10 Obscure Horror Movie Video Games You May Have Forgotten About

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Video games based on horror movies have become increasingly rare over the years, but there was a time when it was not all that uncommon for popular horror movies to be turned into playable adventures. Franchises like Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Aliens, and Jaws have all made the leap to gaming consoles, but they only represent the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

Here are 10 lesser-remembered horror movie games you may have forgotten about!

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1) FROM DUSK TILL DAWN – MICROSOFT WINDOWS

What happened to Seth Gecko after the events of From Dusk Till Dawn? Though we didn’t find out in the sequel, a company called Cryo Interactive set out to answer that very question with a first-person shooter they released in 2001. Story goes that Seth is locked up on a prison tanker, convicted of murder following the events at the Titty Twister. Once vampires invade the ship, disguised as inmates, he’s once again forced to play the badass hero. Not surprisingly, George Clooney did not return to provide the voice for Seth Gecko.

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2) ARACHNOPHOBIA – AMIGA, COMMODORE 64, AMSTRAD CPC & MS-DOS

Exterminator Delbert McClintock returned in 1991 for a video game adaptation of the previous year’s Arachnophobia, developed by BlueSky Software and released by Disney. Players controlled McClintock in this simple side-scroller, tasked with wiping out hordes of vicious spiders that are invading buildings and homes all over the United States. Armed with the pesticide Toxi-Max, you went from location to location, spraying the spiders dead before they had a chance to attack you.

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3) FRIGHT NIGHT – AMIGA

Three years after the release of Fright Night, Tom Holland’s beloved vampire film became a side-scrolling Amiga video game. You controlled vampire Jerry Dandrige and were tasked with going room to room in a large mansion and draining victims of blood, all the while making sure to avoid the crosses being hurled your way. Sounds like an easy job, right? There’s one big catch. True to the downside of being a vampire, you had to make sure Jerry was back in his coffin before the sun rose up each day, or else he’d become a deep-fried version of himself.

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