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‘Night Terrors’ Will Make You Afraid of Your Own Home
As the market for augmented reality games (ARGs) continues to grow, so does the number of games that are aiming to use this exciting new genre in ways that terrify us. The latest to catch my eye is something called Night Terrors, and what makes this game particularly intriguing is what it aims to do. That is, transforming your home into a haunted house.
Gone are the days that required blood sacrifices and costly summoning rituals to conjure angry spirits. Soon, you’ll be able to accomplish this with an app. Take a look.
Night Terrors is currently seeking funding on Indiegogo, where its developer hopes to raise $70,000. As I’m writing this, it’s about a third of the way there with 36 days left in the campaign.
Aside from filling your home, or wherever you happen to be when you open the app, into a virtual haunting ground, this developer wants to dethrone Amnesia as the scariest game ever. According to some words I found on their crowdfunding campaign, they’re planning on achieving this by creating a uniquely personal horror experience with a storyline that revolves around you. There’s no avatar to serve as a pillowy barrier between you and whatever horrors they’ve come up with.
This sounds like my kind of game. I’ll need to verify that it won’t be populating my apartment with clowns first, but once I know Pennywise isn’t waiting for me in my bathroom, I imagine this app could be quite a lot of fun.
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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