Your Son Has a Pumpkin For A Head & Is Decomposing Rapidly But You Love Him Anyway - Pumpkin Eater

Pumpkin Eater is a horror tale about a boy with a pumpkin for a head and human decomposition. Yes.
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[@ManlyBadassHero]

Welcome to the You May End Up Making a Pumpkin Pun Here Club, how You May End Up Making a Pumpkin Pun Here are ya?

[@vielo9078]

let's pump(kin) it up

[@schwartce]

No.

[@Voidalot]

*He might still be edible for Pumpkin Pie, right Manly Kun?*

[@Akeari]

Man i hate when i have a pumpkin head that rapidly decomposes. This is totally me when i have a pumpkin head that rapidly decomposes

[@wavesrng]

im sure my kid would love to be eaten if he become a pumpkin, we should know it by how his legs and arms react

[@Charles-xp2md]

This was genuinely terrifying. Not because it was scary towards me, but just horrifying for the daughter. I never thought I would get immersed to the point that I feel fear/dread for another character in a horror game.

[@amaura.9141]

Honestly, every word that either parent spoke made me feel like I was being slowly burned just as much as the daughter. Especially the end, the smell must be horrible.

[@natalienardone6151]

Yes I fully agree! As an older sister to my little brother, this is genuinely terrifying.

[@GHOST-jj9sg]

I AGREE SO MUCH

[@Thelothuo]

@Storm Mist oh i thought he was just slipping up and not shaving lol

[@someflipnotes87]

@@БогданКрименюк you did? Max i experienced was when my grandma died but its not like she was decomposing she was just ... Just dead but didn't smell or anything. And like we slept there 2 nights and she was in her bed in the room next to ours. It was like she was sleeping so i also didnt wanna "say goodbye" by touching her hand cause you know. I hate how cold dead ppl are fr. I get thats kinda a tradition here to touch your loved one corpse but i mean whats the point its just like whiplash of 'remember u grandma dead and she isnt sleeping at all!!! Touch her and see how cold she is!!!" No thanks🙂

[@drawnwithlove3499]

Honestly my favorite part of this horror game is how believable it is. A mother who loved her son so much and just couldn't accept his death, now forcing her family to live with his rotten corpse and act as if he was still alive. That's something you find on the news or on a true crime podcast, and it terrifies me

[@inumizuno]

It's both terrifying and sad. I feel bad for her in a way, but ultimately i blame the father for all of this. If he wasn't so selfish at the beginning when he hit his son. The mother even wanted to bring him to the hospital but the father refused

[@exu7325]

@@inumizuno His head was a splatter on the pavement. What the hell is the hospital supposed to do?

[@inumizuno]

@@exu7325 Preserve the corpse ig? Idk i don't remember writing my comment either haha

[@dondog3123]

There are people who are like that, living with their corpses before burial or just as a cope

[@wildfire9280]

@@exu7325 NOT keep his body in their house is one thing

[@ZorotheGallade]

The creation of this game must be in the top "I'm a writer and this research is for my next work officer, I swear" moments.

[@ZorotheGallade]

@@dentheduck2095 (Shrug)

[@roblue5470]

@@dentheduck2095 visual novel game

[@jenezeltorres3957]

@@dentheduck2095 it’s more of an experience I suppose.

[@drpibisback7680]

Best part is the creator popped in to this very comment section to confirm they learned about the stages of decomposition as a Pre-Med student and that's what inspired them to make it.

[@anevilstripper6095]

I.. Know someone who's had an experiance like this. A cousin, her son died of cot-death (still a baby), but she kept his body around. Dressed it, posted pictures of it on facebook.. Stuff like this does happen, it's pretty unsettling

[@marinikaye]

Did someone at least investigate her on the dead baby?

[@Violet_Parakeet]

Did she ever get called out for it?

[@togepipi]

Not To Be Rude But She Needs Help Like A Doctor Or Something

[@minatomew]

That... makes me feel very uneasy.

[@togepipi]

@@minatomew Agreed

[@Luigifan4ever11]

I don't think I've ever seen devs put "hey this would be a cool movie, call us!" in their game but honestly? I agree, this would be a sick exploitation horror as they said. I hope they do get taken up on that offer.

[@yumnomik9937]

I think it has a higher chance of someone stealing the idea, then pitching it to Netflix and then Netflix stealing the pitch.

[@xkolm]

@@yumnomik9937 if they do that I'm gonna be so mad

[@banyalaplace]

and Deodato would be the best pick too, they know what they're doing

[@nerathechildoflight9974]

@@yumnomik9937 and then Netflix ruining it somehow

[@annierminx]

@@nerathechildoflight9974 probably with sOMEHOW adding forced inclusion, since netflix is so famous from doing so

[@struberichizkek]

the poor children. the son's body was disrespected so much, another kid was dragged into their mess, and gloria was traumatized beyond belief. this story is so messed, and the game is exceptional. i hope the devs will make another one T^T

[@namesluce]

more like dragged into their basement

[@GoldballIndustries]

Lemon Head: Your Daughter has a Lemon for a head and the lemon is decomposing rapidly but you still love her

[@iamarapscllion]

@@namesluce BRO 💀💀

[@torytellstales]

I thought it was so sweet how the little girl, despite being grossed out and horrified by the state of her dead brother, still missed him and he came back from the grave to warn her to run

[@durratulaishah3703]

And the dad is really horrible too. The wife desperately needs help and he has a gut to cheat his wife just bc she become more "demanding"

[@ogPunkcln]

I really like this kind of horror. The author doesn't have to come up with a supernatural or scifi plot to make the story scary. The horror of nature is relatable right off the bat and in my opinion hasn't been explored that much. Props to the team that did their research seriously, it even made me pause this vid to look up the process of decomposition. Human body is both beautiful and disgusting.

[@_.kainecroe._]

Horror…is truth.

[@Unused76785]

This game is true metal and body horror. It could happen in real life making it even more uncomfortable.

[@gbioabngd]

Yes it has. And being disturbed isn’t horror. It’s just disturbing.

[@gbioabngd]

@The Let's Player Them saying human nature hasn’t been explored enough. I believe it has, and a lot of disturbing content has been created by it.

[@ogPunkcln]

@@gbioabngd About decomposition then. Not a lot of games show decomposition of corpses for you to see. Other than RE7 I don't really know if there's anything that plays to the topic of rotting humans.

[@itchywitchy2248]

Actually hate the father so much. Literally 5 seconds after killing his son hes already like "ugh, what if the neighbours saw me commit vehicular manslaughter that would be so embarassing🙄 gotta get rid of the body or whatever😒"

[@bscorvin]

as soon as I saw the line “But more importantly, he loved his image”, I was like, damn this man needs to get his priorities in check

[@ultimateninjaboi]

Yeah. Like, mom is clearly the insane one from the getgo, but its a fractured mental state sort of insanity. Dad just clearly didnt care about his children beyond what they did for his image. And it scarily reminds me of more than one real world parent/grandparent hiding deaths for the sake of keeping up appearances.

[@redblade5556]

@@ultimateninjaboi which tells you that they're either a pretty well-off family in either europe or asia.

[@calcifiedweatherfrog4945]

@@redblade5556 they mention them being a nuclear family so it's probably the US. It also mentions "the estate" and that they have a large pumpkin patch in the back and if you look at the background of the family scenes they are probably upper middle to rich. Due to the worry about their reputation they are probably very well respected.

[@vee1267]

When the dad said “let’s get him inside before the neighbors come” my first thought was that he didn’t want to shock anyone with the traumatizing sight of a dead kid with a squashed head, which would be a 100% valid concern... but, the truth is always disappointing.

[@minetruly]

26:23 still wondering which will fall apart first, the body or the pumpkin. I think it will be tremendously horrid if the pumpkin falls away, revealing a head that is not only crushed and rotting, but also crammed full of the food the mother has been forcing into it.

[@sadrabbit53]

Imagining the food being pushed into a crushed-off, barely-attached jaw to just sit there and rot is what made my blood curdle about this game

[@ohsock.5501]

and also the maggots, the daughter felt all the maggots squirming in her mouth during that one nightmare, so his mouth was probably full of them too..

