Splatterhouse

Title screen

Setup shot of the spooky old mansion

Caverns

Stage 1; the hero is eyeing that stick on the ground

Batter up

The dungeon is getting crowded

Spikes from the ground

The level 1 boss-- a bunch of deadly leeches

first boss

Stage card

Stage 2-- watch out for the deadly vomit

Sewer monsters

Stage 2 boss-- a haunted room

Stage 3 introduces the shotgun and the demon dogs

Watch out for the mobile holes on the bridge

Stage 3 boss, quite the menacing figure

Stage 4, with copious spears to be thrown at ghouls

Going low to take on this monstrosity

The only reason a 2D game has mirrors is to fight a reflection

The hero fights his reflection many times

Stage 4 boss-- a series of severed heads revolving around an upside-down cross

The sun seems to rise after defeating the revolving heads, but the game is not over yet

Stage 5 starts off in a library

More malicious reflections, though this time there is a reason for all the mirrors since the room is a giant closet

Stage 5 has this interesting room where the wizard ghost can resurrect the zombies that the hero puts down

The monsters attend to the hero's apparent girlfriend

The girlfriend rises and turns into this boss monster

Starting out in level 6-- these bubbles hatch into parasitical monsters