October Horror Challenge - Five Nights At Freddy's 2 (2025)

 Synopsis

Dealing with the aftermath of the first film, Abby deals with the loss of her friends and Mike and Vanessa do their best to be normal. 

Review

As a casual FNAF fan, this one did a good job of explaining the character variations. For example, I just assumed Freddy and Toy Freddie were the same character. Personally I find the lore of these flicks fascinating and the Easter eggs and references to the game fun. I understand that not everyone will feel that way though. Like the first, there isn't a lot of blood in this one. Though there are a few deaths, the gore isn't really scene other a bit of blood. This was done to keep the flick PG-13, but honestly just because we don't see things, doesn't make the events less horrific. There's a fun meta aspect to the movie, given the town's obssession with Freddy's.

Once again, Piper Rubio, is fantastic. She is the real star of show. She's a young actress with a lot of talent. Josh Hutcherson's Mike is a great likable lead too. The lore for Elizabeth Lail's Vanessa deepens in this story and honestly, I feel Mike is completely justified in his distrust. Skeet Ulrich joins the cast as Henry, William Afton's partner. Speaking of William Afton, despite being killed at the end of the first film he appears in visions. in the sequel. Considering how sweet and whole he is IRL, Matthew Lillard makes a chilling villain. Speaking of villains, Megan Fox voices Toy Chica. 

Like the first, this isn't for everyone, but I really enjoyed it. Can't wait for the third. 

In Your Game

The Marrionette (Undead) 

Armor Class: 14

Hit Dice: 3
Move: 12, Fly 12
Actions: 1
Attack: Claw (d6) or Possession
Special: Immune to mind-affecting effects, Madness, Poisons, Being Sickened, Diseases, and Critical Hits, Wall Crawling

Bonuses: +3 to hit, +4 to Melee damage

Alignment: Evil

Morale: 10

Madness: NA
Terror: 12

HDE: 4

Possession: Target must make a Magic saving throw or be controlled by the Marionette. While possessing a body the Marionette can only take damage from psychic or holy sources. A body possessed in this way gains the ability to fly and wall crawl.

October Horror Movie Challenge 2026

Viewed: 23
First Time Views: 14

October Horror Challenge - Five Nights At Freddy's (2023)

 Synopsis

Struggling to keep custody of his little sister, Mike, takes a night time security job at a defunct pizza restaurant.

Review

Since I've plan on watching the sequel I figure I'd rewatch the first. You can check out my initial review here. Upon second viewing, I still think this is a good FNAF movie. As much as I traditionally hate jump scares in movies, the game is known for them and the movie needs them. 

In Your Game

Animatronic, Possessed Fazbear (Construct)

Armor Class: 10

Hit Dice: 4+3
Move: 12
Actions: 1
Attack: Bite (d6)
Special: Immune to mind-affecting effects, Madness, Poisons, Being Sickened, Diseases, and Critical Hits, Toughness +2, electricity stuns for d4 rounds

Bonuses: +2 to hit, +4 to Melee damage, +4 to Dancing,  +5 to Art & Music

Alignment: Neutral 

Morale: 10

Madness: NA
Terror: 11

HDE: 3

October Horror Movie Challenge 2026

Viewed: 22
First Time Views: 13

Music Monday - F*ck The Pain Away

I love Peaches and her original version of Fuck The Pain Away is a classic. She recently teamed up with the makers of the new Hellraiser video game to do a new mix, featuring Doug Bradley.

I was already hyped for this game but now I’m next level excited.

October Horror Challenge - Resident Evil (2026)

    

Synopsis

Medical courier, Bryan, finds himself trapped in a nightmare while attempting to make a delivery to Raccoon City.

 

Review

I love Resident Evil. I've been playing the games since the late 90's. Resident Evil 2 was the first Playstation game I bought. I loved the first Paul W.S. Anderson flick and liked the sequels well enough. I also enjoyed the Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. I think Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil is better than any of the previous film. The cool thing about the movie, is even if you don't know anything about Resident Evil, you can enjoy this one. There are nods to the games, like Heavy Field shot gun shells or a small safe room with a type writer, but if you miss them you are fine.