[@chaincat33]

The body almost certainly falls apart first, assuming the pumpkin isn't messed with too much. Pumpkins are pretty structurally sound, and if the worst thing eating it is microbes and flies, it'd last a lot longer

[@werisekk3]

@@chaincat33 Do you think the same applies to a hollowed out pumpkin with an entire rotting head with congealed blood and all that _and_ maggot infested rotting food? It must be moldy on the inside.

[@shinyrayquaza9]

I have owned pumpkins that lasted over a year uncarved, the pumpkin here would prob only last a day mold gets it quick when carved and it starts rotting after a few days even if you clean the mold off, now thats in a kitchen at room temp untouched, this is on a broken smashed in head and the body its on is constantly moved

[@twindrill2852]

The poor daughter. In the ending, the sight of a pumpkin treat--let alone one with bugs near it--likely reminded her of her trauma. PTSD is a nasty thing.

[@haiinso]

somehow i just could not stop feeling bad for the son throughout the entire gameplay. homie couldn't even have a peaceful funeral after getting his brains blown on the sidewalk

[@jaslikeart]

Petition for Son to get a proper funeral

[@jkbutterfly3142]

@@jaslikeart Signed!

[@Sophia-do1si]

SIGNED

[@minana2785]

Why did I laugh at this 😂 Also SIGNED

[@heavenlydusk]

Signed

[@endiecutie06]

Imagine being the teacher who the daughter tried to get to help her. They must’ve felt terrible after they found out that she was telling the truth.

[@cofeejoe2882]

It's so wack to think that all of this could've been avoided if the father called the police right then and there when the accident happened. Like even if you can tell your wife is going coo coo for co co puffs, he should've "called the hospital". There really is a lot of people who pride themselves in appearance and truly end up hurting their children by trying to seem "respectful". Not even in such extreme cases. I like this story as a literally gruesome horror bit but also as a symbolic causionary tale of people putting their pride over their children's well being. CRAZY COOL

[@yousaywhatnow2195]

People have very weird reactions under pressure.

[@lexa2310]

To be fair. He was probably in shock when he said that. People don't really think clearly when that happens. Though later on he should have called the police. He seemed sane enough to recognize the situation.

[@theirDevil]

I don't think it was pride. It's revealed the son died when the father drove over his head, meaning he'd be culpable for his sons death. If reported, he would be likely to face significant jail time. This would explain his own solution to bury the body in the pumpkin patch and never speak of it again, he was trying to hide the evidence of the child's death in a place wear decomposition would occur faster and render it harder for any future investigation to pin the blame on him.

[@cofeejoe2882]

@@theirDevil oh absolutely, but in the very beginning of the game the narrator points out that one of the most important things to them is their appearances. Or something on that vein. I'm paraphrasing. I absolutely see what you mean tho! I think their actions can be interpreted in many number of ways.

[@UnknownOps]

Why didn't he went to the police during his work hours is beyond me.

[@a4435ify]

So from a medical perspective, it's quite fantastic how accurate they were with the stages/progression of decomposition. Very good attention to detail w/ the rigor mortis setting in and then passing in an accurate timeframe. The only issue I've seen: the daughter says kids at school noticed she smelled bad. That probably isn't going to happen though. The odor will heavily permeate the area and anything in direct contact with the source of the odor, but nothing further. It is very common for the odor to become universal when exposed for any decent amount of time, however. So if you spend 2 hours in the room/house of a body with advanced decomposition, after exiting, you will not smell like the body did. Your clothes won't. In fact, objects taken from the house generally won't either. But when you smell those items yourself, it will smell like the advanced decomposition. When you put a piece of fabric/clothing to your nose and inhale deeply, it will smell like the body. Open a jug of milk, and smell it. Smells like rot. This goes away after a while, but again, the odor isn't there. It's really just in your head, or the scent is trapped in your nostrils.

[@gemrock]

Good point but I think towards the end it was in her head including the smell and buzzing. I think she needed therapy for what happened. Being forced to take care of her brothers dead body, plus the story spreading pretty quickly, the kids were just being mean and not truly understanding what happened to her. Mainly because children don't learn about death until their much older plus her mind forcing her to continue smelling the odor. Her mother made her feel like the brothers death was her fault not accepting the husband did it. Even tho "the brother forgave her". The phantom smell is her guilt about letting all this happen to her brother. Being forced to be the adult while the mother played house and the father, drank and cheated the guilt away believing it was the daughters fault to. A brilliant story but creepy at the same time for being so accurate.

[@zacheymczachface]

Honestly it wouldn't shock me if the kids were being cruel, kids, especially young ones can be really fucked up when it comes to the kind of insults they do, once they saw she scrubbed a lot they started picking at it, pretty common in a sad way.

[@mightypurplelicious3209]

Maybe she just didn’t shower as much, maybe the maggots invaded the bathroom too. Eck.

[@jayce1850]

Something that might transfer the smell is that she slept in the same room her brother’s body was kept in, not just for two hours but for extended periods daily, and I can also see the mother interacting with the body and then with clean clothes because she deludes herself that her rotting son’s body isn’t slimy and gross, so then the girl’s clothes become dirty with rancid body fluids. She would then be expected to wear them because to the mother they’re perfectly clean. Of course, part of it is probably the psychological thing too.

[@Trueshogunate]

@Ark7 Would bacteria from the body merge with living body flora since she's been staying in the same room as him every day? It's been a super long time for me, but my microbiology prof talked about how a man suddenly became smelly after cutting up a chicken but was healthy and in the end it was due to the bacteria living in his skin flora, or something to that extent. Edit: After a brief search, I came across that study: "A man who pricked his finger and smelled putrid for 5 years" published 1996. I think it's very much possible that odor-causing bacteria had penetrated Gloria's natural body flora similar to this case, but different in that she was in constant contact with the body.

[@syntheticat-3]

I’m currently teaching at an English kindergarten in Korea. One of my students recently described the plot of this game to me in surprisingly lucid English (especially considering she’s only 6 years old) but she didn’t really clarify where she got the story from. I was very surprised to see that this is a real thing, right in my KZbin recommendations. I pray her mother restricts her internet access 💀

[@sadrabbit53]

I volunteered at an elementary school once and was helping in the art room when a class of first or second graders came in (6-8 years old). One began talking about FNAF, so we began chatting about video games in general, and one little boy said he liked playing Outlast. Not even watching a playthrough, actually playing the game.

[@tbone551]

@@sadrabbit53 Not a horror game but when I was 4 I was playing duke nukem. Didn't screw me up.

[@dhampir_days]

kids are weirdly attracted to horror and it's both funny and concerning. like I believe if they're not affected by it badly then go ahead, I used to be obsessed with dark folklore as a kid and would look up monsters who flayed humans and ate their intenstines. but if it gets to the point they're developing bad phobias or it's affecting their mental health, then yeah you need to step in.

[@errortryagainlater4240]

@@sadrabbit53 oh god yes, I used to read pretty depressing horror stories when I was a kid just because it was so fascinating to me and I was obsessed with folklore/monsters. It hasn't turned me into a serial killer or anything but in retrospect, _jesus christ_ 😂💀

[@garnet1918]

LMAO 😭

[@six9148]

This one is horribly accurate, not only medically but in the way the daughter responds emotionally, seeing her brother as an 'it' because the body looks uncanny. I've unfortunately been around a deceased person for a few hours after the passing and this game really captured the sobering reality of it, amazing game but holy shit.

[@Masterplanfoiler]

The hell are you ok?

[@av3ngers17]

yeah, not a person but I saw my dog die in my arms. his eyes just became lifeless and it wasn't him anymore. I held the body for a while, but I could not feel him there anymore. awful

[@Masterplanfoiler]

@@av3ngers17 poor dude :( sorry for your loss

[@p-5199]

@@av3ngers17 same. I also held my dog while he was dying and then he died after a few minutes i let go of him, but it was really sad for me since i was a kid back then when he died. :(

[@ytalexela]

My dog died around a week ago. Seeing his dead body was sad enough, his tongue turned yellow and he kept twitching. I cant imagine being around an already decayed one. Rest in peace, Jackie.

