History Characters / Splatterhouse

* WombLevel: Doubles as a BossLevel in the original Splatterhouse, as the entire level is technically the entity itself.

* EldritchAbomination: It is a giant, mutated corpse, possessed by the spirt of the Terror Mask, whichs gives those that use it LovecraftianSuperpowers.

* EldritchAbomination: It is a giant, mutated corpse, possessed by the spirt of the Terror Mask, whichs gives those that use it LovecraftianPowers.

* EldritchAbomination

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNoWhere: In the original arcade port, unless you lived in Japan, or you had the [=TurboGrafx-16=] version. In both, the backstory of Dr. West is explained, and provides the possibility that Hell Chaos is actually his mutated corpse, possessed by the spirit of the Terror Mask.

** In the original trilogy, he was the original owner of the mansion and the house on the island that the first two games take place in, and is largely responsible for the monsters that reside in both. The second game also implies in a diary that he originally used the Terror Mask in order to open a portal to a world outside our own to conduct his experiments. Opening up this portal had inadvertently also led to the events of the third game.

* DubNameChange: In various English translations of the manual for ''Splatterhouse 2'', Dr. West is called "Dr. Mueller", and the mansion that Rick visits is said to belong to him. However, the original Japanese version states that the house on the island also belongs to West, being the area that houses his secret lab.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNoWhere: In the original arcade port, unless you lived in Japan, or you had the [=TurboGrafx-16=] version. In both, the backstory of Dr. West is explained, and provides the possibility that Hell Chaos is actually his corpse, possessed by the spirit of the Terror Mask.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNoWhere: In the original arcade port, unless you lived in Japan, or you had the TurboGrafx-16 version. In both, the backstory of Dr. West is explained, and provides the possibility that Hell Chaos is actually his corpse, possessed by the spirit of the Terror Mask.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNoWhere

* MultipleHeadCase

* TheGhost: Discounting speculation, West was mentioned as the owner of the mansion and the one behind the scenes but never appears onscreen {[[OneWingedAngel human, at least]]). This is averted in the remake, [[AscendedExtra where he appears in full and has a fleshed-out backstory as well]].

* DistressedDamsel: A reoccurring theme among each of the titles.

* BareYourMidriff: In the remake, she wears a small baseball shirt that barely reaches her belly button.

* BodyHorror: Has some nasty looking growths and missing skin across his body. Not to mention his hands.

* ShoutOut: His name and the fact that he is a MadScientist who raises the dead back to life is a reference to ''Literature/HerbertWestReanimator''. Doubly so when you consider that he lives in [[LovecraftCountry Arkham]], the fictional town that many of Creator/HPLovecraft's stories take place.

* TheBrute

* EightiesHair: Especially in ''Splatterhouse 2'', where her hair reaches down to her hips.

* AxCrazy: Especially in the remake. It whoops and hollers in excitement with the more monsters you kill.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: Among the weapons that Rick can use include dismembered enemy arms and heads, and one of his throws involves spinning an enemy around to clear an area. This turns UpToEleven when Rick can use his ''own dismembered arms'' to kill enemies.

* AxCrazy: Subverted; Rick isn't unhinged or even outright crazy, and although he is really vengeful and violent towards the monsters that he faces (with the Mask even revealing that he secretly enjoys killing demons and monsters), he isn't NEARLY as bad as the Mask is.

* TheBerserker: He has no qualms in killing things that get in his way (which is understandable, given that, well, you know, THEY attacked first) and it really shows in the remake where he is killing left and right and his body repeatedly becomes heavily mutilated with his muscles being torn and his bones and innards being exposed, but he really doesn't seem to mind because he is hellbent on saving his fiance. This is really shown when he transforms into BerserkMode (although the latter instance is actually the Terror Mask taking over briefly).

* {{Metalhead}}: He and his girlfriend are. Before it was ripped off, he came into the mansion wearing a {{Music/Mastodon}} shirt.

* RoaringRampageofRevenge/Rescue: In the first game when Jennifer turns into a monster Rick is hell bent on revenge, But really the main goal in all the games is to rescue her which Rick goes on a rampage just to save her.

* TranquilFury: Throughout the games, Rick rarely speaks and aside from a couple of ClusterFBombs and a few lines of dialogue, he rarely exhibits any emotion. Usually, he uses the Terror Mask for that.