Austin Abrams stars as Bryan, a medical courier who signs up for the wrong delivery. In my opinion, he's one of the most realistic horror protagonist I've seen in a while. He's just a dude. He say's "what the fuck" a lot. He tries to do good. He sucks at using guns. I just found him relatable. The monsters are horrifying. Many are new but fit into RE lore nicely. If you are a fan of the series, I assume most of the new creatures have some variation of the G virus.

Cregger has become one of my favorite horror directors. Barbarian and Weapons were both phenomenal. Comedic writers making great horror is one of my new favorite things.

Your Game

I'm going to stat one of the movie's horrific new creatures for SURVIVE THIS!! Zombies!.

The Amalgam (Undead)

Armor Class: 14
Hit Dice: 6 + 6 HP
Move: 15
Actions: 3
Attack: Bite (d8+ infection), Claw (d8 + infection), 

Special: Assimilate, undead (they can Run and are intelligent), toughness +3, zombie
Bonuses: +7 to melee attacks, +2 to melee damage, +8 to initiative, +10 to Athletics

Alignment: Neutral

Morale: 10

Madness: -
Terror: 16

HDE: 6

Assimilate: If the amalgam kills an opponent they can take a turn to assimilate the body. They immediately heal 1d6 hit points and their hit dice permanently increase by 1 + 1 HP.

Infection: If their bite or claws deal damage, the target must make a Poison Save, or they become infected. If infected, they are at -1 to all attacks & skill rolls, lose 1/2 their Move (rounded up), and lose 1 HP an hour until magically or psychically healed or until they make another another Poison Save attempt. They may try another Poison Save every 3 hours. If they die while infected, they will become a zombie.

Undead: Undead are immune to mind-affecting effects, Poisons, stuns, being sickened, Diseases & Critical Hits.

Zombie: They will continue to try to eat the living until they are reduced to 0 HP and their brain is destroyed. If the brain remains intact, they will fight no matter how negative their HP gets. They can be incapacitated by destroying their legs or body.

October Horror Movie Challenge 2026

Viewed: 7
First Time Views: 6

October Horror Challenge - Return to Silent Hill (2026)

Synopsis

James is an alcoholic with a troubled mind. A letter from his lost love draws him back to the mysterious town of Silent Hill.

Review

To say that I was greatly disappointed with this one is a gross understatement. I loved 2006's Silent Hill and even enjoyed he often maligned sequel, Silent Hill: Revelation. I thought they did an excellent job and capturing the spirit and the looks of the games. Return to Silent Hill just looks like a cheap imitation of the games. The two biggest disappointments were Pyramid Head and the nurses. Pyramid Head is supposed to look intimidating, but it just fell flat. This may sound weird, but the nurses are also supposed to be strangely sexy and they are not. Overall the film had a fake look to it. There was something about the way its shot that makes the characters look fake. I don't know I got an uncanny feeling vibe. Storywise, the movie tried to imitate Silent Hill 2, arguably the best in the franchise, but it kind of fumbles it. While James is the protagonist of the game and film, he's not supposed to be the hero. Because we don't get to spend as much time with the characters the connections and things just feel off. It feels like it just goes from one game set piece to another. The movie isn't all bad. It used the iconic Silent Hill soundtrack. Also the final monster of the film actually looks great. Unless you're a fan of the game franchise, I'd pass on this one. Even if you are a fan of the franchise, lower your expectations before going in.

Your Game

Silent Hill is a cursed place that often serves a a dark reflection to a protagonists psyche. However, that doesn't mean you can't just use them as creepy (and strangely sexy) foes to through at your party. If you want to add the nurses to your SURVIVE THIS!! game you can use the stats below.

Dark Nurse (Humanoid)
Armor Class: 13
Hit Dice: 3 HD
Move: 8
Actions: 2
Attack:  Rusty knife (1d6)

Special: Toughness +2, unobservant, 
Bonuses: +3 to melee attacks, +2 to melee damage

Alignment: Evil

Morale: 9

Madness: -
Terror: 13

HDE: 2

Unobservant: A Dark Nurse have disadvantage on Spot & Listen checks to notice creatures being stealthy. Additionally any successful surprise/sneak attack against it is an automatic critical hit.   

