Horror

Goonhammer Reads: Horror

Fall is a great time to get cozy with a book and scare the hell out of yourself with, but frankly, it’s sometimes difficult to come across good, gripping horror. It isn’t for lack of trying; there are many,...

Goonhammer Roundtable: 2023 Is the Year of the Horror Game Remake

As Halloween approaches and we looked back on the horror games of 2023 we were struck by how this year in particular produced an unprecedented slate of very successful big-budget remakes for beloved horror franchises. Between Resident Evil’s RE4...

Goonhammer Review: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Video Game

I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it. - The Cook Michael: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - considered by many to be the best /...

Welcome to Ghoulhammer 2023!

Happy Spooky Season and welcome to the official kick-off of Ghoulhammer 2023! It is I, your Mistress of Misery, Marcy, here to help guide you along through the next few weeks as we'll be working on giving you some...

Monster of the Week: How Genre Improves a Game

The more time I spend playing TTRPGs and trying new ones, the more interest I have in genre-specific games.  It makes a lot of sense for how most people I know play these games: we think of a cool basis...

Goonhammer Interviews: Vtubing Superstar Zentreya Talks Warhammer, Hamburgers, and Horror

A question we often ask at Goonhammer HQ is: “What can we do that’s different or unique in the hobby space?”, and I love to find ways to answer that question more than anything else I do here. So,...

REview: Resident Evil 4

Boy, do I fucking love Resident Evil. Ever since playing Code Veronica on my uncle’s PS1 (not the best start, but it was a start, damnit) and getting so scared I had to shut the game off and run to...

Don’t Look Back: A Very Special Halloween Review

Happy Halloween everyone! Horror and spooky times are hard to emulate on the tabletop, but Black Site Studios answers with Don’t Look Back, their love letter to classic horror features from the 80’s and 90’s. Let’s open up this...

Goonhammer’s Guide to Painting Spooky Stuff

At Goonhammer we're big fans of the spooky, the scary, and the macabre and big fans of Halloween as a result. In case you missed our guide to painting classic movie monsters this year or last year's guides to...

Goonhammer’s Favorite Horror Games

We love Halloween. From the general sense of dread to the costumes and the fun of horror games and entertainment, we’re big fans of the spooky season. So with Halloween fast approaching, we at the Goonhammer offices figured we’d...