History VideoGame / ThrillKill

The game is notable for a number of reasons. The first is for having a four-way 3D battle system, something that had never been done to the fullest like this before. [[OvershadowedByControversy The game is also quite notable for the controversy surrounding it]]. The game's [[{{Gorn}} ultra violence]] and dark [[CombatSadomasochist sadomasochistic]] themes caused it to get quite a bit of flack from Creator/ElectronicArts, who then-recently had bought the game's publisher, Virgin Interactive, and then [[ExecutiveMeddling forcibly shelved]] the game from release to avoid it tarnishing their image. EA also shot down any chance of the game getting a release by any other publisher, believing the game to be too violent to release. ''Thrill Kill'' is also notable for being one of the first video games to receive an [[AdultsOnlyRating AO (Adults Only) rating]], though the rating never went to full use due to the game never getting officially released.

* CombatSadomasochist: Belladonna and William, the latter committing 52 murders by way of this.

* DeadlyDoctor: Dr. Faustus.
* DeepSouth: Cletus of course.

* DrivenToMadness: Oddball's backstory.

* FinishingMove: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx8KodZ29fY&feature=related#watch-main-area "Thrill Kills"]].

* GoingPostal: Mammoth's backstory, with the added wrinkle of him physically tearing people limb from limb when he snapped.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Oddball's backstory involves this.

* KillItWithFire: Cain's defining characteristic.

* MadDoctor: Dr. Faustus.
* TheNapoleon: The Imp.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Marukka.

* PyroManiac: Cain.

* SlasherSmile: Cain.

''Thrill Kill'' is an [[{{Vaporware}} unreleased]] [[{{Gorn}} ultra-violent]] fighting game for the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation. Set in an urban version of Hell, the characters were all incredibly evil mortals, damned for various atrocities, including murder. However, rather than being sent directly to their just desserts, they're able to fight each other for another chance in the mortal world, watched over by Marukka the Goddess of Secrets, who has organized the infernal tournament (simply because she's bored) and promised the winner reincarnation on Earth.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Since this game was never released to the public, its engine was then used to make the more mediocre (yet still pretty violent) [[{{Music/WuTangClan}} Wu-Tang Shaolin Style]].

* SerialKillerKiller: Tormentor's backstory involves him killing criminals that [[TheJudge he himself convicted]]. He was eventually caught and put on trial as one for his actions.

* {{Gorn}}: And LOTS of it.

* TheJudge: Tormentor was one before he went to Hell, declaring many who entered his court guilty just so he could personally torture them to death later.

Even though the game was officially unreleased, the developers leaked the game unto the Internet, allowing many people to find and download unfinished versions from the Internet.

The game is notable for a number of reasons. The first is for having a four-way 3D battle system, something that had never been done to the fullest like this before. '''[[OvershadowedByControversy The game is also quite notable for the controversy surrounding it]].''' The game's [[{{Gorn}} ultra violence]] and dark [[CombatSadomasochist sadomasochistic]] themes caused it to get quite a bit of flack from Creator/ElectronicArts, who then-recently had bought the game's publisher, Virgin Interactive, and then [[ExecutiveMeddling forcibly shelved]] the game from release to avoid it tarnishing their image. EA also shot down any chance of the game getting a release by any other publisher, believing the game to be too violent to release. ''Thrill Kill'' is also notable for being one of the first video games to receive an [[AdultsOnlyRating AO (Adults Only) rating]], though the rating never went to full use due to the game never getting officially released.

''Thrill Kill'' is an [[{{Vaporware}} unreleased]] [[{{Gorn}} ultra-violent]] fighting game for the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation. Set in an urban version of Hell, the characters were all incredibly evil mortals, damned for various atrocities, including murder. However, rather than being sent directly to their just deserts, they're able to fight each other for another chance in the mortal world, watched over by Marukka the Goddess of Secrets, who has organized the infernal tournament (simply because she's bored) and promised the winner reincarnation on Earth.

* CombatSadomasochist: Belladonna and William, the latter commiting 52 murders by way of this.

* DigitalPiracyIsOkay: A few of the orignal designers releasing bootleg versions of the game all over the web is the reason why this game hasn't been completely forgotten.

