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Monochromatic Horror Featured in This Week’s Humble Bundle
Each week or so, the team at the Humble Bundle offers a collection of games for a “Pay What You Want” asking price, the proceeds of which benefit specific charities. This week’s bundle features a slew of stylized horror games, up to and including Betrayer and Neverending Nightmares.
The theme is “Monochromatic,” so most of the games will feature very little color. In addition to Nightmares and Betrayer, the bundle also features weird little platformer Closure, logic puzzle game The Bridge, and first-person exploration game NaissanceE.
You can pay whatever you like for The Bridge, Closure, and bizarre stop-motion animation Dominiuqe Pamplemousse, but for Betrayer, NaissanceE, and puzzle game Oquonie, you’ll have to beat the average paying price, which is currently $4.66. To get access to Neverending Nightmares, you’ll need to pay $10 or more.
The charities benefited by this week’s bundle include Direct Relief, which provides medical relief across the world, and Special Effect, which helps people with disabilities to enjoy video games.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that The Blob director Chuck Russell has passed away at 74 years old.
Russell’s career began with his directorial debut, 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
The multihyphenate film director, screenwriter, and producer is best known for helming 1994 comedy The Mask starring Jim Carrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner Eraser, and adventure spinoff The Scorpion King. The latter served as the first leading role for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The filmmaker left an indelible mark on horror with his ANOES sequel, 1988’s The Blob, and 2000’s Bless the Child.
Russell’s final film credit is 2024’s Witchboard remake starring Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), and Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”).
It marked Russell’s return to horror after a lengthy hiatus, and he shared sequel hopes to Bloody Disgusting in an interview ahead of the remake’s release: “I got to design the board with real mystical symbols and things that I know represent good and evil, and where that board takes us if the audiences respond to the film, and I hope they will; I know it’s out there for you guys, but the sequel is a world we’ll get to go a little further. That’s sure the intention.”
He also recently expressed interest in returning to the franchise that began his career.
TMZ notes that Russell passed away at his San Diego-area home.
We send our deepest condolences to Chuck Russell’s family, friends, and fans.
Director, Co-Writer & Producer Chuck Russell behind the scenes of the horror film, WITCHBOARD. Photo courtesy of The Avenue and Atlas Distribution
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