I don’t know what genre this game fits into. It is too weird to be horror yet has monsters commonly associated with that genre of game, such as mummies, skeletons, and spiders as well as paintings and statues leading to simple jump scares. It also isn’t scary at all arguably being the least scary game ever. Super Mario 64’s Boo’s Haunted House is scarier than the entirety of this game. As for gameplay it is relatively terrible. Grabbed by the Ghoulies is a 3D beat em’ up hordes of enemies appear and can be defeated relatively easily. The main problem with combat is how it controls rather than button presses it relies on the C stick. Now the C stick is mostly used for camera control in any other game you will get the two confused as you control the camera with the triggers and unlike other beat em ups there are no specials or flashy moves. Further, some enemies need a specific weapon such as the candle being used to beat mummies, but it adds literally nothing aside from a longer animation hit detection doesn’t change and nothing feels different. The plot is forgettable you play as Cooper on his quest to save his girlfriend through a haunted mansion and every time you do rescue her she needs rescuing again.

Can I judge this game as a horror experience? Well Five Nights at Freddy’s is considered horror, but it isn’t all that scary the most terrifying thing is it’s lore so can you say the same here? I don’t think so FNAF has the advantage of atmosphere I really shows off how unsettling its animatronics are espicailly with how they look and if they catch you, you lose instantly. Here there is nothing making the Huanted House scary chairs and skeletons that die in two hits aren’t scary they’re a nuisance that just gets in way. I like the concept of this game just not the execution especially with what is available today Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Fatal Frame do everything this game tried to do better.