* GoingPostal: Mammoth's backstory.

* HumblePie: Mammoth. Frail soul within a hostal body, went [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge postal after being fired]], and commited [[BoomHeadshot suicide]]. Franklin just couldn't catch a break.

* TheJudge: Tormentor was one before he went to Hell.

* RapidFireFisticuffs / SpamAttack: All the characters have at least one thrill kill that involves them hitting the opponent with a barrage of strikes until they explode. [[AlphaStrike Then there's that one attack of Dr. Faustus's where he rapidly stabs the opponent so many times with his scalpel that]] he needs to stop his attacking arm with his other arm.

* TooKinkyToTorture: The Gimp.

* WithMyHandsTied: Oddball. He ''is'' in a straightjacket after all.

* DeepSouth: Cletus [[CaptainObvious of course]].

!Characters
* Belladonna Marie Cocherto / ''Belladonna'': A housewife and librarian from Savannah, Georgia, who, after discovering that her husband was having an affair with her sister, snapped and transformed into a deadly dominatrix, murdering them both. She is armed with an electric cattle prod. [[ElectrifiedBathtub She died after committing suicide by electrocuting herself with her cattle prod while taking a bath,]] [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch which was reported as being "accidental".]]
* Gabriel Faustus /''Dr. Faustus'': A [[MadDoctor deranged]] [[DeadlyDoctor plastic surgeon]] from Los Angeles, who intentionally disfigured many of his patients. He is armed with a scalpel and has a set of metal "jaws" attached to his own face that resembles a bear trap, which he also uses to attack with. He died from an infection [[HoistByHisOwnPetard caused by the grafting of said contraption onto his face]].
* Cleetus T. Radley / ''Cleetus'': A murderous [[DeepSouth redneck]] [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]] from Kentucky who fights with a severed leg of one of his past victims. He starved to death after contracting a tapeworm infestation.
* Billy B. Tattoo / ''The Imp'': [[TheNapoleon A violent dwarf]] government employee with a Napoleon complex from Albany, New York, who is supported by stilts. He died from complications after amputating both his legs to replace them with the stilts.
* Franklin Peppermint / ''Mammoth'': A gigantic, feral simian creature who was previously a human postal worker from Covington, Indiana, nicknamed "Mammoth" due to his large size. [[GoingPostal After he was fired from his job, he flew into a rage]] and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge killed many of his colleagues and customers in a bloody rampage.]] He committed suicide afterward by shooting himself.
* Raymond Raystack / ''Oddball'': An FBI criminal profiler from Belfast, Maine, who, after a long career of tracking serial killers, was driven insane and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters became one himself.]] His costumes feature him [[WithMyHandsTied bound in straitjackets, having his arms tied behind his back, or with them amputated altogether]], and so he relies on [[DanceBattler using his head, torso and legs to attack]]. He died after being [[KlingonPromotion gunned down by his protégé]].
* William J. Whitefield / ''Tormentor'': A sadistic [[VigilanteMan vigilante]] [[TheJudge judge]] from Phoenix, who is armed with a chain. He was executed on the electric chair after being found guilty of acquitting criminals in his court so that he could [[SerialKillerKiller secretly torture and murder them himself]].
* Violet Boregard / ''Violet'': The youngest playable character in the game. A teenage traveling circus contortionist from Austria who [[DoesNotLikeMen developed a hatred for men]] after killing a man who attacked her in her dressing room after one of her performances. She died from internal injuries after her spinal cord was ruptured
* Judas: One of the later unlockable sub-bosses. Deformed conjoined twins at the sternum, without any legs. One of the upper halves simply "walks" on his hands whilst the other upper half fights.
* Cain: A sub-boss who is [[KillItWithFire a pyromaniac covered in flames]].
* Marukka: The final boss. She is a demonic female deity from a dimension in Hell who was responsible for the organization of the tournament.
* The Gimp: An unlockable TrainingDummy who can't be controlled directly and is only available in Practice Mode. He is a masochistic gimp [[ShapedLikeItself who enjoys pain.]]

* AxeCrazy: '''Everyone''', with special mention going to [[MadDoctor Dr. Faustus]], [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Oddball]], [[HumblePe Mammoth]] and [[ImAHumanitarian Cletus.]]

