History Webcomic / Nightmarish

Any production of the webcomic has been halted for an indefinite amount of time, as Silverpen has dedicated any further production of the series into an AnimatedAdaptation.

Nightmarish is a [[Main/GagPerDayWebComics Gag-per-Day Webcomic]] by Chrono Silverpen, also known as [[https://ilovethetalkingclock.tumblr.com/ ILovetheTalkingClock]], who also goes by the name Tropers/RedBerryBlueCherry. The comic's setting is in the fictional island [[Main/HalloweenTown Nightmaria]], which is inhabited by many [[Main/MonsterMash horror/supernatural/mythological creatures]], otherwise known as "Paranightmares". The strips take place in the castle of Nightmaria, ruled by The HeadlessHorseman himself along with Aziza the {{Mummy}}, while {{Dracula}} has moved in and become royal adviser after his castle in Transylvania was destroyed by an angry mob. The guard of the castle is FrankensteinsMonster, the OnlySaneMan who also goes by the name of "Scrap". The musician and butler of the castle is Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, known simply as Phantom. Also accompanying them are the castle scientist and medic [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll]], the dungeon wardens {{Medusa}}, Stheno, and Euryale, Lawrence Lycan the WolfMan serving as their gardener, and their chef [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Gill]].

** In the 2017-2019 version, Dracula was a trans woman.
** In the 2023 version, Dracula and Jekyll/Hyde are genderfluid with any pronouns, Lawrence and the Phantom are non-binary with he/they pronouns.

** Werecreatures: The werecreature in question has to be either rabid or based on a venomous animal to spread the curse.

* BigEater: Hyde, [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/173338486351/burger much to Jekyll's dismay]].
** Drac is also one, with ''[[Main/PopGoesTheHuman very]]'' [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/174799101421/fountain disastrous results]].

* BlackComedy[=/=]BloodyHilarious: Goes into this at times, epecially the older strips.

* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Usually they look like [[LittleBitBeastly people with a few animal traits]], but can take an anthropomorphic form of the animal they represent either at will or under the force of the full moon. Regarding the full moon transformation, they're in a more feral mental state, but it's a case of AndIMustScream rather than AlternateIdentityAmnesia.

** Zombies: You need to fully die from the wound. This is downplayed as if your death wasn't spectacularily horrible (which would create a ghost) and/or had little-to-no magic involved (which would create a vampire or a mummy), you'll become a zombie anyway after death regardless of cause.
* WidgetSeries: A majority of the strips are pretty surreal, including [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/172180506761/insanity-based-on-this-square-root-of-minus this strip]], inspired by a scene from WesternAnimation/{{Rejected}}, and [[https://nightmarish-adventures.tumblr.com/post/172180506761/insanity-based-on-this-square-root-of-minus this one as well]], inspired by WebComic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Zombies are not TheVirus, they're just the default monster a human becomes after death. They retain their human intelligence, but not all of them remember their human lives. That being said, zombies ''do'' require the consumption of vital organs to help them regenrate severely decomposed parts, human being the most potent.

* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Usually they look like people with a few animal traits, but can take an anthropomorphic form of the animal they represent either at will or under the force of the full moon. Regarding the full moon transformation, they're in a more feral mental state, but it's a case of AndIMustScream rather than AlternateIdentityAmnesia.