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Del Toro and Kojima Collaborating On New Project
It’s not easy looking at a situation like the cancellation of Silent Hills and see it for anything but the objectively shitty situation it was for the team that was working on it, as well as fans of the struggling series, and yes, even Konami. That decision upset a lot of people, many of whom are still plenty angry with the company even three months after the fact. I wanted to see what Guillermo Del Toro and Hideo Kojima could have done with it, especially after spending an evening with P.T.
It’s worth noting that some good has already come from it. There’s a very promising indie horror game called Allison Road, for example. It’s still a ways off, but it already seems to be reaching for the missed potential that many of us saw in P.T. — and hoped to see in Silent Hills proper.
And then there’s this interview with IGN, in which Guillermo Del Toro drops news of another collaboration between him and Hideo Kojima.
“I love working with Kojima-san. We are still in touch. We are still friends and working into doing something together, but that’s not going to be [Silent Hills].” del Toro said.
I sure hope it’s spooky.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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