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%%* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: A lot of them.
%%** John Ocean: Hydrophobia.
%%** Sander Rivera: Arachnophobia.
%%** Katherine Lane: Disassociation [[note]]She's very critical of her appearance and tends to exaggerate her ugliness.[[/note]]
%%** Merry Chain: Resurfacing nightmares of evil toys.
%%** Reinold Crass: Loss of his stamp collection.
%%** Saimon Saimons: Paranoia of people watching him.
%%** Anthony Miller: Agoraphobia.
%%** Richard Spike: Claustrophobia.
%%** James Patrick Fitzpatrick: Failed calculations [[spoiler:and guilt.]]
%%** John Smith: Nuclear war.

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%%* * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: A lot All patients of them.
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Dr Blackmore are tortured by their fears. In order, they are:
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John Ocean: Hydrophobia.
%%** ** Sander Rivera: Arachnophobia.
%%** ** Katherine Lane: Disassociation [[note]]She's very critical of her appearance and tends to exaggerate her ugliness.[[/note]]
%%** ** Merry Chain: Resurfacing nightmares of evil toys.
%%** ** Reinold Crass: Loss of his stamp collection.
%%** ** Saimon Saimons: Paranoia of people watching him.
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trying to kill them.
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Anthony Miller: Agoraphobia.
%%** ** Richard Spike: Claustrophobia.
%%** ** James Patrick Fitzpatrick: Failed calculations [[spoiler:and guilt.guilt over funding Blackmoore's .]]
%%** ** John Smith: Nuclear war.



%%* MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual: One of the kids is trapped in one of these.

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%%* * MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual: One of the kids is trapped in one of these.these inside a skeleton.



%%* WouldHurtAChild: See above.

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%%* * WouldHurtAChild: See above.
As shown above, the patients this time are all kids.



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* {{Revenge}}: As the the title says, not only does our hero have to save Tim, but four others that are trapped because of what they did to Blackmore:
** Dr. Armstrong, who worked with Blackmore and stopped his experiments, trapped during the great Chicago Fire.
** Billy Bully, who bullied Blackmore as a kid, trapped in Chernobyl.
** Caroline Bridge, who refused to date Blackmore, trapped in Pompeii as the volcano errupted.
** Jack Proc, who reported Blackmore to the police, trapped in Alaska.
* TheXOfY: The title.
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* NamesTheSame: John Smith and John Ocean.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: A lot of them.
** John Ocean: Hydrophobia.
** Sander Rivera: Arachnophobia.
** Katherine Lane: Disassociation [[note]]She's very critical of her appearance and tends to exaggerate her ugliness.[[/note]]
** Merry Chain: Resurfacing nightmares of evil toys.
** Reinold Crass: Loss of his stamp collection.
** Saimon Saimons: Paranoia of people watching him.
** Anthony Miller: Agoraphobia.
** Richard Spike: Claustrophobia.
** James Patrick Fitzpatrick: Failed calculations [[spoiler:and guilt.]]
** John Smith: Nuclear war.

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* %%* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: A lot of them.
** %%** John Ocean: Hydrophobia.
** %%** Sander Rivera: Arachnophobia.
** %%** Katherine Lane: Disassociation [[note]]She's very critical of her appearance and tends to exaggerate her ugliness.[[/note]]
** %%** Merry Chain: Resurfacing nightmares of evil toys.
** %%** Reinold Crass: Loss of his stamp collection.
** %%** Saimon Saimons: Paranoia of people watching him.
** %%** Anthony Miller: Agoraphobia.
** %%** Richard Spike: Claustrophobia.
** %%** James Patrick Fitzpatrick: Failed calculations [[spoiler:and guilt.]]
** %%** John Smith: Nuclear war.



* AdultFear: Pun aside, Dr. Blackmore is running his experiments on ''children'' that were kidnapped in their sleep.



* MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual: One of the kids is trapped in one of these.

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* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: Pun aside, Dr. Blackmore is running his experiments on ''children'' that were kidnapped in their sleep.
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MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual: One of the kids is trapped in one of these.



* WouldHurtAChild: See above.

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* %%* WouldHurtAChild: See above.



