History NightmareFuel / BendyAndTheInkMachine

** The real kicker is the ending. [[spoiler: You see Boris, ''completely alive'' after his vivisection in Chapter 1. [[OhCrap This implies that there are either multiple of each character, or that]] ''[[FromBadToWorse the ink character can't be fully killed.]]'']]
** And then, after the credits, you see [[spoiler: an axe, a pile of ink, and a Bendy mask. It doesn't seem to bad...[[FridgeHorror until you remember Sammy had a Bendy mask and was encased in -- if not]] ''[[FridgeHorror made of]]'' [[FridgeHorror -- ink, and was killed by Bendy...]]]]

** [[spoiler: Sammy sounds like a cultist the whole way, praising Bendy as a god. He states that he plans to sacrifice you to Bendy, which would hopefully cause his "god" to free him of his warped body. Sammy leaves the room, and [[OhCrap is immediately attacked and either murdered or tortured by Bendy]]. You then have to run away from the ink demon down several boarded-up halls, frantically chopping away for your life to escape. [[FromBadToWorse Then your axe breaks, leaving you without a weapon]].]]

* As some FridgeHorror, the Bendy expression sheet: his expression is [[PerpetualSmiler ''always the same'']], which may mean that the cardboard cutouts that have been stalking you all the time with that [[TheUnSmile creepy smile of theirs]] [[StepfordSmiler may not even be smiling]]...they may be planning your demise. And if you chop them off? They could very well be pissed at you.

* As some FridgeHorror, the Bendy expression sheet: his expression is [[PerpetualSmile ''always the same'']], which may mean that the cardboard cutouts that have been stalking you all the time with that [[TheUnSmile creepy smile of theirs]] [[StepfordSmiler may not even be smiling]]...they may be planning your demise. And if you chop them off? They could very well be pissed at you.

* There are far more [[ApocalypticLog cassette tapes]] littered around the basement. Some are pretty harmless, talking about things like a new voice actor getting excited for her new role as a new character in the Bendy cartoon, but then you find one that has a deranged employee talking about how "[[ArcWords he will set us free]]". His entire speech sounds like a cultist praising his deity.

* You find another one later, hidden and locked in a closet. This employee sounds like he's lost his mind, talking about sanctuaries in the basement, and gives instructions on how to open his personal one.

--->'''Samuel''': But sometimes... love requires sacrifice. Can I get an amen?
--->'''Samuel''': [[spoiler: (Immediately after the tape ends, from somewhere where you can't see him) I said... can I get an amen?]]

--->'''Samuel''': [[spoiler: (Immediately after the tape ends) I said... can I get an amen?]]

** [[spoiler: Even worse is the appearance of Bendy himself. In Chapter 1, he looked like a nondescript pile of ink with a human head, but now, he has a mostly-formed humanoid body, complete with gloves and a bowtie. In other words, ''he's becoming stronger'' as time passes.]]

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* Though there are minor startles littered throughout, the first chapter only has one real JumpScare, and ''boy'' are the developers going for quality over quantity. [[spoiler:After the tension-filled process of repairing the ink machine is finally over, you pull the final lever and go back down the hall to where the machine sits, ready to find out what this thing Joey worked so hard on actually does. Curiously, the doorway is now boarded up, and there's nothing of interest to see from a distance, so you move closer. You peer hard through the wooden boards. The machine is further back in the room, now humming away... and then, up from below, ''something'' pops up into your field of view. It resembles Bendy in a loose sense of the word, but unlike the cardboard cutout that had been stalking you the entire game, this thing is a fully animated 3-D model, and actually looks like a proper EldritchAbomination. It has no visible eyes, a painted-on grin, and is made almost entirely of oozing, unstable ink. Perhaps most disturbing, it looks far more human-like than anything else you've encountered in the game, with a proportionately-sized head atop a clear neck and shoulders, plunging it ''deep'' into the UncannyValley. It's even pictured above.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Creator lied to us"'']]

[[folder:Chapter One]]

[[folder:Chapter Two]]

* The second chapter ups the ante, as the player is now in genuine danger of being killed.