October Horror Movie Challenge 2026

Viewed: 3
First Time Views: 2

Some Updates and Reavers (For DCC)

It's been a bit. Things have been fine in the world of Pun. Had some recent disappointments in my quest to get back into public library work.  My 5E game is up in the air. We haven't played in three weeks. Folks canceled the first week. I canceled the second week. I was waiting last week and confirmed we were playing with one of the players, but no one showed up last week. 

In my house it's been spooky season for the past few months, but it officially starts on Thursday. I will be doing the October Horror Challenge again this year. Going to try to come up with game stats for all the posts, but I'm sure that won't always be possible. 

I'll be heading to Louisville in a couple of weeks for the Goatman Fest. I'll be staying with Eric and working the Bloat Games vendor table. It should be a fantastic time.

I recently started playing Insomniac's Wolverine on my Playstation 5. It's definitely a cool new take on Wolverine and mutants. The reviews haven't been great, but I'm loving the game. If you haven't checked out my DCC Wolverine stats you can find them here. Logan needs someone to fight. In the game, he fights many Reavers. Here are base Reaver stats for DCC.

Reaver: Init +3; Atk +5 electrified armblade (1d8+1) or +3 assault rifle (1d10, range 100/200/300); Crit 1d14/III; AC 14; HD 3d8+3; Mov. 30'; Act 1d20; SP cyborg, infravision 60'; SV Ref +3; Fort +5; Will +0; Path PoV +1

If you have Evolved: Super Heroic Time Travel Roleplaying Game you can customize your Reavers using Un men's forgotten tech chart found on page 444.

Music Monday - Scatman Kombat

This DJ Cumberbund mix is phenomenal!

Music Monday - Play Dead (Part 2)

Back in June I posted the music video for Ice Nine Kill's Play Dead. The song and video are based on one of my favorite horror video games, Dead By Daylight. Today I'm sharing part 2 of the video. While this is a Music Monday post, part 2 is all story based. 

Music Monday - It’s Pitch Black

The references in this one will only be understood by folks of a certain generation. If you’re one, how’s your back pain?

Fuccubus Friday - Succubus

Today's Fuccubus Friday post features the British indie wrestler known as Succubus cosplaying as video game succubus, Morrigan.

Music Monday - Play Dead

This post combines two of my loves, Ice Nine Kills and Dead By Daylight. I've posted about the band and video game before (including posting SURVIVE THIS!! stats for the killer known as Trickster). Play Dead is an INK track released for Dead By Daylight's 10th anniversary. I'd actually stopped playing the game for a while, but the include of Jason Voorhees into the game brought me back. Finding out there was an INK and DBD just sealed the (infernal) deal.

The track is good and the video is a fantastic tribute to the game (including the killers, Nurse and (one of my favorites) Legion). All of the band members are dressed up in the outfits of the game's survivors and Spencer (the lead singer) is dressed as my fav survivor, Dwight.

The video has some fun cameos and continues the ongoing INK music video story. Also, going to be real, I love the Insane Clown Posse reference in the video.

Never Punch Down. Always Punch Up.

Here's the next member of Dispatch's Z-Team I'm giving the DCC treatment, Punch Up. 

Colm, otherwise known as Punch Up, was a circus strong man who madea deal with a sorceress. She gave him the strength of 10 men, but have the height of one. He knew he would be regulated to the freak show because of his stature so he became an alcoholic and and became a fighter. He eventually turned to crime. At some point he ticked off the wrong criminal, leading to the assassin Coupe' being sent to kill him. The two fought but their fighting soon turned to sex. They dated for a bit before joining SDN's Phoenix Program.

Punch Up: Init +3; Atk +6 punch (2d4+6); Crit V/1d14; AC 12; HD 6d12+24; HP 54; Mov. 20'; Act 1d20+1d14; SP feels no pain, regeneration, signature move; SV Ref +4; Fort +8; Will +3; AL N

Signature move: Also known as the Nut Cracker and Ball Buster, Punch Up's signature move is punching opponents in the genitals. On a Critical Hit against a target with genitals, instead of rolling on the table he can choose to do his signature move. The attack does 2d8+6 damage and the target falls to the ground and rolls around in agony for the next 1d4 turns.

Regeneration: Punch Up regains 1d2 hit points at the beginning of each of his turns.

Now That's Some High Quality H2O

So far Dispatch is my fav game of the year (and not just because of Melevola). I just started my third play through Saturday. I think I'm going to start statting the cast. Instead of the choice you think I'd make, I'm going with a goofy character.

