/vr/ - Retro Games

Punchatz describes how when he was sculpting out the Arch-Vile, he was doing so while having the movie Pumpkinhead playing on VHS in the background, and I'd say that the inspiration for the Arch-Vile's body is telling.

A quirk on the Arch-Vile is that his lower legs are actually too short for his body, which Punchatz said he regrets, and the reworked digital model instead has digitigrade legs much like Pumpkinhead here, but I think the awkward anatomy works in their favor. The Archie is by far the spookiest monster design in the entire series, he's sinister, weird, and fast.