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‘Dementium’ Could Have Been a ‘Silent Hill’ Game
Renegade Kid is a name you may recognize if you’re familiar with the Dementium series of (mostly) mobile horror games. The developer clearly drew some inspiration from survival horror classics like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, with its emphasis on exploration, atmosphere and puzzle-solving. According to the studio’s co-founder, Jools Watsham, this relation runs a little deeper than that.
Dementium: The Ward was originally pitched as a new Silent Hill game for the Nintendo DS, before it became its own thing.
“Little known fact: We pitched “The Ward” to Konami in 2007 as something that could have become a Silent Hill DS game,” explains Watsham in a recent tweet.
IGN was able to get more context from him.
“Our goal was always to release The Ward as an original game, but we were also open to the idea of turning it into a licensed horror game and approached Konami to see if they wanted to work together to mold it into a Silent Hill game for the Nintendo DS.”
The publisher agreed to a meeting, but it sounds like they might have done so as a courtesy. A few minutes in and Konami decided they weren’t the right fit for Silent Hill, I’m assuming, because they had plans to bury it themselves.
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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