History YMMV / TheWitchsHouse

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Most of the characters have already or suffer horrible fates. The frog who helps Ellen [[spoiler:gets eaten by a snake.]] Later on, his offspring [[spoiler: ______die]] as well. The white sentient flower who says hello to Ellen [[spoiler: gets chopped up by Ellen.]] The queen of them all goes to [[spoiler: Viola.]] In contrast, Ellen [[spoiler:gets off scot-free.]]

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Most of the characters have already or suffer horrible fates. The frog who helps Ellen [[spoiler:gets eaten by a snake.]] Later on, his offspring [[spoiler: ______die]] as well. The white sentient flower who says hello to Ellen dies as well. [[spoiler:The queen of them all goes to Viola.]] In contrast, Ellen [[spoiler:gets off scot-free.]]

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Most of the characters have already or suffer horrible fates. The frog who helps Ellen [[spoiler:gets eaten by a snake.]] Later on, his offspring [[spoiler: die]] as well. The white sentient flower who says hello to Ellen dies as well. [[spoiler:The queen of them all goes to Viola.]] In contrast, Ellen [[spoiler:gets off scot-free.]]

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Most of the characters have already or suffer horrible fates. The frog who helps Ellen [[spoiler:gets eaten by a snake.]] Later on, his offspring [[spoiler:die]] as well. The white sentient flower who says hello to Ellen dies as well. [[spoiler:The queen of them all goes to Viola.]] In contrast, Ellen [[spoiler:gets off scot-free.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: Can be interpreted as this. If you return to the garden after getting the purple doll head and go to the room on the right, you'll see [[spoiler:that the red grasses hanging from the ceiling]]. Though they may or may not have been attempting suicide, as other clues in the room seem to indicate the house may have done it.

* CompleteMonster: [[WickedWitch Ellen]] [[SelfMadeOrphan killed her parents]] and burned their house down [[EnfantTerrible at the age of seven]]. Ellen later went on to kill many people and sacrifice their souls to a demon in exchange for a way to prolong her life long enough for her to find a cure for her illness. [[spoiler:Upon learning of a spell that would allow her to switch bodies with a healthy person, [[FalseFriend she falsely befriended a young girl]] named [[PlayerCharacter Viola]]. Before swapping bodies with Viola, Ellen [[AnArmAndALeg cut off her own legs]] and [[EyeScream gouged out her own eyes]] so that after the switch, Viola would suffer and die in Ellen’s maimed body. Ellen then force-fed Viola a "medicine" that [[AndIMustScream burned out her throat and left her mute]] simply because her screams of agony annoyed her. And just for that extra touch of cruelty, Ellen then taunted the now blind, mute, and crippled Viola, [[OffingTheOffspring and tricked Viola's father into shooting his own daughter dead, laughing cruelly afterward.]]]]

* CompleteMonster: [[WickedWitch Ellen]] [[SelfMadeOrphan killed her parents]] and burned their house down [[EnfantTerrible at the age of seven]]. Ellen later went on to kill many people and sacrifice their souls to a demon in exchange for a way to prolong her life long enough for her to find a cure for her illness. [[spoiler:Upon learning of a spell that would allow her to switch bodies with a healthy person, [[FalseFriend she falsely befriended a young girl named Viola]]. Before swapping bodies with Viola, Ellen [[AnArmAndALeg cut off her own legs]] and [[EyeScream gouged out her own eyes]] so that after the switch, Viola would suffer and die in Ellen’s maimed body. Ellen then force-fed Viola a "medicine" that [[AndIMustScream burned out her throat and left her mute]] simply because her screams of agony annoyed her. And just for that extra touch of cruelty, Ellen then taunted the now blind, mute, and crippled Viola, [[OffingTheOffspring and tricked Viola's father into shooting his own daughter dead, laughing cruelly afterward.]]]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[spoiler:Ellen (in Viola's body) may do either two things before the game ends. In the normal ending, she may give the house a long look. In the true ending, she turns her back on the dead Viola, giggles, and leaves. Fans are up to decide whether she was regretful in her actions or not.]]
* CompleteMonster: [[WickedWitch Ellen]] [[SelfMadeOrphan killed her parents]] and burned their house down [[EnfantTerrible at the age of seven]]. Ellen later went on to kill many people and sacrifice their souls to a demon in exchange for a way to prolong her life long enough for her to find a cure for her illness. Upon learning of a spell that would allow her to switch bodies with a healthy person, [[FalseFriend she falsely befriended a young girl named Viola]]. Before swapping bodies with Viola, Ellen [[AnArmAndALeg cut off her own legs]] and [[EyeScream gouged out her own eyes]] so that after the switch, Viola would suffer and die in Ellen’s maimed body. Ellen then force-fed Viola a "medicine" that [[AndIMustScream burned out her throat and left her mute]] simply because her screams of agony annoyed her. And just for that extra touch of cruelty, Ellen then taunted the now blind, mute, and crippled Viola, [[OffingTheOffspring and tricked Viola's father into shooting his own daughter dead, laughing cruelly afterward.]]