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[[AC:Chapter 1]]

[[AC:Chapter 2]]

* Though there are minor startles littered throughout, the first chapter only has one real JumpScare, and ''boy'' are the developers going for quality over quantity. [[spoiler:After the tension-filled process of repairing the ink machine is finally over, you pull the final lever and go back down the hall to where the machine sits, ready to find out what this thing Joey worked so hard on actually does. Curiously, the doorway is now boarded up, and there's nothing of interest to see from a distance, so you move closer. You peer hard through the wooden boards. The machine is further back in the room, now humming away... and then, up from below, ''something'' pops up into your field of view. It resembles Bendy in a loose sense of the word, but unlike the cardboard cutout that had been stalking you the entire game, this thing is a fully animated 3-D model, and actually looks like a proper EldritchAbomination. It has no visible eyes, a painted-on grin, and is made almost entirely of oozing, unstable ink. Perhaps most disturbing, it looks far more human-like than anything else you've encountered in the game, with a proportionately-sized head atop a clear neck and shoulders, plunging it ''deep'' into the UncannyValley.]]

* Though there are minor startles littered throughout, the first chapter only has one real JumpScare, and ''boy'' are the developers going for quality over quantity. [[spoiler:After the tension-filled process of repairing the ink machine is finally over, you pull the final lever and go back down the hall to where the machine sits, ready to find out what this thing Joey worked so hard on actually does. Curiously, the doorway is now boarded up, and there's nothing of interest to see from a distance, so you move closer. You peer hard through the wooden boards. The machine is further back in the room, now humming away... and then, up from below, ''something'' pops up into your field of view. It resembles Bendy in a loose sense of the word, but unlike the cardboard cutout that had been stalking you the entire game, this thing is a fully animated 3-D model, and actually looks like a proper EldritchAbomination. It has no visible eyes, a painted-on grin, and is made almost entirely of oozing, unstable ink. Perhaps most disturbing, it looks far more human-like than anything else you've encountered in the game, with a proportionately-sized head atop a clear neck and shoulders, plunging it ''deep'' into the UncannyValley.]]

* The entire first chapter exercises NothingIsScarier at almost every given moment. The animation studio is utterly bereft of life, but the claustraphobic corridors, occasional creepy sound, unexplained off-screen changes, and clear evidence that something ''very wrong'' happened before you showed up keep the nerve-wracking atmosphere constantly high.

* Though there are minor startles littered throughout, the first chapter only has one real JumpScare, and ''boy'' are the developers going for quality over quantity. [[spoiler:After the tension-filled process of repairing the ink machine is finally over, you full the final lever and go back down the hall to where the machine sits, ready to find out what this thing Joey worked so hard on actually does. Curiously, the doorway is now boarded up, and there's nothing of interest to see from a distance so you go closer. You peer hard through the wooden boards, see the machine further back in the room, now humming away... and then, up from below, ''something'' pops up into your field of view. It resembles Bendy in a loose sense of the word, but unlike the cardboard cutout that had been stalking you the entire game, this thing is a fully animated 3-D model, and actually looks like a proper EldritchAbomination. It has no visible eyes, a painted-on grin, and is made almost entirely of oozing, unstable ink. Perhaps most disturbing, it looks far more human-like than anything else you've encountered in the game, with a proportionately-sized head atop a clear neck and shoulders, plunging it ''deep'' into the UncannyValley.]]

* The entire first chapter exercises NothingIsScarier at almost every given moment. The animation studio is utterly bereft of life, but the claustraphobic corridors, occasional creepy sound, unexplained off-screen changes, and clear evidence that something ''very wrong'' happened before you showed up keep the tension constantly high and dry.
* Not long after you step into the game, you'll turn a corner and find your first ''major'' clue that something is amiss - [[spoiler:Bendy's old co-star, Boris the wolf, dead on a table with his torso cut open and all his insides removed.]] The horror here is twofold: [[spoiler:1. The explicit shock of "Holy crap, a vivisection of an adorable cartoon character", and 2. the more implicit horror when you realize that this is supposed to be the real world and, even in-universe, Boris is supposed to be fictional. And yet, here he is, very much in the flesh, having been dissected like a rat.]] It's made all the worse by him being an Expy of ''Goofy'', of all things.