Now, let's reveal the final secrets Song of Horror has in store for you!
[u]EPISODE 5
[/u] • Dr. Berenice Prestegard, Ariadne's doctor, is named after [b]the short horror story from Edgar Allan Poe.[/b]
• Jeremy Hartwood Mental Hospital, the place where Ariadne spent her childhood, shares its name with [b]the owner of Derceto Manor in the original Alone in the Dark[/b], whose suicide kick-starts the events of the game.
• Alan Cedrac is a staff member of Jeremy Hartwood whose name comes from [b]Aline Cedrac, the co-protagonist of Alone in the Dark: A New Nightmare.[/b]
• Edward Camby, the other co-protagonist of Alone in the Dark: A New Nightmare, also served as inspiration for another character from Song of Horror: [b]Edward Saunders, the director of Jeremy Hartwood.[/b] His surnames come from Grace Saunders, a child that acts as a supporting character in Alone in the Dark 2.
• In a document found inside Jeremy Hartwood, you can discover that the company that dismantled the hospital was Derceto (like the previously mentioned manor from Alone in the Dark) and [b]a reference to Ezechiel Pregzt, the antagonist of the same game.[/b]
[u]ACHIEVEMENTS
[/u]- [b]The Masque of the Red Death (end of The First Dream)[/b]: Shares name with the homonymous story of Edgar Allan Poe.
- [b]The Oval Portrait (Find all Ariadne's drawings)[/b]: Another short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
- [b]Morella (end of The Second Dream)[/b]: You guessed it, a third horror tale by Poe himself.
- [b]The Pit and the Pendulum[/b]: We recommend you check Edgar Allan Poe's work.
- [b]There and Back Again[/b]: The alternative title of "The Hobbit" from J.R.R. Tolkien.
- [b]Alone in the Dark[/b] (complete Song of Horror with Daniel in Poe difficulty or superior): No explanation needed.
- [b]The Presence Waits Dreaming[/b] (beat the game on Lovecraft difficulty): A phrase from the short story "The Call of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft - "in his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming".
- [b]The Shadow Out of Time[/b]: Another reference to a short story by H.P. Lovecraft of the same name.