* DracoInLeatherPants: A lot of fans have a tendency to paint [[spoiler:Ellen as someone whose completely innocent, and instead shifting the blame onto either her parents, or the cat demon, or both. While it's easy to argue that her parents were partially responsible for it, the cat demon however, is a different story; despite being vague and cryptic, the demon didn't really do anything to Ellen except made offers of magic power in exchange for souls, and Ellen willingly accepted the offers. While the book goes into more detail in attempt to make readers feel sorry for her, it also shows her having early signs of sociopathic behavior, before and after she met the demon, such as not flinching nor showing any signs of guilt or regret for murdering hundreds of people, announcing herself to be AboveGoodAndEvil, being maniacally selfish in her end goals, and finally reveling in sadistic glee at Viola's suffering; all of this was her doing, not something of demonic influence.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Can be interpreted as this. If you return to the garden after getting the purple doll head and go to the room on the right, you'll see [[spoiler:that the red grasses hanging from the ceiling. Though they may or may not have been attempting suicide, as other clues in the room seem to indicate the house may have done it.]]
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Many players consider Ellen's backstory tragic enough that they'll excuse her having the demon eat her parents, but sacrificing innocent children to it is JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, and she crosses the line by stealing Viola's body - leaving her in Ellen's own mangled corpse - and having her murdered by her father.]]
* NightmareFuel: This is to be expected in a horror game. There are numerous gruesome deaths ending in Game Overs (decapitation by giant spider, killed in revenge by tadpoles that are angry you fed their father to a snake).
** [[spoiler: The witch's glowing red eye sockets when she catches you]].

* PlayerPunch: Viola finds a cute frog, but has to feed it to a giant snake to proceed, and its ghost appears just before leaving the room. Later, she meets its tadpoles, who accuse her of murdering their father, and which she also has to kill to proceed. And just before entering the witch's room, she finds the corpse of the black cat that's been accompanying her through the house. [[spoiler: Both endings show it alive, although the pseudo-third ending reveals it was a demon. There's also the true ending.]]
* TearJerker: The true end.

* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Viola. The poor girl is tricked into trading her body with a 'friend'. Said 'friend' cuts off her legs and gouges her eyes out, simply because she wanted to ''make her suffer before dying''; she then force-feeds her a throat-burning drug because she doesn't like the sound of her old body screaming. Viola is then shot to death by her beloved father, and the witch laughs at her corpse.]]

** Made even ten times sadder by this, imagine that [[spoiler: it was you who allowed a so called "friend" to borrow your body just because you felt sorry for her, and then you chase your "friend" trying to get your body back, only to be shot by your dad, YOUR OWN DAD!]]

** The demon itself qualifies as an even worse monster than Ellen. She had already crossed the point of no return by murdering her parents, but it was the demon and its offer of power in exchange for the souls of those she killed that directly contributed to turning Ellen into the monster she became. None of Ellen's atrocities aside from the murder of her parents would have been possible without the demon and the magic that it taught her, including the spell that allowed her to GrandTheftMe Viola, a spell whose specific requirements (creating a sincere bond of trust) had ''unbelievably'' cruel implications, and was taught to her with the full knowledge of what the already cruel Ellen would likely do with it. And every single person that the house killed (other than Ellen during the game)? The demon devoured their souls, with Viola being its final meal.