[@BreezyLuna]

This game gives me chills, it's so realistic and captures human mentality so well it's horrifying. And, wonderful voice acting! You're very good at expressing fear while maintaining a passive voice.

[@Unused76785]

Manly is really good at voicing roles. I 100% agree with his well voice acting towards the horror, fear and grief.

[@Agent-Ig]

Is it a game or is it just a story?

[@HarryToeface]

@@Agent-Ig just a story

[@CelesticCF]

@@Agent-Ig It's a visual novel. Very cheap on Steam if you want to experience it by yourself.

[@Tori-wt7dy]

@@Agent-Ig its a visual novel, so its both.

[@crispber]

Let me just say that I am so glad the daughter was able to escape. You see endings in horror stories the hero or one of the hero’s doesn’t escape but this one had me at the edge of seat really hoping she’d get out of there. Truly a horrific fate worse than death.

[@sock_man3521]

thank you so much for this comment now i can finally watch the rest of the video in peace

[@jasperjazzie]

too bad that it didn't happen before they killed some random kid though, i didn't see that part coming

[@torytellstales]

I thought the dad was more horrible than the mother. The mother mightve been a nut job, but he was a scum and a coward that went along with his wife's misdeeds

[@UmbraGhostie]

this game is equal parts horrfying and sad - it shows how one small, simple accident can tear a family part with grief, and madness. the madness in the mother is just .. horrible. and the fact it would happen to anyone, anywhere is just so chilling

[@barackobama7066]

she snapped after her son's death. That's sad and horrifying. Also, why didn't the father just call the cops??

[@coledibiase1777]

"Small simple accident." They literally ran their kid over!

[@UmbraGhostie]

​@@coledibiase1777 and ​ @Storm Mist don't think you understood my meaning - it was small and simple by nature, as it could happen to anyone, not to undermine the severity of the accident, but in the grand scheme of things it was a simple accident - they didn't mean or plan to run their kid over (obviously) , but it was simply the kid being in the wrong place at the wrong time - hence my meaning by small and simple. obviously the trauma and the mental trauma are anything but, - the action itself , however was simple.

[@abigailfowler1843]

@@coledibiase1777 Still happens, and commonly unfortunately. People don't pay attention enough and even then, sometimes it still just happens. My brother watched his friend almost get ran over. Thankfully he was just grazed, but was traumatizing for all parties involved.

[@coledibiase1777]

@@abigailfowler1843 That's why there shouldn't be so many cars, but GM lobbied the government so fucking hard that things like subways, railroads, sidewalks and trolleys (some of the safest modes if transportation) were completely disregard because a few asshats were like "No, CARS, are the future, disregard how dangerous, economically unsustainable, environmental shortsighted, and stupid they are." Cars are cool, but stupid.

[@nzeity0160]

This game's art style really contributed to the eerie and fearful emotions of the daughter, showing her crumbling slowly, but still having the determination to somehow end the madness she is in. It also portrayed the grief of the mother turned to insanity so well, i feel this game is really well done

[@damien678]

its honestly really gorgeous, as a visual artist it's genuinely really well done (despite what I know many would think of it at first blush, there's a lot of skill evident here)

[@EsraaAMadoh]

It reminded me of one of those story books that was painted

[@brynned126]

personally i think that the mother’s grief almost immediately turned to insanity, or that she was already insane in some way because once the son died she almost immediately (after asking to take him to a hospital and such) tried to replace his head with a pumpkin. although i do agree that she sinks deeper and deeper into the insanity as the story progresses.

[@basilbat273]

@@damien678 aren't all artists visual artists?

[@brynned126]

@@basilbat273 arts can be like musical arts, language arts, textile art, etc., so no, not all artists are visual artists

[@JAZZY_JAMES]

“I think my marriage is falling apart along with my son’s body.” IM DYING

[@iamarapscllion]

like the son

[@DarkTemplar981]

Manlybadasshero murdered the entire family. With his words! 😂😂

[@amberzhao5079]

@@iamarapscllionnah! 😮

[@lumin6464]

it's a rare treat to find horror that uses inately human things to disturb you instead of just monsters or jumpscares

[@totoisayal5045]

The mother is a monster tho

[@GyroMan5136]

The game’s horror gave me huge chi no wadachi vibes, with the abusive mother and all that

[@errortryagainlater4240]

There's an amazing horror novel called "Room", written from the perspective of a 5 year old boy in a _horrific_ captive situation with his mother. That's another very disturbing horror with purely human elements.

[@littlevillainenthusiast]

Mom: “Haha i love my son he’s so great and well behaved” The son: 🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀

[@cyborgXcsun]

The son: 🩸🩸💀 🎃🤢🤢🕸🪱

[@its_mhe]

God the emojis

[@-thanawat-8296]

bro not the emojis broooo

[@bethgerong186]

@@-thanawat-8296 You used an emoji :/

[@shibas8888]

Likes are at 666, nobody change it *Edit* I just asked for *ONE* thing and you guys flopped it

[@toolatetothestory]

Well. Thats one way to find out you weren't the favourite child.

[@Youser999]

Boy moms, amirite?

[@TransmutedCuppyCake]

As a forensics student I feel so bad for finding some humor in this. It just reminds me of this morbidly funny story from back when we were watching the decomposition process of donated bodies. **WARNING TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH REAL SITUATIONS INVOLVING DECOMPOSITION**: So basically we were in groups learning about how various factors such as heat, cold, proximity to water, etc. affected human decomposition. We each were given the opportunity to learn from donated bodies, which we treated with a great deal of respect. We'd go out to see the body, make detailed observations, check a night camera to see if there were any significant events that happened that may have affected the process, and then after writing down notes we'd put this dome cage over the body so that the body wouldn't be messed with by animals. The body I was observing was in a pretty cold area so the decomposition rate was going to be slower than others. On the second or third day that I went to go visit the body I noticed that the guy had his elbow bent with his middle finger stuck out. I couldn't touch the body or anything so I just took pictures laughing at the ridiculous pose then left putting the cage back on. Next time I went to see him this time he had BOTH middle fingers up. Had to take pictures of it again and let me tell you it's pretty difficult to say that a dead guy was giving me the double-bird in scientific terms. Ended up checking the camera at the end of the week and realized what was going on; there was a raccoon that had been screwing around with the body for days. Probably trying to eat the fingers, he was just reaching through the tiny holes of the cage we had and messing with the fingers, hands, and arms. Thanks to him I have a whole paper written where a dead guy is constantly flipping me off.

[@hololiveenjoyer5655]

I wanna know what happened with the research paper of the body flipping you off. Was it a successful paper👀?

[@TransmutedCuppyCake]

@@hololiveenjoyer5655 Not really, it was less of a publishable thing because of so many sources of error but it was still in good fun. For a good year my cohorts and I would flip each other off when we saw each other.

[@vee1267]

Even death couldn’t stop this guy from telling the world to F off 😂

[@poke6983]

This made me choke on my cheese sticks

[@niallerswife5914]

I have to ask, are you allowed to take photos of a dead body? idk why but if someone close to me died and someone was taking photos of their body with their middle fingers up that would feel kind of weird of me 🤷‍♀️

[@fae1283]

The Mom: Dear do you think something went bad in the pantry? Manly: Dear our son went bad *I'M SORRY BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT LAUGH-*

[@sarahvanrooyen7280]

Lol, same

[@spaghetto9836]

He was spitting so many burns throughout this video, it was as if he enjoyed what was happening 🤣🤣.

[@sofiasfae1846]

He said honey not dear

[@eeveestudiosmobile102]

I was wheezing

[@trippix9506]

He expired😭🤧

[@hemotitelavender6929]

I really want a movie based on this now, especially with those little moments where it almost feels like a ghost is around. This was awesome

[@tanucreate]

I think it was a ghost at the end

[@TTricksterPanda]

@@tanucreate More likely her survival instinct kicking in. She needed some closure to flee, and her mind gave it to her. The game tries to feel as real as posible, psychology can explain that.