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* {{Macguffin}}: The Morpheus Skull

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* %%* {{Macguffin}}: The Morpheus Skull
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* TentacledTerror: Dr Blackmore has hideous, writhing octopus tentacles replaceing the lower part of his body.
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A collection of hidden object games, focusing around the sanitarium director Dr. Blackmore and his experiments into fears and phobias. The games were released by Big Fish Games, the company responsible for StraySoulsDollhouseStory and the ''VideoGame/VampireSaga'' trilogy, and created by ERS.

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A collection of hidden object games, focusing around the sanitarium director Dr. Blackmore and his experiments into fears and phobias. The games were released by Big Fish Games, the company responsible for StraySoulsDollhouseStory ''VideoGame/StraySoulsDollhouseStory'' and the ''VideoGame/VampireSaga'' trilogy, and created by ERS.
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The series received critical acclaim; users of Gamezebo gave it rave reviews, it has 8.8 scores on Big Fish's website, and the first game has a 9.6 on Jayisgames [[note]]for reference, ''Half Life 2'' also received a 9.6 - from IMDb, which has an identical rating system to Jayisgames.[[/note]]

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The series received critical acclaim; users of Gamezebo gave it rave reviews, it has 8.8 scores on Big Fish's website, and the first game has a 9.6 on Jayisgames [[note]]for reference, ''Half Life 2'' also received a 9.6 - from IMDb, Website/IMDb, which has an identical rating system to Jayisgames.[[/note]]
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There are currently three games in the series: ''Green Hills Sanitarium'', ''Fears From Childhood'', and ''Revenge Of Dr. Blackmore''. A fourth one ''Nightmare Dwellers'' is in beta testing.

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There are currently three four games in the series: ''Green Hills Sanitarium'', ''Fears From Childhood'', and ''Revenge Of Dr. Blackmore''. A fourth one Blackmore'' and ''Nightmare Dwellers'' is in beta testing.
Dwellers''.
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* AllJustADream: The ending of the game suggests this...until [[spoiler: you find that Dr. Blackmore's alive and is driving you off to who knows where.]] The bonus chapter does this ''again'' when [[spoiler: you wake up at the gates of the mansion and your partner wakes you up.]]
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A collection of hidden object games, focusing around the sanitarium director Dr. Blackmore and his experiments into fears and phobias. The games were released by Big Fish Games, the company responsible for StraySoulsDollhouseStory and the VampireSaga trilogy, and created by ERS.

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A collection of hidden object games, focusing around the sanitarium director Dr. Blackmore and his experiments into fears and phobias. The games were released by Big Fish Games, the company responsible for StraySoulsDollhouseStory and the VampireSaga ''VideoGame/VampireSaga'' trilogy, and created by ERS.

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* BeautifulAllAlong: How to free Katherine Lane, by creating a make-shift mirror and giving her a red dress.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: Richard Spike's fear, to the point that he's ''painted doors'' on all parts of the elevator he's trapped in.



* MoodWhiplash: Pointed by the main character. They find themselves in a beautiful field with a picnic...then they see a gallows in the background.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: Each room is associated with a character's fear.




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* MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual: One of the kids is trapped in one of these.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Characters get voiced starting with this game.
* WouldHurtAChild: See above.


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* BittersweetEnding: The bonus chapter has [[spoiler: Tim and the main character ''finally'' reuniting and they rescue all of the people Dr. Blackmore kidnapped, but Dr. Blackmore still escapes.]]


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* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: The main character uses special goggles to decode ancient runes.
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The series received critical acclaim; users of Gamezebo gave it rave reviews, it has 8.8 scores on Big Fish's website, and the first game has a 9.6 on Jayisgames [[hottip:*:for reference, ''Half Life 2'' also received a 9.6 - from IMDb, which has an identical rating system to Jayisgames.]]

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The series received critical acclaim; users of Gamezebo gave it rave reviews, it has 8.8 scores on Big Fish's website, and the first game has a 9.6 on Jayisgames [[hottip:*:for [[note]]for reference, ''Half Life 2'' also received a 9.6 - from IMDb, which has an identical rating system to Jayisgames.]]
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** Katherine Lane: Disassociation [[hottip:*:She's very critical of her appearance and tends to exaggerate her ugliness.]]

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** Katherine Lane: Disassociation [[hottip:*:She's [[note]]She's very critical of her appearance and tends to exaggerate her ugliness.]][[/note]]

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A trilogy of hidden object games, focusing around the sanitarium director Dr. Blackmore and his experiments into fears and phobias. The games were released by Big Fish Games, the company responsible for StraySoulsDollhouseStory and the VampireSaga trilogy, and created by ERS.

