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iOS Horror ‘The Drowning’ is Coming to the Silver Screen
Let’s take a minute and rewind to August of last year, when the post-apocalyptic shooter The Drowning released on iOS with the promise of making full use of the iPhone’s innards to deliver visuals that would be about on par with console games. It’s an intriguing concept, a mobile horror game with console quality graphics.
With the exception of a few games, like Resident Evil 4 and the fantastic Dead Space mobile game, I haven’t found many horror titles that have been able to keep me hooked for more than a few minutes. Even still, it looked impressive enough for me to give it a try.
After spending a couple hours in its monster-infested world, I decided The Drowning has a lot of style, but it lacked substance. At its core, it’s a wave survival game with free-to-play mechanics that’s light on story and heavy on mildly creepy creatures to shoot.
Apparently, that’s enough to warrant a film adaptation. As Deadline reports, the game will soon move from the small screen to one that’s substantially bigger. It’s being written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (Olympus Has Fallen and The Expendables 3), and produced by Ted Field, Mike Weber, and Michael Napoliello of Radar Pictures.
Tom Van Dell and Jason Moskowitz are executive producing.
The only thing that has me cautiously optimistic about this is its eco-horror plot, which follows “a deep-sea oil-drilling accident that causes ancient micro-organisms to be released into the water supply of an island town off the Seattle coast.”
Sunrise Films has announced the official North American release of William Bagley‘s horror comedy Hold the Fort, and it’s accompanied by an energetic new trailer.
Hold the Fort debuts on digital platforms on June 23.
In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“
Watch the new trailer below, which introduces one wild HOA gathering during an equinox. Things get bloody fast.
Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith star.
William Bagley writes and directs, in addition to producing with Smith, Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, and Tim Reis (Adult Swim Yule Log).
Ahead of the release, Bagley said, “My goal with this film was to make a hilarious, fast-paced thrill ride while also telling a great story with heart. Hopefully, through all the blood, laughs, fights, and gags, you leave the film feeling inspired to tackle whatever life throws at you.“
Hold the Fort premiered at Fantasia last summer before going on to play FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and Beyond Fest.
I wrote in my review, “It’s an infectiously charming assemblage of jokes and monster vignettes bound together by a barebones plot with not much on its mind beyond delivering an entertaining time.”
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