Splatterhouse/Stage V

Once Rick has reappeared, start walking to the right, and crouch down in order to pick up that Stick; once you have done this, five Poltergeist Chairs will come bouncing towards you. You can either smash them to pieces with a strike from the Stick or crouch down and kick them five times each to kill them, but the second option, like defeating Biggy Man using only punches and kicks, should only be attempted if you are an expert player - and once you have killed all of them, Rick will drop the Stick off-camera and proceed to the second section of the stage through that doorway on the right side of the screen.

Rick will begin the second section of the stage on the left side of a pit with two Uddi crawling back and forth in it; they cannot be killed, and will injure him if he is unfortunate enough to land on them. Once you have jumped over it (to land on a wooden platform slanting upwards), you must jump over another pit with two more Uddi crawling back and forth in it to land on another wooden platform slanting downwards before jumping over a third pit with two more Uddi crawling back and forth in it and a seventh jumping into the air from the bottom of it to land on a third, non-slanting wooden platform - and once you have turned back to the left and punched the jumping Uddi to kill it, a Top Heavy will come walking towards you. Once you have punched his body three times to destroy it, you will have to punch his head while it is flying towards you to kill it, before continuing to the right and coming to a fourth pit with two more Uddi crawling back and forth in it and a tenth jumping into the air from the bottom of it; once you have punched the jumping Uddi to kill it you must jump over this fourth pit to land on a fourth wooden platform slanting upwards, before jumping over a fifth pit with two more Uddi crawling back and forth in it to land on a fifth wooden platform slanting downwards, a sixth pit with two more Uddi crawling back and forth in it and a fifteenth jumping into the air from the bottom of it to land on a sixth wooden platform slanting upwards, and a seventh pit that has two more Uddi crawling back and forth in it, and an eighteenth jumping into the air from the bottom of it, to land on a seventh (non-slanting) wooden platform. Once you've turned back to the left again and punched that jumping Uddi to kill it, two more Top Heavies will come walking towards you - and once you've punched both of their bodies three times to destroy them, you will have to punch their heads while they are flying towards you to kill them, before continuing to the right and coming to an eighth pit that has two more Uddi crawling back and forth in it, and a twenty-first jumping into the air from the bottom of it. Once you've punched the jumping Uddi to kill it, you must jump over this eighth pit to land upon an eighth wooden platform slanting upwards before jumping over a ninth pit which has two more Uddi crawling back and forth in it to land upon a ninth wooden platform slanting downwards, a tenth pit with a twenty-fourth Uddi crawling back and forth in it and a twenty-fifth jumping into the air from the bottom of it to land on a tenth wooden platform slanting upwards, an eleventh pit which has two more Uddi crawling back and forth in it to land upon an eleventh wooden platform slanting downwards, and a twelfth pit that has two more Uddi crawling back and forth in it and a thirtieth jumping into the air from the bottom of it to land on a twelfth and final (non-slanting) wooden platform; once you have turned back to the left once again and punched the jumping Uddi to kill it, you can either drop down that ladder leading to the third section of the stage, or jump over the hole in the ground it is emerging from in order to climb up that other ladder and play an extra section of the stage, which only extends play time.

The extra section of the stage is a picture gallery, and you'll notice that the Picture Ghosts will rip themselves off their canvases as Rick walks past them; they attack by flying after you, and you will have to turn back to the left and punch them to kill them. A Joker will also appear at the end of the room to try and drop a skull on Rick's head - and once you have jumped up and kicked her to kill her, you must drop down the ladder leading to that aforementioned third section of the stage (if you did not drop down either of the two holes in the ground already, as they'll both also lead to the third section of the stage).

