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Surprise! ‘Clock Tower’ is Getting a Spiritual Successor
After we’re done giggling at that awkward codename — Project Scissors? Really? — let’s talk about the fact that the survival horror classic Clock Tower is getting a spiritual successor. Now, before you get too excited, I will have to let the air out of your sails, because this game is only coming to mobile devices (specifically iOS, Android and Vita). If you’re still with me, the team behind it should be reason enough to get you adequately excited for this surprise reveal.
For starters, it’s a collaborative project between Hifumi Kono (director of the first two Clock Tower games), Masahiro Ito (formerly of Team Silent, where he came up with the design for Pyramid Head while working on the first three Silent Hill games), and renowned Japanese director Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On, The Grudge). That’s some top-tier talent right there.
Here’s what it’ll be about:
“The game’s setting is aboard a luxurious cruise liner in the middle of the ocean. As the ship sails across the deep blue ocean, a series of gruesome and mysterious murders begins to take place, including those of the ship’s crew. Soon the ocean liner is crippled and adrift at sea, and has become an inescapable trap for the passengers. As a passenger of the ship, the player will be tasked with solving the murder mystery to ensure their own survival as well as the rest of the ‘innocent’ passengers.”
If this doesn’t excite you, there’s always that fan-made Clock Tower remake to look forward to.
While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.
This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.
You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!
In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?
“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.
“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”
Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.
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