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‘AFAR: An Interactive Horror Film’ Experiments with Choose-Your-Own Adventure Storytelling Across Multiple Formats
Filmmaker Jason Trost (The Waves of Madness, The FP series) is back with a new experiment in terror that sees video game, film, and book collide in AFAR: An Interactive Horror Film.
It’s a choose-your-own horror adventure that puts you in the driver’s seat, releasing across multiple mediums.
AFAR: An Interactive Horror Film launches worldwide on October 22, 2025 on Steam as a full FMV videogame, alongside an interactive DVD and a choose-your-own-horror paperback.
What happens when a filmmaker obsessed with survival horror and ’90s FMV nightmares decides to build an entire game alone? You get three different ways to experience the horror, and multiple endings.
In AFAR, “Contestants on a hit survival reality show vanish without a trace in the haunted expanse of Barlang Valley. You play as Brian Everette, a paranormal investigator sent to uncover the truth. But here, the nightmare bends to your choices—every decision twists the story into darker paths. Will you survive the valley’s cursed secrets, or disappear forever like the rest?”
It’s a ’90s-style FMV horror game where every click matters. Choices branch the story, unlocking hidden scenes, lore, and five different endings. Each playthrough takes around 30 minutes, but uncovering the full mystery requires multiple runs—an experimental, bingeable approach to horror storytelling.
Shot and crafted entirely by star Jason Trost in the Australian rainforest, AFAR employs practical effects, in-camera tricks, and hand-built matte work to capture the lo-fi aesthetic of ’90s FMV games. Each playthrough lasts 30 minutes, but the full nightmare unfolds across multiple paths.
“With AFAR, I wanted to create something that didn’t exist—a horror experience you can play, watch, or read. It’s short, sharp, and replayable, but with five endings and hidden lore, it pulls you back in again and again. It’s part film, part game, part book—a living nightmare built entirely DIY,“ Trost said in a statement.
The new interactive horror movie continues Trost’s experimentation with form, arriving close on the heels of his side-scrolling horror movie The Waves of Madness.
AFAR will have its World Premiere at Nightmares Film Festival on October 18, as well as a hands-on interactive booth running throughout the fest (Oct 16–18) where attendees can try the game solo or with friends.
Pre-order AFAR: An Interactive Horror Film on Steam now.
The box office collapse of Supergirl has put a whole lot of pressure on the shoulders of Clayface, the next installment in the James Gunn-led DC movie universe. The budget is much lower than the Supermans and Supergirls of the world, which should set the film up for success, and Clayface has another huge thing working in its favor: it’s a horror movie, coming along at a time when horror is on fire at the box office. All of this is touched upon in a new sneak peek at the film over on Entertainment Weekly, which is loaded with new images.
One thing you won’t see a sneak peek of in these new Clayface images? The full reveal of the fully transformed title character. That’s being smartly saved for October 23, 2026.
Entertainment Weekly explains, “Matt’s full transformation into Clayface — the true towering form with gaping mouth and deep, cavernous eyes — will be saved as a surprise for theaters. You won’t see it officially in any marketing materials, we’re told.”
“You don’t want to show the shark,” director James Watkins (Speak No Evil) tells the outlet. “I think people give away too much. I believe in the power of mystery and the power of suggestion and the power of people putting two and two together. I think it’s more fun.”
Check out the new images below and head over to Entertainment Weekly to learn more about the “terrifying body horror” movie that’s coming to theaters this Halloween season.
Tom Rhys Harries stars as Clayface in the upcoming DC horror movie.
Described as DC Studios’ first-ever foray into the genre, Clayface unravels one man’s horrifying descent from rising Hollywood star to revenge-filled monster in a story that explores the loss of one’s identity and humanity, corrosive love, and the dark underbelly of scientific ambition.
James Watkins (The Woman in Black, Speak No Evil) directs from a script by Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,” Doctor Sleep) and Hossein Amini (Drive).
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