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‘Camp Sunshine’ Puts a 16-Bit Twist on the Slasher Genre
It took a long time for developers to realize how perfect a pairing the slasher film genre is with video games, but to their credit, it’s taken much less time for them to act on it. Supermassive’s sublime supernatural thriller Until Dawn set a high bar back in 2014, and if we’re lucky, we’ll see that bar get raised by a trio of asymmetrical multiplayer games that are coming this year. Dead by Daylight didn’t disappoint when it released last week — our review is incoming — and it will soon be followed by Friday the 13th: The Game and Last Year this fall.
I’d never want to complain about our finally getting slasher-themed video games, but there’s something else that ties them together, and that’s the startling lack of variety in how each game plays. On the bright side, that does leave endless opportunities for future stab ’em ups to explore, starting with retro-inspired Camp Sunshine.
Developed by the three-man team at Fossil Games, Camp Sunshine is a 16-bit horror RPG about a boy named Jez whose time at summer camp turns deadly when he’s forced to fight for his life after a maniac in a mascot costume goes on a murder spree. You could also say the young boy’s plight comes in the dead of night with a genuine fright from a gruesome sight that’s not quite right, forcing Jez into a game of fight or flight where he might survive to greet morning’s light.
It was made possible after a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo where its developer raised nearly $1,200 in April. In the aftermath of the sudden cancellation of Allison Road, it’s games like Camp Sunshine and the many other crowdfunding success stories that should remind us of how necessary Indiegogo, Kickstarter, Fig, etc. are as a resource for many game developers. They’re flawed, but without them, games like this would often go unrealized.
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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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