Laboratories

Laboratories are a somewhat common environment featured in games that conform the Castlevania series. They follow the classic trope of a mad scientist who owns a highly technologically advanced laboratory (for its era) inside an old castle, equipped with all sorts of buttons, levers, tubes and lights, along with a large stretcher where he attempts to give life to a monster of his creation. On this regard, these places are heavily inspired by the classic Frankenstein horror films that were released all throughout the twentieth century (mainly from Universal Pictures and Hammer Film Productions in the 1930s-40s and 1970s, respectively); and properly so, The Creature is often encountered in them, whether it is as the area boss or just as a powerful enemy.
It is assumed that these places were used to conduct all sorts of terrifying experiments on human prisoners and other living beings. In fact, the castle's laboratory is often built right next to the dungeons, providing a convenient way to move to it any subjects that had been selected to be experimented upon. The area where a laboratory is found sometimes isn't that big, comprised only by a single large room that is two or three screens wide within a larger stage, although other times the entire level may follow the laboratory theme.
The Lords of Shadow games retook and expanded on this premise by having their own version of Doctor Frankenstein, who was once a resident of the castle before Carmilla took it for herself. Furthermore, this subseries features a location known as the Bioquimek Corporation which plays an important role in their plot.
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==Appearances==
*Castlevania - Main Building
*Haunted Castle - Clocktower
*Castlevania Chronicles - The Torture Chamber / Laboratory
*Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Alchemy Laboratory, Necromancy Laboratory
*Castlevania (N64)/Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness - Castle Center
*Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Wizardry Lab
*Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Abandoned Castle
*Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Dark Academy
*Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Monastery, Minera Prison Island
*Castlevania Judgment - Alchemy Laboratory
*Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night - Alchemy Laboratory
*Castlevania: Harmony of Despair - Lord of Flies
*Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Electric Laboratory
*Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Bioquimek Corporation
*Castlevania: Moonlight Rhapsody - Alchemy Laboratory
==Gallery==
Laboratory - Castlevania - 01.png|Block 5(Castlevania)
Laboratory - Haunted Castle - 01.png|Clocktower(Haunted Castle)
Laboratory - Chronicles - 01.png|The Torture Chamber / Laboratory(Chronicles)
Alchemy laboratory4.png|Alchemy Laboratory(Symphony of the Night)
Glide64 03 LAB.png|Castle Center(Castlevania 64)
Glide64 CASTLEVANIA2 04 LAB.png|Castle Center(Legacy of Darkness)
Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab - Lament of Innocence - 01.png|Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab(Lament of Innocence)
Laboratory - Dawn of Sorrow - 01.png|Wizardry Lab(Dawn of Sorrow)
Laboratories - Curse of Darkness - 01.png|Abandoned Castle(Curse of Darkness)
Laboratory - Portrait of Ruin - 01.png|Dark Academy(Portrait of Ruin)
Laboratory - Order of Ecclesia - 01.png|Minera Prison Island(Order of Ecclesia)
Judgment-Alchemy Laboratory.jpg|Alchemy Laboratory(Judgment)
Alchemy Laboratory (II).jpg|Electric Laboratory(Lords of Shadow)
Bioquimek Corporation - Laboratory 01.png|Bioquimek Corporation(Lords of Shadow 2)
==See also==
*Environments
Category:Environments