* PlayerPunch: Viola finds a cute frog, but has to feed it to a giant snake to proceed, and its ghost appears just before leaving the room. Later, she meets its tadpoles, who accuse her of murdering their father. And just before entering the witch's room, she finds the corpse of the black cat that's been accompanying her through the house. [[spoiler: Both endings show it alive, although the pseudo-third ending reveals it was a demon. There's also the true ending.]]

** The demon itself qualifies as an even worse monster than Ellen. She had already crossed the point of no return by murdering her parents, but it was the demon and its offer of power in exchange for the souls of those she killed that directly contributed to turning Ellen into the monster she became. None of Ellen's atrocities aside from the murder of her parents would have been possible without the demon and the magic that it taught her, including the spell that allowed her to GrandTheftMe Viola, a spell whose specific requirements (creating a sincere bond of trust) had ''unbelievably'' cruel implications, and taught to her with the full knowledge of what the already cruel Ellen would likely do with it. And every single person that the house killed (other than Ellen during the game)? The demon devoured their souls, with Viola being its final meal.

** The demon itself qualifies as an even worse monster than Ellen. She had already crossed the point of no return by murdering her parents, but it was the demon and its offer of power in exchange for the souls of those she killed that directly contributed to turning Ellen into the monster she became. None of Ellen's atrocities aside from the murder of her parents would have been possible without the demon and the magic that it taught her, including the spell that allowed her to GrandTheftMe Viola, a spell whose specific requirements (creating a sincere bond of trust) had ''unbelievably'' cruel implications, and taught to her with the full knowledge of what the already cruel Ellen would likely do with it. And every single person that the house killed (other than Ellen during the game)? The demon devoured their souls, with Viola's being its final meal.

** The demon itself qualifies as an even worse monster than Ellen. She had already crossed the point of no return by killing her parents, but it was the demon and its offer of power in exchange for the souls of those she killed that directly contributed to turning Ellen into the monster she became. None of Ellen's atrocities aside from the murder of her parents would have been possible without the demon and the magic that it taught her, including the spell that allowed her to GrandTheftMe Viola, a spell whose specific requirements (creating a sincere bond of trust) had ''unbelievably'' cruel implications, and taught to her with the full knowledge of what the already cruel Ellen would likely do with it. And every single person that the house killed (other than Ellen during the game)? The demon devoured their souls, with Viola's being its final meal.

** The demon itself qualifies as an even worse monster than Ellen. She had already crossed the point of no return by killing her parents, but it was the demon and its offer of power in exchange for the souls of those she killed that directly contributed to turning Ellen into the monster she became. None of Ellen's atrocities aside from the murder of her parents would have been possible without the demon and the magic that it taught her, including the spell that allowed her to GrandTheftMe Viola, a spell whose specific requirements (creating a sincere bond of trust) had ''unbelievably'' cruel implications, and with the full knowledge of what the already cruel Ellen would likely do with it. And every single person that the house killed (other than Ellen during the game)? The demon devoured their souls, with Viola's being its final meal.

