In many works of fiction, especially of the horror genre, much of the tension comes from the protagonist(s) fighting their fear and ignorance of what they're up against, coupled with their own vulnerability. What happens when the forces that come into conflict are both of the monstrous variety?
Scenario 1: Freddy Kruger finds himself in Silent Hill. Would Silent hill be considered "dreamlike" in terms of Freddy having any power there? One theory I've read was that the monsters in Silent Hill are actually the trapped residents of the town, twisted and warped by Alessa - so could Freddy hurt them?
Scenario 2: Pinhead on the derelict ship in the 1st Dead Space. Would the Necromorphs be close enough to Cenobites that he would have any influence over them? Would he "appreciate" their twisted nature? Would they even bother trying to transform or integrate him?
Scenario 3: This last scenario is more of a "group vs group" situation. A "Space Jockey" ship crashes on an Earth where the Green Flu, from the Left 4 Dead games, has already been spreading for a while, filled with Xenomorph eggs. From my understanding, these zombies are of the infected-living variety, so Xenomorphs can use them to implant embryos, (save for the special infected that this wouldn't make sense for, like the Boomers who would just explode, or the spitters whose internal body fluids would be too corrosive).
Evil vs Evil
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Re: Evil vs Evil
Usually in these type of scenarios, at least when it's a story, there's a group of hapless survivors who are caught in the middle, doing what they can to maneuver the two threats against each other, being picked off along the way until the monsters get to each other and start fighting. Freddy vs Jason did this, as did Aliens vs Predator. In both, the protagonists side with the lesser of two evils, and survive because of it.
In Scenario 1, I see Freddy fighting for control with Alyssa, of being the town's master. However, Silent Hill also takes your fears, guilts, and moral complexes, and turns them against you. Since Freddy is a bit of a psychopath, he'll probably not feel guilt for any of the things he's done, but he will feel fear, mostly of fire, and crusading parents who go against him. Silent Hill will probably magnify that fear and turn against him.
Scenario 2 would be apples and oranges. Pinhead is internally inconsistent in how he works. Does he only go after those who use the puzzle box and are seeking new pleasures and pains? Or does he go after damned souls? Or just those who get near him? He varies, and depending on the interpretation, he might just sit there waiting for someone to touch the darn thing, some alien monster that is guilty of something? Or does Pinhead go crazy and slaughter various monsters because they're in his way? Depends on the writer.
Scenario 3: I don't really know enough about the Left 4 Dead zombies to comment, but a key thing about the xenomorphs seems to be the need for a living host, and taking the DNA from that host for whatever they create. There could very well be zombie versions of xenomorphs that emerge, or it becomes a rather odd scene of facehuggers staying in the eggs until humans come by, because the zombies don't meet the conditions of being a suitable host. The eggs do seem to have a long shelf life, so it could be a case of whatever eggs are destroyed by the military bombings by the US military then infect the humans as they reclaim the land the zombies used to be in.
In Scenario 1, I see Freddy fighting for control with Alyssa, of being the town's master. However, Silent Hill also takes your fears, guilts, and moral complexes, and turns them against you. Since Freddy is a bit of a psychopath, he'll probably not feel guilt for any of the things he's done, but he will feel fear, mostly of fire, and crusading parents who go against him. Silent Hill will probably magnify that fear and turn against him.
Scenario 2 would be apples and oranges. Pinhead is internally inconsistent in how he works. Does he only go after those who use the puzzle box and are seeking new pleasures and pains? Or does he go after damned souls? Or just those who get near him? He varies, and depending on the interpretation, he might just sit there waiting for someone to touch the darn thing, some alien monster that is guilty of something? Or does Pinhead go crazy and slaughter various monsters because they're in his way? Depends on the writer.
Scenario 3: I don't really know enough about the Left 4 Dead zombies to comment, but a key thing about the xenomorphs seems to be the need for a living host, and taking the DNA from that host for whatever they create. There could very well be zombie versions of xenomorphs that emerge, or it becomes a rather odd scene of facehuggers staying in the eggs until humans come by, because the zombies don't meet the conditions of being a suitable host. The eggs do seem to have a long shelf life, so it could be a case of whatever eggs are destroyed by the military bombings by the US military then infect the humans as they reclaim the land the zombies used to be in.
