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Which Horror TV Series Needs a Game Adaptation?
Lately, I’ve found that when I make plans to burrow into my couch to watch something spooky, as I often do, I almost always end up with one of the myriad scary shows we have to choose from now. Like the ethereal spider demon that spins webs made from orphans’ tears, our favorite genre has slowly crept into every dark corner of broadcast television, led by hits like “The Strain”, “American Horror Story” and “The Walking Dead”.
More shows are ignoring what’s popular now so they can seek out what will be hot tomorrow, an they’re doing that by finding new ways to disturb viewers within the loosening confines of network TV, the boundaries of which have become increasingly hazy of late. With less restrictions, this perfect storm of critical acclaim and mainstream appeal is the only reason we were ever gifted with something as beautiful as “Hannibal” (#SaveHannibal).
There’s still hope that “Hannibal” will be picked up, it only needs to find a network that’s mad for Mikkelsen (#MadForMikkelsen) and his flawless portrayal of the eponymous serial killer. If it is rescued, it’ll join “The X-Files” in 2016 and “Twin Peaks” in 2017 in an expanding list of fan favorites that are being exhumed from the graveyard of dead TV.
What really blows my mind about this macabre renaissance we’re seeing in our living rooms is that it’s not entirely made up of clones. The genre’s biggest success stories should’ve left us with a host of copycats with varying degrees of shamelessness, but that never really happened. “iZombie” shares the undead theme, only without all that post-apocalyptic drama, and “Penny Dreadful”, which started out as an answer to “AHS”, didn’t waste any time developing its own sexy, scary identity.
The “worst” hasn’t been that bad either. “Sleepy Hollow” is better than it has any right to be, and “Scream” still hasn’t sunk as low as the worst of the franchise despite being on MTV. Even “The Following” was generous enough to wait until its second season before it completely unraveled.
There are plenty of options is my point, and some of them may have the special sauce that makes for a good video game — just not Scream. You might say no to all of the above, and that’s fine, even if I seriously doubt you wouldn’t play a game about European imported parasitic vampires and their war for New York City. That has universal appeal.
Is there a horror TV series you would like to see turned into a video game?
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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