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Ghosts, hauntings, possession and poltergeist cases on screen — paranormal horror films, series and the stories behind them.
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The creepy new trailer has just debuted for The Caregiver, the latest horror-thriller from Argentine writer-director and producer Ariel Luque (The Red Book Ritual), and it teases a terrifying and tense story full of twists and turns that you won’t see coming. “Running away from her abusive stepfather, Emma decided to go to the city. She takes a job as a caregiver to Mrs. Belov, a senile elderly woman. Strange things start happening in the house, and she begins to hear unusual sounds from the basement. What Emma doesn’t know is that the house hides a terrifying secret. Emma will do the impossible to escape that house of hell.” The film stars Clara Kovacic (The 100 Candles Game), Virginia Lombardo (Hostage), Nikola Kent (Hellraiser), Victoria Aristegui (Palau the Movie) and Lis Fernández. Shivery Pictures Pictures produces. The Caregiver, from Shivery Pictures, is currently making its festival rounds. We’ll let you know as soon as a release date is announced. In
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Bonsai Collective today has unveiled a brand new trailer for their upcoming narrative-driven first-person action-adventure Luna Abyss. Players take on the role of a prisoner who has to work off their sentence by exploring the lost colony on the mimic-moon Luna with an artificial prison guard by their side. The sentence sounds easy but deep within Luna, cosmic horrors await and you’ll have to fight to survive. The Game will feature: Buried Mystery: Uncover the mysteries of the mimic moon, and the abyss within its depths. Come face to face with remnants of the colony’s downfall & discover your role within this doomed world. Learn all the secrets the abyss has to offer. Forsaken Chasms: Sprint, jump & dash your way through this brutalist alien megastructure. Experience fluid first-person platforming as you travel through Luna & the depths of the abyss. Bullet-Hell Combat: Survive deadly encounters with corrupted souls & twisted cosmic horrors. Master your weapons & make split-second decisions
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With the year nearly ending I was allowed the opportunity to play Children of Silentown nearly a month early thanks to Daedelic Entertainment and Elf Games. A spooky game that’s rated E for everyone?! How does that work? Let’s find out, this is Children of Silentown. Children of Silentown takes place in a small village located in the middle of a forest that’s home to monsters that can be heard at night. Due to the threat outside the village, strict rules based on superstitions were put into place but the foundation of the village is slowly being rocked by Lucy and her quest for answers about her nightmares and the disappearance of her mother which has the village on edge. Now onto the game itself! Children of Silentown‘s controls are pretty basic as it’s a point-and-click style game, with tutorials and reminders of what buttons do what. What I really like is that when the characters “speak” (it’s in the
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The Game Awards 2022 wrapped up by delighting gaming fans around the world awarding fan favorites and scoring some upsets. But one thing was clear, there were plenty of world premiere trailers for some upcoming horror/dark fantasy titles! From the makers of Vampyr comes Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden where players play as a pair of literal ghost hunters in 1695 North America who hunt and banish ghosts, there’s just one problem, one of the Ghost Hunters is a ghost herself after getting killed on a mission. Now players will have to hunt spirits in the wilds of the new colony of New Eden and help rid the land of its ghosts while trying to find a way to save one of their own. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden will be coming out towards the end of 2023 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Atomic Heart premiered a new action-packed gameplay trailer for the upcoming FPS game that
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Frictional Games has announced today as an early holiday gift to fans, the news of the latest installment of the “Amnesia” game series, Amnesia: The Bunker. For the first time, players are equipped with high levels of freedom to impact gameplay, choosing their playstyle as they explore at will this semi-open world. Amnesia: The Bunker will put players in the boots of a French soldier with amnesia exploring the dark tunnels of a WWI bunker armed with only a revolver and a flashlight, players must explore and find a way out all the while trying to survive the horrors that await them in the dark. The game will feature the following: emergent gameplay in a sandbox horror survival experience objects, threats, and resources change in every playthrough in unscripted horror an ever-present gruesome creature that stalks the player. all-new levels of interaction with the world through puzzle-solving and tool handling enhanced lighting effects and carefully designed sound effects for a
