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[Kickstart This] ‘Mixtape Massacre’ Is An 80’s Horror Movie Themed Board Game
Sometimes hanging out with friends and putting on a movie gets boring. If you’ve done it over and over and over again, you start to wonder if maybe there’s something else that you can do to pass the time but still get your horror fix.
My friends and I personally love to pull out a board game every once in a while. It’s a great way to actually interact with each other rather than just stare at a TV. And having just found Mixtape Massacre, I may now have a brand new game to bring to the party.
Mixtape Massacre is a board game for up to six players where you get to assume the role of one of eight killers, themed after such famous villains as Jason, Pennywise, Samara, Pinhead, and more. From there, you make your way through the town of Tall Oaks, taking out victims and battling other players to tally up the highest number of kills.
The Kickstarter currently has 16 days remaining and is still aiming towards its base goal of $20,000. Check out the video below and, if you’re interested, back the project right here.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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