[@baphymeto]

28:00 I know it's a horror trope to not listen to the kid. But depending on the day and age that the story is set in, this is very much possible since children where still relatively seen and not heard.

[@theoscout9205]

Yeah, the fact that they had phones wired to the walls and the way how they're dressed makes me think that they're some time in the 50s-80s.

[@iamaunicorn1232]

They never mention TV but do specify the Lone Ranger radio show. Thats a pretty good indication that you are completely right.

[@sadrabbit53]

The horror is real and alive today, where plenty of kids report abuse to numerous parties and still don't get on authorities' radars until they're dead

[@baphymeto]

@@sadrabbit53 and the kids are made out to be the monsters in some cases

[@OnkelFenrir]

As someone who has tried to report abuse to teachers for years, I can tell you that such things still do happen to this day, sadly.

[@garderork339]

This was actually horrifying, not because of the art, but because of the story. Read some time ago in the newspaper that the police found a dead body at the kitchentable while the brother lived there the last 3 weeks or so. The neighbors called the police also because of the smell.

[@acrazysheepdog1555]

I just wonder how the father couldn’t see his son in the goddamn driveway, it’s not exactly hard to miss unless he was either drunk or he’s just unbelievably careless.

[@molotov666]

It said the daughter and son were rough housing I think he fell in front of the wheel as they were pulling in.

[@ShadowRulah]

It's actually like shockingly common. 50 times a week in the US alone.

[@Peachyy_calabaza]

20:57 That smack the mother gave to the son with the fly swatter made me laugh “Did that hurt?” Manly: Not as much as being run over BRUHHFKECSJCE

[@fae1283]

HELP HAHAJSGSJSHDJ

[@afluffylittlefriend4597]

Author:"This is a serious visual horror novel." Manly:"Too bad, I'm the narrator in this video."

[@virgondust5562]

@@afluffylittlefriend4597 that trash bin that was overflowing with maggots was probably another manly's soul reference

[@alanbareiro6806]

The delivery of that dry humor is everything

[@aggrim1]

@@БогданКрименюк People like dark humor. Get over it.

[@mikaelaperez7276]

the most realistic part isnt the accuracy of the rotting body, its the fact that the police did nothing to help

[@guidor14]

💀💀💀

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

I mean, until the ending.

[@lone2234]

The police not helping finding dead body has been such a common thing in murder cases tbh

[@aggrim1]

The police won't do anything about my grandfather who molested my sister and one of his daughters because he's in his 80s...

[@sadrabbit53]

@@lone2234 And/or not investigating cases involving abused/dead children

[@Cand581]

I feel so bad for the daughter. She’s forever traumatized by this experience and pumpkins. I bet every Fall and October would be torture for her with Halloween. I’d join the nuns in the convent after that experience.

[@phase1437]

I hope she can heal from the experience.

[@torytellstales]

We know one thing...Her mother is going to die alone in that institution cuz her daughter will never visit her. The mother now knows what its like to be locked away with no one taking her seriously like she did to her daughter.

[@TheVoicesOfTheBeyond]

Girl needs a good adopted family, poor thing...

[@PatrickWalsh-qn3fg]

Yeah thats the only thing you can do

[@hatredy555]

Fascinating. Disturbing, but fascinating. The medical accuracy of a decaying corpse combined with the psychosis of the mother makes for a great story. The father just wanted everything 'to go back to normal' and decides to 'just go with it' until the mother 'snaps out of it' and never dose. In the end, I think it's a tale of the refusal of owning up to what happened. Not really a game, but a really good story.

[@ヴァイオレット-o3k]

I just noticed this is indeed not a game at all after reading your comment

[@SeymourDisapproves]

Yeah, I wouldn't really call visual novels games, but I don't know what else they could be classified as. I think they're just a little too niche to be considered their own thing.

[@gusbart5856]

@@SeymourDisapproves Visual novels are visual novels. We dont call Movies multiple pictures with Sound playing along. We dont call books paintings of Symbols that have a distinct meaning to us. And we dont call visual novels Text with pictures and Sound.

[@FabioliRavioli]

800 likes!

[@flamingogh_]

I kinda wish the daughter would have had a happy ending. I feel bad for her, I imagine a lot of people would.

[@sammayo473]

I imagine ptsd getting to the daughter and never being the same, I doubt there ever being a happy ending for the girl at all.

[@minatomew]

@@sammayo473 yeah true

[@acrazysheepdog1555]

Yeah, but it’s more realistic, most people couldn’t just have a happy ending after an experience like this.

[@flamingogh_]

@@acrazysheepdog1555 this is true 😞

[@pvtblu1613]

I quite honestly thought she would be killed.

[@nintendoboy3605]

Was expecting this to be a wholesome video of a child who had a rotting pumpkin for a head but was still alive and still got love. NOT WHAT I GOT AT ALL

[@midnights2631]

I thought the same thing

[@louise4152]

SAME TBH 😭

[@mask938]

I thought so too.

[@101Volts]

I expected something like that. Not the "wholesome" part, and not the "and still got love" part, but that it would be about a living guy with a pumpkin for a head. My expectations were like the Wizard of Oz character "Jack" who first shows up in the 2nd book.

[@Luisa-ej7po]

@@101Volts Yeah, me too since I've watched too many of Manly's videos to even think that this is wholesome.

[@Famously5518]

oh THATS why it’s medically accurate

[@pancutio]

Anubis would know lmao

[@BwooHuraca]

Pumpkins don't work for head transplants? I should've known!

[@CyberWarezz05]

I actually loved the small details in the game, for example the mom wearing lipstick but as the story progress, she stops wearing it.

[@shawnheatherly]

Well, that was deeply disturbing. Who needs a slasher killer or a big monster when you've got familial love and the power of deniable coming together to form a miserable circumstance that just gets worse with each passing day. The medical accuracy definitely adds to the disgust factor, but it's the mother's shattered sanity that brings out the real horror.

[@josephlam5325]

This story really creeped me out. I had an elder sister who was disabled since birth and she unfortunately passed away. By God's grace, she was able to live longer than the doctor had expected. She passed away peacefully on my parents' bed while they were cleaning and changing her diaper. After my sister's passing, I had a hard time coping with the loss of my family because I was very young and I started getting very paranoid and I had nightmares of alternative situations that my parents would've kept the body as it decomposed in the house- much like how this game's story went. I'm lucky to have never experience something this and that it was all just a dream but if something like this happened to a family, I wouldn't know if what I would feel would be pity or disgust- or both.

[@williamwhere1603]

Im sorry you had to go through loss at such a young age, I hope you’re doing better now

[@vienna-mf8xb]

I hope you are doing better too. How are you now?

[@goldexperiencerequiem821]

Feel sorry for you. Hope you are doing better now

[@cyborgXcsun]

Your nightmares seem terrifying, hope you’re doing better..

[@R4g3_4nd_gu1lt-xz3qy]

My condolences, OP, may your sister rest in peace and your mind be free... 🕊

[@throrthrainul1362]

At about 49:55 Manly says "...I'm not gonna bother reading this, just gonna scroll slowly through it. If you find anything interesting, you're welcome to just pause the video." This right here is *exactly* why he's the only person on youtube I trust to handle games like this. Normally I have to spend a few minutes carefully frame-by-frame poking through the blur of the content being skipped through, but Manly actually knows that some of his viewers might be interested in things that he himself doesn't feel like bothering to read, and that's all the difference. Big respect.

[@KaraDennison]

This hits home hard, after a year spent begging other family members to notice my grandfather’s very obvious signs of late stage dementia and not write everything off as him just being a bit tired. My surviving family had a better ending than this, but even after he was hospitalized twice and could spend entire days not knowing who we were, there were people who still maintained it was just lack of sleep and he would bounce back. Probably an unintentional metaphor, but still a strong one.

[@vienna-mf8xb]

How are you now? A child word should be respected, not ignored. I hope everything is solved for you now.