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During the pandemic, there were a lot of changes going on that some people adjusted well to while others had no coping skills and made simple solutions painfully difficult to enforce. Game developers were also affected by the pandemic and like the aforementioned groups of people, felt fear, isolation, and uncertainty about the future. Indie game publisher and developer HOOK was inspired by this and made Edengate: The Edge of Life. I want to give thanks to HOOK for the reviewing opportunity! In Edengate: The Edge of Life players take on the role of Mia, a biologist, who has awakened in the hospital with little to no memory of what or how she got there, even more, she’s all alone, and not just in the hospital but in the entire city of Edengate. Now onto the game itself. When it comes to Edengate: The Edge of Life‘s controls, they’re literally just movement, zoom, and interaction, that’s it, pretty much impossible
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Developers Elf Games and Luna2 Studio have teamed up with publisher Daedalic Entertainment to bring players to the mysterious village of Silentown that’s surrounded by a mysterious and ominous forest inhabited by monsters. Children of Silentown is a point-and-click game that follows Lucy, a girl growing up in the village. During the daylight hours, she’s either helping her mother or hanging out with her friends but when the sun goes down, Lucy is plagued by nightmares that are not helped by the monstrous growling that comes from the woods surrounding the village. Lucy has decided to never set foot into the woods, but fate will force her to enter the woods to unravel the mysteries of both her home and the forest that surrounds it. Children of Silentown will feature hand-drawn art in a unique creepy style, point-and-click mechanics, and atmospheric music. Players will have to find notes, collect and combine items, play minigames, and solve puzzles. Players will also
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When the sun sets in the west, you would think the day’s done right? Nope, that’s when the work picks up in Flying Wild Hog’s game, Evil West. A big thank you to Focus Home and Flying Wild Hog for the reviewing opportunity! Evil West takes place in an alternative 19th-century timeline where players take on the role of Jesse Rentier, a vampire hunter with the secretive Rentier Institute that hunts down the vampire threat in the US. Someone behind the scene among the vampires wants to rage all-out war against humans and attacked the Rentier Institute head-on, forcing Jesse to take on the role of the organization’s leader and rebuild the institute. Now onto the game itself! The controls are easy to learn and adapt to. When it comes to sound, the voice acting, ambient sounds, and music are all good but the mixing should be tweaked as even though I lowered the volume on everything else and raised
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Among its many offerings this year, Blood in the Snow Film Festival serves up some fine new horror short-shorts hailing from Canada. Here are reviews of three of them. The Cradle Rich in brooding atmosphere, writer/director Massimo Meo’s The Cradle sets the tone with creepy dolls, and noises outside a woman’s house getting closer before showing an eerie big reveal. Fans of supernatural cinema should find plenty to like with this short. Viewfinder Photographer Christian (Jakub Zieba) is shooting model Steph (Becca Clapperton) but spies something odd and eerie through his camera that isn’t seen by the naked eye. Director Tiffany Wice wrings Viewfinder for maximum suspense and delivers a satisfyingly creepy ending. Mindful Meditation Director Louie La Vella and screenwriter/star Monica La Vella explore the story of a woman whose guided meditation exercise in her bedroom takes her down a truly dark path. Mindful Meditation uses classic visual ghost story cinema elements in a different way, which leads to
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When it comes to faith people either have it, don’t, or are unsure. In Saint Kotar, the faith of our heroes is tested as modern faith and old traditions collide. I want to thank SOEDESCO and Red Martyer Entertainment for the reviewing opportunity! Saint Kotar takes players to a remote town in Croatia where the people practice modern and pagan beliefs while under the watchful eyes of the town’s leaders who rule with fear. The village is also plagued by kidnappings and murders carried out by the “Moon Ghouls”, a group of cannibal cultists. Players take on the roles of Benedek, a monk, and staunch Catholic, and Nikolay, a Deacon and Benedek’s brother-in-law. The two find themselves waking up in a living nightmare as Benedek’s estranged sister (and Nikolay’s wife) has gone missing and is somehow involved in events that just took place in the town. Now onto the game itself. Saint Kotar is a point-and-click game, which becomes obvious