* AxeCrazy: '''Everyone''', with special mention going to [[HairTriggerTemper Dr.]] [[TheDogBitesBack Faustus]], [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Oddball]], [[HumblePie Mammoth]] and [[AnArmAndALeg Cletus.]]

** The name "Violet Boregard" sounds [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory awfully familiar]].

The game is notable for a number of reasons. The first is for having a four-way 3D battle system, something that had never been done to the fullest like this before. '''[[OvershadowedByControversy The game is also quite notable for the controversy surrounding it]].''' The game's [[{{Gorn}} ultra violence]] and dark [[CombatSadomasochist sadomasochistic]] themes caused it to get quite a bit of flack from [[Creator/ElectronicArts EA]], who [[ExecutiveMeddling forcibly shelved]] the game from release to avoid it tarnishing their image. EA also shot down any chance of the game getting a release by any other publisher, believing the game to be too violent to release. Thrill Kill is also notable for being one of the first video games to receive an [[AdultsOnlyRating AO (Adults Only) rating]], though the rating never went to full use due to the game never getting officially released.

''Thrill Kill'' is an [[{{Vaporware}} unreleased]] [[{{Gorn}} ultra-violent]] fighting game for the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation. Set in an urban version of Hell, the characters were all incredibly evil mortals, damned for various atrocities, including murder. However, rather than being sent directly to their just desserts, they're able to fight each other for another chance in the mortal world, watched over by Marukka the Goddess of Secrets, who has organized the infernal tournament (simply because she's bored) and promised the winner reincarnation on Earth.

* BloodierAndGorier: Was hyped as being more hardcore than even ''MortalKombat''. In most cases, it wasn't lying.

* SerialKillerKiller: Tormentor's backstory involves him killing criminals that [[TheJudge he himself convicted]]. He was eventually caught and trailed as one for his actions.

''Thrill Kill'' is an [[{{Vaporware}} unreleased]] [[{{Gorn}} ultra-violent]] ([[ValuesDissonance for its]] [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny time]]) fighting game for the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation. Set in an urban version of Hell, the characters were all incredibly evil mortals, damned for various atrocities, including murder. However, rather than being sent directly to their just desserts, they're able to fight each other for another chance in the mortal world, watched over by Marukka the Goddess of Secrets, who has organized the infernal tournament (simply because she's bored) and promised the winner reincarnation on Earth.

* ShoutOut: One of Judas's costumes has the twins cosplaying [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Ryu and Ken]].

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* Gabriel Faustus /''Dr. Faustus'': A [[DeadlyDoctor deranged plastic surgeon]] from Los Angeles, who intentionally disfigured many of his patients. He is armed with a scalpel and has a set of metal "jaws" attached to his own face that resembles a bear trap, which he also uses to attack with. He died from an infection [[HoistByHisOwnPetard caused by the grafting of said contraption onto his face]].

''Thrill Kill'' is an [[{{Vaporware}} unreleased]] [[{{Gorn}} ultra-violent]] ([[ValuesDissonance for its]] [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny time]]) fighting game for the Sony UsefulNotes/PlayStation. Set in an urban version of Hell, the characters were all damned souls fighting for another chance in the mortal world, watched over by Marukka the Goddess of Secrets, who has organized the infernal tournament and promised the winner reincarnation on Earth.

* Gabriel Faustus /''Dr. Faustus'': A [[DeadlyDoctor deranged plastic surgeon]] from Los Angeles, who intentionally disfigured many of his patients. He is armed with a scalpel and has a set of metal "jaws" attached to his own face that resembles a bear trap, which he also uses to attack with. He died from an infection caused by the grafting of said contraption onto his face.

''Thrill Kill'' is an [[{{Vaporware}} unreleased]] [[{{Gorn}} ultra-violent]] ([[ValuesDissonance for its]] [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny time]]) fighting game for the Sony {{PlayStation}}. Set in an urban version of Hell, the characters were all damned souls fighting for another chance in the mortal world, watched over by Marukka the Goddess of Secrets, who has organized the infernal tournament and promised the winner reincarnation on Earth.