[@isaburntcake]

Same but my father and Lewy body dementia. Late 40s early 50s. My childhood effected, but yeah no he’s not sick bc he “looks healthy” 😃. I hate doctors, they rather listen to a sick man than his wife and daughter.

[@samg8526]

Nun: "Do you want some pumpkin pie?" Daughter: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@Uncle-Jay]

Oh really? The police get a complaint about a terrible odor and a missing child and they don't ask to see the kids? Or inspect the house? Yeah. Okay.

[@gamewizardthesecond]

The missing complaint comes after. The odor I can get

[@Uncle-Jay]

@@gamewizardthesecond I don't really understand your reply. The police at the door literally asked about the missing kid after discussing the smell complaint.

[@TheDerrogative]

Painfully accurate, I'm afraid. There are too many moments in real life where cops don't investigate further unless their hand is forced

[@aaronbrown8377]

Yeah, it's not uncommon for police to be positively unhelpful in situations like these.

[@basilbat273]

Well sense they have a huge yard I'd have to think they'd be far enough away for nobody to get the smell

[@purplesam2609]

Part of what really makes this eerie to me, aside from.. well, everything, is that some of the descriptions remind me of what I've been told about the state of my grandma's house after she was found dead a couple months back. The smell, the bugs, it's all eerily accurate to what I know. If the house in the game was abandoned it'd fit the bill. I love how accurate the devs went with this, it makes it even more disturbing

[@miniatureenthusiast1218]

“Bring me some embalming fluid” FOUL. THAT WAS FOUL.

[@Marispider]

Just like the son.

[@miniatureenthusiast1218]

@@Marispider CRYING RN

[@Marispider]

@@miniatureenthusiast1218 JUST LIKE THE DAUGHTER

[@miniatureenthusiast1218]

@@Marispider ENOUGH

[@yellowhouses]

@@miniatureenthusiast1218 just like how the daughter begged her parents to stop-

[@alexs.7956]

Spoiler alert, watch the video first Damn, this was actually really good! I didn't expect the "let's kill another child" Plot twist. And I actually got excited when the son told her to run, as I see it, it wasn't something supernatural, more like she desperately trying to convince herself to do it. Really good honestly, didn't expect the plot twists.

[@RealBasil143]

Ok imma stop scrolling through the comments anymore bc i get sloiled :(

[@Tori-wt7dy]

@@RealBasil143 why are you reading the comments before you've finished the video? (Or why were you, rather.)

[@iguessyoucouldcallitconten8568]

Why tf you gotta spoil the game like that? Rude as hell

[@alexs.7956]

@@iguessyoucouldcallitconten8568 hey, sorry, but I was just giving my opinion on the game. That's what comments are for.

[@iguessyoucouldcallitconten8568]

@@alexs.7956 you can give your opinion and not spoil it for people

[@sournsweets7260]

I feel so bad for the daughter. The fact that she has to endure all this just to keep up the charade. It also doesn’t seem like this is the first time she’s had to pretend she’s okay for the sake of their family image considering the arguing. This also seems it’s in the 40’s and 50’s so that’s another layer of trauma

[@marytijerina9764]

Years later, the Daughter is endlessly interviewed about this for a Netflix documentary.

[@gram7354]

I'm not sure if her brother talking was real or her hallucination. It's horrifying to think that he'd be suffering even in the afterlife

[@sadrabbit53]

If the game had more paranormal elements the kid would be a great candidate to be trapped as a spirit: - is a child - died suddenly and violently - body not properly laid to rest - body treated as if still alive

[@errortryagainlater4240]

Considering the amount of stress that the daughter was under and the collapse afterwards, it was most likely a hallucination.

[@errortryagainlater4240]

@@sadrabbit53 it's easy to forget how depressing the concept of a restless spirit actually is :-(

[@sal106]

There were maggots in her food... I doubt she ate much... So probably spent at least 6 days barely eating at all, stressed, exhausted and having to bear her parents delusions. It was an hallucination, I think. Poor girl...

[@faustodaniel5716]

@@sadrabbit53 imagine he is alive but cant talk or move just think try to scream but fail

[@SeymourDisapproves]

Just think how much of this story could have been avoided if everybody wasn't operating under the "keep family matters private" attitude of the era. Disgusting.

[@welpimf0cked654]

I mean it makes sense tho, but I wouldn't expect you to understand....

[@criminalscum7272]

@@welpimf0cked654 It makes sense to let your child's body rot in your house to preserve your reputation?

[@welpimf0cked654]

@@criminalscum7272 well yeah

[@eater_of_plastic4189]

@@welpimf0cked654 ?

[@welpimf0cked654]

@@eater_of_plastic4189 ?

[@weston8400]

Ugh this is so sick. My stomach is turning. Even though it's obviously some kind of digital scan of pencil and watercolor, the human element of the story really helps elevate the imagery and bring out that emotion of disgust. A lot of horror goes for quick scares, but its forcing you into increasing tension and discomfort that really gets me personally.

[@caffeineaddict.]

As someone who's really into true crime and knows a bit about decomposition, i can say this is very accurate. It draws similarities to a lot of cases, well in the sense of insanity and how someone turns. Also in a way reminds me of Ed Gein and how he wore his mother's skin and pretended to be her because of his desperation and co-dependency on her.

[@astrobabeyyy]

he what now

[@sadrabbit53]

@@astrobabeyyy 😂😂😂 welcome to one of the inspirations for Leatherface of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

[@hi28]

@@sadrabbit53 the what 💀🔫

[@StevieMcKenna10]

@@hi28 you've never heard of Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Ed Gein was a serial killer and possible cannibal from Wisconsin, he lived with his mother up until she passed and he went crazy, starting killing women and skinning them to make furniture and accessories and wearing their skin and faces, and made bowls out of skulls, he was then later the inspiration for Leatherface

[@slasherenthusiast]

@@hi28 horror movie. texas chainsaw massacre. leatherface is the killer, makes masks from his victims

[@Unused76785]

This game was really freaky and almost scary due to how realistic the denying of death is. The mother and father’s reaction in the story and denial that had came with it is almost to scary to be true. This game was really interesting a psychological horror game indeed.

[@gary.420]

As someone who just took an exam on basic legal medicine and forensic thanathology, i agree its pretty accurate.

[@savapavlovic3956]

Is it called thanatology because of Thanatos?

[@COCK_V4]

And disturbing

[@gary.420]

@@savapavlovic3956 actually its called thanatos because of thanos, the comic book villain, this is because hypocrates observed that sometimes and for no apparent reason corpses can just spontaneously turn into dust. (Yes, its named after Thanatos)

[@Sara-sn5gd]

I appreciate the irony in this. They lost one child, but if they would have grieved and moved on, that would be the only casualty. I don't know if the father would even go to jail and if he did not forever since it was clearly an accident. They'd pick up the pieces and moved on. Now, because of it, the whole family fell apart. Also, yeah, the mom really dod act like the type that really dots on their son more than the daughter. I wonder what would be if the roles were reversed

[@blammer]

Trauma just changes a person i guess, although it seems that the story is set in the 1900s(?) i wish the whole family got therapy after the accident

[@sofiapinna6440]

This type of accident is somewhat common and I've heard of it happening several times on the news, at least in my country. Never heard of a parent being charged for it. I think the police ensures it was an accident and then nothing else happens, because it's caused by distraction, not by neglect. And the game is set in like 1950s I think, (when in my country you could kill your wife if you found her cheating and only get 3 years in prison because she was cheating) so the dad definitely wouldn't go to jail if he brought the kid immediately to the hospital.

[@101Volts]

@@blammer Probably around 1953 - 1954, really.

[@jakebiassa]

@@101Volts The mom mentioned listening to The Lone Ranger on the radio and it was on the radio in 1933.

[@iprobablydidnotask]

@@blammer i think it'll be a little hard for the whole family to go anywhere tbh

[@ellicdote2015]

I never thought a visual novel could make me audibly dry heave and gag- The description of the decomposition process is so viscerally disgusting, the mental break of the mother is so disturbing, and the pain of the daughter is so gut wrenching- This makes my stomach CHURN- Phenomenal job developer!

