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‘Neverending Nightmares’ Dev Gets Even Darker With ‘Devastated Dreams’
There was a seemingly endless supply of fantastic indie horror games to play last year, but it’s Matt Gilgenbach’s 2D horror adventure game Neverending Nightmares that will likely stick with me the longest. Its development doubled as a form of therapy for Gilgenbach, who struggles with depression and an obsessive compulsive disorder.
With a minimalist, hand-drawn world that’s been drained of all color, except for the color red, the game was striking both visually and on an emotional level. It’s one of those rare games that can really resonate with you, even if you don’t struggle with the same mental illnesses as its creator.
I’m extremely pleased to confirm that Gilgenbach and his Infinitap Games studio will be returning to our favorite genre with Devastated Dreams. In it, a mother-to-be is being hunted by a creature called the Mananangaal — a lady monster that likes to sprout giant wings at night so she can fly around looking for unborn babies to eat.
Devastated Dreams is heavily inspired by Filipino folklore — the Mananangaal is an actual urban legend in the Phillipines — and if DreadOut taught us anything, it’s that the Phillipines has some seriously frightening monsters at the core of many of its urban legends.
There’s considerably more to this reveal, but you’ll need to pay Polygon a visit if you want the rest of Gilgenbach’s interview. There’s even some creepy footage, and I know you like that.
If you hadn’t heard of Neverending Nightmares until now, I played through part of the game as a part of our annual 13 Days of Horror series. I only play through the first half hour, so there’s no real risk of my ruining anything for you.
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‘The Ring’ Actress Daveigh Chase Has Passed Away at 35
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that actress Daveigh Chase has passed away at just 35 years old. The news was first reported by TMZ this afternoon.
The outlet reports, “The actress’ boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, tells TMZ … Daveigh died Tuesday from meningitis and an infection in her blood, which caused her to have septic issues and led to her body shutting down.” The website’s report continues, “We’re told Daveigh had been admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this month because of malnutrition.”
Here in the horror world, a young Daveigh Chase memorably played Samara in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror movie The Ring, the American remake of the Japanese horror hit.
Far outside the horror world, Daveigh Chase voiced Lilo in the 2002 animated movie Lilo & Stitch, a character she continued to voice in various animated spinoff projects.
Chase also appeared as Samantha Darko in the 2001 classic Donnie Darko, later returning to play the sister of Donnie Darko in the 2009 spinoff movie titled S. Darko.
Daveigh Chase’s resume also includes roles on the TV shows “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Charmed,” “ER,” “Touched by an Angel,” “CSI,” “Cold Case,” and 32 episodes of “Big Love.”
Chase appeared in the films The Rats, Silence, Carolina, Beethoven’s 5th, Yellow, Little Red Wagon, Transference, Killer Crush, Jack Goes Home, and American Romance.
We send our deepest condolences to Daveigh Chase’s family, friends, and fans.

Pictured: Daveigh Chase in ‘Killer Crush’ (2015)

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