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Ready for another horror game adaptation? Neither am I. That's not stopping Hollywood from bringing Capcom's Clock Tower series to the big screen. In the film's defense, the Clock Tower games focus more on hiding and escaping, which actually is perfect fodder for a motion picture. While the project's already changed writers (that's confidence!), a director has been found. Chilean horror filmmaker Jorge Olguin, noted for his shoe-string screamers (Eternal Blood, Black Angel). Clock Tower will be his English language debut and hopefully won't suck dirty socks.
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See the Clock Tower series of games already benefitted from having a real movie director direct the Third installment for PS2. Kinji Fukasaku who directed Battle Royale and most of the sequel before he died handled the duties on this game. Shame he was ancient like, but as the saying goes he gave it his best shot. the film - if it follows the same ideas as that game, might only suck marginally as the same manner as Silent Hill
Clock Tower was barely interactive as it was. Done right this could be a perfect example of suspense horror. My status is set to optimistic for this one.
Olguin's films are distributed by Troma, which means a lot in some circles. The reviews I could dig up about Eternal Blood are also interesting, suggesting a more cerebral style of horror. Unfortunately he's an unknown, which might allow the studio to bully him.
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