Waterboy is starts at SDN the same day as protagonist, Robert. He starts as a janitor, but can be recruited to your team. He's comic relief and his power is getting very moist (his words, not mine).

Waterboy: Init +2; Atk +3 punch (1d4) or water jet (DC 14 Ref save or target falls down); Crit I/1d4; AC 12; HD 3d6; HP 12; Mov. 30'; Act 1d20; SP water spit, holy spit; SV Ref +2; Fort +1; Will +2; AL L

Holy spit: Possibly because of his bond with Melevola, Waterboy can imbue his spit with divine energy. 

He makes a power check (1d20+5). 

• 1: Waterboy strains his throat and can't use his water powers until he rests for at least an hour. 
• 2-11:  The water expelled is just water.
• 12-13: Living creatures hit by this water are healed 1d2 HP, while undead and demons take 1d2 damage.
• 14-17: Living creatures hit by this water are healed 1d4 HP, while undead and demons take 1d4 damage.
• 18-19: Living creatures hit by this water are healed 1d6 HP, while undead and demons take 1d6 damage.
• 20+: Living creatures hit by this water are healed 1d8 HP, while undead and demons take 1d8 damage.

Invincible Vs

This week an Invincible fighting game dropped. Created by a lot of the folks that made 2013's Killer Instinct reboot, the game is full of blood, guts, and crazy combos. It also features a story mode that feels like a lost episode from the series. Check out the story trailers below.

Also remember if you want to add some Invincible goodness to your DCC supers games, I've got your hook up.

• Cecil Steadman
• Donald Ferguson
• Business Baby
• Big Mildew
• Two Punch Man
• Le Bruiser

Fuccubus Friday - More Autumn Ivy Melevola

Autumn Ivy, this blog always has room for more Autumn Ivy…

D&D Dungeon Masters Campaign 1

 D&D Dungeon Masters is a new live play series by WoTC. You can learn more by visiting the official site. All of the characters for campaign one are created using new options from the next D&D book, Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. Like most official live plays, the players are all actors and voice actors. Two notable players this time are Neil Newbon (Astarion) and Devora Wilde (Lae'zel). The first two episodes were uploaded in one video which you can watch below.

I want to start by saying I really enjoy this format. I'm not going to sit down every week and listen to Critical Role for hours, but I can definitely commit an hour and 10 minutes or so each week for this one. The players are all fun and despite the brevity of it all, have presented some great characters with  a great amount of intrigue. Also I'm always down for new Ravenloft.

Each week will also see a "Play-Along Pack." Each pack will include an encounter based on that week's episode and preview a new monster from Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. The first Play-Along Pack is free, but to get the others you need to pre-order the book on D&D Beyond.

Fuccubus Friday - More Melevola

This fan piece of Melevola art is 🔥. Check out the source here.

Overworld - The Tabletop Roleplaying Game

The madmen at Bloat Games. are back at it. Their new project is Overworld RPG. This game expands previous releases and fleshes them out into a full game. I’ve loved their series of video game monster books. This takes the SURVIVE THIS!!  stats, adds appropriate classes, and all you need for a complete game. There will also be a separate world/setting book. 

This project makes me think of Captain N the Gamemaster  and Super Smash Bros. Also since it uses SURVIVE THIS!! rules there is great crossover potential with games like Dark Places & Demogorgons. What happens when your J-Town crew get sucked into their Nintendo? Overworld RPG gives you the tools to find out.

There are only a few days left for the Kickstarter, so don’t delay.

Fuccubus Friday - Autumn Ivy as Malevola

I’ve shared my love for Autumn Ivy many times. Here’s a recent cosplay she did of Dispatch’s resident half-demon, Malevola.

 

Fuccubus Friday - Malevola

Malevola is a half demon supporting character in the video game Dispatch. Like other members of Z-Team, she's a reformed villain working with the Superhero Dispatch Agency. With her devilish connections, sword, and teleporting ability, she's very reminiscent of Marvel's Magik. Developers said physically she was based on fitness influencer, LeanBeefPatty who actually cosplayed her after learning that. You can see that cosplay here. Personally, I see her as a white trash Karlach, which probably explains why I love her so much.