Video Game Artist Turns Her Own Face Into Monster Material
One moment, it's a pleasant mask of a female face. The next, it's the shriveled mask of a nightborne hell-beast. Sweet dreams!
Cult Horror Game is Getting a Live-Action Film
Ao Oni, the popular survival horror RPG Maker game—where you have to solve puzzles and escape from The Oni, a demon that appears and follows you randomly—is getting a Japanese live-action movie.
Realistic Pokémon Snap Would Give Me Nightmares
Hey that's not the Mewtwo and the Cerulean Cave I remember from the Pokémon games. This—otherwise amazing—redesign by DeviantART artist arvalis is way more creepy.
All The Reasons To Get Excited About Horror Movies In 2014
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So far, it's been an exciting year for horror. Afflicted is a "damn fine film," The Babadook is a must see, and Only Lovers Left Alive is one of the most gorgeous horror films ever. 2014 is really shaping out to be a great year for horror, and it's not over yet. Here are several reasons to be thrilled about the future of …
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Open-world survival horror game The Forest is coming to Steam Early Access on May 22. I usually stay away from horror games but this one looks so good, I might just give it a try. On a weekend morning. When there's plenty of light and everyone's awake. Maybe. Anyway, above is the game's third trailer. Pretty amazing.
The Deep Sea Is Terrifying, And This Game Proves It
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My hands are sweating. As I walk inside narrow metal hallways, I notice that I'm hearing things that, frankly, I'm not even sure are actually there. Hollow screeches. Faraway wails. It reminds me of seeing a shadow in the corner of your eyes, a darkness your sight never catches up with but that you're still convinced…
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Caffeine's latest teaser brings us even more ghostly abandoned spaceship-porn, and it's looking pretty great. The first-person sci-fi horror game recently hit IndieGoGo, where its creator is asking for $80,000 to finish it in time for a 2015 release on PC.
Longest Journey Creator's Next Game is "Gone Home Meets Amnesia"
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More specifically, it is a survival horror-adventure game. Inspired by fairy tales and legends.
How A Horror Game Plans on Using the Real World to Scare You
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Imaginary locations are great places to stage heart-stopping scream sequences. Nothing like being lost inside the bowels of a giant monster, an abandoned space station or the burning plains of hell for put the fear in you. But you know what else is really scary? The real world. In particular, that abandoned 7-11 off…
Short Horror Movie Will Make You Sleep With The Lights On, Forever
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Swedish animator and filmmaker David F. Sandberg made this short horror flick a few months back, but it's only just started getting some traction online in the last few days. With good reason.
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Nevermind, the horror game that gets tougher as you get scared, still has a few hours left to get funded. We played a demo of it recently and should have impressions up for you soon (heart monitor experience and all). For now, let's just say it's like if Telltale made a creepier, slightly more puzzle-oriented horror…
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"It's not my fault people keep killing themselves." The latest environment trailer for Frictional Games' upcoming space horror game SOMA adds voices to excellent effect. I'd be happy just wandering these halls and listening to people talk. Knowing Frictional, there'll probably be things try to kill me to. Always with the …
The Internet's Worst Nightmares, Illustrated
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Creepypastas, or scary stories that circulate primarily on the internet, might frighten the heck out of us—but damn if they're not thrilling to read. It was only a matter of time before someone came along and actually made a book about them.
Modern Twilight Zone Plots In 10 Horryfing Tweets
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What would The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling cult classic horror TV series be like in the modern age? Here are some fresh plot ideas from Modern Twilight Zone's Twitter.
They Drank Too Much Space Coffee. And Now Everyone's Dead.
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Because nothing is scarier than running out of (space) coffee.
The Perfect Place for a Horror Game? Pennsylvania, Says Google
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We live on the internet nowadays. And there's some thinking that suggests you can get a peek into the psyche of large groups of people by parsing what people search Google for. A new map based on this idea shows that a lot of people want to know why Philadelphia is so haunted. Sounds like the next super-scary video…
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If Enemies From Zelda Were Real
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When it comes to horror games, The Legend of Zelda is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. Concept artist Nate Hallinan's creations are definitely going to change that. Above is his version of the Skulltula—there's nothing to be afraid of! Nothing at all!
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A pig with a man's head eating a corpse? Creepy. Coming to the PlayStation 4 and Vita, Kodoku is a self-published horror game from the fine folks at Carnivore Studio, and not the bastard child of a gaming website and popular number puzzles. Until we have more information, I am going to assume the basic premise is the …
Stereo Pixel-Art GIFs Sure Look Like Classic Adventure Games
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Remember Dark Seed, Harvester, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream and all those other horror point-and-click adventure games from the 90s? These giffy photos, taken and edited by photographer David Alexander Slaager, have absolutely the same atmosphere.