* UnstoppableRage: The plot of every game (barring Wanpaku Graffiti) amounts to, "someone has endangered one of Rick's loved ones; Rick horribly mutilates everything between where he is and where they are". But during the game where you tear apart monsters and demons Rick is visibly enraged and very angry especially when transforming into BerserkMode.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Although this can be excused, as it was an accident and he didn't realize what was happening, Rick is revealed during [[spoiler:Phase 10: The Wicker Bride]] to have been the one that [[spoiler:caused West's StartOfDarkness, killing what the good doctor THOUGHT was his own wife before his very eyes]].
* VocalDissonance: Despite being inhumanly large, muscular and able to rip enemies apart with his bare hands, he still has that nerdy-sounding voice.

An ancient Aztec/Mayan artifact of great power, which turns the user into a powerful warrior. The mask provides Rick the strength needed to complete his quest, but is quite sinister on his own and eventually tries to kill Rick and TakeOverTheWorld, but is destroyed. In the Remake the mask has a new personality, and wants to get revenge on the Corrupted for what [[KickTheDog they did]] [[MadeASlave to it]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the original series, [[spoiler:it wants to take over the world, and is using Rick for that end]]. In the remake, while proudly AxCrazy and prone to deliberately antagonize Rick, its implied goal is to [[spoiler:destroy the Corrupted for killing the Aztecs that it personally protected]]. [[DownplayedTrope That said]], it still lies or uses half-truths in its likely centuries-long gambit to accomplish their goals.

* ArtifactOfDoom: A sentient Aztec mask that gives its wearer immense strength and LovecraftianSuperpower and in the original games [[spoiler:was EvilAllAlong]]. Though this is [[spoiler:played with in the remake, as it turns out that the Mask was a benign protector of the Aztecs until the Corrupted came along.]]
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Its final speech in the third game [[spoiler:on any bad ending route after you defeat it.]]

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: A variation. Lets be honest, given the threats that they pose to the world, and the fact that Rick is a NiceGuy and that they BOTH have understandable (justified in Rick's case) reasons to be against both Dr. West and The Corrupted, things would have probably gone MUCH more smoothly for both if the Mask just came clean about its plan to Rick right from the get-go.
* DarkIsNotEvil/ DarkIsEvil: [[spoiler: Subverted in the original trilogy, where the Mask reveals itself to have been EvilAllAlong, but played straight in the remake, where, despite being an ArtifactOfDoom that transforms Rick into a monstrosity, and a lust for blood and violence, its intentions are benevolent.]]

* TheDreaded: Dr. West is noticeably ''terrified'' when he sees Rick wearing the Terror Mask. And in ''Splatterhouse 2'', three {{Mook}}s choose [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled to be killed by Bellyache than fight Rick]]. What does that tell you about the Terror Mask?

* {{Jerkass}}: In the remake, makes a habit of being as annoying as possible to Rick many a times whenever it speaks. Many of its jokes are at his expense, and he mocks Rick for his perceived cowardice and wimpy demeanor. At one point, it starts to mock Jen's cries for help, just to piss Rick off.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However despite it's annoying banter, it at least doesn't fall back on its promises and is still perfectly willing to help Rick save his girlfriend, even if it taunts him about it along the way.

** And that's still saying nothing about the Mask from the trilogy, where [[spoiler:it had Rick kill its competition so that it unleash hell on Earth itself.]]

* NobleDemon: In the remake, the Mask is still an ArtifactOfDoom that loves to see things suffer. [[spoiler:Then it is revealed that the reason why it is helping Rick, that while still selfish, is rather noble. It is using Rick as part of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Corrupted for two reasons. One, for the Corrupted [[FateWorseThanDeath enslaving it for eternity]]. And the second, for killing the Aztec tribe that it was benevolently protecting.]]

* {{Sadist}}: Encourages Rick to completely slaughter his enemies has he saves Jennifer.

-->''Who am I? Let's just say I'm god. Your god; well at least, the only god's who's listening right now. What do I want? Ah, same with any god: a little faith. For without faith, I am nothing, and without me,'' ''[[PrecisionFStrike YOU'RE FUCKED.]]''

Rick's girlfriend, kidnapped by the evil forces of the House. She was turned into a monster and killed in the first game, brought back from hell in the second and saved again in the third. In the Remake, Rick must save her from West, who wants to sacrifice her to the Corrupted.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: In the original ''Splatterhouse'' and the sequel, ''Splatterhouse 2'', she was clearly bare foot, along with being in a tattered attire. In ''Splatterhouse 3'' and the remake, she is not.
* EightiesHair: Especially in ''Splatterhouse 2'' where her hair reaches down to her hips.

