Quoting LightAce:

for some reason the boxart just looks "blah". Wouldn't really catch my interest if I didn't know what it was

It says Splatterhouse written in blood and a Jason-like mask also drawn in blood indicating that there will be a huge mask wearing badass, blood, splatter and a house. What more do yo need?

? where in europe? you realise europe is a big place and doesn't work in the same way as the usa?
For example the uk isnt bad for banning games at all. In fact its probably one of the most easy going countries on the planet with games and then germany have had loads of changes for their versions like austraila (also under eu region)

Dont be fooled by the fact the us has no banned games. What they do is much more sneaky and has probaby been the most controling in the way of censering games. If America rates a game AO, console makers wont licence that game, not to mention the big retailers refuse to stock it That type of sneaky control affects the whole world.