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Add Hill House and the Bates Motel to The Sims 4 for the season of pumpkinsScares as iconic as Aiden’s cap
Scares as iconic as Aiden’s cap
As the nights draw ever closer, and the windows of the local Tesco grow ever more pumpkiny, I have been burrowing into blankets, putting a hot water bottle on my feetsies (because we don’t want to turn on the heating yet) and wallowing in some classic scares. But I have found this harder to do with games. Most games are, obviously, a very interactive experience, and when the scares are happening to you, rather than someone you are watching, it is less conducive to comfortable toasty-toe Octobering.
At the same time, I have been pootling around inThe Sims 4, restlessly starting and canning new builds in a fit of pique. But then I realised that my two interests can be combined: I can indulge in some classic horror, play a game at the same time, and I don’t even have to do any work because other Sims builders have already done it! That’s my favourite kind of work! And lo and behold, there are loads of recreations of famous scary buildings knocking about onThe Sims 4 Gallery. I’ve linked a few of my favourites that I found below. Sure, you could search the gallery for them yourselves, but the gallery UI is the worst thing in the entire world, so this will save you time.
The Sanderson Sisters' House from Hocus Pocus
History will never be able to justify to me why Hocus Pocus wasn’t instantly a classic as soon as it came out. It has a scene where Bette Midler performs a sort of talk-singing version of I Put A Spell On You at a Halloween party. I do not understand why it was met with ‘mixed reviews’. What’s wrong with people?
The Addams Family Mansion from The Addams Family
The Bates Motel from Psycho
Bly Manor and Hill House from Netflix
Halloweentown from The Nightmare Before Christmas
Pro tip: you can find a bunch of other Jack and Sally stuff on the Sims Gallery under ‘The Nightmare Before Christma’ because that is where you hit the character limit.
The Maitland’s house from Beetlejuice
I love this. I have nothing more to say. “Milgemilge” has done a really exemplary job, inside and out. There’s evena stop motion build videoif you want to see all the details - even the room with the miniature is included. 10/10 job, would love my Sims to live in a weird house with terrible layout like this one.
The Amityville Horror house from Amityville
Special bonus recommendation: Sexy Gary Oldman Dracula
The only Dracula more ridiculous than Stephen Moffatt’s Dracula is the one from Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This includes both the elderly version of Gary Oldman Dracula, who looks like someone put a large poodle in a dehydrator, and the young sexy Gary Oldman Dracula from later in the film, who looks like that one fucking guy you see at every wedding. I love this because in the screenshots he is both literally and figuratively vamping. Thank you, “SirSimALot”.
All screenshots are from the named builders onThe Sims 4Gallery, apart from The Bates Motel and Bly Manor, which are from65Brenda’s Twitter.