A MadScientist and unseen owner of the West Mansion where the game takes place. In the Remake, he kidnaps Jen for a sacrifice to the Corrupted [[spoiler:in order to resurrect his dead wife Leonora.]]

* AllForNothing: His efforts to bring Lenora back ultimately fail, since [[spoiler: ''something else'' ends up possessing Jen instead]].
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Well, not exactly. In the remake, the ritual was completed and one of the souls present possesses Jennifer, although there's a VERY strong implication that it isn't Lenora who possessed Jen!]]

* OnlyAFleshWound: Near the end of the 2010 game, [[spoiler:Rick rips out his arm in order to stop the sacrifice. He still doesn't seems too worried about his missing limb.]]

* HumanoidAbomination: It's not really known just how far different it is from humanity due to being mostly obscured by a mask, but it is considerably tall and strong, with chainsaws for hands and two yellow eyes.
* ItCanThink: As Dr. West notes in the 2010 version, it has a primitive but cunning intelligence, even getting Dr. West caught in one of it's traps on one occasion. It also named itself.

The final enemy in the first game, Hell Chaos is a rotten giant who comes out of a grave to kill Rick near the end of the game. It is speculated that this monster is actually Dr West's mutated corpse.

--> '''The Evil One''': Rick... you will suffer, you will die! Just like your precious wife.

* ShockAndAwe: The Uses electricity to attack.

* AxCrazy: Subverted; Rick isn't unhinged or even outright crazy, and although he is really vengeful and violent towards the monsters the he faces (with the Mask even revealing that he secretly enjoys killing demons and monsters), he isn't NEARLY as bad as the Mask is.

* TheBerserker: He has no qualms in killing things that get in his way (which is understandable, given that, well, you know, THEY attacked first) and it really shows in the remake where he is killing left and right and his body repeatedly becomes heavily mutilated with his muscles being torn and his bones and innards being exposed, but he really doesn't seem to mind because he is hellbent on saving his fiance. This is really shown when he transforms into BerserkMode (although the ladder instance is actually the Terror Mask taking over briefly).

* BloodKnight: According to the Terror Mask, anyway. Rick does seem to silently enjoy fighting monsters though.
* BodyHorror: As his body actually ShowsDamage he can often run around with missing chunks of flesh and exposed bones. And of course, the mask-induced transformation in all games.

* EvilFeelsGood: The Terror Mask accuses him of liking the powers it gives Rick, and how he enjoys slaughtering demons. Rick tries to deny this at first, and while he doesn't admit it, he notably stops trying to.
* TheFaceless: In the original trilogy, the only time we ever get a good look of his face is during the FatalFamilyPhoto in the worst ending of ''Splatterhouse 3''. The remake on the other hand averts this by having a few scenes of him and Jennifer together before the events of the game.

* HiddenDepths: In the remake the Mask often states that Rick actually enjoys slaughtering and maiming his foes. Due to being able to peer into his mind, it also brings up several things that Rick would rather not mention.

** CombatTentacles: In the third game, in his SuperMode, he can extend shapeless "fists" of flesh from his torso as a super-attack. In the remake, he has the ability to turn his arms into tentacles for increased range
** FeelNoPain: Remake Rick can fight on with ''massive'' gaping wounds in his body, completely unbothered by broken ribs, exposed organs or shredded muscles.
** HealThySelf: In the remake, he can absorb the blood of his slain victims to regenerate his own wounds.

* MagicPants: In the remake and 3. His clothes gets torn to shreds during his transformation, yet his jeans remains fairly intact. His shirt in part 3 also somehow reappears on his torso when Rick returns to normal.

* PainfulTransformation: Rick was dying when he puts on the Terror Mask. The Terror Mask then starts to forcefully shove Rick's pooling blood and intestines back into his body, enlarge his arms and chest and ''breaks his leg'' before fixing it. All while Rick is screaming in agony.
-->'''Terror Mask''': Aww, quit whining. Did I say it was going to be fun?

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Although this can be excused, as it was an accident and he didn't realize what was happening, Rick is revealed during [[Phase 10: The Wicker Bride]] to have been the one that [[spoiler:caused West's StartOfDarkness, killing what the good doctor THOUGHT was his own wife before his very eyes]].