The Ghoulish Plot: yes, this is a video game. I know this list is mostly movies but hey, it’s my list and I’ll add what I want. And what better game for October than Resident Evil 4, which is available to play on pretty much every platform ever. Got a PS3, 4 or 5? It’s on there. Got an old Wii sitting around? You can play it there, too. Got a phone made in the last four years? Download these shits! RE4 has been a classic ever since it was released over a decade ago. So get with the times, grandma. Put down the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and savor the simple pleasures of blasting a shotgun into a giant man wielding a chainsaw while wearing a pig’s head.

Anyway: you play as Leon Kennedy, who is sent to a weird rural Spanish village to…rescue the President’s daughter? Yes, this seems like a job for one person, and one person only. This is the future those “defund the police” liberals want! Luckily, Leon has experience dealing with crazy situations, as this game is called “Resident Evil 4” and not “Leon Kennedy’s Weird-Ass Spanish Vacation Part 1: No Time for Tapas.”

As soon as you enter the village you start to get the sense that things are not quite right…possibly aided in this assumption by the person you witness burning on a crucifix as soon as you walk in. Within seconds you’re swarmed by brainwashed villagers and it’s a mad dash to survive without getting chainsawed, until something happens and you realize there’s a more powerful and sinister thing in control.

Over the course of the game you dig deeper into the mystery, get infected with a weird entity, rescue the daughter, lose the daughter, rescue her again, lose her again, and eventually have to fight some giant bug/crab creatures armed only with a few guns and knives. Can you make it through? Clear your calendar, quit your job, tell your family goodbye and dive in to find out.

The Scariest Part of the Game: the bear traps. About the time you think you know what you’re doing and can handle anything, another goddamn hidden bear trap pops up as you’re trying to run from something. Bastards. Oh, and the weird creatures you need a special scope to shoot at who sneak up on you are pretty terrifying.

Spookiness Factor: on the lower side for the Resident Evil games as this is more action than horror, but there’s some gross-out body stuff and some pretty gruesome deaths, and enough stuff jumps out at you suddenly to shock the system. The Resident Evil games are the series I’ve played the most of in my entire life and hold a special place in my heart.

Rating: 9 out of 10 Hundred Grand bars