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‘Scratches’ Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary This Week
Senscape’s Lovecraftian horror adventure game Asylum is going to release this year, I’m sure of it.
I’m not actually sure of that, not at all, but I do have hope. This game looks far too wonderfully haunting to share the sad fate of every other horror game-turned-vaporware. It needs to release so we’ll finally know if it’s the ambitious and beautifully atmospheric survival horror game that many of us fell in love with when it successfully raised nearly $120,000 on Kickstarter three years ago.
Okay, so this post was supposed to be about the 10th anniversary of Senscape’s classic indie horror game, Scratches, and while that’s absolutely worth celebrating, you know what I’d really like to celebrate? A release date for Asylum.
“Ten years ago today a famed writer spent three fateful days in the estate known as Blackwood Manor,” writes Senscape in a Facebook post that doesn’t mention Asylum, nor how I long for it. “The events which transpired during this period gave birth to one of the most beloved horror adventure games of all time, as well as unprecedented reported cases of phobia towards basements. Happy 10th anniversary, Scratches!!”
That’s sweet. In ten years time, when you and I are racing hover boards on the surface of Mars with our extraterrestrial friends, I hope we’ll holster our laser rifles so we can celebrate a similar anniversary of a game called Asylum. Until then, this is what Scratches looks like.
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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