* CompleteMonster: [[WickedWitch Ellen]] [[SelfMadeOrphan killed her parents]] and burned their house down [[EnfantTerrible at the age of seven]]. Ellen later went on to kill many people and sacrifice their souls to a demon in exchange for a way to prolong her life long enough for her to find a cure for her illness. Upon learning of a spell that would allow her to switch bodies with a healthy person, [[FalseFriend she falsely befriended a young girl named Viola]]. Before swapping bodies with Viola, Ellen [[AnArmAndALeg cut off her own legs]] and [[EyeScream gouged out her own eyes]] so that after the switch, Viola would suffer and die in Ellen’s maimed body. Ellen then force-fed Viola a "medicine" that [[AndIMustScream burned out her throat and left her mute]] simply because her screams of agony annoyed her. Ellen then taunted the now blind, mute, and crippled Viola, [[OffingTheOffspring and tricked Viola's father into shooting his own daughter dead, laughing cruelly afterward.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[WickedWitch Ellen]] [[SelfMadeOrphan killed her parents]] and burned their house down [[EnfantTerrible at the age of seven]]. Ellen later went on to kill many people and sacrifice their souls to a demon in exchange for a way to prolong her life long enough for her to find a cure for her illness. Upon learning of a spell that would allow her to switch bodies with a healthy person, [[FalseFriend she falsely befriended a young girl named Viola]]. Before swapping bodies with Viola, Ellen [[AnArmAndALeg cut off her own legs]] and [[EyeScream gouged out her own eyes]] so that after the switch, Viola would suffer and die in Ellen’s maimed body. Ellen then force fed Viola a burning medicine that [[AndIMustScream fried her throat and left her mute]] simply because her screams of agony annoyed her. Ellen then taunted the now blind, mute, and crippled Viola, [[OffingTheOffspring and tricked Viola's father into shooting his own daughter dead, laughing cruelly afterward.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[WickedWitch Ellen]] [[SelfMadeOrphan killed her parents]] and burned their house down [[EnfantTerrible at the age of seven]]. Ellen later went on to kill many people and sacrifice their souls to a demon in exchange for a way to prolong her life long enough for her to find a cure for her illness. Upon learning of a spell that would allow her to switch bodies with a healthy person, [[ConsummateLiar she falsely befriended a young girl named Viola]]. Before swapping bodies with Viola, Ellen [[AnArmAndALeg cut off her own legs]] and [[EyeScream gouged out her own eyes so that after the switch]], knowing that she would suffer and die in Ellen’s maimed body. Ellen then force fed Viola a burning medicine that [[AndIMustScream fried her throat and left her mute]] simply because her screams of agony annoyed her. Ellen then taunted the now blind, mute, and crippled Viola, [[OffingTheOffspring and tricked Viola's father into shooting his own daughter dead, laughing cruelly afterward.]]

* CompleteMonster:
** [[WickedWitch Ellen]] [[SelfMadeOrphan killed her parents]] and burned their house down [[EnfantTerrible at the age of seven]]. Ellen later went on to kill many people and sacrifice their souls to a demon in exchange for a way to prolong her life long enough for her to find a cure for her illness. Upon learning of a spell that would allow her to switch bodies with a healthy person, [[ConsummateLiar she falsely befriended a young girl named Viola]]. Before swapping bodies with Viola, Ellen [[AnArmAndALeg cut off her own legs]] and [[EyeScream gouged out her own eyes so that after the switch]], knowing that she would suffer and die in Ellen’s maimed body. Ellen then force fed Viola a burning medicine that [[AndIMustScream fried her throat and left her mute]] simply because her screams of agony annoyed her. Ellen then taunted the now blind, mute, and crippled Viola, [[OffingTheOffspring and tricked Viola's father into shooting his own daughter dead, laughing cruelly afterward.]]

*** According to the book, Ellen didn't mutilate herself just to make Viola suffer ForTheEvulz, she needed to inflict absolute despair upon Viola so that sorcerous immortality would fail her, otherwise Viola would have undoubtedly sought revenge against Ellen using her own magic. She still sure as hell doesn't show any remorse for it, though.

* CompleteMonster: [[WickedWitch Ellen]] [[SelfMadeOrphan killed her parents]] and burned their house down [[EnfantTerrible at the age of seven]]. Ellen later went on to kill many people and sacrifice their souls to a demon in exchange for a way to prolong her life long enough for her to find a cure for her illness. Upon learning of a spell that would allow her to switch bodies with a healthy person, [[ConsummateLiar she falsely befriended a young girl named Viola]]. Before swapping bodies with Viola, Ellen [[AnArmAndALeg cut off her own legs]] and [[EyeScream gouged out her own eyes so that after the switch]], knowing that she would suffer and die in Ellen’s maimed body. Ellen then force fed Viola a burning medicine that [[AndIMustScream fried her throat and left her mute]] simply because her screams of agony annoyed her. Ellen then taunted the now blind, mute, and crippled Viola, [[OffingTheOffspring and tricked Viola's father into shooting his own daughter dead, laughing cruelly afterward.]]
** According to the book, Ellen didn't mutilate herself just to make Viola suffer ForTheEvulz, she needed to inflict absolute despair upon Viola so that sorcerous immortality would fail her, otherwise Viola would have undoubtedly sought revenge against Ellen using her own magic. She still sure as hell doesn't show any remorse for it, though.