[@festeuandra1278]

''did that hurt?'' '''not as much as being run over'' IM DIEING BYE

[@linkwannabe]

So was the son

[@theluminaryofthestars4181]

Timestamp?

[@skipfire00]

So did the son

[@tobroney5692]

21:03

[@iprobablydidnotask]

Oh yeah, like the son?

[@trashpanda4840]

This is by far the most terrifying game I have ever seen and also the most stomach turning.

[@JunkyardGod]

Really? 🙄😆

[@slicklyndon1756]

@@JunkyardGod Non ironic emoji user, opinion doesn't count.

[@CelesticCF]

@@JunkyardGod Yes, really. Are you OK?

[@garderork339]

@@JunkyardGod games with extreme gore aren't as hard, because they're clearly only fiction even extreme gory fiction. This however is somewhat realistic. Such behavior is sadly realistic for humans and thats what makes it disturbing. Even if the art isn't really terryfying, but the storytelling is really good especially with manlys va.

[@JunkyardGod]

@@garderork339 I do like the storytelling but to consider it "the most terrifying" ? Right.

[@UndyingZombie]

I am glad they had done research into the subject and done things properly instead of doing what most do... Really hope they continue working on games. Would love to see more from them.

[@KalisShort]

Yeah of it was anyone else the kid would have been a skeleton on day 10

[@lifesucks3514]

@@KalisShort wait, people assume the time it takes is shorter then normal? BEFORE THIS GAME I THOUGHT IT TOOK A YEAR

[@thugzilla6266]

@@lifesucks3514 Pumpkin Eater's writer here! As mentioned in the afterword, how quickly decomposition takes depends on many, many factors. I am not a forensic expert, so I did my best with assuming due to the various factors in the story (Low humidity, average temperature, etc). A book I used as reference when writing is "Dead Men Do Tell Tales", where the quickest the expert saw human to near skeleton decomposition was two weeks due to a hurricane. It can take years if flies or microbes are unable to access the body to break it down.

[@intelligentzombie9603]

Me: Ok, scenario time. Your son has a pumpkin for a head and is decomposing rapidly, what do you do? My Grandma: chuck him in the trash. Me: WHAT WHY? Grandma: it’s gonna stink and have a big mess Me: BUT IT’S YOUR SON Grandma: *shouldn’t have had a pumpkin head then*

[@saintdude6032]

your grandma sounds fun

[@xXFeralPyr0pteraXx]

At least your grandma is more reasonable than the parents in the story lol

[@errortryagainlater4240]

Grandma doesn't fuck around lmao 😂💀

[@theluminaryofthestars4181]

lmfao your grandma doesn't give a shit about her son's hypothetical pumpkin head

[@theluminaryofthestars4181]

@@errortryagainlater4240 damn right

[@amaura.9141]

Ugh, this is still *rots* me to my core sometimes. Greatly done novel, really gets my guts swirling.

[@VEEVIE_AAA-]

Ayeeeee

[@oneosix106decena]

Yeah my *head* feels really dizzy

[@fablesguykol3025]

Well played. Take my like you son of a bitch.

[@xooxqa4533]

it really gets your skin thin

[@sammayo473]

I was so scared it made my skin "pale."

[@Zinyak12345]

I guess the daughter just had a helpful hallucination at the end?

[@Reshme77]

Yup. Otherwise the mom would have seen it too

[@aroukar47]

@@Reshme77 They weren't looking at the corner of the room. So who knows? There were other instance in the story where the daughter thinks the body moved from its position on its own.

[@Chromebeetle_]

this is probably one of the best visual novels ive seen in a while, the storytelling grabs your attention so well

[@jagodakit]

this was a truly horrifying game. real horror. as someone who has studied forensics and human anatomy ((and almost went into a career with it ; i wanted to become a forensic / postmortem artist)) i feel like it could honestly do well being translated into a movie or something because the concept of a slow-burn horror told over the course of a few weeks and “descent into madness” type of story fits so nicely with the [average] course and timeline of human decay. manly, your voice acting through this game also did it justice; wonderful job of portraying subtle fear and madness through such a calm and eased disposition. it reminds me of two things : partially, and very loosely, of the short story “a rose for emily.” that story scared the wits off me when we read it my junior year. but it also reminds me somewhat of a real-world case. i can’t quite put my finger on it but it but it feels very real and very familiar.

[@jagodakit]

side note bc i’m too tired to edit the comment : if anyone else knew of real-world cases that resembled the story here even slightly, i’d love to hear them. hoping someone may be able to jog my memory, lol.

[@ErinJeanette]

I'd like to know as well!

[@chloskyskies4399]

Same

[@rayw.6677]

@@jagodakit I remember reading an article about an elderly woman who had her sisters corpse propped up in a chair in her house. By the time police arrived the corpse was badly decomposed. I also remember another case where a mentally ill mother was pushing her deceased baby in a swing. Sad sad stuff…

[@degenerate2281]

Sorry if you mind me asking, but what inspired the career change? I'm currently studying Chem with concentration in Forensic Science, and always want to have a plan B or C if I don't like the job, so I'm always interested in hearing what other people did instead.

[@janabanana78]

No but this really felt like a criminal podcast I'm horrified

[@5ome5tranger]

@Scott's Precious Little Account they didnt say they didnt like it? i personally felt the same but i really liked the video

[@Nyax50Lopez]

Poor Gloria... Imagine being traumatized and since many kids at her school stayed away from her because of the smell and many orphan kids just made fun of her. And since a person stinks so bad for days, they won't know anymore cause they're used to the strong smell.

[@RoyG.BivDevoe]

It would have been refreshing if we had a scene where the mother broke down because she couldn't find a distinct mark or scar on the other boys body that would be on her son's. It is a replacement body and I would expect this woman who took such tentative and attentive care of her sons corpse would at least fond and reminisce about a birthmark that he had or a scar he still had on his body from hurting himself in an accident (besides the obvious one) during her psychotic spiral. Usually denial is the first reaction when a family member or a child dies, especially in this extreme case, and as usual with psychological thriller/horror tropes the character who has suffered the most to this tragedy is going about their life like everything is fine. However with how far gone the mother is I would expect after a couple of days with the new body that she would find something on that poor kids body that should or shouldn't be there as oppose to her son's body. This would bother the mother a lot. . . .A LOT, to the point that it may snap her out of her delusions completely or briefly until she thinks that the body should look exactly like her sons. I would have like to see how the devs played with that scenario because it actually happens in real life.

[@rayw.6677]

Wait. Actually happens in real life? Please explain. 😳

[@novas_little_haven]

But they just recently killed the child, so the mother wasn't able to spend a lot of time with the "Son's New Body", but yeah, I agree! That would be a cool concept!

[@RoyG.BivDevoe]

@@rayw.6677 When ppl go into a psychotic state such as this and to this extreme will but rarely try to find a replacement child to alleviate their grief, but once they've found that replacement and have been with it for awhile they will notice that the replacement child, whether it be a doll or another child is missing something that should have or shouldn't be on the child or dolls body. Women especially experience this, and will even go as far as sneaking in and stealing a baby from the maternity ward or nursery just so they can have a baby that looks just like their deceased child. Some go as far as killing or accidently killing a woman who is pregnant by performing a botched C-section to have a child that might possibly look like their deceased child. It's rare for it to happen and usually such extreme cases are kept on the hush due to a *very* binding gag order but it does happen. You can ask any psychology professor or psychiatrist, they study cases like these, especially a forensics psychologist.

[@redblade5556]

well that was a "bit" too much to say so myself...

[@101Volts]

@@RoyG.BivDevoe This is reminding me of that Bible story in King Solomon's time when one woman smothered her baby to death, so she switches her dead child with her roommate's child.

