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Liberate Earth’s Twin From the Undead Hordes in ‘Chasing Dead’
In the horror-themed first-person shooter Chasing Dead, the Earth has a twin and it’s populated exclusively by humanoid creatures that are singularly interested in murdering extraterrestrial (extratouristrial?) tourists. When the survey team that was sent in to see what’s up goes silent, a lone marine named Jake is dispatched to the planet’s surface to scavenge anything of value that might’ve been left behind by its members when they were taking turns dying horribly.
If you’re wondering how this Jake fellow could ever hope to survive alone in a world that’s as large as ours and inhabited exclusively by “endless hordes of the undead,” the answer is simple. Just arm the hero with enough guns to pacify an entire civilization.
In other words, the liberal application of 90’s shooter logic solves everything.
Chasing Dead releases later this year for the PC, PS4 and Wii U.
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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