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The creepy new trailer has just debuted for The Caregiver, the latest horror-thriller from Argentine writer-director and producer Ariel Luque (The Red Book Ritual), and it teases a terrifying and tense story full of twists and turns that you won’t see coming. “Running away from her abusive stepfather, Emma decided to go to the city. She takes a job as a caregiver to Mrs. Belov, a senile elderly woman. Strange things start happening in the house, and she begins to hear unusual sounds from the basement. What Emma doesn’t know is that the house hides a terrifying secret. Emma will do the impossible to escape that house of hell.” The film stars Clara Kovacic (The 100 Candles Game), Virginia Lombardo (Hostage), Nikola Kent (Hellraiser), Victoria Aristegui (Palau the Movie) and Lis Fernández. Shivery Pictures Pictures produces. The Caregiver, from Shivery Pictures, is currently making its festival rounds. We’ll let you know as soon as a release date is announced. In
Continue reading →
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Bonsai Collective today has unveiled a brand new trailer for their upcoming narrative-driven first-person action-adventure Luna Abyss. Players take on the role of a prisoner who has to work off their sentence by exploring the lost colony on the mimic-moon Luna with an artificial prison guard by their side. The sentence sounds easy but deep within Luna, cosmic horrors await and you’ll have to fight to survive. The Game will feature: Buried Mystery: Uncover the mysteries of the mimic moon, and the abyss within its depths. Come face to face with remnants of the colony’s downfall & discover your role within this doomed world. Learn all the secrets the abyss has to offer. Forsaken Chasms: Sprint, jump & dash your way through this brutalist alien megastructure. Experience fluid first-person platforming as you travel through Luna & the depths of the abyss. Bullet-Hell Combat: Survive deadly encounters with corrupted souls & twisted cosmic horrors. Master your weapons & make split-second decisions
Continue reading →
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With the year nearly ending I was allowed the opportunity to play Children of Silentown nearly a month early thanks to Daedelic Entertainment and Elf Games. A spooky game that’s rated E for everyone?! How does that work? Let’s find out, this is Children of Silentown. Children of Silentown takes place in a small village located in the middle of a forest that’s home to monsters that can be heard at night. Due to the threat outside the village, strict rules based on superstitions were put into place but the foundation of the village is slowly being rocked by Lucy and her quest for answers about her nightmares and the disappearance of her mother which has the village on edge. Now onto the game itself! Children of Silentown‘s controls are pretty basic as it’s a point-and-click style game, with tutorials and reminders of what buttons do what. What I really like is that when the characters “speak” (it’s in the
Continue reading →
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The Game Awards 2022 wrapped up by delighting gaming fans around the world awarding fan favorites and scoring some upsets. But one thing was clear, there were plenty of world premiere trailers for some upcoming horror/dark fantasy titles! From the makers of Vampyr comes Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden where players play as a pair of literal ghost hunters in 1695 North America who hunt and banish ghosts, there’s just one problem, one of the Ghost Hunters is a ghost herself after getting killed on a mission. Now players will have to hunt spirits in the wilds of the new colony of New Eden and help rid the land of its ghosts while trying to find a way to save one of their own. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden will be coming out towards the end of 2023 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Atomic Heart premiered a new action-packed gameplay trailer for the upcoming FPS game that
Continue reading →
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Frictional Games has announced today as an early holiday gift to fans, the news of the latest installment of the “Amnesia” game series, Amnesia: The Bunker. For the first time, players are equipped with high levels of freedom to impact gameplay, choosing their playstyle as they explore at will this semi-open world. Amnesia: The Bunker will put players in the boots of a French soldier with amnesia exploring the dark tunnels of a WWI bunker armed with only a revolver and a flashlight, players must explore and find a way out all the while trying to survive the horrors that await them in the dark. The game will feature the following: emergent gameplay in a sandbox horror survival experience objects, threats, and resources change in every playthrough in unscripted horror an ever-present gruesome creature that stalks the player. all-new levels of interaction with the world through puzzle-solving and tool handling enhanced lighting effects and carefully designed sound effects for a