The third section of the stage is similar to the second section of the second stage and the extra section of the third stage; so once Rick has landed in the water, jump over the Pod that is floating towards you from the right side of the screen. Once you have done so, a Water Dead will emerge from the water on the right side of the screen - and once you have jumped up and kicked him in the face to kill him two more Pods will float towards you from both sides of the screen. Once you've jumped over both of these, two more Water Dead will emerge from the water, on both sides of the screen; once you've jump-kicked both of them in the face to kill them, a fourth Pod will float towards you from the right side of the screen. Once you have jumped over this, a fourth Water Dead will emerge from the water on the left side of the screen - and once you have jump-kicked him in the face to kill him, Rick will jump out of the water and drop down the ladder to the fourth section of the stage. This section of the stage features the only enemy character who can speak Japanese.

Once Rick's landed in the fourth section of the stage, start walking to the right, and punch the Recycle Dead who is walking towards you twice to kill him; once you've done so, Master Dead will float into view from the right side of the screen. Once you have jumped up and kicked him to send him flying over to the left side of the screen, you will have to punch two more Recycle Dead who are walking towards you (twice) to kill them - and Master Dead will then attempt to resurrect the Recycle Dead (with a strange Japanese chant), so you must jump up and kick him again to send him flying over to the other side of the screen before he manages to do so. Once you have kicked him six times, a fourth Recycle Dead will come walking towards you from the right side of the screen; you must quickly punch him twice to kill him before jumping up to kick Master Dead for a seventh time. A fifth Recycle Dead will now come walking towards you from the left side of the screen - and again, you must quickly punch him twice to kill him before jumping up and kicking Master Dead for an eighth time. Once you've jumped up and kicked him twice more, he will disintegrate (but if you took too long over defeating him, he will float away) and you can either drop down the ladder or jump over it in order to climb up that other ladder; both of them will lead to different fifth sections of the stage.

If you chose to drop down the first ladder, you will end up in the basement of the mansion, so start walking to the right and punch the Red Deadman who is walking towards you to kill him; once you've done this, an Evil Dog will come running into view from the left side of the screen to eat the remains of the Red Deadman. Another Joker will also appear at the top of the screen, to try and drop a skull on Rick's head - and once you have jumped up and kicked her to kill her, two more Red Deadmen will come walking towards you. Once you punch both of them to kill them another Evil Dog will come running into view from the right side of the screen to devour their remains; you must crouch down and give it a kick to make it back up and do a flying jump at you so you can give it another kick to kill it once it has landed. Once you have done so, another Joker will appear at the top of the screen to try and drop a skull on Rick's head - and once you have jumped up and kicked her to kill her, Rick will climb up that ladder to the boss room. However, if you chose to climb up the second ladder you will end up in a room filled with piles of rotting meat and Body Eaters (similar to the extra section of the fourth stage); they will crawl up the meat piles and hurl themselves across the room at Rick before he can proceed to the boss room another way through that door at the end.

The boss room begins with a Top Heavy ushering four Green Deadmen away from a sofa, on which Rick's girlfriend Jennifer is lying; once she's woken up, she will greet Rick (in Japanese) before transforming into her mutant form, which must be fought as a boss. When she leaps towards you, you must punch her away and walk all the way to the other side of the room so that her extra-long claws can't reach you - and once you've hit her six times, she'll revert to her human form and beg Rick not to kill her (again, in Japanese), before transforming back into her mutant form. This time, she'll make slightly shorter leaps towards you; once again, you must punch her away and walk all the way to the other side of the room so that her claws cannot reach you. Once you have hit her six more times, she will revert to her human form and beg Rick not to kill her (once again, in Japanese) for a second time, before transforming back into her mutant form for a third time - and this time, she will do considerably shorter leaps towards you, so yet again, you must punch her away and walk all the way to the other side of the room so that her claws can't reach you. Once you have hit her six final times, she will bid farewell to Rick (yet again, in Japanese), and disintegrate in a manner similar to that of Master Dead; that Top Heavy will then walk back into view from the right side of the screen and point to the enormous hole in the ground leading to the sixth stage (it's the penultimate one), which Rick will promptly drop down.