorrorThon 2025 update!
Custom Sprites:
– Friday the 13th : Jason Voorhees (walking) and unnamed running counselor.
– Halloween: Michael Myers/The Shape – 1978 top of the stairs pose
– Splatterhouse: Terror Mask boss (giant mask version)
part 1: Remains of the Night
Custom Sprites:
– Mega Man : Skullman
– Castlevania: Dhuron
– Splatterhouse: Splatterhouse 2 Zombie
part 2: Creature Features
Custom Sprites:
– Darkstalkers: Demitri (scratch-made idle pose)
– Castlevania: Medusa
– Horror – Critters: The Crites (just the small ones, for now)
All new custom sprites and mini-logos were added to the fake screenshot makers/image generators that I used to make the group shot at the top of this post. Dhuron is in the “Castlevania skeletons” character slot.
One more day of horror left!
Arcade Quartermaster has the new shrines up, with one for Smash TV and Sky Destroyer!
part 1
– Horror – The Craft: completely redone Nancy Downs hovering (“Surprise”) sprite.
– Marvel Comics: New Scarlet Witch spellcasting pose
– Illmosis/ScrollBoss: An updated version of the new ‘cos-ladies’ Witch sprite I added last week and a second version in a slightly more traditional-looking witch outfit.
Stay tuned, there’ll be a second themed part of this update added later today. The title: On Leather Wings. Pretty sure some comic and cartoon fans can guess at least one of the sprites in that batch!
All new custom sprites were added to the fake screenshot makers/image generators that I used to make the group shot at the top of this post. The cos-lady witches now have more palette separation for their outfits.
Can’t have a HorrorThon without a teaser video, can we?
Over a dozen new static sprites for the site (that’s not even counting alternate versions of them) and more new animation than usual will be in the main video.
The HorrorThon kicks off next week, but here’s a little something to get you
GFX Generator: The new 2025 theater lobby with posters chosen by site visitors has been added to the Screenstyles with multiple background choices: Group, Vs., Marvel vs. Capcom ending, Box 160 x 192 pixels, and Comic 88 pixel. In the Box and Comic settings, I made an extra version that crops to the two movies that got the most votes: Dawn of the Dead and Evil Dead 2.
As a bonus surprise, I’ve put an early version of a new sprite into the “ScrollBoss – Cos-ladies” character: a witch! For now all you can do is change the color of her skin, hair, eyes, and laces while she wears an all-black outfit. She’ll have more extra palette powers (and possibly other surprises) when she’s updated during next week’s HorrorThon! Speaking of which, here’s a taste of the new pixel art that will stalk this site during the marathon:
This update stars one horror movie classic from the 70s and one from the 80s, but this update has a little something for almost everyone!
Custom Sprites:
– Nightmare on Elm Street: celebrating the 40th anniversary of that first film with new sprites of Freddy and Tina
– Horror: Regan from the Exorcist, Acid Dracula (WNUF Halloween Special)
– Masters of the Universe: Shadow Weaver (She-Ra)
– Night Slashers: updated Hong Hua with redrawn head.
– ScrollBoss characters: Vonetta (a.k.a. Vernacula) gets a new pose
GFX Generators: all new custom sprites and mini-logos have been added to the generators, where you can make your own graphics like the one at the top of this post!
Couldn’t let you go without giving you a another short video for the HorrorThon, so here it is!
Take care and have Happy Halloween!
The fan-made Mega Splatterhouse demo for Genesis/Mega Drive is available for download, so run and get it while you can!
In related news, West Mansion, the Splatterhouse Fan Site, updated today, so check the news page to see what’s new!
We return to those really weird-looking woods that seem to attract clowns, but it looks like the usual layer of mist has somehow drawn another threat into the mix…
Custom Sprites:
– Midway: CarnEvil’s Sneek
– NARC: a redrawn Kinky Pinky (replacing the one from 2013)
– Horror: Jumbo from Killer Klowns from Outer Space
– Silent Hill: Red Pyramid
Celebrating 10 years of fear with the tenth annual DangerTerrorHorrorThon!
Custom Sprites:
– Castlevania: Kid Dracula, Dragon Cannon/Bone Pillar (Castlevania 1 style) and bat (ANIMATED .GIF!)
– Splatterhouse: idle and blade idle for Rick with the TubroGrafx-16 mask.
– Night Slashers: new Mummy boss sprite and redone Christopher sprite
Mini-logos: Kid Dracula added to Konami gallery, Killer Klowns from Outer Space added to movies.
GFX Generators: the Marvel vs. Capcom 1 ending screen option now has a horror movie theater lobby background, something that’s only been in the site’s videos for a few years. The secretly-added Cosplay Ladies Nurse sprite(called that until I can come up with a better name) was updated and has more color options. Weirdly, there seems to be a bug where the extra color options don’t take effect sometimes, so I’ll have to try and figure out how to fix that. edit: error fixed
The DangerTerrorHorrorThon returns tomorrow night with more horror, including an often-requested survival horror enemy and a return of the clowns in the woods!
One last bit of business before the DangerTerrorHorrorThon is done haunting the site for this year. If you’re a regular visitor, you probably knew that the only thing left was a new video, but I hope you still get some surprises out of this one. You already got a clue about one earlier in the HorrorThon. Happy Halloween!
The fear is here once again! Here’s the first update:
Custom Sprites:
– Castlevania: Shaft and Ghost Shaft
– Resident Evil: Licker
– Splatterhouse: Rick Taylor/Mirror Rick pose, and the other Revival Dead zombie
– Horror: Freddy Krueger, Toxic Avenger
Stay tuned, there’s one small update coming later tonight!