Continue reading →
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During the pandemic, there were a lot of changes going on that some people adjusted well to while others had no coping skills and made simple solutions painfully difficult to enforce. Game developers were also affected by the pandemic and like the aforementioned groups of people, felt fear, isolation, and uncertainty about the future. Indie game publisher and developer HOOK was inspired by this and made Edengate: The Edge of Life. I want to give thanks to HOOK for the reviewing opportunity! In Edengate: The Edge of Life players take on the role of Mia, a biologist, who has awakened in the hospital with little to no memory of what or how she got there, even more, she’s all alone, and not just in the hospital but in the entire city of Edengate. Now onto the game itself. When it comes to Edengate: The Edge of Life‘s controls, they’re literally just movement, zoom, and interaction, that’s it, pretty much impossible
Continue reading →
GamingNewsParanormalProductTrailers
Developers Elf Games and Luna2 Studio have teamed up with publisher Daedalic Entertainment to bring players to the mysterious village of Silentown that’s surrounded by a mysterious and ominous forest inhabited by monsters. Children of Silentown is a point-and-click game that follows Lucy, a girl growing up in the village. During the daylight hours, she’s either helping her mother or hanging out with her friends but when the sun goes down, Lucy is plagued by nightmares that are not helped by the monstrous growling that comes from the woods surrounding the village. Lucy has decided to never set foot into the woods, but fate will force her to enter the woods to unravel the mysteries of both her home and the forest that surrounds it. Children of Silentown will feature hand-drawn art in a unique creepy style, point-and-click mechanics, and atmospheric music. Players will have to find notes, collect and combine items, play minigames, and solve puzzles. Players will also
Continue reading →
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When the sun sets in the west, you would think the day’s done right? Nope, that’s when the work picks up in Flying Wild Hog’s game, Evil West. A big thank you to Focus Home and Flying Wild Hog for the reviewing opportunity! Evil West takes place in an alternative 19th-century timeline where players take on the role of Jesse Rentier, a vampire hunter with the secretive Rentier Institute that hunts down the vampire threat in the US. Someone behind the scene among the vampires wants to rage all-out war against humans and attacked the Rentier Institute head-on, forcing Jesse to take on the role of the organization’s leader and rebuild the institute. Now onto the game itself! The controls are easy to learn and adapt to. When it comes to sound, the voice acting, ambient sounds, and music are all good but the mixing should be tweaked as even though I lowered the volume on everything else and raised
Continue reading →
Film FestivalsForeignMoviesParanormalReviews
Among its many offerings this year, Blood in the Snow Film Festival serves up some fine new horror short-shorts hailing from Canada. Here are reviews of three of them. The Cradle Rich in brooding atmosphere, writer/director Massimo Meo’s The Cradle sets the tone with creepy dolls, and noises outside a woman’s house getting closer before showing an eerie big reveal. Fans of supernatural cinema should find plenty to like with this short. Viewfinder Photographer Christian (Jakub Zieba) is shooting model Steph (Becca Clapperton) but spies something odd and eerie through his camera that isn’t seen by the naked eye. Director Tiffany Wice wrings Viewfinder for maximum suspense and delivers a satisfyingly creepy ending. Mindful Meditation Director Louie La Vella and screenwriter/star Monica La Vella explore the story of a woman whose guided meditation exercise in her bedroom takes her down a truly dark path. Mindful Meditation uses classic visual ghost story cinema elements in a different way, which leads to
Continue reading →
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When it comes to faith people either have it, don’t, or are unsure. In Saint Kotar, the faith of our heroes is tested as modern faith and old traditions collide. I want to thank SOEDESCO and Red Martyer Entertainment for the reviewing opportunity! Saint Kotar takes players to a remote town in Croatia where the people practice modern and pagan beliefs while under the watchful eyes of the town’s leaders who rule with fear. The village is also plagued by kidnappings and murders carried out by the “Moon Ghouls”, a group of cannibal cultists. Players take on the roles of Benedek, a monk, and staunch Catholic, and Nikolay, a Deacon and Benedek’s brother-in-law. The two find themselves waking up in a living nightmare as Benedek’s estranged sister (and Nikolay’s wife) has gone missing and is somehow involved in events that just took place in the town. Now onto the game itself. Saint Kotar is a point-and-click game, which becomes obvious
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