There are currently three games in the series: ''Green Hills Sanitarium'', ''Fears From Childhood'', and ''Revenge Of Dr. Blackmore''.

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A trilogy collection of hidden object games, focusing around the sanitarium director Dr. Blackmore and his experiments into fears and phobias. The games were released by Big Fish Games, the company responsible for StraySoulsDollhouseStory and the VampireSaga trilogy, and created by ERS.

There are currently three games in the series: ''Green Hills Sanitarium'', ''Fears From Childhood'', and ''Revenge Of Dr. Blackmore''.
Blackmore''. A fourth one ''Nightmare Dwellers'' is in beta testing.


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!''Haunted Halls: Nightmare Dwellers'' contains examples of:

* {{Macguffin}}: The Morpheus Skull

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A trilogy of hidden object games, focusing around the sanitarium director Dr. Blackmore and his experiments into fears and phobias. The games were released by Big Fish Games, the company responsible for StraySoulsDollhouseStory and the VampireSaga trilogy.

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A trilogy of hidden object games, focusing around the sanitarium director Dr. Blackmore and his experiments into fears and phobias. The games were released by Big Fish Games, the company responsible for StraySoulsDollhouseStory and the VampireSaga trilogy.
trilogy, and created by ERS.



The series received critical acclaim; users of Gamezebo gave it rave reviews, it has 8.8 scores on Big Fish's website, and the first game has a 9.6 on Jayisgames [[hottip:*:for reference, ''Half Life 2'' also received a 9.6 - from IMDb, which has an identical rating system to Jayisgames.]]



* SurrealHorror: See MindScrew.

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* SurrealHorror: See MindScrew. As noted in the description, this definitely worked out in its favour.
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* SurrealHorror: See MindScrew.

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** Merry Chain: Resurfacing nightmares.

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** Merry Chain: Resurfacing nightmares.nightmares of evil toys.



** Saimon Saimons: Paranoia.

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** Saimon Saimons: Paranoia.Paranoia of people watching him.


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* AdultFear: Pun aside, Dr. Blackmore is running his experiments on ''children'' that were kidnapped in their sleep.


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* TheBully: Billy Bully, leader of a biker gang who used to pick on Blackmore as a kid.
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A trilogy of hidden object games, focusing around the sanitarium director Dr. Blackmore and his experiments into fears and phobias. The games were released by Big Fish Games, the company responsible for StraySoulsDollhouseStory and the VampireSaga trilogy.

There are currently three games in the series: ''Green Hills Sanitarium'', ''Fears From Childhood'', and ''Revenge Of Dr. Blackmore''.

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!''Haunted Halls: Green Hills Sanitarium'' contains examples of:

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Inverted. [[spoiler:To stop Fitzpatrick from telling everyone about the fear machine, Blackmore manipulated his being a workaholic and hooked him up to the fear machine, even faking a medical chart.]]
* FeaturelessProtagonist: The main character's a girl. That's all we know about her.
* MindScrew: There's a body trapped in the floor, massive tentacles, a space probe, body parts used as keys for doors, a fire plan that involves suicide, and random Cthulhu imagery. Saimon's room is pretty freaky too.
* NamesTheSame: John Smith and John Ocean.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: A lot of them.
** John Ocean: Hydrophobia.
** Sander Rivera: Arachnophobia.
** Katherine Lane: Disassociation [[hottip:*:She's very critical of her appearance and tends to exaggerate her ugliness.]]
** Merry Chain: Resurfacing nightmares.
** Reinold Crass: Loss of his stamp collection.
** Saimon Saimons: Paranoia.
** Anthony Miller: Agoraphobia.
** Richard Spike: Claustrophobia.
** James Patrick Fitzpatrick: Failed calculations [[spoiler:and guilt.]]
** John Smith: Nuclear war.

And JustForFun, [[http://www.listal.com/list/dreamcasting-haunted-halls-green-hills here's some dreamcasting for a hypothetical movie.]] Warning! That link contains spoilers!

!''Haunted Halls: Fears From Childhood'' contains examples of:

* ArtifactTitle: You're no longer in the Haunted Halls.

!''Haunted Halls: Revenge Of Dr. Blackmore'' contains examples of:

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