[@sadrabbit53]

The son exploding when the mom touched his decaying chest reminded me of a story my dad told me. He used to work in a hospital mortuary/morgue where they dealt with all sorts of bodies, not just ones who died in the hospital. Sometimes they'd get what they called "bloaters," which were cadavers extremely swollen with gas -- bodies recovered from water were the worst regarding this. Now, you couldn't just start the post-mortem process (preparing for autopsy, burial, cremation, etc.) with this bloated-ass corpse. Even TOUCHING it wrong with fingers or a blunt instrument (let alone a sharp one) could cause it to explode. (Look up exploding beached whales [if you have the guts for it] for mental references on what happens with massively bloated bodies.) But the process needed to begin, and the staff couldn't just wait for the body to either detonate over time or eventually just drain out. So what would they do? Everyone would stay in the hall except for one brave soul. That person would stand at the edges of the room near a partially opened door. Then, they would chuck a scalpel or other sharp instrument at the bloater with as much force and accuracy as they could muster, and RUN LIKE HELL out of the room and slam the door shut. That way the body could explode all over the room and not drench the staff in dead people juice. I can only imagine the cleanup being horrifying.

[@sadrabbit53]

@@deadline_user He's retired. Why do you ask?

[@JuMiKu]

Why wouldn't people invent some kind of equipment or machine to do that? A long scalpel on a shield should do it or a machine that pokes things after ten seconds (Those are not hard to make. Think of useless machines, but instead of turning themselves off, they poke the corpse with a knife).

[@sadrabbit53]

@@JuMiKu This was decades ago, so I wonder if they have something for that now 🤔

[@JuMiKu]

@@sadrabbit53 Hopefully...

[@april2664]

I think I‘m fine with most descriptions of the decomposing stuff, but something about bugs and maggots nestling and eating away and wriggling around in served food just hits different in my tummy :‘)… also, poor Gloria… I felt so relieved her will didn’t break. The NERVE of that nun to serve her pumpkin pie though- (yeah, she probably didn’t know any better… but just DAMN, that poor girl!!!)

[@itsgirlcraft5842]

Tbh same. I didn't actually watch it all, skipped 10 seconds ahead while paused to get the basic vibe. I literally have a zombie OC that deals with some notable decomposition problems, that I detailed pretty well (not medically accurate tho) Could not read the bits with maggots everywhere- in the home, in the food (also the food being rotten. Just ew)

[@motsuuuu]

honestly, this was probably one of my favorite playthroughs! the story was so engaging and there’s something about your voice that’s so well suited to visual novels. i really appreciated the emotion you put into the daughter and the mother’s voices! also, apparently when drowned bodies fill with water and blot, the pressure of internal fluids can turn eyes inside out….

[@itsgirlcraft5842]

Well that a new fact I did not need to hear.. Though that could make for an interesting zombie concept art

[@errortryagainlater4240]

Bodies filled with water are a whole new level of horrific.

[@ihavenoidea2805]

It's interesting how at first glance the ending seems to be kind of happy for the daughter - she escaped death after all, and successfully talked to the police, her parents were arrested, and she finally got out of the house she hated so much... But if you look into it the ending is not happy at all. She ends up in an orphanage with no family members which she probably desperately needed in this situation and who could actually support her - after touching one of the policeman she even says "this is her first time in a while touching a warm body", clearly implying that she needs a supporting, familiar adult in her life right now... which she does not meet. Instead she ends up in a (since it's the 40's/50's and the treatment of children is different than today) probably cold, unaffectionate home with people she barely knows, and children who bully her about her "smelling bad", the only people she can talk to are the nurses, but let's be honest, they have to take care of tens/hundreds of children and probably don't have time to fully support this one girl... She also lost not only her brother, but also her parents basically all at once, after the accident everyone who used to be supportive and nice to her suddenly starts to belittle and question her (her mother does not even believe her about the death of her brother and tries to pretend everything is normal, this must've been extremely confusing and painful for her when no one believes her), she ends up kind of blaming herself for the son's death (she at some point says that "maybe if they weren't playing next to the road this wouldn't have happened" i think), she witnessed the death of the neighbor's son and survived an attempted murder - all of which are traumatic events. The next thing is more of a theory/my own interpretation but: the nurse seems to be bullying her as well? I mean, it was said that the crime was very talked about in the neighborhood, so surely the pumpkin on the head of the son must be a well known thing? Why would the nurse specifically bake her a pumpkin cake? I mean, I know it was supposed to be an accident but isn't it weird that of all cakes she baked specifically a pumpkin one? The chances of it being an accident were really low. I like to believe in the theory that the nurse did it to traumatize her as well, which would make the orphanage experience even more tragic than it already was. In conclusion all of those events are basically traumatic for this girl and she seems to have no way of coping. With so many things happening to her she could honestly end up suffering a similar fate to her mother, becoming mentally ill and suffering dissociation and denial of the whole situation as well as severe ptsd, or similiar terrible things. It's just so sad to see her go from basically living a dream life with her family, friends and little brother, laughing and having fun in the flashbacks, to being a broken child in the current situation.

[@hkgc2135]

I don't think so maybe the Nun Doesn't know about her fear of Pumpkins. Since "ya Know"

[@mochiandturtles5642]

Just let me cope man :( Also- she did say that the Nun was the only one nice to her and the times known about mental trauma isn't as advanced as it is now.

[@Localbisexual]

This is probably the most stomach churning story I've seen. The reality that this situation could, and probably already has, happened at some point is…horrifying.

[@Mirokukeiiswatching]

The grossest game by far. I feel nauseous watching it but I needed to find out what happened to that poor girl.

[@MalachiLper]

I’m only 30 minutes in, and I really don’t want to continue watching, but the poor girl compels me to push on.

[@mikaelahobart8237]

Yeah, I think this is probably most viewers rofl. I should not have watched this before bed, I regret my decisions, but dang it I just *had* to know what happened to the poor daughter...

[@someflipnotes87]

@@mikaelahobart8237 Samee. I didn't expect the dad to give up and follow the mother orders i honestly expected him to just escape and leave the daughter to die cause he seemed like kind of a jerk

[@jellohead1036]

"Lady Death".... *Wait a minute, this whole opperation was your idea*

[@gravityshark991]

i cant be the only one who thought of that old “if you replace an axe’s blade and then later its handle, is it still the same axe?” thought experiment when the mother replaced the son’s body, right?

[@Revalopod]

I did too. but the mother sure didn't...

[@sadrabbit53]

Some food for thought: What about our own living bodies? I read somewhere that our bodies' cells completely refresh (meaning you will have none of the old cells left, even though the life cycle for different types of cells is different) in around seven years. In other words, the body you have now has literally none of the same components it did seven years ago -- not even your DNA, thanks to potential damage it receives from external sources, as well as how it just breaks down due to age. As for your mind/soul? That's not the same as it was seven years ago either. You have different memories, perhaps new personality traits or behaviors. So without the same body you once had, and without the same mind you once had, are you still you?

[@marytijerina9764]

Or the Ship of Theseus

[@michaeledmunds7056]

The son of Theseus

[@the_demon149]

Nope. I thought of it too. Also, here’s a bonus riddle: If the broken blade and handle are kept instead of discarded, and then put back together, which one is real? The axe with replaced parts? The rebuilt old one? Both?

[@nopentireiii2147]

This game takes place around the years 1953-1956. This seems to be a middle class family, and since vacuum cleaners became commonplace after the second world war, we can assume it was after 1945. Markers became popular around 1953, and the Lone Ranger ran as a radio program until 1956. The measles vaccine was used widely in the 60s, so it can't be then.

[@cancersup.1133]

Manly: *playing while reading it full of emotion* Me: *let just make this end quick*

[@killingspree8027]

nope

[@andreribeiro9729]

Nope

[@bewjibew]

This novel honestly just made my stomach kinda hurt. Wonderful writing on the devs part, and amazing narration/reading Manly, I’m horrified 😂

[@BiGGMiXX340]

"You want something to drink?" "Bring me some embalming fluid."

[@theluminaryofthestars4181]

22:04 *Father’s dialogue.* Manly, right after the “my marriage is falling apart”: “Along with my son’s body.”

