09-25-2014, 01:54 AM
Halloween's coming eventually, so may as well jump right on this as soon as I can. (Also, it's post #13!)
http://youtu.be/4-BIoctD9ek?t=1m57s
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Toy_knife#...the_scenes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_...franchise)
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Pint-Sized...the_scenes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(franchise)
http://youtu.be/AA-si45HDmo?t=45s
http://youtu.be/ELF1DCf1ChA?t=3m42s - Video is NSFW, but time placement should skip over it.
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Krivbeknih
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Dunwich_Bu...the_scenes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dunwich_Horror
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Jaime_Pala...the_scenes
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Krivbeknih...the_scenes
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Obadiah_Bl...the_scenes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft
Fallout 3 has references to several horror stories/movies. In the Point Lookout DLC, a unique knife called the "Toy Knife" can be found alongside a Hockey Mask, referencing Jason Voorhees from the movie series Friday the 13th.
Another slasher flick reference is found in vanilla Fallout 3 and in Point Lookout, the first being in a simulation called Tranquility Lane, in which the player can don a clown mask as a kid and begin a killing-spree within the simulation. The second time the mask pops up is in Point Lookout, which is found on top of a skeleton in a tub inside a motel room, which itself is adorned with skeletons and blood splattering. This is a reference to Michael Myers from the Halloween movie series, and more specifically his first kill where he wore a clown suit and mask doing so as a kid.
H.P. Lovecraft references appears in vanilla Fallout 3, with the inclusion of the Dunwich Building. The story told through the building via Audio Logs and the apparent obelisk near the end references the Cthulhu Mythos, more specifically the story called The Dunwich Horror, which the very building is named after. The player can also hear the word "Alhazred" from the Obelisk alongside with one of the last audio logs, which refers to the fictional author of the Necronomicon, who is named Alhazred. The narrative is extended even further with the inclusion of the Point Lookout DLC, which includes an actual quest line involving a tome named The Krivbeknih and the owner of the book, Obadiah Blackhall. The Krivbeknih is in reference to the number of various books/tomes and artifacts featured predominately in Lovecraftian stories, and the Blackhall family is another reference to The Dunwich Horror, namely that of the Wheatley Family, as well as a possible reference to the central family in The Lurker at the Threshold, which involves an aristocratic man that inherits his family's dark legacies.
http://youtu.be/4-BIoctD9ek?t=1m57s
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Toy_knife#...the_scenes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_...franchise)
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Pint-Sized...the_scenes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(franchise)
http://youtu.be/AA-si45HDmo?t=45s
http://youtu.be/ELF1DCf1ChA?t=3m42s - Video is NSFW, but time placement should skip over it.
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Krivbeknih
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Dunwich_Bu...the_scenes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dunwich_Horror
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Jaime_Pala...the_scenes
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Krivbeknih...the_scenes
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Obadiah_Bl...the_scenes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft
Fallout 3 has references to several horror stories/movies. In the Point Lookout DLC, a unique knife called the "Toy Knife" can be found alongside a Hockey Mask, referencing Jason Voorhees from the movie series Friday the 13th.
Another slasher flick reference is found in vanilla Fallout 3 and in Point Lookout, the first being in a simulation called Tranquility Lane, in which the player can don a clown mask as a kid and begin a killing-spree within the simulation. The second time the mask pops up is in Point Lookout, which is found on top of a skeleton in a tub inside a motel room, which itself is adorned with skeletons and blood splattering. This is a reference to Michael Myers from the Halloween movie series, and more specifically his first kill where he wore a clown suit and mask doing so as a kid.
H.P. Lovecraft references appears in vanilla Fallout 3, with the inclusion of the Dunwich Building. The story told through the building via Audio Logs and the apparent obelisk near the end references the Cthulhu Mythos, more specifically the story called The Dunwich Horror, which the very building is named after. The player can also hear the word "Alhazred" from the Obelisk alongside with one of the last audio logs, which refers to the fictional author of the Necronomicon, who is named Alhazred. The narrative is extended even further with the inclusion of the Point Lookout DLC, which includes an actual quest line involving a tome named The Krivbeknih and the owner of the book, Obadiah Blackhall. The Krivbeknih is in reference to the number of various books/tomes and artifacts featured predominately in Lovecraftian stories, and the Blackhall family is another reference to The Dunwich Horror, namely that of the Wheatley Family, as well as a possible reference to the central family in The Lurker at the Threshold, which involves an aristocratic man that inherits his family's dark legacies.