History VideoGame / Bloodwash

* PoliceAreUseless: Called out early in the game. [[spoiler:It seems to subvert this with an ambiguous fate for Sara shifting into taking over as Officer Burton, but this becomes a double-subversion as even while playing as him, really doesn't do the best job, vindicating this with failing to take a shot at the Ripper as they were killing a man, and ultimately just getting himself killed.]]

Similar to Puppet Combo's own games, ''Bloodwash'' combines [[UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} PS1]]-era graphics with VHS-era [[SlasherMovie Slasher Movies]]. Players take the role of Sara, a pregnant college student whose drunk boyfriend has forgotten to do the laundry, forcing her to leave the apartment late at night and travel to the 24/7 laundromat at a strip mall on the edge of town. Unfortunately for Sara a serial killer known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Womb Ripper]], who targets pregnant women, is on the prowl.

* ConstructiveBodyDisposal: [[spoiler: Louis Kennedy left his pregnant lover to burn in the old laundromat]]

* MadeOfIron: As expected for a slasher villain, the Womb Ripper is hard to put down needing at least four shots from a revolver to defeat. [[spoiler:The coroner in the epilogue even notes how abnormal it is for the killer to have survived multiple fatal gunshot wounds before finally dying, in addition to the fact that she survived being caught in a fire years earlier. If that wasn't enough however the epilogue also shows that she ''still'' isn't down for the count and ambushes the coroner.]]

* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler:Sara's pregnant and yet also a pretty hardy woman, managing to take down the killer with a revolver in the game's climax]].

* TraumaticCSection: Evidently from their [[[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast name]], this is the BigBad's modus operandi.

* MadeOfIron: As expected for a slasher villain, the Womb Ripper is hard to put down needing at least four shots from a revolver to take them down. [[spoiler:The coroner in the epilogue even notes how abnormal it is for the killer to have survived multiple fatal gunshot wounds before finally dying, in addition to the fact that she survived being caught in a fire years earlier. If that wasn't enough however the epilogue also shows that she ''still'' isn't down for the count and ambushes the coroner.]]

* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler:Sara manages to take out the killer with a revolver in the game's climax]].

* TraumaticCSection: Evidently from the name, this is the BigBad's modus operandi.

* DestructiveRomance: The few hints we get about Sara and Liam's relationship suggests it's not a healthy one. Liam is extremely lazy and unsupportive of Sara, even though she's studying full-time, trying to find a job and pregnant with his child. Sara is so angry with him at the start she can't bring herself to talk to him. Sara also indicates he [[TheAlcoholic drinks a lot]]; Stan expresses concern he could become abusive towards her and offers to help her leave him if she needs to[[labelnote:*]](just like InsaneEqualsViolent doesn't reflect reality, not all alcoholics are violent, but even if Liam is a passive drunk him spending much of his time blacked out certainly isn't going to make him father of the year)[[/labelnote]]. [[spoiler:Post-game, it's revealed that Sara broke up with him afterwards because she realized he was a risk to her child.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: Upon exploring the Womb Ripper's lair, Sara finds that besides killing pregnant women, the Womb Ripper lives up to their name bt ripping out and skinning the fetuses in order to make a gruesome face mask of fetus skin.

''Bloodwash'' is a first-person retro-style horror game created by Black Eyed Priest and Henry Hoare, and published by Creator/PuppetCombo under his Torture Star Video sub-brand for third-party games.

''Bloodwash'' is a first-person retro-style horror game created by Black Eyed Priest and Henry Hoare, and published by Creator/PuppetCombo under his Torture Star Video sub-brand for third party games.

* NiceGuy: Doubling as a CoolOldGuy, Stan stands out amongst the seedy scumbags as a genuinely compassionate and all around decent man who cares quite a bit about Sara home situation, begging her to tell him if Liam graduates into a full on BastardBoyfriend. Sara even notes how much of a great guy Stan is. [[spoiler: True to his word, after the game he helps Sara move away and get her own place.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: A post-game epilogue posted by the developers reveals the fates of the characters; [[spoiler: Sara, with the help of Stan, breaks up with her jerkass boyfriend for her child's sake, moving in with Stan's sister till she can afford her own place. Peepaw, Pizza-Dude, and the Appliance Store Guy all survive.]]

