In many ways, adapting the Blair Witch into a horror video game seems like an almost impossible task. The very foundation of The Blair Witch Project is that the protagonists have no control over their situation. They’re lost in a seemingly labyrinthian forest, being pursued by an unseen horror and they’re constantly at each other’s throats. It works so well …
We had a tradition in my university residence, a weekly movie club of sorts. Every Saturday, to recover from the hangovers that usually followed a Friday night out, a group of friends and I would gather in the common room and watch a horror film. The selection rotated every week so that we all got a chance to choose what …
Roundabout the time Let’s Plays were becoming super popular on YouTube the horror game genre took a turn for the…disempowering. See, up until performers on YouTube started screaming at the monster in Amnesia, horror games were equal parts terror and empowerment, with most games in the genre offering the player some way to combat the creatures pursuing them. Dead Space …
From the writer-director of last year’s sleeper horror smash Hereditary, comes superior follow-up Midsommar. This unusual, sunlit horror film is likely to forever squash your plans for an off-the-beaten-track vacation in Sweden.
Sitting down to watch Child’s Play, you’re presented with film studio Orion’s opening credit. It’s styled straight out of the 1980s with a cosmic backdrop and a logo accentuated by a slight static flicker. Never before have I seen an opening credit so tonally aligned with the film it precedes. Many people are not aware of how well Chucky’s first …
Just what does legendary video game developer Shinji Mikami have up his sleeve alongside Tango Studio? Not a straight-up supernatural survival-horror game like the last two chapters in The Evil Within series, but something that blends action with the paranormal. Say hello, and maybe hide behind your couch, at Ghostwire Tokyo!
The cult hit horror movie that terrified audiences in the 90’s is being adapted into a game and looks suuuuuuuuuuper scary Taking on the role of a detective searching for a lost boy in what can only be assumed to the be same forest featured in the Blair Witch Project (and those other films that happened), the game seems to …
Jon Arbuckle, desperately trying to cling to his sanity while a misshapen abomination that is beyond mortal ken hunts him through his home, demanding lasagne. Where’s my lasagne Jon? Where is it? Do I have to remove Odie’s bones again to remind you how important my lasagna is?
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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