[@AlbedoOfMondstat]

Mother: "Do you think something went bad..?" Manly : "Honey...our SON went bad 😐‼️"

[@mariaeduardafernandes5114]

21:02 Mom: "Im sorry for using that fly swatter on you! Did that hurt?" Manly: "Not as much as being run over" Me: *wheezing as I choke on my lemon tea*

[@brieb402]

This is probably one of the most deeply unsettling games I've seen in a while, especially when you visualize things even more in your mind. I can't even imagine being the daughter....... Seems the family was already deeply toxic and the parents genuinely just lost their minds when they caused the death of their son.

[@NaturalFlirtGamer]

_Thank goodness this video came after Thanksgiving's _*_pumpkin_*_ pie_ I know this is horror. I can see where it's going. But I feel so sorry for that mother. Her grief and denial are tragic yet simultaneously darkly humorous because - who would think of substituting your child's crushed head with a pumpkin? The father cares only about avoiding jail and the family's image. The poor daughter must be freaked out having to sleep next to what was her brother. :( Now that I finished the video, yeah, any notion of dark humor was quickly replaced with just 'dark'. it was well-written, psychologically interesting, sad and extremely morbid. Well done.

[@kaelhazard-4171]

Well, when a person has schizophrenias, they almost can't think like normal people before receive treatments. And this kind of case is truly dangerous.

[@ryngobrody1627]

That's the point of horror, good horror is supposed to break through that barrier of it being fiction, and actually get you

[@kaelhazard-4171]

@@ryngobrody1627 but this is literally how to describe mental illness. More like psychological instead real horror. Or you can say, Psychological Horror.

[@ariannadravis3934]

@@kaelhazard-4171 In a sense, it's real because of how accurate it is. But honestly, both descriptions work

[@Violet_Parakeet]

I just thought about something. I feel like if the experience was traumatic/memorable enough for the daughter (which it probably was) , depending on her personality and just the way she handles things mentally, it's very possible she often hallucinated or had nightmares about her decomposing brother sleeping in the bed next to her. Which is so scary to me. Like imagine having an event *that* terrifying happen to you, and because it's so terrifying, you can't forget it easily. So much so to the point where it's what's keeping you up at night and away from living your normal life, for days, weeks, months, maybe even years.

[@JoyfulOrb]

This game was amazing, I was so terrified on the daughter's behalf, I wanted her to get out and all I could think of was WHERE is the HELP!? Every time the teacher or neighbor or police officer believed the lie, I was CURSING.

[@galacticcactus5530]

Great story, even if there’s no way the cops would have believed that raccoons or pests were the cause of the smell. A decomposing human body smells unlike anything in existence, you don’t forget it and you definitely can’t confuse it with something else. You’d think a cop would definitely be able to recognize that distinct odor.

[@AN6_Miro]

I mean, that would require the cops to actually care instead of jumping at the opportunity to not have to do anything lol.

[@luckydemon944]

And this took place in like the 30s

[@flyingbananas]

I believe it was John Wayne Gacy (or another "famous" serial killer like Ted Bundy) who was literally keeping the corpses of his victims buried under his house and even after the neighbors complained about the smell the police didn't do a damn thing, that's completely realistic

[@wolfie1703]

@Reagan Myers It's not like candy sweet, it's just like... nasty sweet. Disgusting. You can definitely tell if it's a human

[@teapartypenguin1353]

If they're cops from a quiet, middle class suburb in the 50s, then I can see them not recognizing a rotting body's smell and just trusting the nice-looking nuclear family.

[@ivydreadful]

I not easily disturbed, but this game disturbed me more than any horror movie I've ever watched. There were quite a few moments where I was shrieking to myself in my head: "WTF am I watching?! WHY am I watching?!" Good job to the individuals who created this! I enjoyed it. :)

[@ryanb4940]

“I not easily disturbed…” Then proceed to say how this disturbed them. Seriously? You’re wildly easy to disturb. This story was well written but didn’t even began to go into detail of what a body would really go through or look like. It’s like they did a wiki search of what happens to a body. If you’re disturbed by this I’d hate for you to read anything from American Psycho (the novel).

[@ivydreadful]

@@ryanb4940 lol I'm well aware of what the body goes through during decomp. That wasn't what I found disturbing, but please do continue to assume things. :)

[@someflipnotes87]

@@ryanb4940 Bruh let people enjoy things. Different people are disturbed by different things. Example: i dont find blood and guts disturbing but medical stuff whit body horror makes me sick fr

[@jaslikeart]

@@ryanb4940 maybe they're more disturbed by the fact this could happen to ANYONE at ANYTIME.

[@amelonnamedkate1400]

I’m a Med student, so seeing accurate portrayals of this is quite refreshing-even if the son is the opposite of refreshing lol. Only thing that really got me was imagining the maggots, it’s one of the only things that grosses me out irl, but i stomached it because this story is just that stomach churningly good

[@クリームソーダ1999]

Creator: _Scientifically accurate as possible_ The dead son: *Speaks and then collapses into slugde*

[@kirabad-artist6532]

Probably daughter made it up/hallucinated

[@クリームソーダ1999]

@@kirabad-artist6532 Yeah I think it was supposed to be hallucination too This visual novel would've been better if the creator didn't exaggerate the "scientifically accurate" part Like, come on, "dead people gets stiff, dead meat rots and stinks, rot meat contracts flies, maggots hatch and eat rot meat", it's all common sense Don't get me wrong, though, I did enjoy the story, especially the "replace old son with a new one" part, just not the "scientifically accurate"

[@jellohead1036]

*You wouldn't do the same?*

[@Marispider]

@@クリームソーダ1999 Yeah, _that_ part's commonly known, but not so much the "rigor mortis only lasts for a few hours, skin starts to turn silky and black, wax forms on skin, body bloats and eventually can burst" parts. Especially the time frame, lots of people might not realize the body can start _literally_ falling apart after only a few weeks. It's only obvious when you already know it, and it still puts it into a different light seeing it in a visual novel as opposed to reading it on a page.

[@クリームソーダ1999]

@@Marispider Though I would argue that the "body will bloat and burst" part is pretty well known because of the whale bombs, and the way the creator puts the knowledge into the story feels just like how I combined endocrine disorders with A Christmas Carol when I was in junior high, I agree that there are some good detailed description of dead bodies, and I appreciate that you took your precious time replying to my shitty comment

[@graciethebelle]

I want Ask A Mortician to play and react to this game, I think she'd like it.

[@Shmangoz]

I feel like the dream Gloria had was supposed to resemble how the brother felt inside the pumpkin, rotting, but somehow still alive.

[@carrot7868]

That was horrfying. There weren't any jumpscares, no supernatural beings. And that's what made it so real. And the fact that all you can do is watch the horrors unfold makes me sympathise with the daughther more.

[@ectopasta]

The horror influences really show in this game- I was literally thinking how great of an exploitation or other "disturbing" type of film this would make- only for them to mention it at the end!

[@leavemealoneplease583]

"Honey our son went bad" is the funniest thing I heard all day

[@solitonmedic]

This was absolutely chilling. Never prioritize your pride over your children.

[@lizathena2443]

True that. Both parents were too prideful and vain to admit the issue, and now this is what they ended up with. I wouldn't care so much had the poor daughter and neighbor's kid weren't roped in this as well, those unfortunate children.

[@H0n3yBee413]

Holy shit. As an older sister, I never thought this would hit as hard as it did. When she reached out for his body at like 10:00 my heart started to pound real badly cause I started imagining it asif it were me and my little brother- Let me tell you, after finishing this, I had to check on my little brother cause this just fucked me up bro. It's not fun.

[@jellopackets3770]

You'd be surprised how much stuff like this actually happens. People keeping the rotting bodies of their loved ones isnt that uncommon - it usually goes on for a while, only stops once people notice the missing person or the smell.

[@CottonCandy_11]

I haven’t seen anyone else point this out, but eventually the girl’s bow disappeared, showing her mother stopped tying it for her

[@nachinachi5085]

"Stop it. Get some help" - Me to the family

[@andromedacollapse561]

- Probably everyone to the family