* DestructiveRomance: The few hints we get about Sara and Liam's relationship suggests it's not a healthy one. Liam is extremely lazy and unsupportive of Sara, even though she's studying full-time, trying to find a job and pregnant with his child. Sara is so angry with him at the start she can't bring herself to talk to him. Sara also indicates he [[TheAlcoholic drinks a lot]]; Stan expresses concern he could become abusive towards her and offers to help her leave him if she needs to (just like InsaneEqualsViolent doesn't reflect reality, not all alcoholics are violent, but even if Liam is a passive drunk him spending much of his time blacked out certainly isn't going to make him father of the year). [[spoiler:Post-game, it's revealed that Sara broke up with him afterwards because she realized he was a risk to her child.]]

** Peepaw seems to be nothing more then a GrumpyOldMan, but if you take the time to talk to him, he's revealed to be ''very'' knowledgeable of his neighborhood's history, and is by far the most reliable of the information sources Sara can interogate.

* MadeOfIron: The Womb Ripper needs to be shot at least four times to put down. [[spoiler:The coroner even notes how abnormal it seems for the killer to survive multiple fatal gunshots before finally dying in addition to surviving being caught in a fire years earlier. Then the killer comes back to life and ambushes the coroner.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The Womb Ripper comes across as this. On the one hand, there's nothing overtly shown to indicate they're anything more than a human psycho. On the other hand, they demonstrate a degree of MadeOfIron and SuperStrength that's impossible to explain. [[spoiler: Especially after they come back to life after being shot four times and being partially autopsied. A [[HumanSacrifice sacrificed victim]] suspended above a crib surrounded by a [[MagicalStarSymbols pentacle]] scrawled in the victim’s [[CouldNotFindAPen blood]] that can be seen in the Womb Ripper’s lair suggests [[HollywoodSatanism darker forces]] may be in play, as the Womb Ripper may have [[DealWithTheDevil sold her soul to Satan]] in order to wreak her vengeance.]]

* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler:Sara manages to take out the killer with a pistol in the game's climax]].

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Upon killing the Womb Ripper, Sara discovers the killer was Samantha Rhodes, one of the missing women. Louis Kennedy was having an affair with her and, after discovering she was pregnant with his child, tried to kill her by locking her inside the old laundromat and burning it down. Samantha survived but was badly burned and lost the child, went completely insane, and started killing women who had what she didn't.]]
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Sara eventually gets her hands on a revolver ([[spoiler:formerly belonging to Officer Burton, who the Womb Ripper killed]]), and uses it to confront the killer.

* WouldHurtAChild: Upon exploring the Womb Ripper's lair, Sara finds that besides killing pregnant women, the Womb Ripper also rips out and skins their fetuses in order to make a facemask of human skin.

* MadeOfIron: The Womb Ripper needs to be shot at least four times to put down. [[spoiler:The coroner even notes how abnormal it seems for the killer to survive multiple fatal gunshots before finally dying. Then the killer comes back to life and ambushes the coroner.]]

* DestructiveRomance: The few hints we get about Sara and Liam's relationship suggests it's not a healthy one. Liam is extremely lazy and unsupportive of Sara, even though she's studying full-time, trying to find a job and pregnant with his child. Sara is so angry with him at the start she can't bring herself to talk to him. Sara also indicates he [[TheAlcoholic drinks a lot]]; Stan expresses concern he could become abusive towards her and offers to help her leave him if she needs to. [[spoiler:Post-game, it's revealed that Sara broke up with him afterwards because she realized he was a risk to her child.]]

* AdultFear: The premise is ''made'' of this: a serial killer who specifically targets pregnant women is on the loose and the police have no leads so far.

* KnifeNut: The Womb Ripper's weapon of choice.