Videos
Short Video Explores Why Horror VHS Art Was So Awesome and Effective
Remember when renting a movie was as much fun as watching one?
It’s undoubtedly easier than ever to rent movies (you don’t even have to put on pants anymore!), but at the same time, something was lost when video stores collapsed and digital streaming took over. Renting movies is no longer an experience, reduced instead to picking up a remote and pressing a button.
Easier? Hell yes. As much fun? Definitely not.
Most horror fans have a fondness for the video store experience, and particularly for the horror VHS artwork that lined the walls of those mom & pop shops. This new video from Entertain the Elk takes a closer look at all that wacky and wonderful artwork, approaching it from an advertising perspective.
As the video points out, the best horror VHS art was marketing gold, checking off all the right boxes and smartly ensuring that we *had* to rent certain movies.
Attention. Interest. Desire. Action.
Video Games
Come Face to Face With the Zombie Menace in the Story Trailer for ‘Zombie Army VR’ [Watch]
While there’s no definitive release date just yet, Rebellion is teasing fans with a new story trailer for the upcoming Zombie Army VR, which is expected to arrive later this year. The new trailer gives fans and prospective players a glimpse at the Zombie Army VR story campaign, which as you might have guessed, involves occult magic, waves of zombies, and plenty of headshots.
The game’s campaign takes place alongside the events of the Zombie Army series, and sees you take to the field as one of the Deadhunters, an elite squad that is hunting down zombie war criminals. You must fight your way through undead hordes near the bombed-out city of Nuremberg to help Captain Hermann Wolff, the Deadhunter’s legendary leader, find his scattered family and fight to free Europe from the zombie apocalypse.
As you navigate the full-length story campaign either alone or with an ally, you’ll have access to an arsenal of authentic World War II weaponry, including sniper rifles, submachine guns, pistols and more. As one would expect, VR brings a new level of immersion to the action of the Zombie Army series, which will require you to “get to grips” with using your hands to aim your rifle, dual-wield your side arm with a submachine gun, master reloading drills, and tossing grenades.
Zombie Army VR is currently in development for the PlayStation VR2, Meta Quest 2, 3, Pro, Oculus Rift and PC headsets via Steam.
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